Jerry Sohl

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Gerald Allan Sohl Sr. (born December 2, 1913 in Los Angeles , California , † November 4, 2002 in Thousand Oaks , California) was an American screenwriter and writer.

Life

Jerry Sohl attended Central College in Chicago , served in the US Air Force from 1942 to 1945 and then worked as a journalist and photographer for the Daily Telegraph in Bloomington . In 1958 he became a freelance writer and returned to California. He made his debut in 1952 with the novel The Haploids , which tells of a man-hating scientist who uses parthenogenesis to try to create a world that should be free from both men and violence.

Sohl, who often wrote under his pseudonyms Nathan Butler , Sean Mei Sullivan and Roberta Jean Mountjoy , was a sought-after writer of science fiction and horror films , especially in the 1960s . For example, he wrote for the television series Incredible Stories , The Man from Atlantis , Invasion of Vega , The Outer Limits , Merciless City and Spaceship Enterprise .

He also wrote the screenplays for Twelve Hours of Death from 1960 and Count Dracula's Witch from 1968.

Jerry Sohl, who has also performed as a concert pianist, died in 2002 at the age of 88.

Filmography (selection)

bibliography

Novels
  • The Haploids (1952)
    • English: the haploids. Translated by Gudrun Faltermeier. Ullstein TB # 31014, 1980, ISBN 3-548-31014-1 .
  • Costigan's Needle (1953)
    • German: The step into the unknown. Pabel, 1965. Also called: Costigan's needle. Translated by Rolf Strasser. Ullstein TB # 31011, 1980, ISBN 3-548-31011-7 .
  • The Transcendent Man (1953)
    • German: The invisible ruler. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 107), 1960. Also as: Invisible Rulers. Translated by Wim Koll. Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31003), 1979, ISBN 3-548-31003-6 .
  • The Altered Ego (1954)
    • German: I swapped that. Moewig (Terra special volume # 10), 1958 (abridged). Also as: I exchanged that. Translated by Klaus Weidemann. Ullstein TB # 31060, 1983, ISBN 3-548-31060-5 .
  • Point Ultimate (1955)
    • German: The creeping death. Translated by Gudrun Faltermeier. Ullstein TB # 31009, 1979, ISBN 3-548-31009-5 .
  • The Mars Monopoly (1956)
    • English: The Mars monopoly. Translated by Jürgen Jasper. Moewig (Terra special volume # 51), 1962
  • The Time Dissolver (1957)
    • German: The time resolver. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 109), 1959. Also as Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 # 149 (3564)), 1979, ISBN 3-548-03564-7 .
  • Prelude To Peril (1957)
  • The Odious Ones (1959)
    • German: aura of horror. 1963
  • One Against Herculum (1959)
    • English: Rebellion on Herculum. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Moewig (Terra # 321), 1964
  • Night Slaves (1965)
  • The Lemon Eaters (1967)
  • I, Aleppo (1971)
  • The Spun Sugar Hole (1971)
  • The Resurrection Of Frank Borchard (1973)
  • Death Stop (1983)
collection
  • Filet of Sohl (2003)
Short stories
  • The 7th Order (1952)
  • Ultroom Error (1952)
  • Brknk's Bounty (1955)
  • The Hand (1955)
  • The Elroom (1955)
  • The Invisible Enemy (1955, also as The Outer Limits , 1996)
  • Death in Transit (1956)
  • One Against Herculum (1958)
  • Counterweight (1959)
  • The Little Red Bag (1960)
  • Jelna (1972)
  • I Am Aleppo (1973)
  • Mr. Moyachki (1974)
  • Before a Live Audience (1975)
  • The Service (1976)
  • Cabin Number Six (1985)
  • Karma, Kruse, and the Rollerboard Man (1994)
  • Dr. Aldrich's Head (1994)
  • Hungry Alice (1999)
  • The Twilight Zone: Pattern for Doomsday (2003)
  • The Twilight Zone: Who Am I? (2003)
  • Trefelgen's Ring (2003)

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Sohl, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sohl, Gerald Allan senior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2002
Place of death Thousand Oaks , California