FM Busby

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Francis Marion Busby Jr. (born March 11, 1921 in Indianapolis ; died February 17, 2005 in Seattle ) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Busby was the son of Francis Marion Busby and Clara Irene, nee Nye. He graduated from Washington State University . During World War II he worked for the Alaska Communications System , a US Army communications system in Alaska . After the end of the war he continued his studies and graduated with a BS in physics in 1946 and engineering in 1947. He then worked again as an engineer for the Alaska Communications System . In 1954 he married Elinor Doub, with whom he had a daughter born in 1952.

He has been active in SF fandom since the 1950s and together with his wife published the fanzine Cry of the Nameless , for which they received the Hugo Award in 1960 together with Burnett Toskey and Wally Weber . In 1957, Busby's first short story, A Gun for Grandfather , was published by Future Science Fiction . However, it was not until the early 1970s that Busby turned intensively to writing. He quit in 1970 and has been a freelance writer ever since, and in 1972 he took part in one of the Clarion workshops for budding SF writers. From then on, further works appeared in quick succession, until the mid-1990s a total of 20 novels and over 40 short stories.

A large part of his novels is made up of the series Rissa Kerguelen , Hulzein and Slow Freight around Rissa Kerguelen and Bran Tregare, which belong to the space opera sub-genre . Busby is also known for his strong female characters.

The first novel in the Demu series and two short stories were translated into German .

Awards

  • 1960 Hugo Award for Cry of the Nameless as best fanzine

bibliography

Demu series
  • 1 Cage a Man (1973)
    • German: man in a cage . Translated by Leni Sobez. Bastei Lübbe # 21062, 1975, ISBN 3-404-04965-9 .
  • 2 The Proud Enemy (1975)
  • 3 End of the Line (1980, in: FM Busby: The Demu Trilogy )
  • Cage a Man (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1973 )
  • The Learning of Eeshta (in: Worlds of If, September-October 1973 )
  • The Demu Trilogy (collective edition from 1–3; 1980)
Jay Pearsall (short stories)
  • Pearsall's Return (1973, in: Worlds of If, July-August 1973 [UK] )
  • Search (in: Amazing Stories, December 1976 )
  • Never So Lost ... (in: Amazing Stories, October 1977 )
  • Nobody Home (in: Amazing Stories, July 1977 )
  • All These Earths (1978, collection and fix-up )
Rissa Kerguelen and Bran Tregare - Hulzein
  • 1 Star Rebel (1984)
  • 2 Rebel's Quest (1984)
  • 3 The Alien Debt (1984)
  • 4 Rebels' Seed (1986)
  • The Rebel Dynasty, Volume I (collective edition of 1 and 2; 1987)
  • The Rebel Dynasty, Volume II (collective edition of 3 and 4; 1988)
Rissa Kerguelen and Bran Tregare - Rissa Kerguelen
  • 1 Rissa Kerguelen (1976; also: Rissa and Tregare , 1984; also: Young Rissa , 1984)
  • 2 The Long View (1976)
  • 2 Rissa and Tregare (1984)
  • 3 Zelde M'Tana (1980)
  • Rissa Kerguelen (collective edition of 1 and 2; 1977)
Slow Freight (novels)
  • 1 Slow Freight (1991)
  • 2 Arrow from Earth (1995)
  • 3 The Triad Worlds (1996)
Single novels
  • The Breeds of Man (1988)
  • The Singularity Project (1993)
  • Islands of Tomorrow (1994)
Collections
  • Getting Home (1987)
Short stories

1957:

  • A Gun for Grandfather (in: Future Science Fiction, # 34, Fall 1957 )

1972:

  • Of Mice and Otis (in: Amazing Science Fiction, March 1972 )
  • The Puiss of Krrlik (in: Fantastic, April 1972 )
  • Here, There, and Everywhere (1972, in: Robin Scott Wilson (Ed.): Clarion II )
  • Proof (in: Amazing Science Fiction, September 1972 )
  • The Real World (in: Fantastic, December 1972 )

1973:

  • Once Upon a Unicorn (in: Fantastic, April 1973 )
  • Three Tinks on the House (in: Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, June 1973 )
  • 20001⁄2 - A Spaced Oddity (in: Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, June 1973 )
  • Play It Again, Sam (1973, in: Robin Scott Wilson (Ed.): Clarion III )
  • Road Map (1973, in: Robin Scott Wilson (Ed.): Clarion III )
  • Tell Me All About Yourself (1973, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): New Dimensions 3 )

1974:

  • I'm Going to Get You (in: Fantastic, March 1974 )
  • Getting Home (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1974 )
  • What Was That? (in: Amazing Science Fiction, April 1974 )
  • Collateral (1974, in: Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, June 1973 )
  • Time of Need (1974, in: Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, June 1973 )
  • Retroflex (1974, in: Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, June 1973 )
  • If This Is Winnetka, You Must Be Judy (1974, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 5 )

1975:

  • Misconception (1975, in: Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, June 1973 )
  • The Signing of Tulip (in: Vertex, June 1975 )
  • Advantage (in: Vertex, August 1975 )

1977:

  • Backspace (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Winter 1977 )

1978:

  • Come to the Party (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, December 1978 ; with Frank Herbert )

1980:

  • First Person Plural (1980, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 10 )

1981:

  • Balancing Act (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 16, 1981 )
  • Backup System (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 26, 1981 )
  • Wrong Number (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 21, 1981 )

1982:

  • Stormer (in: Rigel Science Fiction, # 3 Winter 1982 )
  • For a Daughter (1982, in: Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Ed.): Amazons II )
    • German: For a daughter. In: Jessica Amanda Salmonson (ed.): New Amazon stories. Bastei Lübbe Fantasy # 20052, 1983, ISBN 3-404-20052-7 .
  • Dibs on Earth (1982, in: Fifty Extremely SF * Stories )

1983:

  • Before the Seas Came (1983, in: Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Ed.): Heroic Visions )

1984:

  • Mars is Monotonous (1984, in: Westercon 37 Program Book )

1987:

  • The Absence of Tom Leone (1987, in: FM Busby: Getting Home )

1989:

  • Where Credit Is Due (in: Amazing Stories, March 1989 )

1990:

  • Where Are You, Guy de Maupassant, Now That We Need You? (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1990 )

1991:

  • Eden Regained (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1991 )
  • Conquest (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1991 )
  • The Implanted Man (in: Amazing Stories, November 1991 )
  • Tundra Moss (1991, in: Gregory Benford and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): What Might Have Been? Volume 3: Alternate Wars )

1993:

  • Quantum Bleep: The Catagorical Imperative (1993, in: Westercon 46 Program Book )

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personal data
SURNAME Busby, FM
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busby, Francis Marion Jr. (full name); Busby, Buz (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2005
Place of death Seattle