J. Hunter Holly

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J. Hunter Holly (real name Joan Carol Holly ; born September 25, 1932 in Lansing , Michigan ; died October 10, 1982 there ) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Holly was the daughter of engineer Arthur Hunter Holly and artist Hazel Belle, née Trumbo. She studied at Lansing Community College on a scholarship from the William and Sarah E. Hinman Foundation and psychology at Michigan State University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1954 . She worked as a photographer, commercial clerk and ballet teacher.

Holly has been writing stories since she was five, initially dictating to her mother. From 1952 she published her first texts and in 1959 her science fiction debut , the novel Encounter , appeared at Avalon Books under the pseudonym J. Hunter Holly, which she used because science fiction was considered a male domain at the time. In the mid-1970s, she dropped the pseudonym or used Joan Hunter Holly as the author's name.

Her writing career was interrupted in 1966 by a benign brain tumor that was removed in 1970. Her health remained impaired in the years that followed. She died in 1982 at the age of 50.

Her work is predominantly space opera , often the subject of an alien invasion. An exception is the novel The Green Planet (1960, German The Green Planet ), in which a group of exiles try to survive on a strange planet and make contact with indigenous people.

bibliography

Novels
  • Encounter (1959)
    • German: The mysterious stranger. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 149), 1961.
  • The Green Planet (1960)
    • German: The green planet. Moewig (Terra # 206), 1961.
  • The Dark Planet (1962)
    • German: The great dying. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 396), 1964. Also called: The Virus Rocket. Moewig (Terra Astra # 43), 1972.
  • The Flying Eyes (1962)
  • The Gray Aliens (1963)
  • Variant: The Gray Aliens (1964)
    • German: The strange shadows. Moewig (Terra # 535), 1967.
  • The Running Man (1963)
    • English: Chased by horror. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 400), 1964.
  • The Time Twisters (1964)
    • German: Die Zeitverdreher. Moewig (Terra Astra # 19), 1971.
  • The Dark Enemy (1965)
  • The Mind Traders (1966)
  • The Assassination Affair ( The Man from UNCLE # 10, 1967)
  • Keeper (1976)
  • Shepherd (1977)
  • The Death Dolls of Lyra (1977)
Short stories
  • Silence (1965)
  • The Question (1966)
  • The Gift of Nothing (1972)
  • The Others (1973)
  • Child (1973)
  • The Graduated Robot (1974)
  • The Proper Study (1974)
  • Variant: The Proper Study (1974)
  • Come See the Last Man Cry (1975)
  • Variant: Come See the Last Man Cry (1975)
    • German: Come see the last person crying !. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Heyne Science Fiction Magazin, # 6. Heyne SF&F # 3954, 1983, 3-453-30885-9.
  • Psi Clone (1977)
  • Variant: PSI Clone (1977)
    • German: Psi-Klon. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Enemies of the system. Heyne SF&F # 3805, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30707-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Holly, J. Hunter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holly, Joan Carol (real name); Holly, Joan Hunter (pen name); Holly, Joan C. (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Lansing , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1982
Place of death Lansing , Michigan