Jerry Sohl
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)
- 1965: The horror at Witley Castle (Die, Monster, Die!)
bibliography
- Novels
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The Haploids (1952)
- English: the haploids. Translated by Gudrun Faltermeier. Ullstein TB # 31014, 1980, ISBN 3-548-31014-1 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Point Ultimate (1955)
- German: The creeping death. Translated by Gudrun Faltermeier. Ullstein TB # 31009, 1979, ISBN 3-548-31009-5 .
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The Mars Monopoly (1956)
- English: The Mars monopoly. Translated by Jürgen Jasper. Moewig (Terra special volume # 51), 1962
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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)
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The Odious Ones (1959)
- German: aura of horror. 1963
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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)
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Brknk's Bounty (1955)
- German: teamwork. In: Walter Ernsting , Thomas Schlück (eds.): Galaxy 12. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3138, 1969.
- 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
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 387.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 918 f.
- John Clute : Sol, Jerry. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated August 12, 2018.
- Harold Lee Prosser: Sohl, Jerry . In: James Gunn : The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Viking, New York et al. a. 1988, ISBN 0-670-81041-X , p. 428 f.
- 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. 1083.
- Robert Reginald: Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. Arno Press, New York 1974, ISBN 0-405-06332-6 , pp. 251 f.
- Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , pp. 401 f.
- Gary K. Wolfe: Sohl, Jerry . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3 , pp. 753 f.
Web links
- Jerry Sohl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jerry Sohl in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Jerry Sohl in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- Works by Sohl, Jerry in Project Gutenberg ( currently usually not available for users from Germany )
personal data | |
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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 |