Diane Detzer
Diane Detzer de Reyna (born May 13, 1930 in Ridgefield , Connecticut ; died there in 1992 ) was an American science fiction writer. She also used the pseudonyms Adam Lukens and Jorge de Reyna . In 1958 she published a first short story in the pulp magazine Science Fiction Stories published by Robert W. Lowndes . 1959 first novel The Sea People (German The Others ), in which a stranded astronaut on an alien world is confronted with telepathically gifted underwater creatures. This and the following novels by Detzer are considered conventional space opera . Some of her novels have been translated into the German SF magazine series of Utopia Zukunftsromane .
bibliography
- as Adam Lukens
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The Sea People (1959)
- German: The others. Translated by Walter Ernsting . Gebrüder Zimmermann (Balowa Bestseller des Kosmos), 1961. Also as: Moewig (Terra # 207), 1961.
- Conquest of Life (1960)
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Sons of the Wolf (1961)
- German: magicians, people, wolves. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 366), 1963
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The Glass Cage (1962)
- German: hated, hounded, caught. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 360), 1963
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The World Within (1962)
- German: world behind mirrors. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 385), 1963
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Alien World (1963)
- German: The Priest-King. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 402), 1964
- Eevalu (1963)
- as Diane Detzer
- The Tomb (1958, short story)
- Planet of Fear (1968)
- as Jorge de Reyna
- The Return of the Starships (1968)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 272 f.
- John Clute : Detzer, Diane. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated April 4, 2017.
- Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , p. 141, sv Detzer, Diane .
Web links
- Adam Lukens in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Adam Lukens at Open Library
- Diane Detzer in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- Diane Detzer de Reyna on fictionfantasy.de (accessed on May 11, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Others at sf-leihbuch.de, accessed on May 11, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Detzer, Diane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Detzer de Reyna, Diane (full name); Lukens, Adam (pseudonym); de Reyna, Jorge (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ridgefield , Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1992 |
| Place of death | Ridgefield , Connecticut |