Ian Cameron
Ian Cameron (actually Donald Gordon Payne ; born January 3, 1924 in London ; died August 22, 2018 in Redhill , Surrey ), also known under the pseudonyms James Vance Marshall and Donald Gordon , was a British writer . He lived in Surrey, England and had four sons and a daughter.
As James Vance Marshall, Payne has published books such as A River Ran Out of Eden (1962) and White-Out (1999). His most famous book is Walkabout , first published in 1959. As Ian Cameron he published The Lost (1961), later dramatized by Disney as an island at the end of the world , and The Mountain at the Bottom of the World and The White Ship (1975).
bibliography
- The Lost Ones (series of novels; as Ian Cameron)
- 1 The Lost Ones (1961; also: Island at the Top of the World , 1974)
- German: The Lost: Report of an Expedition. Translated by Waldemar Kabus. Universitas-Verlag, Berlin 1971, DNB 720003253 . Also as: Island at the end of the world: report of an expedition. Translated by Waldemar Kabus. Universitas-Verlag, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-8004-0816-3 .
- 2 The Mountains at the Bottom of the World (1972; also: Devil Country , 1976)
- English: The monsters of the Sierra Moreno. Translated by Bernd Lutz. Goverts / Krüger / Stahlberg, 1973, ISBN 3-7740-0437-4 .
- Individual publications
- Dorset Harbors (1953; as Donald Payne)
- The Midnight Sea (1958; as Ian Cameron)
- Red Duster, White Ensign: the Story of Malta and the Malta Convoys (1959; as Ian Cameron)
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The Children (1959; Also as: Walkabout ; as James Vance Marshall)
- German as James Vance Marshall: Die Kinder. Translated by Ilse von Laer. Schwabenverlag, Stuttgart 1961, DNB 453227848 .
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A River Ran Out of Eden (1962; as James Vance Marshall)
- German: A stranger came to Unimak. Translated by Johanna Thomas. Krüger, Hamburg 1964, DNB 453227864 .
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Star Raker (1962; as Donald Gordon)
- German: Stars at noon: The fatal tests with Star-Raker 1. Translated by Friedrich Kaufmann and Margit Davids. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1962, DNB 451617754 .
- Wings of the Morning (1962; as Ian Cameron)
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Flight of the Bat (1963; as Donald Gordon)
- English: Flight of fate to Moscow. Translated by Max Bentele. A. Müller, Rüschlikon-Zurich, Stuttgart and Vienna 1966, DNB 456784748 .
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Lodestone and Evening Star: the Epic Voyages of Discovery 1493BC-1896AD (1965; as Ian Cameron)
- English: You Sailed To The Evening Star: A History Of The First Discoveries. Translated by Margaret Carroux . Goverts, Stuttgart 1968, DNB 456249559 .
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My Boy John That Went to Sea (1966; as James Vance Marshall)
- German as James Vance Marshall: When the Blue Whale Sings. Translated by Eleonora Meyer-Grünewald. Universitas-Verlag, Berlin 1968, DNB 457512458 . Also as: When the blue whale sings. Translated by Karl Berisch. Ullstein # 39162, Frankfurt / M. and Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-548-39162-1 .
- The Golden Oyster (1967; as Donald Gordon)
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A Walk to the Hills of the Dreamtime (1970; as James Vance Marshall)
- German: On the way to the dream mountains. Translated by Elisabeth Klein. Benziger, Zurich, Cologne 1973, ISBN 3-545-32080-4 .
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Leap in the Dark (1970; as Donald Gordon)
- German as Donald Gordon: Emergency landing in no man's land: adventure novel. Translated by Hans-Ulrich Nichau. Goldmann adventure paperbacks #A 49, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-442-24049-2 .
- The Impossible Dream (1971; as Ian Cameron)
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The Wind at Morning (1973; as James Vance Marshall)
- German as James Vance Marshall: Storm at Dawn. Translated by Götz Pommer. Universitas-Verlag, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-8004-0821-X .
- Antarctica: The Last Continent (1974; as Ian Cameron)
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Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World (1974; as Ian Cameron)
- English: Magellan and the first circumnavigation. Foreword by Vivian Fuchs. Translated by Elisabeth Kühne. Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-7653-0290-2 .
- The White Ship (1975; as Ian Cameron)
- The Young Eagles (1979; as Ian Cameron)
- To the Farthest Ends of the Earth (1980; as Ian Cameron)
- Still Waters (1982; as James Vance Marshall)
- Exploring Africa (1984; as Ian Cameron)
- Exploring Antarctica (1984; as Ian Cameron)
- Mountains of the Gods: The Himalayas and the Mountains of Central Asia (1984; as Ian Cameron)
- Exploring Australia (1985; as Ian Cameron)
- Exploring the Himalayas (1985; as Ian Cameron)
- Lost Paradise: The Exploration of the Pacific (1987; as Ian Cameron)
- Kingdom of the Sun God: A History of the Andes (1989; as Ian Cameron)
- Explorers and Exploration (1991; as Ian Cameron)
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White-Out (1999; as James Vance Marshall)
- German as Ian Cameron: Through Eternal Ice. James Vance Marshall. Translated by Jerry Hofer. Goldmann # 44695, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442-44695-3 .
- Riders of the Storm: The Story of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (2002; as Ian Cameron)
- Collections
- Stories from the Billabong (2008; with Francis Firebrace; as James Vance Marshall)
- How Turtle Got His Shell and Other Stories (2013; also as: More stories from the Billabong ; with Francis Firebrace; as James Vance Marshall)
Film adaptations
- 1971: Walkabout (Walkabaout)
- 1974: The Island at the Top of the World (The Iceland at the Top of the World)
- 1983: The Golden Seal
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. 298.
- John Clute , Peter Nicholls , David Langford : Cameron, Ian In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).
- Robert Reginald : Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A Checklist, 1700–1974 with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. Gale, Detroit 1979, ISBN 0-8103-1051-1 , p. 1028, sv Donald Gordon Payne .
- Robert Reginald: Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. Arno Press, New York 1974, ISBN 0-405-06332-6 , p. 41.
- Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , p. 343, sv Payne, Donald Gordon .
Web links
- Ian Cameron in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Donald G. Payne in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- Literature by and about Ian Cameron in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ian Cameron in the German biography
- Donald G. Payne in the Bibliography of German Science Fiction ()
- Literature by and about Donald G. Payne in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Works by and about Ian Cameron at Open Library
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cameron, Ian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Payne, Donald Gordon (real name); Payne, Donald G. (alternative spelling); Marshall, James Vance (pen name); Gordon, Donald (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 2018 |
Place of death | Surrey |