Arthur Sellings

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Arthur Sellings (actually Arthur Gordon Ley ; born May 31, 1921 in Tunbridge Wells , Kent , England , † September 24, 1968 in Worthing , Sussex , England) was a British science fiction author, scientist, bookseller and art dealer. His posthumously published novel Junk Day (German scrap world ), which describes the world after a nuclear holocaust, is considered his best work.

Life

Ley was the son of Arthur James Ley and Stella Grace, née Sellings. He spent most of his life in his hometown. On August 18, 1945, he married Gladys Pamela Judge. In addition to his writing activities, Ley was a bookseller and art dealer and antiquarian. Between 1955 and 1968 he was a scientific advisor to the British government.

Some of his works were inspired by his research. His short stories have appeared in Fantastic , Galaxy Science Fiction , Imagination , The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , Nebula Science Fiction , New Worlds , New Writings in SF , and Worlds of Tomorrow , as well as other SF magazines.

Ley died of a heart attack in 1968 at the age of 47.

bibliography

Novels
  • Telepath. 1962.
  • The Uncensored Man. 1964.
  • The Quy Effect. 1966.
  • Intermind. 1967. (as by Ray Luther)
  • The Power of X. 1968.
    • German: The time robbers. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Paperback # 9), 1972.
  • Junk day. 1970.
    • German: Schrottwelt. Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31089), 1984.
Collections
  • Time Transfer and Other Stories. 1956.
    • German: Stranger on Earth. Translated by Hans-Ulrich Nichau. Goldmann's Space Paperback # 046, 1964.
  • The Long Eureka: a Collection of Short Stories. 1968.
    • English: Elixir of Immortality. Translated by Hans-Ulrich Nichau. Goldmann's space paperbacks # Volume 0101, 1969.
Short stories
  • The Haunting. 1953.
  • The Boys from Vespis. 1954.
  • The Departed. 1954.
  • A start in life. 1954.
    • German: A start in life. In: Lothar Heinecke (Ed.): Galaxis Science Fiction, # 13. Moewig, 1959.
  • The Cautious Invaders. 1954.
  • The Age of Kindness. 1954.
  • The Mission. 1955.
  • The Figment. 1955.
  • Escape Mechanism. 1955.
  • The proxies. 1955.
  • Jukebox. 1955.
  • Cry Wolf. 1956.
  • Armistice. 1956.
  • Birthright. 1956.
  • The Warriors 1956.
  • The Masters. 1956.
  • Categorical imperatives. 1956.
  • Control room. 1956.
  • Time transfer. 1956.
  • From Up There. 1956.
  • The Wordless Ones. 1956.
  • The transfer. 1956.
  • Pentagram. 1956.
  • Soliloquy. 1956.
  • The Awakening. 1956.
  • The Category Inventors. 1956.
  • One Across. 1956.
  • Verbal Agreement. 1956.
  • Fresh Start (Jul. 1957)
  • Brink of Madness. 1957.
  • Limits. 1958.
  • Blank shape. 1958.
  • The Shadow People. 1958.
  • Flatiron. 1958.
  • The Long Eureka. 1959.
  • For the Color of His Hair. 1959.
  • The tycoons. 1959.
  • The scene shifter. 1959.
  • The Outstretched Hand. 1959.
  • Starting Course. 1961.
  • The Well-Trained Heroes. 1964.
  • The Power of Y (1965)
  • The Tinplate Teleologist. 1965.
  • Gifts of the Gods. 1966.
  • That Evening Sun Go Down. 1966.
  • The key of the door. 1967.
  • The Last Time Around. 1968.
    • German: The appointment. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 49. Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 # 93 (3148)), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03148-4 .
  • Trade-In (1968)
  • Homecoming. 1968.
  • Crack In the Shield. 1968.
    • German: The other life. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): In the face of the sun. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3145), 1969.
  • The Trial. 1969.
  • The Legend and the Chemistry. 1969.
  • The Dodgers. 1969.
Non-fiction
  • Where Now? 1961.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Sellings, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ley, Robert Arthur Gordon (real name); Luther, Ray (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British scientist and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunbridge Wells , Kent , England
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1968
Place of death Worthing , Sussex , England