John Calvin Batchelor
John Calvin Batchelor (born April 29, 1948 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania ) is an American author. He published some works under the pseudonyms Jeff Morgan and Tommy "Tip" Paine .
Life
He grew up in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. His father was from Indiana , his mother - of Iranian descent - was born in Yonkers . When they met and married, they both served in the US Army . His father Calvin Batchelor was a seller of industrial sewing machines. He graduated from Princeton and lived in New York for 15 years . He received a masters degree in theology from Union Theological Seminary . He married his wife, whom he met at the seminar, in 1987; she became pastor of the United Church of Christ . He has two children with her.
His work Antarctica described the scenario of an Anglo-Argentine war for the Falkland Islands a few months before the Falklands War broke out.
Without any training, he started a weekly radio talk show on WABC in 2001 . Because of his background knowledge that he researched for the September 8, 2001 show, in which he spoke about Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the attack on the USS Cole , the show became a late one from the day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack -Night show. It was discontinued on September 1, 2006 after five years.
bibliography
- Novels
- The Further Adventures of Halley's Comet (1980)
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The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica (1983)
- German: Rise and Fall of the People's Republic of Antarctica: The great adventure novel of the founding of a state. Translated by Harro Christensen. Bastei-Verlag Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13050), Bergisch Gladbach 1986, ISBN 3-404-13050-2 .
- American Falls (1985)
- Gordon Liddy is My Muse by Tommy "Tip" Paine (1990)
- Walking the Cat: Gordon Liddy is My Muse, by Tommy "Tip" Paine (1991)
- Peter Nevsky and the True Story of the Russian Moon Landing (1993)
- Father's Day (1996)
- Non-fiction
- Thunder in the Dust: Classic Images of Western Movies (1987)
- "Ain't You Glad You Joined the Republicans?": A Short History of the GOP (1996)
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. 208.
- Russell Blackford: Batchelor, John Calvin . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3 , pp. 36 f.
- John Clute : Batchelor, John Calvin. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).
Web links
- Literature by and about John Calvin Batchelor in the catalog of the German National Library
- John Calvin Batchelor in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- John Calvin Batchelor in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- John Calvin Batchelor in Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- John Calvin Batchelor in the Bibliography of German Science Fiction ( Books )
- Literature by and about John Calvin Batchelor in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Works by and about John Calvin Batchelor at Open Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Interview: John Batchelor, Novelist & Radio Talk Show Host. In: Q&A. September 23, 2007, accessed December 31, 2013 .
- ↑ Ambroseleader. In: Goodreads. Retrieved December 31, 2013 .
- ^ David O'Reilly: The Selling Of John Calvin Batchelor For Years, The Main Line-bred Novelist Toiled In Poverty On Brainy Books For The Literati. Then He Went Commercial. Big time. His Novels Were Surreal. He Suffered For His Art. He Lived On Peanut Butter Sandwiches. In: The Inquirer . Philly.com, December 22, 1994, accessed December 31, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Batchelor, John Calvin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paine, Tommy "Tip" (pseudonym); Morgan, Jeff (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania |