JT McIntosh

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JT McIntosh was the artist pseudonym of the Scottish science fiction writer James Murdoch MacGregor (born February 14, 1925 in Paisley , Scotland ; died 2007 or 2008 in Aberdeen , Scotland), who occasionally published under the name James MacGregor . His first short story was published in 1950, his first novel World Out of Mind was published in 1953. His last work is from 1979 and is called A Planet Called Utopia .

Life

MacGregor was the son of civil servant Murdoch Macgregor and Marion, nee Dracup. He attended Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen from 1936 to 1941 and studied at the University of Aberdeen , where he graduated with a Master's in 1947 . He then worked as a musician, teacher, photographer and editor for several magazines in Aberdeen, including Bon Accord and Press & Journal . Since 1960 he was married to Margaret Murray.

His first SF short story The Curfew Tolls was published in Astounding in 1950 , his first novel World Out of Mind was published in 1953. Since 1952 he has been a freelance writer. Together with John Mather and Edith Dell he wrote the script for the SF film Satellite in the Sky (1956). In addition to translations into German, his stories have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish and Japanese. After the novel A Planet Called Utopia , published in 1979, no further publications followed.

His estate is in the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.

bibliography

One (short stories)
  • One in Three Hundred (1953)
  • One in a Thousand (1954)
  • One Too Many (1954)
  • One in Three Hundred (1954, novel)
    • German: One of three hundred. Translated by Walter Ernsting . Moewig (Terra special volume # 16), 1959. Also as: One of 300. Translated by Wulf H. Bergner . Heyne SF&F # 3201, 1970.
Novels
  • The Esp Worlds (1952, also called The Noman Way , 1964)
  • World Out of Mind (1953)
    • English: The saboteurs of Nwylla. Moewig (Terra # 283), 1963.
  • Born Leader (1954, also as Worlds Apart , 1958)
  • The Fittest (1955, also as The Rule of the Pagbeasts , 1956)
    • German: The survivors. Translated by Walter Ernsting. Moewig (Terra special volume # 21), 1959. Also as: Die Überlebenenden. Translated by Wulf H. Bergner. Heyne SF&F # 3162. 1969.
  • The Million Cities (1958, 1963)
  • When the Ship Sank (1959, as James Macgregor)
  • Incident over the Pacific (1960, also as A Cry to Heaven , 1961, as James Macgregor)
  • The Iron Rain (1962, as James Macgregor)
  • Out of Chaos (1965)
  • Snow White and the Giants (1966, also called Time for a Change , 1967)
  • Six Gates from Limbo (1968)
    • English: Six gates to hell. Translated by Wulf H. Bergner. Heyne SF&F # 3154, 1969.
  • Take a Pair of Private Eyes (novel version, 1968)
  • A Coat of Blackmail (novel version, 1970)
  • Transmigration (1970)
    • German: The Wanderer of Souls. Translated by Fritz Steinberg. Heyne SF&F # 3322, 1972.
  • Flight from Rebirth (1971)
  • The Cosmic Spies (1972)
  • The Space Sorcerers (1972, also as The Suiciders , 1973)
  • Galactic Takeover Bid (1973)
  • Ruler of the World (1976, also called This is the Way the World Begins ; 1977)
  • Norman Conquest 2066 (1977)
  • A Planet Called Utopia (1979)
Short stories
  • The Curfew Tolls (1950)
  • Ape (1951, with Frank H. Parnell, as Gregory Francis)
  • Machine Made (1951)
  • Question Mark (1951, with Frank H. Parnell, as Gregory Francis)
  • Then There Were Two (1951)
  • When Aliens Meet (1951)
  • Safety Margin (1951)
  • Venus Mission (1951)
    • German: The gray ones. In: Donald A. Wollheim (ed.): The riddle of Venus. Moewig (Terra special volume # 62), 1962. Also called: The gray pursuer. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 29. Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 # 53 (2989)), 1973, ISBN 3-548-02989-2 .
  • Outpost Zero (1951, as James MacIntosh)
  • Sanctuary, Oh Ulla! (1951)
  • Hallucination Orbit (1952, also as The Bliss of Solitude )
    • German: bliss of loneliness. In: Peter Naujack (Ed.): Robots. Diogenes, 1962.
  • Katahut Said No (1952)
  • Stitch in Time (1952)
  • The Broken Record (1952, as James MacGregor)
  • The World That Changed (1952)
  • Tradition (1952)
  • The Reluctant Colonist (1952)
  • Talents (1952)
  • Escape Me Never (1953)
  • The Volunteers (1953)
  • Beggars All (1953)
  • Made in USA (1953)
    • German: The Psychoblock. In: Kurt Luif (Ed.): Phantom of Freedom. Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch # 255), 1975. Also called: Made in USA. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Science Fiction Story Reader 17. Heyne SF&F # 3860, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30746-1 . Also as: Made in USA. In: James Gunn (ed.): From Shelley to Clarke. Heyne (Library of Science Fiction Literature # 100), 2000, ISBN 3-453-17104-7 .
  • First Lady (1953)
    • German: First Lady. In: Just a Martian Woman and Other Science Fiction Stories. Ullstein (Ullstein Books # 248), 1959, ISBN 248. Also as: First Lady. In: Lothar Heinecke (Ed.): Galaxis Science Fiction, # 14. Moewig, 1959.
  • Mind Alone (1953)
  • War's Great Organ (1953)
  • "Now You See Them-" (1953, with Frank H. Parnell, as Gregory Francis)
  • The Happier Eden (1953)
  • Hitch-Hikers (1954, with Frank H. Parnell, as Gregory Francis)
  • Divine Right (1954)
  • Men Like Mules (1954)
  • Relay Race (1954)
  • Bias (1954)
  • This Prescious Stone (1954, as HJ Murdoch)
  • Five into Four (1954)
  • Spy (1954)
  • Live For Ever (1954)
  • Playback (1954)
  • The Big Hop (1955)
  • The Lady and the Bull (1955)
  • Selection (1955)
  • Open House (1955)
  • Eleventh Commandment (1955)
  • Bluebird World (1955)
  • The Way Home (1955)
    • German: The way back. Moewig (Terra # 3), 1957.
  • The Man Who Cried "Sheep!" (1955)
  • Empath (1956)
  • The Deciding Factor (1956)
  • The Little Corporal (1956)
  • The Solomon Plan (1956)
    • German: The Solomon Plan. Moewig (Terra # 23), 1958.
  • Report on Earth (1956)
  • Unit (1957)
    • German: unity thinking. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 15. Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 # 26 (2894)), 1972, ISBN 3-548-02894-2 .
  • Shield Against Death (1957)
  • The Sandmen (1957)
  • Unfit for Humans (1957)
  • You Were Right, Joe (1957)
  • In Black and White (1958)
  • Kingslayer (1959)
  • Tenth Time Around (1959)
    • German: The 10th time travel. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Expedition to Chronos. Heyne SF&F # 3056, 1965.
  • 200 Years to Christmas (1959)
  • No Place for Crime (1959)
    • German: Where it's not worth it. In: Helmuth W. Mommers, Arnulf D. Kraus (eds.): 10 Science Fiction Kriminal-Stories. Heyne (Heyne Anthologies # 11), 1965.
  • Return of a Prodigal (1959)
  • The Night Before the Battle (1960)
  • The Ship from Home (1960)
  • Immortality for Some (1960)
  • Merlin (1960, as JF McIntosh)
  • World Without Annette (1960)
  • In a Body (1960)
  • Planet on Probation (1960)
  • The Wrong World (1960)
    • German: Women for Pastan. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 4. Heyne SF&F # 3060, 1965.
  • Absolute Power (1961)
  • I Can Do Anything (1961)
  • That's How It Goes (1961)
  • Doormat World (1961)
  • The Gatekeepers (1961)
  • One Into Two (1962)
    • German: Make two out of one. In: Charlotte Winheller (Ed.): Saturn in the morning light. Heyne (Heyne General Series # 214), 1963.
  • The Stupid General (1962)
    • German: The General and the Aliens. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): The last city on earth. Heyne SF&F # 3048, 1965.
  • Spanner in the Works (1963)
  • The Ten-Point Princess (1963)
  • Iceberg From Earth (1963)
  • Hermit (1963)
  • To the Stars (1963)
  • Far Avanal (1963)
  • Grandmother Earth (1964)
    • German: Grandmother Earth. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 1. Heyne SF&F # 3040, 1965.
  • Humanoid Sacrifice (1964)
    • German: Bad weather on Psit. In: Charlotte Winheller (ed.): Error of the machines. Heyne (Heyne General Series # 299), 1964.
  • Snap Judgment (1964)
  • The Great Doomed Ship (1964)
  • Poor Planet (1964)
    • German: Secret Agent on Solitaire. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Robots on the war path. Heyne SF&F # 3035, 1964. Also called: Planet of the ascetics. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 44. Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 # 83 (3102)), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03102-1 .
  • Planet of Change (1964)
  • The Kicksters (1964)
  • At the Top of the World (1964)
  • The Man Who Killed Immortals (1965)
  • The Iceman Goeth (1965)
  • At Journey's End (1966)
    • German: At the end of the journey. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 7. Heyne SF&F # 3085, 1966.
  • The Sudden Silence (1966)
    • German: The Disaster Team. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): The human farm. Heyne SF&F # 3081, 1966.
  • Planet of Fakers (1966)
  • The Saw and the Carpenter (1967)
    • English: Murder in the space station. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): Murder in the space station. Heyne SF&F # 3122, 1968.
  • Pontius Pirates (1967)
  • Almost Human (1971)
  • High Moon (1971, with Frank H. Parnell, as Gregory Francis)
  • The Real People (1971)
  • The World of God (1979)
    • German: The world of God. In: Michael Nagula (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 91. Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31033), 1981, ISBN 3-548-31033-8 .
Nonfiction (as James MacGregor)
  • Glamor in Your Lens: A Commonsense Guide to Attractive Photography (1958)
  • Wine Making for All (1966)
  • Beer Making for All (1967)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MacGregor's death was reported in 2008, he may have died in 2007.
  2. ^ A b c Special and Named Printed Collections in the National Library of Scotland . JT McINTOSH COLLECTION. National Library of Scotland . Retrieved November 26, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME McIntosh, JT
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacGregor, James Murdoch (real name); MacGregor, James (alternative spelling); Francis, Gregory (pen name); Kerr, James Vine (pen name); MacIntosh, JT (pseudonym); McIntosh, JF (pen name); M'Intosh, JT (pseudonym); Murdoch, HJ (pseudonym); Murray, Hamish (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Paisley , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH 2008
Place of death Aberdeen , Scotland