Laurence M. Janifer

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Laurence Mark Janifer (born Laurence Mark Harris on March 17, 1933 in Brooklyn , New York City ; died on July 10, 2002 in Oakland , California ) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Janifer was the son of photographer Bernard N. Harris and Hilda Harris, née Warshauer. From 1950 to 1953 he studied at the City College of New York , after which he was a musician and worked in various areas of the entertainment industry. From 1952 to 1957 he was employed by Scott Meredith's literary agency, as well as the editor of various detective and SF magazines. After 1964 he was a freelance writer.

In 1962 Harris adopted the name Janifer after it was discovered that Harris was a name assigned to the Polish grandfather by an immigration officer and that the original Janifer or similar had been, suggesting the origin of the Polish-Russian Janów.

He had already started publishing SF stories in 1953. He is known for his series, written in collaboration with Randall Garrett under the community pseudonym Mark Phillips, about the secret agent Kenneth Malone, who has to deal with various opponents who are gifted with psi . His most ambitious work is the novel Power (1974), which deals with the politics of rebellion.

He used numerous pseudonyms. He published a number of erotica under the names Alfred Blake, Andrew Blake and Barbara Wilson.

Janifer was married four times, namely to Sylvia Siegel (1955–1958), Sue Blugerman (1960–1962), Rae Montor (1966–1968) and Beverly Goldberg, whom he married in 1969 and from whom he separated in 1984. From this last marriage he had two daughters and a son who died young.

bibliography

Psi-Power / Kenneth Malone series (with Randall Garrett, under the community pseudonym Mark Phillips)
  • Brain Twister (1959, 1962, also as That Sweet Little Old Lady )
    • English: The lady with the sixth sense. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 165), 1962. Also called: The Lady with the 6th Sense. Ullstein 2000 # 76 (3073), 1974, ISBN 3-548-03073-4 .
  • The Impossibles (1960, 1963, also as Out Like a Light )
    • German: fight against the invisible. Ullstein 2000 # 88 (3119), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03119-6 .
  • Supermind (1963, also as Occasion for Disaster , 1960)
Angelo di Stefano series (with SJ Treibich)
  • 1 Target: Terra (1968)
  • 2 The High Hex (1969)
  • 3 The Wagered World (1969, short story)
Gerald Knave / Survivor series
  • 1 Survivor (1977)
  • 2 Knave in Hand (1979)
  • 3 Knave & the Game (1987, collection)
  • 4 The Counterfeit Heinlein (2001)
  • 5 Alienist (2001)
  • 6 Two (2003)
  • Toadstool Sinfonia (1980, short story)
  • Testing (1980, short story)
  • The Lost Secret (1983, short story)
  • Expiration Policy (1983, short story)
  • The Samaritan Rule (1984, short story)
  • Love in Bloom (1984, short story)
  • The Swagger Stick (1987, short story)
  • The Very Best Defense (1987, short story)
  • The Wheelbarrow Thief (1987, short story)
  • Rustle of Spring (1999, short story)
  • The Poisoned Feather (1999, short story)
  • All Mine (2000, short story)
  • Vibes (2001, short story)
Novels
  • Pagan Passions (1959, with Randall Garrett, as Larry M. Harris)
  • The Bed and I! (1962, as Alfred Blake)
  • I Deal in Desire (1962, as Andrew Blake)
  • Slave Planet (1963, as Laurence Janifer)
  • Faithful for Eight Hours (1963, as Alfred Blake)
  • Sex Swinger (1963, as Andrew Blake)
  • Love Hostess (1963, as Andrew Blake)
  • The Wonder War (1964)
  • The Pleasures We Know (1964, as Barbara Wilson)
  • The Velvet Embrace (1965, as Barbara Wilson)
  • You Sane Men (1965, also as Bloodworld , 1968)
  • A Piece of Martin Cann (1968)
  • Power (1974)
  • Reel (1983)
Collections
  • Impossible? (1968)
Short stories
  • Expatriate (1953, as Larry M. Harris)
  • Who You Callin 'a Monster (1954, as Tom Beach)
  • It's Magic (1954, as Larry M. Harris)
  • Gun with a Heart (1957, as William Logan)
  • Mex (1957, also as Larry M. Harris or William Logan)
  • Excerpts from the Galactick Almanack: Music (1959)
  • Replace the Horse (1959, as Larry M. Harris)
  • The World's Oldest Motive (1959)
  • Blood Is Thicker Than ... (1959, as Robert J. Cassiday)
  • I Dream I Dream (1959, as Robert J. Cassiday)
  • The Most Perfect Monster (1959, as Bernard L. Elliott)
  • Hex (1959, also as The Power of the Job , as Larry M. Harris)
  • Extracts from the Galactik Almanack: Music Around the Universe (1959, also as The Bug-Eyed Musicians )
  • Obey That Impulse! (1959, also as Larry M. Harris)
  • Haven for the Damned (1960, as Robert Cassiday)
  • Wizard (1960, as Larry M. Harris)
  • Charley de Milo (1960, as Larry M. Harris)
  • Lost in Translation (1961, as Larry M. Harris)
  • The Man Who Played to Lose (1961, as Larry M. Harris)
  • Sword of Flowers (1962, as Larry M. Harris)
  • Sight Gag (1962, as Larry M. Harris)
  • The Question (1963, with Donald E. Westlake)
    • German: Nice weather today. In: Charlotte Winheller (Ed.): Signals from Pluto. Heyne General Series # 248, 1963.
  • Love Story (1963)
  • In the Bag (1964)
    • German: embarrassing mix-up. In: Charlotte Winheller (ed.): Error of the machines. Heyne General Series # 299, 1964.
  • Elementary (1964, with Michael Kurland)
  • Fire Sale (1964)
  • First Context (1965, with SJ Treibich)
  • Some Preliminary Notes on FASEG (1965, with Frederick W. Kantor)
  • Three Excerpts (1968)
  • Count Down (1972)
  • Amfortas (1973)
  • An Agent in Place (1973)
  • Family Album (1973, with Michael Goldberg)
  • Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam (1973)
  • A Few Minutes (1973)
  • Martyr (1973)
  • Story Time (1974)
  • The Bible After Apocalypse (1974)
  • Saving Grace (1974, with Terry Carr)
  • Civis Obit (1975)
  • The Gift (1975)
  • All Possible Worlds (1976)
  • The Believer (1979)
  • Please Note (1983)
  • Final Draft (1984)
  • Fractured Skill (1985)
  • A Tale of the Fields (1986)
  • Long, Long Thoughts (1986)
  • Telephone (1987)
  • Worldwreckers (1987)
  • Tough Customer (1988)
  • The Musketeer Menace (1989)
  • Learning Experience (1991)
  • Interoffice Memo (1992)
  • The Neander Ifrit (1995)
  • The Negative Butterflies (1996)
  • Poems Are Made by Fools Like Me (1997)
  • The Dead Beat (1997)
  • GCEA (1999)
  • The Oedipal Concord (2000)
  • A Star in the East (2001)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The legal name has not been changed. See Robert Reginald: Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. Arno Press, New York 1974, p. 138.
personal data
SURNAME Janifer, Laurence M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Janifer, Laurence Mark (full name); Harris, Laurence Mark (maiden name); Beach, Tom (pseudonym); Blake, Alfred (pseudonym); Blake, Andrew (pen name); Cassiday, Robert (pen name); Cassiday, Robert J. (pen name); Dženifer, Lorens M. (pseudonym); Elliott, Bernard L. (pen name); Harris, Larry M. (pen name); Janifer, Laurence (pseudonym); Janifer, Lawrence (pseudonym); Janifer, Laurance (pseudonym); Logan, William (pseudonym); Phillips, Mark (pseudonym); Wilson, Barbara (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2002
Place of death Oakland , California