Harry Bates

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Harry Bates (born October 9, 1900 in Pittsburgh , † September 1981 in New York City ; actually Hiram Gilmore Bates III ) was an American publisher and writer of science fiction .

Life

Bates worked for William Clayton Publishing in the 1920s as the editor of various pulp magazines . In 1930 the publisher decided to enter the increasingly popular science fiction genre. This is how the Astounding Stories of Super Science magazine was founded. Bates became its first editor. He also edited the Strange Tales comic book series and remained in those positions until March 1933 when Clayton-Verlag went bankrupt. Astounding was later taken over by John W. Campbell , who made it the leading SF magazine under the name Astounding Science Fiction .

During his time as an editor, Bates wrote SF stories himself. Together with Desmond Hall he wrote a number of very successful stories about the space hero Hawk Carse , which appeared under a common pseudonym ( Anthony Gilmore , sometimes HB Winter ). A few more short stories appeared in the 1930s. His undoubtedly best-known story is Farewell to the Master (German: Farewell to the Lord , later also The day on which the earth stood still ), which appeared in Astounding in 1940 and on which the film The day on which the earth stood still from 1951 (a Remake was released in 2008) is based. However, Bates only received $ 500 for selling the film rights.

According to his own statements, he attached more importance to an exciting and entertaining story than to scientific correctness. His novel Space Hawk was published in 1952, and two short stories in 1953; later publications are not known.

In 1960, Bates was unable to work because of progressive arthritis . For the rest of his life he lived on government support .

In 1976 he was awarded the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award .

bibliography

Hawk Carse (short stories, with DW Hall)
  • 1 Hawk Carse (in: Astounding Stories, November 1931 )
  • 2 The Affair of the Brains (in: Astounding Stories, March 1932 )
  • 3 The Bluff of the Hawk (in: Astounding Stories, May 1932 )
  • 4 The Passing of Ku Sui (in: Astounding Stories, November 1932 )
  • 5 The Return of Hawk Carse (in: Amazing Stories, July 1942 )
  • Space Hawk (Collection, 1952)
    • German: rivals in space. Translated by Mortimer Colvin. AWA, 1954. Also called: The Invisible Asteroid. Translated by Mortimer Colvin. AWA, 1954. Also called: The Invisible Asteroid: Adventurous science fiction. Translated by Werner Gronwald. AWA-Verlag, Munich 1954, DNB 450252469 . Also as: Rivals in space: adventurous science fiction. Anthony Gilmore. Translated by Werner Gronwald. AWA-Verlag, Munich 1955, DNB 450252477 .
Seed of the Arctic Ice (short novels, with DW Hall)
  • 1 Seed of the Arctic Ice (in: Astounding Stories, February 1932 )
  • 2 Under Arctic Ice (in: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, January 1933 )
Novels
  • The Tentacles from Below (short novel in: Astounding Stories, February 1931 ; with DW Hall)
  • Farewell to the Master (short novel in: Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1940 )
  • A Scientist Rises (1975, short novel in: Perry Rhodan # 83: Ernst Ellert Returns!; With DW Hall)
Collections
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still & Other SF Classics (2008)
  • Anthology of Sci-Fi V30: The Pulp Writers: Anthony Gilmore (2013; with DW Hall)
Short stories

1929:

  • The City of Eric (in: Amazing Stories Quarterly, Spring 1929 )

1931:

  • Four Miles Within (in: Astounding Stories, April 1931 ; with DW Hall)
  • The Hands of Aten (in: Astounding Stories, July 1931 ; with DW Hall)
  • The Slave Ship from Space (in: Astounding Stories, July 1931 )
  • The Midget from the Island (in: Astounding Stories, August 1931 ; with DW Hall)

1933:

  • The Coffin Ship (in: Astounding Stories, October 1933 ; with DW Hall)

1934:

  • A Matter of Size (in: Astounding Stories, April 1934 )
    • German: A remnant of greatness. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 5. Ullstein 2000 # 5 (2804), ISBN 978-3-548-02804-0 .

1935:

  • Alas, All Thinking! (in: Astounding Stories, June 1935 )

1940:

  • The Experiment of Dr. Sarconi (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, July 1940 )
  • Farewell to the Master (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1940 )
    • English: The day the earth stood still. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 13. Ullstein 2000 # 22 (2883), 1972, ISBN 3-548-02883-7 . Also as: Farewell to the Lord. In: Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg (eds.): The best stories from 1940. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6711), 1980, ISBN 3-8118-6711-3 .

1941:

  • A Matter of Speed (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1941 )

1942:

  • Mystery of the Blue God (in: Amazing Stories, January 1942 )

1953:

  • Death of a Sensitive (in: Science-Fiction Plus, May 1953 )
    • German: Message from space. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 6. Ullstein 2000 # 7 (2818), 1972, ISBN 3-548-02818-7 .
  • The Triggered Dimension (in: Science-Fiction Plus, December 1953 )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ullstein 2000 - Science Fiction Stories 13, 1972, ISBN 3 548 02883 7
  2. ↑ Moskowitz, Sam: The First College-Level Course in Science Fiction. In: Science Fiction Studies 70 (November 1996)
personal data
SURNAME Bates, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bates, Hiram Gilmore III (real name); Gilmore, Anthony (pen name); Holmes, AR (pen name); Sabe, Quien (pseudonym); Winter, HG (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 1981
Place of death New York City