Chad Oliver

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Symmes Chadwick Oliver (* thirtieth March 1928 in Cincinnati , Ohio ; † 10. August 1993 in Austin , Texas ) was an American science fiction - and Western - writer .

Life

Even as a teenager, Oliver was interested in SF literature, and in 1939 a letter from him appeared in a fanzine for the first time . In 1943 the family moved to Crystal City , Texas, where Oliver graduated from high school.

Oliver studied English and anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) since 1946, graduating from both subjects with a master’s degree in 1952 . His thesis in English dealt scientifically with science fiction.

In 1959 he became assistant professor for anthropology at UTA, and in 1968 he became a full professor . From 1967 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985 he was chairman of the anthropological department. In 1961 he received his PhD from UCLA with a thesis on cultural transmission and social structure among the Indians of the Great Plains . In addition to Indian culture, he did research on the Kamba as an employee of Walter Goldschmidt in Kenya . He has received several awards for his teaching work. After his death, the UTA College of Liberal Arts established the Chad Oliver Honors Program Scholarship .

In 1948 Oliver's first science fiction short story appeared , in 1950 he was able to sell the first story. His most tester Roman Mists of the Dawn (dt. Menschheitsdämmerung ) appeared in 1952. In all, he wrote more than 60 SF short stories, some novels. In 1958 his first western short story appeared. In 1967 he received the Spur Award for his western The Wolf is My Brother .

Oliver had been married to Betty Jane Jenkins since November 1, 1952 and had two children.

Oliver was jazz - pianist and avid fly fisherman .

bibliography

Novels
  • Mists of Dawn (1952)
    • German: Menschheitsdämmerung. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch . Moewig (Terra # 484), 1966. Also as: Menschheitsdämmerung. Translated by Lore Straßl. Moewig (Utopia Classics # 83), 1985, ISBN 3-8118-5029-6 .
  • Shadows in the Sun (1954)
    • German: The other star. Heyne SF&F # 3090, 1967.
  • The Winds of Time (1956)
    • German: The great waiting. Translated by Charlotte Winheller. Heyne General Series # 231, 1963. Also as: Heyne SF&F # 3014, 1968. Also as: Heyne (Worlds of the Future / Chronicles of the Future # 6), 1963, ISBN 3-453-31152-3 .
  • Unearthly Neighbors (1960)
    • German: Brothers under a strange sun. Heyne SF&F # 3036, 1964.
  • The Shores of Another Sea (1971)
    • German: The monkey station. Translated by Fritz Steinberg. Heyne SF&F # 3340, 1973. Also called: The strangers came at night. Das Beste (En route to the world of tomorrow # 110), 1973, ISBN 3-87070-324-5 .
  • Giants in the Dust (1976)
Collections
  • Another Kind (1955)
    • German: people on strange stars. Moewig (Terra special volume # 96), 1965. Also as: People on strange stars. Translated by Michael Nagula. Moewig (Utopia Classics # 87), 1986, ISBN 3-8118-5033-4 . Also as: On strange stars. Moewig Science Fiction # 3774, 1987, ISBN 3-8118-3774-5 .
  • The Edge of Forever: Classic Anthropological Science Fiction (1971)
  • Selected Stories of Chad Oliver 1: A Star Above It and Other Stories (2003)
  • Selected Stories of Chad Oliver 2: Far from This Earth and Other Stories (2003)
Caravans
  • 1 shaka! (1974)
  • 2 Caravans Unlimited: Stability (1974)
  • 3 The Middle Man (1974)
  • 4 Caravans Unlimited: Monitor (1975)
Claude Adams
  • The Last Word (1955, with Charles Beaumont)
  • I, Claude (1956, with Charles Beaumont)
  • To Hell with Claude (1988, with Charles Beaumont)
Short stories
  • The Land of Lost Content (1950)
  • The Blood Star (1951, with Garvin Berry)
  • The Boy Next Door (1951)
  • The Reporter (1951)
  • The Edge of Forever (1951)
  • The Subversives (1952, also as: Win the World )
  • Lady Killer (1952)
  • Blood's a Rover (1952)
  • Stardust (1952, also as: First to the Stars )
  • Final Exam (1952)
  • The Fires of Forever (1952)
  • Technical Advisor (1953)
  • Judgment Day (1953)
  • The Shore of Tomorrow (1953)
  • Anachronism (1953)
  • The Ant and the Eye (1953)
  • Hardly Worth Mentioning (1953, also as: If Now You Grieve a Little )
  • The Life Game (1953)
    • German: The city in the ice. In: William F. Nolan (ed.): The others among us. Heyne SF&F # 3120, 1968.
  • Scientific Method (1953, also as: Hands Across Space )
    • German: The distrustful. In: people on strange stars. 1965/1986. Also as: The contact problem. In: Sam Moskowitz , Roger Elwood (ed.): The robot spy. Heyne SF&F # 3150, 1969.
  • Let Me Live in a House (1954, also as: A Friend to Man )
  • Rite of Passage (1954)
    • German: people on strange stars. In: people on strange stars. 1965/1986.
  • Of Course (1954)
  • Controlled Experiment (1954)
  • Transformer (1954)
    • German: The little people. In: people on strange stars. 1965/1986.
  • A Star Above It (1955)
    • German: Savior of the future. In: people on strange stars. 1965/1986.
  • The Mother of Necessity (1955)
    • German: The new system. In: people on strange stars. 1965/1986.
  • Any More at Home Like You? (1955)
  • Field agent (1955)
    • German: The Venus Project. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 29. Ullstein 2000 # 53 (2989), 1973, ISBN 3-548-02989-2 . Also as: Project Venus. In: Donald A. Wollheim (ed.): The riddle of Venus. Moewig (Terra special volume # 62), 1962.
  • Night (1955)
    • German: The night of the decision. In: people on strange stars. 1965/1986.
  • Artifact (1955)
    • German: Life on Mars. In: people on strange stars. 1965/1986.
  • North Wind (1956)
  • The Guests of Chance (1956, with Charles Beaumont)
  • Didn't he Ramble? (1957)
  • Between the Thunder and the Sun (1957)
    • German: Planned Risk. In: Anthony Boucher (Ed.): 16 Science Fiction Stories. Heyne Anthologies # 5, 1964.
  • The Wind Blows Free (1957)
  • Rewrite Man (1957)
  • Pilgrimage (1958)
  • The Space Horde (1958)
  • Guardian Spirit (1958, also as: The Marginal Man )
  • From Little Acorns (1959)
  • The One That Got Away (1959)
  • Transfusion (1959)
  • End of the Line (1965)
    • German: The last city on earth. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): The last city on earth. Heyne SF&F # 3048, 1965.
  • A Stick for Harry Eddington (1965)
    • German: With roles reversed. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Hrsg.): Border crossers between the worlds. Heyne SF&F # 3089, 1967.
  • Just Like a Man (1966)
  • Far From This Earth (1970)
  • King of the Hill (1972)
  • Second Nature (1973)
  • The Gift (1974)
    • English: The gift of hope. In: Roger Elwood (ed.): Journey to Infinity. Buoy Science Fiction, 1976, ISBN 3-414-13000-9 .
  • Community Study (1976)
  • To Whom It May Concern (1981)
  • Meanwhile, Back on the Reservation (1981)
  • Ghost Town (1983)
  • Take a Left at Bertram (1986)
  • One Night at Medicine Trail (1988)
  • Old Four-Eyes (1989)
  • A Lake of Summer (1991)
Scientific works
  • They Builded a Tower (1952, Master's thesis in English on science fiction)
  • Ecology and Cultural Continuity As Factors in the Social Organization of the Plains Indians (1961, PhD thesis in anthropology on the steppe Indians )
  • Two Horizons of Man: Parallels and Interconnections Between Anthropology and Science Fiction (1974, later printed symposium lecture)
  • The Kamba of Kenya (1980)
  • The Discovery of Humanity: An Introduction to Anthropology (1981, anthropological textbook)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Oliver, Chad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oliver, Symmes Chadwick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and western writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1993
Place of death Austin , Texas , USA