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Authors of Science Fiction
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Page 1: Science Fiction
top of page short history early & selected sci-fi works about sci-fi movies & TV plays, other media image gallery selected quotations links Page 2: Science Fiction Collections
|  top row: Orson Scott Card, Arthur C. Clark, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert bottom row: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein | non-fiction |
science fiction entry at Wikipedia
browse Science Fiction Bestseller Books at Amazon
Internet Speculative Fiction Database [est. 1995]
official ISFDb website •
ISFDb entry at Wikipedia
The New York Review of Science Fiction [est. Sept 1988]
Non-Fiction
 | "Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers" [1981] by Curtis S. Smith Palgrave Macmillan 11½x9 hardcover [10/81] out of print/many used |
 | "Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of The Major Authors From The Early Nineteenth Century To The Present Day" [1982] Edited by E.F. Bleiler
Charles Scribner's Sons 2nd edition 11¼x8¾ hardcover [1/99] out of print/used Charles Scribner's Sons 2nd edition 11¼x8¾ hardcover [1/99] out of print/used Scribner 11¼x8½ hardcover [4/82] out of print/used |
Pioneer Sci-fi Authors
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Edward Bellamy [1850-98]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bellamy
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [1859-1930] Page
at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
E.M. Forster [1879-1970]
browse books •
credits at IMDb •
entry at Wikipedia
"The Machine Stops" [Nov 1909] by E.M. Forster
 | A mother and her son live far apart in a world controlled by The Machine, which begins to fail . . . • After initial publication in The Oxford & Cambridge Review, the story was republished in Forster's "The Eternal Moment and Other Stories" in 1928 • 'Everybody should read it, and consider how far we ourselves have gone down the road of technological 'advancement', forgetting what it means to truly be alive' • story entry at Wikipedia
original story is available as 39-page free online flip-book at Internet Archive Kindle Edition from Halcyon Press [10/2010] for $1.99 André Deutsch/Abinger 8¾x5½ hardcover [9/1997] out of print/used "TMS: The Machine Stops" 3-part graphic novel [2014] written by Michael Lent with art by Marc Rene Kindle Edition from Alterna Comics [12/2014] not available in USA | |
 | "The Machine Stops" [BBC2-TV Oct 1966] episode of the British science-fiction anthology TV series "Out of The Unknown" [1965-71] Season 2, Episode 1; this is one of only four episodes known to exist from the show's second season Produced by Irene Shubik; directed by Philip Saville; adapted by Kenneth Cavander & Clive Donner from the 1909 E.M. Forster short story; hosted by Terence Morgan; starring Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Gothard, Nike Arrighi, Jonathan Hansen, Jane Jordan Rogers, Lucy Hill, Paul Phillips episode credits at IMDb • series credits at IMDb not available on Region 1 DVD • watch 11/2014 official promo for B.F.I. Region 2 DVD [1:49] online at YouTube watch episode on TRAKT.TV - requires signup |
"The Machine Stops" radio play [BBC Radio 4 2001] by Gregory Norminton
"The Machine Stops" stage adaptation [2004 ] by playwright Eric Coble
broadcast in 11/2007 on WCPN 90.3 FM in Cleveland, Ohio
"The Machine Stops" concept album [2016] by space rock band Hawkwind [est. 1969]
Cherry Red Records audio CD [2/2016] 14 tracks for $16.55
Cherry Red Records MP-3 album [4/2016] 14 tracks for $7.99
"The Machine Stops" stage adaptation [2016] by playwright Neil Duffield
was performed May-June 2016 at York Theatre Royal [est. 1744] in U.K.
"The Machine Stops" radio play [BBC Radio 4 June 2022] by Philip Franks
"The Machine Stops" feature film [release T.B.D.] directed by Jason DeStefano • latest info at IMDb
French author Victor Hugo [1902-85]
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Jack London [1876-1916] Page
 | Jack London: Novels and Stories [1982] Edited by Donald Pizer
Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [11/82] for $23.10 includes "Call of The Wild" [1903], "The Sea-Wolf" [1904] and "White Fang" [1906] and 25 short stories Jack London: Novels and Social Writings [1982] Edited by Donald Pizer Library of America 8x5½ hardcover [11/82] for $26.00 includes "The People of The Abyss" [1903], "The Road" [1907], "The Iron Heel" [1908 novel], "Martin Eden" [1909 novel] and "John Barleycorn" [1913] |
Leonaur’s three volume "The Collected Science Fiction & Fantasy of Jack London"
the † indicates a story not included in the Kindle Megapack™ below
 | "Before Adam & Other Stories" [2005]
Leonaur 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/2005] for $29.99 includes "Before Adam" [1907 novel]; "The Scarlet Plague" [1912 novel], "A Relic of The Pliocene" (1901), "When The World Was Young" (1910), "The Red One" (1918), "Planchette" (1906), "A Thousand Deaths" (1899) †, "Goliath" (1910), "A Curious Fragment" (1908) & "The Rejuvenation of Major Rathbone" (1899) official book page |
 | "The Iron Heel & Other Stories" [2005]
Leonaur 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/2005] for $29.99 includes "The Iron Heel" [1908 novel], "The Enemy of All The World" (1914) †, "The Shadow and The Flash" (1903), "The Strength of The Strong" (1914), "The Unparalleled Invasion" (1910) & "The Dream of Debs" (1909) † official book page |
 | "The Star Rover & Other Stories" [2005]
Leonaur 8½x5½ hardcover [11/2005] for $29.99 includes "The Star Rover" [1915 novel], "The Minions of Midas" (1906) †, "The Eternity of Forms" (1916) † & "The Man With The Gash" (1901) official book page |
 | "The Jack London Science Fiction Megapack™: The Complete Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack London" for Kindle [2014]
Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [5/2014] for 99¢ {sic} contains 11 short stories & four novels in 809 pages: STORIES: "The Rejuvenation of Major Rathbone" (1899); "The Man With The Gash" (1900); "A Relic of The Pliocene" (1901); "The Shadow and The Flash" (1903); "Planchette" (1906); "A Curious Fragment" (1908); "Goliath" (1910); "When The World Was Young" (1910); "The Unparalleled Invasion" (1910); "The Strength of The Strong" (1914); and "The Red One" (1918); NOVELS: "Before Adam" [1907 novel]; "The Iron Heel" [1908 dystopian novel]; "The Scarlet Plague" [1912 novel]; and "The Star Rover" [1915 novel] |
Spirit of America Bookstore's
American author & poet Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49] Page
Mary Shelley
French science fiction pioneer Jules Verne [1828-1905]
"A Journey To The Centre of The Earth"
"A Voyage In A Balloon"
"A Winter Amid The Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories"
"All Around The Moon"
"An Antarctic Mystery, or, The Sphinx of The Ice Fields"
"Around The World In 80 Days"
"Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part I: The Exploration of the World" + "Part II: The Great Navigators
of The Eighteenth Century" + "Part III: The Great Explorers of The Nineteenth Century"
"Dick Sands, or, A Captain At Fifteen"
"Eight Hundred Leagues On Ohe Amazon"
"The English At The North Pole, Part I of The Adventures of Captain Hatteras"
"Five Weeks In A Balloon"
"From The Earth To The Moon, and Round The Moon"
"The Fur Country, or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude"
"Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery"
"In Search of The Castaways"
"In The Year 2889"
"The Master of The World"
"Michael Strogoff, or, The Courier of The Czar"
"The Moon-Voyage"
"The Mysterious Island"
"Off On A Comet, or, Hector Servadac"
"The Pearl of Lima: A Story of True Love"
"Robur The Conqueror, or, The Clipper of The Clouds"
"The Secret of The Island"
"The Survivors of The Chancellor, Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passenger"
"Ticket No. 9672"
"20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"
"The Underground City, or The Black Indies" (aka "The Child of The Cavern)"
"The Waif of The Cynthia"
British author H.G. Wells [1866-1946]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells
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"15 Classical Sci-Fi Books: Fifteen Novels by H.G. Wells" for Kindle [2015]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2015] for $2.99 2,700+ pages of classic sci-fi, 1888-1914 - collection includes 15 sci-fi novels & stories, written by British author H.G. Wells: "A Modern Utopia" [1905]; "The Chronic Argonauts" [1888 story]; "The First Men In The Moon" [1901]; "The Food of The Gods" [1904]; "In The Days of The Comet" [1906]; "The Invisible Man" [1897]; "The Island of Doctor Moreau" [1896]; "The Sea Lady" [1902]; "The Time Machine" [1895]; "Tono-Bungay" [1909]; "The War In The Air" [1908]; "The War of The Worlds" [1898]; "When The Sleeper Wakes" [1899]; "The Wonderful Visit" [1895]; and "The World Set Free" [1914] |
 | "Delphi Collected Works of H.G. Wells (Illustrated)" for Kindle [2011]
Kindle Edition from Delphi Classics [4/2011] for $1.99 {sic} Giant Kindle file (42MB!) that contains: all 32 novels in the U.S. public domain, with individual contents tables: "The Time Machine" [1895]; "The Wonderful Visit" [1895]; "The Island of Doctor Moreau" [1896]; "The Wheels of Chance" [1896]; "The Invisible Man" [1897]; "The War of The Worlds" [1898]; "When The Sleeper Wakes" [1899]; "Love and Mr Lewisham" [1900]; "The First Men In The Moon" [1901]; "The Sea Lady" [1902]; "The Food of The Gods and How It Came To Earth" [1904]; "Kipps" [1905]; "A Modern Utopia" [1905]; "In The Days of The Comet" [1906]; "The War In The Air" [1908]; "Tono-Bungay" [1909]; "Ann Veronica" [1909]; "The History of Mr Polly" [1910]; "The Sleeper Awakes" [1910] revision of the 1899 edition; "The New Machiavelli" [1911]; "Marriage" [1912]; "The Passionate Friends" [1913]; "The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman" [1914]; "The World Set Free" [1914]; "Bealby: A Holiday" [1915]; "Boon" [1915) (as Reginald Bliss]; "The Research Magnificent" [1915]; "Mr Britling Sees It Through" [1916]; "The Soul of a Bishop" [1917]; "Joan and Peter: The Story of An Education" [1918]; "The Undying Fire" [1919]; "The Secret Places of The Heart" [1922]; {his 19 later novels are still under copyright}; all of the U.S. public domain short stories, including rare tales available in no other collection (listed in both alphabetical and |
| chronological order): "The Early Short Stories"; "Select Conversations With An Uncle (Now Extinct)" [1895]; "The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents" [1895]; "The Plattner Story and Others" [1897]; "Tales of Space and Time" [1899]; "Twelve Stories and A Dream" [1903]; "The Country of The Blind and Other Stories" [1911]; "The Door In The Wall and Other Stories" [1911]; "Uncollected Short Stories"; a wide selection of Wells’ non-fiction: "Text-Book of Biology" [1893]; "Certain Personal Matters" [1897]; "Anticipations of The Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought" [1901]; "The Discovery of The Future" [1902 lecture]; Preface to ‘Underground Man by Gabriel Tarde’; "Mankind In The Making" [1903]; "The Future In America" [1906]; "This Misery of Boots" [1907]; "New Worlds For Old" [1908]; "First and Last Things" [1908]; "Floor Games" [1911]; "Little Wars" [1913]; "The War That Will End War" [1914]; "An Englishman Looks At The World" [1914]; "What Is Coming?" [1916]; "The Elements of Reconstruction" [1916] using pseudonym D.P.; Introduction to ‘Nocturne by Frank Swinnerton’ [1917]; Introduction to ‘The Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger’; "God The Invisible King" [1917]; "War and The Future (aka Italy, France and Britain At War)" [1917]; "In The Fourth Year" [1918]; "The Idea of A League of Nations" [1919]; "The Outline of History" [1920]; "Russia In The Shadows" [1920]; "The Salvaging of Civilization" [1921]; "A Short History of The World" [1922, rev 1946]; "Washington and The Hope of Peace (aka Washington and The Riddle of Peace)" [1922]; {over 40 later works are still under copyright}; and one critical essay: "H.G. Wells" by admirer J.D. Beresford [1915] |
British author Fred M. White [1859-1935]
entry at IMDB not found • entry at Wikipedia
details of FMW's sci-fi & spy & mystery fiction on Spirit of America Bookstore's Authors of Britain Pages
 | "The Complete Doom of London Series (Illustrated Edition)" for Kindle [2017] the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London, first appeared in Pearson's Magazine in 1903; illustrated by Warwick Goble "The Four White Days" in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice "The Four Days' Night" in which London is beset by a massive killer smog "The Dust of Death" in which diphtheria infects the city "A Bubble Burst", "The Invisible Force", and "The River of Death" Kindle Edition from Musaicum Books [10/2017] for 99¢ |
XXth Century Sci-fi Authors
| | "Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers" [1981] by Curtis S. Smith Palgrave Macmillan 11½x9 hardcover [10/81] out of print/many used |
 | "Science Fiction of The 20th Century: An Illustrated History" [1999] by Frank M. Robinson Barnes & Noble 11x10 pb [10/99] out of print/40+ used Collectors Press 17¾x15 hardcover [10/99] out of print/many used |
 | "Speaking of The Fantastic: Interviews With Writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [2005] Conducted by Darrell Schweitzer A collection of thirteen interviews with Terry Bisson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Brunner, Jonathan Carroll, Robert Holdstock, Ellen Kushner, Ursula K. Le Guin, Fritz Leiber, Ray Faraday Nelson, Frederik Pohl, Dan Simmons, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Gene Wolfe Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [1/2011] for $6.99 Wildside Press 9x6 pb [9/2013] for $14.99 Wildside Press 9x6 pb [9/2005] for $17.95 |
 | "Speaking of The Fantastic II: Interviews With The Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [2005] Conducted by Darrell Schweitzer Another selection of fascinating, informal conversations that took place from 1983 thru 2002: Peter S. Beagle, Octavia Butler, Philip Jose Farmer, Charles L. Harness, Michael Kandel, R.A. Lafferty, Jack McDevitt, Tim Powers, Charles Sheffield, Susan Shwartz {sic}, Michael Swanwick, Evangeline Walton, Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, and George Zebrowski Wildside Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2005] for $17.95 Wildside Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2013] out of print/used |
 | "Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists of The Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary" [2009] by Jane Frank Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [10/2013] for $49.99 {sic} McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2013] for $75.00 McFarland & Co. 10¼x7½ hardcover [2/2009] out of print/many used |
 | "Speaking of The Fantastic III: Interviews With Writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy" [2011] Conducted by Darrell Schweitzer Seventeen scintillating conversations with science fiction writers: D.G. Compton, Jack Dann, Esther M. Friesner, Gregory Frost, Joe W. Haldeman, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Geoffrey A. Landis, George R.R. Martin, James Morrow, Tom Purdom, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert J. Sawyer, Charles Stross, Harry Turtledove, Howard Waldrop, and Zoran Zivkovic Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [7/2012] for $2.71 {sic} Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [11/2011] for $2.71 {sic} Borgo Press 9x6 pb [11/2011] for $14.99 |
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Brian W. Aldiss, OBE [b. 1925]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Aldiss
Poul Anderson [1926-2001]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_Anderson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_Anderson_bibliography
 | "Virgin Planet" scifi novel [1959] by Poul Anderson An interstellar space adventurer lands on an unknown planet and is captured by a society of women who believe that 'man' is a mythical beast from the past . . . back page blurb includes the phrase 'packed with violence and lust and revelry' Warner Books mass pb [6/77] out of print/many used Paperback Library mass pb [1970] out of print/used Avalon hardcover [1959] out of print/scarce |
'house name' author Victor Appleton of the Stratemeyer Syndicate publishing house [1897-1987]
'Tom Swift in Outer Space' Books Series [1981-84]
Isaac Asimov [1920-92]
his writings won six Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards; there are four awards programs named in his honor.
browse books at the Isaac Asimov Store {returns 1,100+ titles in many languages} at Amazon
movie & TV credits {since 1951} at IMDb •
Wikipedia
Isaac Asimov Mysteries at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Isaac Asimov Robot Mysteries at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
The "Foundation" saga began as eight short stories printed in Astounding Magazine between May 1942 and January 1950; they were re-published as a trilogy from 1951 to 1953.
Years later, Asimov was persuaded to create two sequels - "Foundation's Edge" [1982] and "Foundation and Earth [1986] - and then two prequels - "Prelude To Foundation" [1988] and
"Forward The Foundation" [posthumous 1993]; the "Foundation" trilogy won the Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966, beating J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of The Rings".
"Foundation" 7-book bundle in Kindle format at Amazon •
Wikipedia
"Foundation" TV series [streaming on Apple TV+ Sept 2021] 
 | The plan is for eight seasons covering the seven books, the first season is 10 episodes; location filming in Ireland, Iceland, Canary Islands, Malta, & Berlin, Germany; a complex saga set far in the future about humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire, which is about to face a reckoning unlike anything else that it has faced before: the galaxy's leading psycho-historian Hari Seldon predicts several millenia of chaos – Can the Empire offset the disaster before it begins? • Series co-produced by David S. Goyer, Robyn Asimov, Cameron Welsh, Josh Friedman, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross & others; written for television by Josh Friedman & David S. Goyer; story editors Sarah Nolen & Olivia Purnell; based on the novels by Isaac Asimov; starring Lou Llobell, Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, Daniel MacPherson, Pravessh Rana, Kubbra Sait, Clarke Peters, Cassian Bilton, Alfred Enoch, Elliot Cowan, Sasha Behar, Nikhil Parmar, Amy Tyger, Mido Hamada, T'Nia Miller, Jairaj Varsani, Buddy Skelton, Chloe Lea, Joni Morris, Vanessa Ifediora, Christian Contreras, Stuart McQuarrie, Nikol Kollars, Johanna O'Brien, Brian F. Mulvey, Teyarnie Galea, Cooper Carter, Matt Gavan, Catriona Loughlin, Alicia Gerrard, Julia Farino, Darragh O'Toole, Isaiah Joshua Chambers, Chipo Chung, Carolina Main, Reece Shearsmith, Antony Bunsee, Jade Harrison, Chris Jarman, Brian Bovell, Kim Adis, Mark Lavery, Joyce Grey-Carter, Martin McDougall, Shauna Black, Geoffrey Cantor, Ryan Ali, Rory Nolan, Samir Fuchs
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • series entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers online at YouTube: 6/2020 teaser trailer [2:28] • 6/2021 trailer [2:20] • 8/2021 trailer [2:48] |
"When 'Foundation' Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Isaac Asimov’s Vision Gets Lost" [Nov 2021] by Julian Lucas
The Apple TV version of the classic sci-fi saga sidelines its source’s most pressing questions about power and precarity.
read the full article online at The New Yorker Magazine
Benjamin William 'Ben' Bova [1932-2020]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bova
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bova_bibliography
Spirit of America Bookstore's
poet & author Ray Bradbury [1920-2012] Pages
Marion Zimmer Bradley [1930-99]
Algis Budrys
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950] Page
sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler [1947-2006]
browse books •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
 | "Octavia E. Butler (Modern Masters of Science Fiction)" [2016] by Gerry Canavan Kindle Edition from Univ Illinois Press [11/2016] for $11.99 Univ Illinois Press 9x6 pb [11/2016] for $22.00 Univ Illinois Press hardcover [11/2016] for $95.00 {sic} |
Jack Laurence Chalker [1944-2005]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Chalker
C.J. Cherryh {sic} {Carolyn Janice Cherry}
http://www.amazon.com/C.-J.-Cherryh/e/B000APR80U/
http://www.cherryh.com • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Cherryh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Cherryh_bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyteen [1988] Hugo Award and Locus SF Award winner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenesis_(novel)
Arthur C. Clarke [1917-2008]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke
Avram Davidson
feminist sci-fi author Miriam Allen deFord [1888-1975]
"I am unalterably and actively opposed to Fascism, Nazism, Hitlerism, Hirohitoism, or whatever name may be applied to the monster."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Allen_deFord
http://www.amazon.com/stores/Miriam-Allen-DeFord/author/B00JI262XU/
http://www.amazon.com/stores/Miriam-Allen-De-Ford/author/B001KI6V2M/
"Penultimates: Poems" [1962]
http://www.amazon.com/Miriam-Allen-deFord-Penultimates-1962/dp/B08Q8PFV1P/
she also wrote several titles in the Little Blue Book series
original publisher Haldeman-Julius Co. [1919-76] and their "Little Blue Book" series
Little Blue Book #197: What Great Frenchwomen Learned About Love (1926)
Little Blue Book #832: The Life and Poems of Catullus (1925)
Little Blue Book #867: Cicero As Revealed In His Letters (1925)
Little Blue Book #895: Astronomy For Beginners (1927)
Little Blue Book #896: The Augustan Poets of Rome (1925) (editor)
Little Blue Book #899: Rome As Viewed By Tacitus and Juvenal (1925)
Little Blue Book #999: Latin Self-Taught (1926) (editor)
Little Blue Book #1009: Typewriting Self-Taught (1926)
 | "The Facts About Fascism: Little Blue Book #1087" [1926]
original publisher Haldeman-Julius Co. [1919-76] and their "Little Blue Book" series 41-page Kindle Edition from indep [5/2012] for 99¢ | |
 | "The Truth About Mussolini: Little Blue Book #1088" [1926]
original publisher Haldeman-Julius Co. [1919-76] and their "Little Blue Book" series 64-page Haldeman-Julius Co. 5x3½ pb [1926] long out of print/scarce |
Little Blue Book #1847: The Meaning of All Common Given Names (1947)
Samuel R. 'Chip' Delany, Jr. [b. 1942]
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Philip K. Dick [1928-82] Page
The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival [Jan 2016 = #4] in New York City
 | "Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of The 1960s" [2007] Edited by Jonathan Lethem Library of America 8x5 hardcover [5/2007] for $26.39 includes "The Man In The High Castle" [1962], "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" [1965], "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" [1968], and "Ubik" [1969] which was listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) |
 | "Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of The 1960s & 70s" [2008] Edited by Jonathan Lethem Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [7/2008] for $30.02 includes "Martian Time-Slip" [1964]; "Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After The Bomb" [1965]; "Now Wait For Last Year" [1966]; "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" [1974]; and "A Scanner Darkly" [1977] |
Harlan Ellison [1934-2018]
Ellison wrote more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, essays, and other works, including TV scripts
'For a brief time I was here, and for a brief time, I mattered' — HE
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British author R. Lionel Fanthorpe [b. 1935]
From 1954 to 1965, Lionel Fanthorpe produced almost the entire scifi/supernatural list of the sleazy British imprint Badger Books;
his output under many pseudonyms ran to well over two hundred novels and collections, all now out of print
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official website •
IMDb listing •
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  | "Down the Badger Hole: R. Lionel Fanthorpe - The Badger Years" [1995] Edited by Debbie Cross, Introduction by David Langford Wrigley Cross Books 8x5 pb [1995] out of print/scarce |
Ralph Milne Farley [1887-1963]
Roger Sherman Hoar was an American state senator and assistant Attorney General for the state of Massachusetts;
he also wrote science fiction under the pseudonym of Ralph Milne Farley.
"The Radio Man" novel [RMan #1, 1924] + Fantasy Publng Co. 1948 + Avon Books pb edition retitled "An Earthman On Venus"
 | "An Earth Man On Venus" [orig 1924, reissue 1948/1950] by Ralph Milne Farley original title "The Radio Man"; tagline: 'Trapped on a planet of peril, he dared challenge its monster ruler'; comic book illustrated by Israel Escamilla facsimile Avon Periodicals 11x8½ comic book [8/2017] for $12.99 Avon text edition for Kindle from indep [1/2017] for $1.10 {sic} Avon mass pb [1950] out of print/used |
"The Radio Planet" novel [RMan #3, 1926] + Ace Books 1964
"The Radio Minds of Mars" novel [RMan #4, 1955?]
"The Radio Menace" novel [RMan #5, 1930]
"The Radio Flyers" novel [1929]
"The Radio Gun-Runners" novel [1930] sequel to "The Radio Flyers"
"The Radio War" novel [1932]
"The Golden City" novel [1933] . Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2006.
"Smothered Seas" story, co-written with Stanley G. Weinbaum; published in Astounding Stories, January 1936
"Dangerous Love" stories [1946] London: Utopian Publns
"The Immortals" novel [1947] Toronto: Popular Publns Inc.
"The Hidden Universe" two novellas [1950]
"The Omnibus of Time" stories [1950]
"Strange Worlds (contains 'The Radio Man' and 'The Hidden Universe') [1953]
"Tong War" novel [] written in collaboration with E. Hoffman Price; Blue Mushroom UK, 2002
"Pe-Ra, Daughter of the Sun (novella). Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2005
"The Ralph Milne Farley Collection Book 1 (stories). Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2005
"The Ralph Milne Farley Collection Book 2 (stories). Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2005
author-editor Hugo Gernsback [1884-1967]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback
author-editor James E. Gunn [b. 1923]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Gunn_(writer)
"Star Trek: The Joy Machine" [1996] by James E. Gunn
novelization of an unproduced episode of Star Trek scripted by Theodore Sturgeon
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"Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis - The Seminal 1951 Thesis With A New Introduction and Commentary" [1951 & 2018] by James Gunn, Edited by Michael R. Page, Foreword by Gary K. Wolfe Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [5/2018] for $9.99 McFarland & Co. 8¾x5¾ pb [5/2018] for $38.10 |
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"Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction" [1975] by James Gunn, Introduction by Isaac Asimov McFarland & Co. 3rd edition 10x7 pb [8/2018] for $46.59 Prentice-Hall 12x8¾ hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
 | "Speculations On Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction" [2005] Edited by James Gunn & Matthew Candelaria 24 reprinted articles and essays; contributors include Brian W. Aldiss & David Wingrove, Samuel R. Delany, David Ketterer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Barry N. Malzberg, Alexei & Cory Panshin, Robert Scholes, Darko Suvin, Michael Swanwick, and Gary K. Wolfe Scarecrow Press pb [2/2005] for $42.00 |
 | "Star-Begotten: A Life Lived In Science Fiction" autobiography [2017] by James E. Gunn Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [11/2017] for $9.99 McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2017] for $25.00 |
pulp author Edmond Hamilton [1904-77]
married to screenwriter Leigh Brackett [1915-78] from 1946 until his death
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357836/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hamilton
http://www.amazon.com/Edmond-Hamilton-MEGAPACK-Classic-Science-ebook/dp/B00FKFKVVS/
In 1940, Hamilton and pulp editor Leo Marguiles created Captain Future, Intergalactic Agent of Justice
as the lead character in a short running (17 issues) self-titled magazine.
https://www.amazon.com/Danger-Planet-Captain-Library-60-2335/dp/B000O9TBWK/
https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Captain-Future-Edmond-Hamilton/dp/B000J5GSZW/
https://www.amazon.com/Captain-Future-Tomorrow-Edmond-Hamilton/dp/B0029JFVZY/
https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Captain-Future-One/dp/1893887359/
https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Captain-Future-Two/dp/1893887405/
https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Captain-Future-Three/dp/189388774X/ [12/2013]
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Frank Herbert [1920-86]
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French cartoonist Hergé [real name Georges Prosper Remi 1907-83]
drew the popular 'Adventures of Tintin' comic strips and children's books
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"Destination Moon" [#16 = 1953]
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"Explorers On The Moon" [#17 = 1954]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_on_the_Moon
Cyril M. 'C.M.' Kornbluth
A classic 1950 short story by Kornbluth entitled "The Silly Season" makes use of that concept by having invading aliens stage one strange but harmless event after another; all are duly reported by the newspapers until the public is bored with them, and when a final 'strange event' occurs, no one is prepared to accept it as an invasion until it is too late; the story was included in the 1952 anthology "Tomorrow, The Stars", edited by Robert Heinlein.
R.A. Lafferty [1914-2002] of Tulsa, Oklahoma
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R.A. Lafferty wrote 32 books and more than 200 short stories, not all of which are science fiction or fantasy; career from 1960 to 1994;
he was for a little while in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the best short story writer in the world.
"Okla Hannali" [1972] by R.A. Lafferty, Foreword by Geary Hobson
http://www.amazon.com/Okla-Hannali-R-Lafferty/dp/0806123494/ 1991
http://www.amazon.com/OKLA-HANNALI-R-Lafferty/dp/B000OH9F6E/ 1972
http://www.amazon.com/Okla-Hannali/dp/0671783017/ 1972 mass pb
"The R.A. Lafferty Fantastic MEGAPACK" [2016] from Wildside Press
http://www.amazon.com/R-Lafferty-Fantastic-MEGAPACK%C2%AE-ebook/dp/B01DMJG7WK/ [3/2016]
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 | "The Best of R.A. Lafferty" [2019] Selected by Jonathan Strahan, Introduction by Neil Gaiman 22 stories with Forewords by Samuel R. Delany, Harlan Ellison, Nancy Kress, Patton Oswalt, Kelly Robson, Robert Silverberg, Connie Willis, and others Gollancz 7¾x5 pb [2/2019] for $14.16 |
Keith Laumer
Ursula K. Le Guin [1929-2018] - lived in Portland, Oregon since 1959
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Maurice Leblanc [1864-1941]
 | "Les Trois Yeux (The Three Eyes)" science fiction novel [A.L. Burt Co. 1919] by Maurice Leblanc [1864-1941] a scientist makes televisual contact with three-eyed Venusians Kindle Edition from Bauer Books [7/2019] for 99¢ Univ California Libraries Blue Cover pb [1921 facsimile] for $23.99 Franklin Classics 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2018] for $26.95 Macauley 1921 English edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive |
Maurice Leblanc
Fritz Leiber
Scottish author Angus MacVicar [1908-2001]
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MacVicar wrote these eight "thrilling science fiction adventure tales about Hesikos, filled with trials and tribulations, wonder and calamity"
 | "The Lost Planet" [#1 = 1953] by Angus MacVicar Orphan Jeremy Grant is sent to Scotland to live with his uncle, a scientist who is building a rocketship to visit the approaching Planet Hesicos • book entry at Wikipedia Kindle Edition from Venture Press [9/2015] for $2.99 Burke Publng hardcover [1960] out of print/scarce |
 | "Return To The Lost Planet" [#2 = 1954] by Angus MacVicar Teenager Jeremy Grant helps to build a second rocketship to rescue his uncle who is marooned on Planet Hesicos • book entry at Wikipedia Kindle Edition from Venture Press [10/2015] for $2.99 Burke Publng hardcover [1955] out of print/scarce Burke Publng hardcover [1954] out of print/used |
 | "Secret of The Lost Planet" [#3 = 1955] by Angus MacVicar Evil menace Herr Schenke is on his way to Planet Hesikos to steal the powerful Electronome device to use to take over control of the galaxy, and Jeremy and Uncle Lachlan lead an expedition to stop him. Kindle Edition from Venture Press [9/2015] for $2.99 Burke Publng hardcover [1961] out of print/scarce |
 | "Red Fire On The Lost Planet" [#4 = 1959] by Angus MacVicar
Burke Publng hardcover [1959] out of print/scarce |
 | "Peril On The Lost Planet" [#5 = 1960] by Angus MacVicar
Kindle Edition from Venture Press [3/2016] for $2.99 |
 | "Space Agent From The Lost Planet" [#6 = 1961] by Angus MacVicar
Burke Publng hardcover [1961] out of print/scarce |
 | "Space Agent and The Isles of Fire" [#7 = 1962] by Angus MacVicar The eruption of a volcano in the South Atlantic seems to be caused by space aliens . . . Roy Publrs hardcover [1963] out of print/scarce |
 | "Space Agent and The Ancient Peril" [#8 = 1964] by Angus MacVicar
Burke Publng hardcover [1964] out of print/SOLD OUT! |
"The Lost Planet" TV series [BBC-TV Jan 1954]
 | Six half-hour episodes based on the popular juvenile sci-fi novel by Angus MacVicar; a teenage orphan is sent to Scotland to live with his scientist uncle, whose team is building a rocketship to visit the planet Hesikos, in competition with a team from Eastern Europe Directed by Bill Hitchcock; starring Peter Kerr, Mary Law, John Stuart, Joan Allen, Geoffrey Lumsden, John Springett, Joan Allen, Van Boolen, Wolfe Morris {best guess: no kinescopes or film exist} • credits at IMDb |
"Return To The Lost Planet" TV series [BBC-TV Jan-March 1955]
Six half-hour episodes; after rescue by the Eastern European team, Jeremy Grant and his uncle's colleagues must build another rocketship
to retrieve the scientists still marooned on Planet Hesikos • {this TV series is considered lost} •
credits at IMDb
sci-fi author Richard Matheson [1926-2013]
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Richard Matheson entry at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
 | "Richard Matheson: Collected Stories" [2003-2005] Edited by Stanley Wiater Volume 1: Gauntlet Press 8¼x5¼ pb [12/2003] for $11.53 Volume 2: Gauntlet Press 8x5¼ pb [2/2005] for $11.53 Volume 3: Gauntlet Press 8x5¼ pb [11/2005] for $12.71 |
 | "Noir: Three Novels of Suspense" [1988] by Richard Matheson includes "Someone Is Bleeding" [1953], "Fury On Sunday" [1953] & "Ride The Nightmare" [1959] Forge 8¼x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.66 Forge 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/2005] for $21.24 |
Irish-American fantasy author Anne McCaffrey [1926-2011]
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author & editor Judith Merril [1923-97]
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pen name of Judith Josephine Grossman; she wrote three early novels with C.M. Kornbluth using pseudonym Cyril Judd
"What If? A Film About Judith Merril" [Canadian Space Channel Feb 1999]
full-length documentary by writer/director Helene Klodawsky
 | "Sin In Space" scifi novel [1961] by Cyril Judd {Judith Merril & C.M. Kornbluth} first publication in Galaxy Magazine in 1951; Beacon Books paperback in 1961; a story about a Martian narcotic deadlier than heroin, more vicious than morphine, that has drenched a planet in crime and perversion! Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [1/2017] for $2.99 indep 9x6 pb [1/2017] for $6.99 |
American author [Ms.] Andre Norton [1912-2005]
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 | "The Last Planet (original title 'Star Landers')" scifi novel [1954] by Andre Norton
The ranger patrol ship Starfire is ordered away on a useless mission to map forgotten sectors of space; a crash landing on an Arth-type planet produces two surprises: they have landed on the original Planet Arth and there are other crash survivor parties to contend with . . . Ace SF, 47162 mass pb [1972] out of print/used Vintage Ace SF, D-542 mass pb [1954] out of print/used Ace Books mass pb [1953] out of print/used |
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Sir Terence David John 'Terry' Pratchett, OBE [1948-2015]
English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works; he is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett
"Discworld and The Disciplines: Critical Approaches To The Terry Pratchett Works" [4/2014]
by Anne Hiebert Alton & William C. Spruiell
http://www.amazon.com/Discworld-Disciplines-Approaches-Pratchett-Explorations/dp/0786474645/
Rod Serling [1924-75]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling
Robert Silverberg
Clifford D. Simak
George R. Stewart [1895-1980]
 | "Earth Abides" [1949] by George R. Stewart
instant classic in 1949, won the first International Fantasy Award; described as one of the most provocative and finely wrought post-apocalyptic works of literature Kindle Edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [1976 edition] for $9.99 Gollancz/S.F. Masterworks 7¾x5¼ pb [6/99] for $10.90 Fawcett mass pb [9/86] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin Book Club 8¼x5½ hardcover [1976] out of print/used |
Theodore 'Ted' Sturgeon [1918-85]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Sturgeon
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sci-fi/fantasy author Gene Wolfe [1931-2019]
author of more than 30 novels and nine short story collections, best known for his "Book of The New Sun" series; he won multiple Nebula Awards, Locus Awards, and
World Fantasy Awards, and received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1996; he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Gene Wolfe biography [Starmont House, 1986] by Joan Gordon ISBN 0930261194
sci-fi author Roger Zelazny [1937-95] of Santa Fe, New Mexico
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XXIst Century Sci-fi Authors
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sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_J._Anderson
Dale Kutzera
 | "Andy McBean and The War of The Worlds" [#1 = 2014] by Dale Kutzera Boy middle schooler is survivng another tough year in the soggy Pacific Northwest when a meteor lands on his front lawn; the situation changes quickly when a towering machine steps out of the meteor . . . Kindle Edition from Salmon Bay Books [10/2014] for FREE {sic} Salmon Bay Books 8x5¼ pb [6/2014] for $8.99 author's official website |
https://www.amazon.com/McBean-Leagues-Under-Amazing-Adventures/dp/0692350675/
https://www.amazon.com/Andy-McBean-World-Amazing-Adventures-ebook/dp/B017WCKL4I/
acclaimed Chinese sci-fi author Cixin Liu lives in Shanxi Province, China
entry at Scifi Encyclopedia website •
entry at Wikipedia
 | "Remembrance of Earth's Past Book 1: Santi" [2006] by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu as "The Three Body Problem" [2014] serialized in Kehuan Shijie Magazine May-December 2006; the first translated novel to win the Hugo Award [est. 1953] Kindle Edition from Tor Books/Macmillan [11/2014] for $9.99 Tor Books 9¼x6¼ pb [1/2016] for $13.42 Tor Books 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2014] for $16.09 |
"Hei'an Senlin" [2007] translated by Joel Martinsen as "The Dark Forest" [2015]
"Sishen Yongsheng" [2010] translated by Ken Liu as "Death's End" [2016]
sci-fi author & translator Ken Liu lives near Boston, Massachusetts
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 | "The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories" [2016] 15 stories by Ken Liu Kindle Edition from Saga Press/Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [3/2016] for $9.99 Saga Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2016] for $10.87 Saga Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [3/2016] for $14.49 |
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"Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction In Translation" [2016] thirteen stories and 4 essays edited & translated by Ken Liu Kindle Edition from Tor Books/Macmillan [11/2016] for $2.99 Tor Books 8¼x5½ pb [8/2018] for $9.33 Tor Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/2016] out of print/used |
 | "Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction In Translation" [2019] sixteen stories and 3 essays edited & translated by Ken Liu Kindle Edition from Tor Books/Macmillan [2/2019] for $14.99 Tor Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/2019] for $16.26 |
sci-fi & fantasy author George R.R. Martin
he is the creator of "Game of Thrones" and lives in
Santa Fe, New Mexico
sci-fi author John Scalzi of Fairfield, California
busy blogger & president (2010-13) of S.F.F.W.A., with 'a reputation as heir to the Heinlein throne'
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sci-fi author Norman Spinrad
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scifi/fantasy writer Connie Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado
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 | "The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories" [2013]
Ten stories and three award speeches in 500 pages, with 'new author commentary' Kindle Edition from Del Rey/Random House [7/2013] for $13.99 Del Rey Books 8¼x5½ pb [4/2014] for $13.03 Del Rey Books deckle-edge 9½x6½ hardcover [7/2013] for $28.00 |
bestselling author Dima Zales
lives in Palm Coast, Florida with his wife author Anna Zaires
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"Mind Dimensions: Volumes 0-4" [2014-2015]
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Kindle Edition from Mozaika Publns [4/2016] all 5 ebooks for $9.99
"Mind Dimensions 0: The Time Stopper" short story [2015] A prequel focusing on Mira (possibly written by Zales's wife Anna Zaires) 62-page Kindle Edition from Mozaika Publns [1/2015] for 99¢ {sic} 62-page Mozaika Publns 7¾x5 pb [1/2015] for $5.99 "Mind Dimensions 1: The Thought Readers" [2014] Kindle Edition from Mozaika Publns [10/2014] for $2.99 {sic} Mozaika Publns 7¾x5 pb [10/2014] for $11.99 "Mind Dimensions 2: The Thought Pushers" [2014] Kindle Edition from Mozaika Publns [12/2014] for $3.99 Mozaika Publns 7¾x5 pb [12/2014] for $14.99 "Mind Dimensions 3: The Enlightened" [2015] Kindle Edition from Mozaika Publns [4/2015] for $4.99 Mozaika Publns 7¾x5 pb [4/2015] for $13.99 "Mind Dimensions 4: The Elders" [2015] Kindle Edition from Mozaika Publns [7/2015] for $4.99 Mozaika Publns 7¾x5 pb [7/2015] for $16.99 |
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