Charles L. Fontenay

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Charles Louis Fontenay (born March 17, 1917 in São Paulo , Brazil , † January 27, 2007 in Memphis , Tennessee ) was an American science fiction writer and artist.

Life

Charles L. Fontenay was born in São Paulo in 1917, but grew up on his parents' farm in Tennessee. In 1936 he took up the job of reporter, which he took up again after the war , in which he worked as an officer on various Pacific islands. From 1946 until his retirement in 1987 he worked as an editor for the large daily newspaper Nashville Tennessean .

At the same time, however, he continued to study, which was reflected in his 1964 book Epistle to the Babylonians , a philosophical work on the interaction of the conservative majority and the creative minority in the rise and fall of cultures. This book was later used as the basis for university lectures and earned it an entry in the Register of American Philosophers.

Fontenay wrote three science fiction novels and a large number of short stories. After his retirement, after a long break, he began to write SF again almost unnoticed by the fan base - first a few short stories and later novels, especially an 18-volume series of young people's books set on a populated Mars .

He also achieved success as an artist, but showed a tendency to caricature modern art and reduce it to absurdity . So he submitted a painting that was created by wiping his brushes while cleaning on a blank canvas, to a competition and received a prize for it.

Fontenay also learned Taekwondo ( black belt , third dan), won medals in correspondence chess and wrote a biography.

bibliography

Novels
  • Twice Upon a Time (1958)
    • English: Legion of the Timeless. Translated by Walter K. Baumann. Moewig (Terra special volume # 20), 1959. Further edition: Legion of the Timeless. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Gebrüder Zimmermann (Balowa Bestseller des Kosmos # 308), 1962.
    • German:
  • Rebels of the Red Planet (1961, also as Rebels of the Red Planet , 2017)
    • English: Die Marsrebellen. Moewig (Terra # 326), 1964.
  • The Day the Oceans Overflowed (1964)
  • Target: Grant, 1862 (1999)
  • Modál: A Tale of Mind and Body, Love and Heroism, in a Possible Future World (2000)
Collections
  • Anthology of Sci-Fi V26: The Pulp Writers (2013, with Jack Williamson)
  • The Sixth Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack (2014)
  • Here, There and Elsewhen: The Collected Works of Charles L. Fontenay . 3 volumes:
    • 1 A Mars That Never Was (1998)
    • 2 The Solar System and Beyond (2001)
    • 3 Now and Elsewhen (2001)
Short stories
  • Disqualified (1954)
  • Escape Velocity (1954)
    • German: Escape speed. Translated by Klaus Weidemann. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 86. Ullstein SF&F # 31023, 1981, ISBN 3-548-31023-0 .
  • Blow the Man Down (1955)
  • The Patriot (1955)
  • Communication (1956)
  • Poor Crazy One (1956)
  • The Strangest Man in the Universe (1956)
  • Atom Drive (1956)
  • Z (1956)
  • The Silk and the Song (1956)
  • Family Tree (1956)
  • The Old Goat (1957)
  • Blind Alley (1957)
  • Up (1957)
  • A Case of Sunburn (1957)
  • The Martian Shore (1957)
  • Moths (1957)
  • Pretty Quadroon (1957)
  • The Last Brave Invader (1957)
  • Earth Transit (1957)
  • The Heart's Long Wait (1957)
  • A Summer Afternoon (1958)
  • Chip on the Shoulder (1958)
  • Never Marry a Venerian (1958)
  • Conservation (1958)
  • West O'Mars (1958)
  • Service with a Smile (1958)
  • Beauty Interrupted (1958)
  • The Gift Bearer (1958)
  • Nothing's Impossible (1958)
  • Bait (1959)
  • Ghost Planet (1959)
  • The Jupiter Weapon (1959)
  • Wind (1959)
  • Bargain Basement (1959)
  • Matchmaker (1960)
  • Mariwite (1960)
  • Fredeya (1988)
  • Savior (1991)
  • Cat o 'Nine Tales (1994)
  • The Praying Lady (1994)
  • An M-1 at Fort Donelson (1994)
  • The Snakeskin Moon (1994)
  • The Hole in the Air (1995)
  • Miss Hettie and Harlan (1996)
Kipton Chronicles (Youth SF)
  • 1 Kipton & Gruff (1995)
  • 2 Kipton and the Ovoid (1996)
  • 3 Kipton in Wonderland (1996)
  • 4 Kipton and the Monkey's Uncle (1996)
  • 5 Kipton: Murder on Stage (1996)
  • 6 Kipton and the Tower of Time (1996)
  • 7 Kipton and the Christmas Gift (1997)
  • 8 Kipton and the Android (1997)
  • 9 Kipton & the I Ching (1997)
  • 10 Kipton & the Voodoo Curse (1998)
  • 11 Kipton and the Caves of Mars (1998)
  • 12 Kipton and the Monorail Murder (1999)
  • 13 Kipton on Phobos (1999)
  • 14 Kipton at the Martian Games (1998)
  • 15 Kipton & the Matter Transmitter (1999)
  • 16 Kipton and the Martian Maidens (1999)
  • 17 Kipton & the Delusions of Aunt Else (1999)
  • 18 Kipton & the Riddle of Sandstone (1999)
Non-fiction
  • Epistle to the Babylonians (1969)
  • Estes Kefauver: A Biography (1980)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Fontenay, Charles L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fontenay, Charles Louis (full name); Fontenay, Charles (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2007
Place of death Memphis , Tennessee