Edwin Balmer

Cover of Amazing Stories , April 1927

Edwin Balmer (* 26. July 1883 in Chicago , † 21st March 1959 ) was an American science fiction - writers .

Life

Edwin Balmer was born to Helen Clark (Pratt) and Thomas Balmer. He began his career as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune in 1903 before starting story writing. From 1927 to 1949 he was editor of the SciFi magazine Redbook , in which later a. a. also novels by Kate Wilhelm were published.

In 1932/33 Balmer wrote the novel When Worlds Collide with Philip Wylie . The plot was made into a film by George Pal . The follow-up novel is called After Worlds Collide .

bibliography

Luther Trant (with William MacHarg)

• The Achievements of Luther Trant (1910)
• The Axton Letters (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Chalchihuitl Stone (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Eleventh Hour (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Empty Cartridges (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Fast Watch (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Man Higher Up (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Man in the Room (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Private Bank Puzzle (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Red Dress (1910, in: William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer: The Achievements of Luther Trant )
• The Hammering Man (in: Amazing Stories, March 1927 )
• The Duel in the Dark (in: Amazing Detective Tales, September 1930 )
• A Matter of Mind Reading (in: Amazing Detective Tales, June 1930 )
• Vapors of Death (in: Amazing Detective Tales, August 1930 )

Bronson Beta (with Philip Wylie)

• 1 When Worlds Collide (6 parts in: The Blue Book Magazine, September 1932  ff.)
  • German: When worlds collide. Translated by Else von Hollander-Lossow. Weiss, 1959.
• 2 After Worlds Collide (6 parts in: The Blue Book Magazine, November 1933  ff.)
  • German: On the new planet. Translated by Else von Hollander-Lossow. Weiss, 1960.
• When Worlds Collide / After Worlds Collide (collective edition from 1–2; 1951; also: When Worlds Collide , 1999)

Single novels

• Flying Death (1927)
• Five Fatal Words (1932; with Philip Wylie)
• The Golden Hoard (1934; with Philip Wylie)
• The Shield of Silence (1936; with Philip Wylie)

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn , Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 201.
• John Clute : Balmer, Edwin. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).
• Johan Heje: Balmer, Edwin . In: James Gunn : The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Viking, New York et al. a. 1988, ISBN 0-670-81041-X , p. 36.
• Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , p. 29.

Web links

• Edwin Balmer in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Edwin Balmer in Fantastic Fiction (English)
• Edwin Balmer in the bibliography of German science fiction ( books , stories )
• Edwin Balmer in Fancyclopedia 3 (English)
• Edwin Balmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Edwin Balmer in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Works by and about Edwin Balmer at Open Library
• Edwin Balmer introduces Redbook Magazine Radio Dramas (May 26, 1932) (Audio)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerald Jonas: Science Fiction . In: The New York Times . February 9, 1992, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed April 7, 2017]).
2. ↑ Michael Peters, Kuerten, Germany: SF loan book database - Edwin Balmer: When worlds collide. Retrieved March 23, 2017 .