title: The Man Who Corrupted Earth
text: # The Man Who Corrupted Earth
  
  The Man Who Corrupted Earth is a novel by G. C. Edmondson published in 1980.
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  The Man Who Corrupted Earth is a novel about the wealthy eccentric Gus Dampier whose son-in-law swindled the directorship of his company away from him.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Greg Costikyan reviewed The Man Who Corrupted Earth in Ares Magazine #5 and commented that "The Man Who Corrupted Earth is only the second novel I've seen by Edmonson- the excellent (and recently reprinted) The Ship that Sailed the Time Stream is the other. One awaits the next eagerly; Edmonson is a writer."
  
  ## Reviews
  
  * Review by Keith Soltys (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1981
  