Arthur K. Barnes

Arthur Kelvin Barnes (born December 6, 1909 in Bellingham , Washington ; died March 11, 1969 in Los Angeles ) was an American science fiction writer.

Barnes studied at the University of California at Los Angeles and published, beginning in 1931 with Lord of the Lightning in Wonder Stories , until 1945 a number of short stories in the pulp magazines of the era, some of them in collaboration with Henry Kuttner .

His most famous stories revolve around the interstellar hunter Gerry Carlyle, who travels to strange worlds to capture exotic animals for the London Interplanetary Zoo . The series was originally reprinted in Thrilling Wonder Stories . In 1957 a collection of the Gerry Carlyle stories appeared as a fix-up under the title Interplanetary Hunter , and a collection of all stories in 2007 as The Complete Interplanetary Huntress: The Adventures of Gerry Carlyle .

Some texts by Barnes also appeared under the publishing pseudonym Kelvin Kent , including 12 Peter Manx time travel stories together with Henry Kuttner. Barnes' stories have also been translated into German and Italian.

bibliography

Gerry Carlyle (short stories)

• Green Hell (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1937 )
• The Hothouse Planet (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1937 ; also: The Hothouse World , 2007)
  • German: hunting in space. In: Hunting in Space. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 106), 1957.
• The Dual World (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1938 )
• Satellite Five (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1938 )
  • German: Jagd im Weltall (2). In: Hunting in Space. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 106), 1957.
• Trouble on Titan (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1941 )
  • German: Beyond the Moon (2). In: Beyond the moon. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 107), 1957.
• Siren Satellite (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1946 )
  • German: Beyond the moon. In: Beyond the moon. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 107), 1957.
• Interplanetary Hunter (1946, 2 parts)
• Interplanetary Hunter (1956)
• The Complete Interplanetary Huntress: The Adventures of Gerry Carlyle (2007)

Tony Quade & Gerry Carlyle:

• The Energy Eaters (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1939 ; with Henry Kuttner )
• The Seven Sleepers (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, May 1940 ; with Henry Kuttner)
  • German: Almussens Komet. Translated by Helmut and Edith Bittner. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 111), 1958.

Pete Manx (short stories)

• Roman Holiday (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1939 ; with Henry Kuttner)
• Knight Must Fall (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1940 )
• Science Is Golden (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1940 ; with Henry Kuttner)
• The Greeks Had a War for It (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1941 )
• De Wolfe of Wall Street (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1943 )
• Grief of Bagdad (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1943 )

Short stories

1931:

• Lord of the Lightning (in: Wonder Stories, December 1931 )

1932:

• The Challenge of the Comet (in: Wonder Stories, February 1932 )
• Guardians of the Void (in: Wonder Stories Quarterly, Fall 1932 )

1933:

• The Mole-Men of Mercury (in: Wonder Stories, December 1933 )

1936:

• Emotion Solution (in: Wonder Stories, April 1936 )
• The House That Walked (in: Astounding Stories, September 1936 ; with Norbert Davis)

1937:

• Hell's Dancing Master (in: Dime Mystery Magazine, January 1937 ; with Norbert Davis)
• Prometheus (in: Amazing Stories, February 1937 )
• Wings of the Harpy (in: Thrilling Mystery, June 1937 )

1939:

• Ironing-Board Derby (in: Popular Sports Magazine, June 1939 ; with Henry Kuttner)

1940:

• Day of the Titans (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1940 )
• Waters of Wrath (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1940 )

1941:

• Forgotten Future (in: Science Fiction, January 1941 )
• The Little Man Who Wasn't There (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, March 1941 )

1942:

• Guinea Pig (in: Captain Future, Spring 1942 )

1945:

• Fog Over Venus (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1945 )

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 31.
• Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 204 f.
• John Clute : Barnes, Arthur K. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated April 4, 2017.
• Johan Heje: Barnes, Arthur K (elvin) . In: James Gunn : The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Viking, New York et al. a. 1988, ISBN 0-670-81041-X , p. 37.
• Bill Pronzini: Barnes, Arthur K (elvin) . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3 , pp. 
• Robert Reginald : Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A Checklist, 1700–1974 with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. Gale, Detroit 1979, ISBN 0-8103-1051-1 , p. 808.
• Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , p. 31.

Web links

Wikisource: Arthur Kelvin Barnes  - Sources and full texts (English)

• Arthur K. Barnes in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Arthur K. Barnes in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• Arthur K. Barnes in the Bibliography of German Science Fiction ( Books )
• Literature by and about Arthur K. Barnes in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Works by and about Arthur K. Barnes at Open Library