Jeffery Lloyd Castle
Jeffery Lloyd Castle (actually Geoffrey Lloyd Castle ; born April 6, 1898 in Surbiton , Surrey ; died February 8, 1990 in Aldeburgh , Suffolk ) was a British science fiction writer.
Life
Geoffrey Lloyd Castle was the son of Phillip Castle, director of ship recycling Castles Shipbreaking Co. Ltd. , and by Jessie Maud May, née Cock. During the First World War, he initially served in the Royal Field Artillery , from 1916 to 1920 temporarily in the Royal Flying Corps and in 1923 he retired . In 1939 he was drafted and again served in the Royal Field Artillery . Between the world wars and afterwards he worked as an avionics engineer . In 1938 he married the writer Margery Sharp , the author of children's books about the adventurous mouse lady Miss Bianca .
In the 1950s he published two science fiction novels. The first, Satellite E One (1954), deals with the construction of a space station in Earth orbit . In the second, Vanguard to Venus (1957), the descendants of the technically advanced ancient Egyptians have settled on Venus and from there visit earth with their UFOs .
bibliography
- Novels
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Satellite E One (1954)
- German: Raumstation E 1: A technical science fiction. Translated by Tony Westermayr. Goldmanns Zukunftsromane # 5, 1960. Paperback edition: Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher # 47, 1963.
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Vanguard to Venus (1957)
- German: Spaceship Omega: A technical science fiction. Translated by Tony Westermayr. Goldmanns Zukunftsromane # 9, 1960. Paperback edition: Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher # 52, 1965.
- Non-fiction
- How not to lose at poker (1970)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , pp.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 312.
- John Clute , Stephen Holland, David Langford : Castle, Jeffery Lloyd. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).
- Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , p. 95.
Web links
- Jeffery Lloyd Castle in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Jeffery Lloyd Castle in the bibliography of German science fiction ( books )
- Literature by and about Jeffery Lloyd Castle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Jeffery Lloyd Castle in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Works by and about Jeffery Lloyd Castle at Open Library
- Jeffery Lloyd Castle on Bear Alley, accessed December 7, 2017
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castle, Jeffery Lloyd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castle, Geoffrey Lloyd (real name); Castle, J. Lloyd (alternative spelling); Castle, Jeffrey Lloyd (alternative spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Surbiton , Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1990 |
| Place of death | Aldeburgh , Suffolk |