Doris Pitkin Buck

Doris Pitkin Buck (born January 3, 1898 in New York City ; died December 4, 1980 ) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Buck graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1920 with a BA and in 1925 from Columbia University with an MA, subsequently worked with theater groups and gave courses at Ohio State University .

In 1952, her first SF short story, Aunt Agatha, appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . She also remained loyal to this magazine in the following publications. She has been nominated multiple times for the Nebula Award and was a founding member of the Science Fiction Writers of America .

Short story bibliography

• Aunt Agatha (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 )
• The Appraiser (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1954 )
• Two-Bit Oracle (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1954 )
• Dywyk (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1955 )
• Spanish Spoken (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957 )
• Birth of a Gardener (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1961 )
• Green Sunrise (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1961 )
• Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1964 )
  • German: escape into dreams. Translated by Charlotte Winheller . In: Charlotte Winheller (ed.): Error of the machines. Heyne General Series # 299, 1964.
• Story of a Curse (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1965 )
  • English: The story of a curse. Translated by Uwe Anton . In: Charles G. Waugh, Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg (eds.): Sternenschiffe (1). Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31144, 1987, ISBN 3-548-31144-X .
• Girls Will Be Girls (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1966 )
• The Little Blue Weeds of Spring (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1966 )
• Why They Mobbed the White House (1968, in: Damon Knight (Ed.): Orbit 3 )
  • German: Why they stormed the White House. In: Damon Knight (Ed.): Damon Knight's Collection 4. Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit # 7), 1972, ISBN 3-436-01509-1 .
• Transgressor's Way (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1969 )
• Bughouse (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1970 )
• Spring and the Green-eyed Girl (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1971 )
• The Giberel (1971, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): New Dimensions 1: Fourteen Original Science Fiction Stories )
  • German: The Giberels. Translated by Leni Sobez. In: Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (Ed.): Good news from the Vatican and other "Nebula" prize stories 1. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6721), 1981, ISBN 3-8118-6721-0 .
• Blackberry Winter (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1973 )
• Voyage With Interruption (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1973 )
• Please Close The Gate On Account of the Kitten (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1975 )
  • English: cats on the premises. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch . In: Manfred Kluge (ed.): Guide to nowhere. Heyne SF&F # 3502, 1976, ISBN 3-453-30392-X .
• Cacophony in Pink and Ocher (in: Harlan Ellison (Ed.): The Last Dangerous Visions , not published)

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 70.
• David Langford : Buck, Doris Pitkin. In: John Clute , Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated May 24, 2017.

Web links

• Doris Pitkin Buck in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Doris Pitkin Buck in the Bibliography of German Science Fiction ( Stories )
• Literature by and about Doris Pitkin Buck in the WorldCat bibliographic database