Donald A. Wollheim

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Donald A. Wollheim (1983)

Donald Allen Wollheim (born October 1, 1914 in New York City , † November 2, 1990 there ) was an American science fiction author and editor.

Life

Wollheim published his first story, The Man from Ariel, on Wonder Stories in 1934 , but did not begin to publish regular science fiction until the 1940s. When Hugo Gernsback did not transfer the agreed fee on time, he teamed up with other authors and successfully sued the famous publisher. Wollheim organized the first major convention in history in Philadelphia in 1936 and founded both the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA) and the Futurians , whose members included Frederik Pohl , Cyril M. Kornbluth , Damon Knight , Isaac Asimov and Judith Merril . Wollheim himself wrote numerous short stories and some novels. In 1941 he became editor of the series Cosmic Stories and Stirring Science Stories , in which he published many works by friends of his Futurians.

In 1943 he published the first story collection with the term 'Science Fiction' in its name, founded several long-standing anthology series and in 1945 published the first hardcover anthologies. In the Avon Fantasy Reader , published in eighteen volumes from 1947 to 1952 , he reprinted what he believed to be the best stories from Weird Tales magazine .

In 1952 Wollheim co-founded Ace Books , for which he received the Hugo Award in 1964 . He invented the Ace Doubles , in which a reprint of a well-known and successful book was tied back to back with a new publication by a new author. In this way he built up numerous previously unknown names: Robert Silverberg , Marion Zimmer Bradley , Poul Anderson , Samuel R. Delany , Thomas Burnett Swann , John Brunner , Avram Davidson , A. Bertram Chandler , AE van Vogt , Philip K. Dick , Ursula K. Le Guin , Fritz Leiber , Raphael Aloysius Lafferty , Roger Zelazny , Gordon R. Dickson and Andre Norton .

In addition, Wollheim - unauthorized by the author - brought out a paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien because Tolkien had replied to his inquiry in 1964 that he did not want an edition of his work in such a degenerate form. This rejection so annoyed Wollheim that he looked for a loophole in the copyrights. In fact, the paperback rights for the United States were not clearly regulated. Wollheim concluded from this that the rights for the states were free and laid the basis for the book's immense success in the USA with what was later referred to as pirated printing. The resulting litigation was later decided in favor of Ace Books.

In 1971, together with his wife Elsie B. Wollheim, he founded his own publishing house, DAW (based on his initials) and published there very successfully for decades. In addition to those who had followed him from Ace Books to the new publisher, Wollheim discovered and helped over the years Caroline Janice Cherryh , Tanith Lee , Tad Williams , Michael Moorcock , Brian Stableford , Jennifer Roberson , EC Tubb and Barrington J. Bayley them to gain a foothold in the US outside the UK. In addition, he also brought out science fiction from non-English-speaking countries, for example the Strugatzki brothers , Wolfgang Jeschke , Herbert W. Franke , Gerard Klein and Pierre Barbet . In 1981 he won the World Fantasy Award for his DAW in the Special - Pro category. In 1986 he received it again in the Convention Award category.

He did not hand over the editor-in-chief to his daughter until 1985, but despite a stroke in 1988 he was involved in the publishing work as a consultant until the end of his life.

Awards

bibliography

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part. If only the title and year are given as the source for short stories, the complete information can be found in the corresponding collective edition.

Ajax Calkins
  • 1 Pogo Planet (1941, short story, as Martin Pearson)
  • 2 Destiny World (1941, short story, as Martin Pearson)
  • 3 Mye Day (1942, short story, as Martin Pearson)
  • 4 Ajax of Ajax (1942, short story, as well as Martin Pearson)
  • Destiny's Orbit (1961, also as David Grinnell)
    • English: King of the Asteroids. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Moewig (Terra # 243), 1962. Also called: King of the asteroids. Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra # 482), 1980.
  • Destination: Saturn (1967, with Lin Carter, as David Grinnell)
Mike Mars (youth series)
  • 1 Mike Mars, astronaut (1961)
    • English: The Space Command: Astronaut Mike Mars. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1966.
  • 2 Mike Mars Flies the X-15 (1961)
    • English: Astronaut Mike Mars flies the X-15. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1966.
  • 3 Mike Mars at Cape Canaveral (1961, also as Mike Mars at Cape Kennedy , 1966)
    • English: Astronaut Mike Mars on Cape Kennedy. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1967.
  • 4 Mike Mars in Orbit (1961)
    • English: Astronaut Mike Mars in orbit. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1967.
  • 5 Mike Mars Flies the Dyna-Soar (1962)
    • English: Astronaut Mike Mars, savior in space. Translated by Heinrich Gottwald. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1968.
  • 6 Mike Mars, South Pole Spaceman (1962)
  • 7 Mike Mars and the Mystery Satellite (1963)
    • English: Astronaut Mike Mars and the Unknown Satellite. Translated by Heinrich Gottwald. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1968.
  • 8 Mike Mars Around the Moon (1964)
    • English: Astronaut Mike Mars, Flight to the Moon. Translated by Heinrich Gottwald. Engelbert-Verlag, Balve 1969.
Novels
  • The Secret of Saturn's Rings (1954)
    • English: The secret of the rings of Saturn. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 45), 1956.
  • Secret of the Martian Moons (1955)
  • One Against the Moon (1956)
    • English: Robinson's descendant. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 454), 1965.
  • Across Time (1957, also as David Grinnell)
    • German: decision. Widukind / Gebrüder Zimmermann (Widukind Fantasy Crime), 1959. Also as: Moewig (Terra # 174), 1961.
  • Edge of Time (1958, also as David Grinnell)
    • German: Projekt Mikrokosmos. Moewig (Terra special volume # 33), 1960. Also called: Projekt Mikrokosmos. Translated by Horst Hoffmann. Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra # 340), 1978.
  • The Martian Missile (1959, also as David Grinnell)
    • German: The thing from Mars. Moewig (Terra # 165), 1961. Also called: Das Ding vom Mars. Pabel (Utopia Classics # 25), 1981.
  • The Secret of the Ninth Planet (1959)
    • English: The secret of the ninth planet: a space novel. Translated by Tilla Schlenk. Tosa, Vienna 1968.
  • To Venus! To Venus! (1970, also as David Grinnell)
    • English: Death on Venus. Pabel (Terra Paperback # 254), 1975.
Collections
  • Two Dozen Dragon Eggs (1969)
    • English: How far is it to Babylon? Translated by Tony Westermayr. Goldmann's Space Pocket Books # 0135, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23135-3 .
  • The Men from Ariel (1982)
  • Up There and Other Strange Directions (1988)
  • Donald A. Wollheim: Science Fiction Collection (2016)
Short stories
  • The Man from Ariel (1934)
  • The Space Lens (1935, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • Umbriel (1936)
  • The Outpost at Altark (1940, as Robert W. Lowndes)
  • Castaway (1940)
  • The Planet That Time Forgot (1940)
  • The Haters (1940)
  • Cosmos Eye (1941, as Martin Pearson)
  • The World on the Edge of the Universe (1941, as Martin Pearson)
  • Bones (1941)
  • Strange Return (1941, as Lawrence Woods)
  • Purple Dandelions (1941, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • The Man from the Future (1941)
  • The Martians Are Coming (1941, with CM Kornbluth and Robert AW Lowndes)
  • The Planet of Illusion (1941, as Millard V. Gordon)
  • !!! (1941, as X)
  • Black Flames (1941, with Robert AW Lowndes, as Lawrence Woods, also as The Thought Monsters )
  • Blueprint (1941)
  • Cosmophobia (1941, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • Earth Does Not Reply (1941) with John B. Michel [only as by Lawrence Woods]
  • The Colossus of Maia (1941, with Robert AW Lowndes, as Lawrence Woods)
  • A Million Years and a Day (1941, as Lawrence Woods)
  • Revolving World (1941, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • The Hat (1941)
  • Baby Dreams (1941, as Allen Warland)
  • Bomb (1942, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • Planet Passage (1942, also as Martin Pearson)
    • German: Last rescue. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Utopia Science Fiction Magazin, # 7. Pabel, 1957.
  • Saknarth (1942, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • The Hidden Conflict (1942, as Martin Pearson)
  • The Planet Called Aquella (1942, also as Martin Pearson, also as Aquella )
  • All Out (1942)
  • The Growing Terror (1942)
  • The Drums of Reig Rawan (1942)
  • Blind Flight (1942, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • The Embassy (1942, as Martin Pearson)
  • The Unfinished City (1942, also as Martin Pearson, also as The God of Oo , as Allen Warland)
  • The World in Balance (1942, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • Up There (1942, also as Martin Pearson)
  • Nothing (1942, as Martin Pearson)
  • Storm Warning (1942, also as Millard Verne Gordon)
    • German: storm warning. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Mimic (1942, also as Martin Pearson)
  • The Coming of the Comet (1942)
  • The Key to the Black Planet (1942, as Martin Pearson)
  • The Oomph Beasts (1942, also as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • The Second Satellite (1943, as Martin Pearson)
  • The Millionth Year (1943, also as Martin Pearson)
    • German: The millionth year. In: Stardust. 1962.
  • The Booklings (1943)
  • The Unholy Glass (1943, as Millard Verne Gordon)
  • Still Life (1945)
  • Top Secret (1948, also as David Grinnell)
    • German: Not from this world. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Utopia Science Fiction Magazin, # 4. Pabel, 1956. Also as: Top Secret. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Pallas Rebellion (1950, as W. Malcolm White)
  • War of the Marsh-Men (1950, as W. Malcolm White)
  • Extending the Holdings (1951, also as David Grinnell)
    • German: Extension of the living space. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Private World (1951, as Martin Pearson)
  • The Rag Thing (1951, also as David Grinnell)
    • German: The living rag. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972. Also as: Das Ding. In: Terry Carr , Martin Harry Greenberg (eds.): Dream realm of magic: highlights of modern fantasy. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4254, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31262-7 .
  • Colt Cash Cache (1952)
  • Signpost in the Sky (1952, as W. Malcolm White)
  • Malice Aforethought (1952, as David Grinnell)
    • German: With forethought. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Shoo, Fly! (1953, also as W. Malcolm White)
    • German: The fly flap. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972. Also called: The fly flap. In: Michael Görden (Ed.): The future is spinning. Goldmann Science Fiction # 23499, 1987, ISBN 3-442-23499-9 .
  • The Mask of Demeter (1953, with CM Kornbluth, also as Cecil Corwin and Martin Pearson)
  • Disguise (1953)
    • German: The disguised visitor. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Road to Rome (1953, also as David Grinnell)
    • German: Delivery for Rome. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972. Also called: The Man from Rome. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 72. Ullstein 2000 # 144 (3487), 1978, ISBN 3-548-03487-X .
  • No Greater Glory (1953, as W. Malcolm White)
  • Asteroid 745: Mauritia (1953, as Martin Pearson)
  • Ganymede House (1953, as David Grinnell)
    • German: The souvenir. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • The Poetess and the 21 Gray-Haired Cadavers (1953, also as W. Malcolm White)
    • German: Visit from the canned world. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • The Lysenko Maze (1953, also as David Grinnell)
    • English: The blue mouse. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Last Stand of a Space Grenadier (1954, as David Grinnell)
    • German: Order for the space grenadiers. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Observation Platform (1957, as Martin Pearson)
  • This Year and No Other (1960, as David Grinnell)
  • How Many Miles to Babylon? (1963)
    • English: How far is it to Babylon ?. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • The Hook (1963)
  • Babylon: 70 M. (1963)
  • Doorslammer (1963)
    • German: The country girl. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • The Feminine Fraction (1964, as David Grinnell)
    • German: The female part. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • The Garrison (1965, as David Grinnell)
    • German: The fortress. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • An Advance Post in the War Between the Sexes (1969)
    • German: Battle of the Sexes. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • A Look To The Future (1969)
    • German: A look into the future. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972. Also as: A look into the future. In: Michael Görden (Ed.): The future is spinning. Goldmann Science Fiction # 23499, 1987, ISBN 3-442-23499-9 .
  • Give Her Hell (1969)
    • German: To hell with her! In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Landragon (1969)
    • German: The Great Dragon of Landragon. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Santa Rides a Saucer (1969)
    • English: Santa Claus from another planet. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • The Egg from Alpha Centauri (1969)
    • English: The egg from Alpha Centauri. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • Web Sixty-Four (1969)
    • German: Lost in infinity. In: How far is it to Babylon? 1972.
  • The Horror Out of Lovecraft (1969)
  • Miss McWhortle's Weird (1970)
  • The Rules of the Game (1973)
  • Great Gog's Grave (1981, with Forrest J. Ackerman)
  • Ishkabab (1982)
  • The Lost Poe (1982)
  • Who's There (1982)
  • Interplane Express (1988, with CM Kornbluth)
Anthologies (as editor)
  • The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction (1943)
  • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories (1949)
  • Flight Into Space (1950)
  • Every Boy's Book of Science Fiction (1951)
  • Prize Science Fiction (1953, also as Prize Stories of Space and Time )
  • The Ultimate Invader and Other Science-Fiction (1954)
  • Adventures in the Far Future (1954)
    • German: stardust. Moewig (Terra special volume # 56), 1962.
  • Tales of Outer Space (1954)
  • Adventures on Other Planets (1955)
    • German: On distant planets. Moewig (Terra # 344), 1964. Also as: Science-Fiction-Stories 26. Ullstein 2000 # 47 (2967), 1973, ISBN 3-548-02967-1 .
  • Terror in the Modern Vein (1955)
  • The End of the World (1956)
    • German: The Last Man. Moewig (Terra # 271), 1963. Also as: Science-Fiction-Stories 28. Ullstein 2000 # 51 (2980), 1973, ISBN 3-548-02980-9 .
  • The Earth in Peril (1957)
    • German: The earth in danger. Moewig (Terra # 356), 1964.
  • Men on the Moon (1958)
  • The Macabre Reader (1959)
  • The Hidden Planet: Science-Fiction Adventures on Venus (1959)
    • English: The riddle of Venus. Moewig (Terra Sonderband # 62), 1962. Also as: Science-Fiction-Stories 29. Ullstein 2000 # 53 (2989), 1962, ISBN 3-548-02989-2 .
  • More Macabre (1961)
  • More Terror in the Modern Vein (1961)
  • More Adventures on Other Planets (1963)
  • Swordsmen in the Sky (1964)
    • English: brother of the sword. Pabel (Terra Fantasy # 10), 1975.
  • Operation: Phantasy: The Best from The Phantagraph (1967)
  • The Avon Fantasy Reader (1969)
  • The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader (1969)
  • A Quintet of Sixes (1969)
  • Ace Science Fiction Reader (1971, also as Trilogy of the Future , 1972)
  • The Best from the Rest of the World (1976)
  • The DAW Science Fiction Reader (1976)

Anthology series:

  • World's Best Science Fiction (1965–1971, with Terry Carr )
  • Annual World's Best SF (1972–1990, at times with Arthur W. Saha )
Non-fiction
  • The Universe Makers: Science Fiction Today (1971)

Film adaptations

On Wollheim's short story Mimic , which he published in 1942 under the pseudonym Martin Pearson, the 1997 film Mimic - Attack of the Killer Insects was based. This was followed by the films Mimic 2 (2001) and Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003).

literature

Web links

Commons : Donald Allen Wollheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Donald A. Wollheim  - Sources and full texts (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b John Clute , Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . St. Martin's Press, New York 1993, ISBN 1-85723-124-4 .
  2. ↑ Betsy Wollheim: The Family Trade. In: Locus Magazine . June 2006 ( excerpt from the interview ).
  3. ↑ Welcome to DAW Books ( English ) DAW Books . Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ Internet Movie Database (IMDb): Mimic - Attack of the killer insects [1]
personal data
SURNAME Wollheim, Donald A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wollheim, Donald Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1990
Place of death New York City