Mack Reynolds

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Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds (born November 11, 1917 in Corcoran , California , † January 30, 1983 in San Luis Potosí , Mexico ) was an American science fiction writer who was particularly successful in the 1960s.

Life

Reynolds initially worked as an editor for a local newspaper. This was followed by a job at IBM , later he worked as a foreign editor for the men's magazine Rogue , for which he traveled a lot through Europe and Africa. During the Second World War he was in the merchant navy. Reynolds was married twice and had three children.

His first science fiction story Isolation appeared in Fantastic Adventures magazine in 1950 . This was followed by the novel The Case of the Little Green Men , a kind of detective story set in a science fiction fan milieu.

Many of Reynolds' novels deal with the ideal of utopian society. The series about “Section G” is about a secret organization of the “United Planets”, whose task ostensibly is to guarantee the independence of the various planets. In the future described there are examples of practically every form of society and government ever devised. Authoritarian theocracies coexist with anarchist planets that are committed to Bakunin's ideal .

The hero's job, Ronald Bronston, is in the first novel in the series - Worlds in Riot - to look for a revolutionary named after Thomas Paine who seems to initiate uprisings against the respective government at random. Reynolds takes the search for Thomas Paine as an opportunity to present his historical and philosophical views. It turns out that Section G itself is behind Thomas Paine. Change as such is seen as progress, not the goal of an alternative form of society.

In Of Godlike Power (alternative title: Earth Unaware ) is about a religious founder, who has the power to impose his opinion unwelcome social phenomena with a "curse" by mass hypnosis. Among other things, he is doing away with radio, television and literature (except classic, such as Huckleberry Finn). Reynolds also includes examples from history, such as Father Divine or the Nika uprising in Byzantium.

Reynolds was the first author to write an original novel based on the television series Starship Enterprise : Mission to Horatius (1968).

Together with Frederic Brown , he brought out the humorous short story collection Science Fiction Carneval .

bibliography

If two years of publication are given for the original editions, the first is that of the first edition and the second that of the first edition (as a book).

Series

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Tarkington Perkins / Switcheroo (short story series)
  • 1 The Switcheroo (1951, with Fredric Brown)
  • 2 The Switcheroo Revisited (1966)
Solar Pons (short story series)
  • The Adventure of the Snitch in Time (1953, with August Derleth)
  • The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (1955, with August Derleth)
  • The Adventure of the Extra-Terrestrial (1998, with August Derleth)
  • The Adventure of the Nosferatu (1998, with August Derleth)
Luvver (short story series)
  • Luvver (1950)
  • All the World Loves a Luvver (1955)
  • The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial (1965)
  • A Leader For Yesteryear (1965)
Depression or Bust (short story series)
  • The Expert (1955)
  • Expediter (1963)
  • Fad (1965)
  • Depression or Bust (1967)
  • Depression or Bust (1974, novel)
Homer Crawford (novel series)
  • 1 Blackman's Burden (1961, 1972)
  • 2 Border, Breed Nor Birth (1962, 1972)
  • 3 The Best Ye Breed (1978)
  • Blackman's Burden / Border, Breed nor Birth (1972, Collection of 1 and 2)
  • The Cold War ... Continued (1973, short story)
  • Black Sheep Astray (1973, short story)
United Planets (series of novels)
  • 1 Planetary Agent X (1965)
  • 2 Beehive (1965, also as Dawnman Planet , 1966)
    • German: The secret of prehistoric men. Moewig (Terra Nova # 183), 1971.
  • 3 The Rival Rigelians (1967)
  • 4 Code Duello (1968)
    • English: Planet of the duels. Moewig (Terra Astra # 11), 1971.
  • 5 Amazon Planet (1966, 1975)
  • 6 Section G: United Planets (1976)
  • 7 Brain World (1978)
  • Adaptation (1960, short story)
  • Ultima Thule (1961, short story)
    • German: worlds in turmoil. Moewig (Terra Nova # 55), 1969.
  • Hatchetman (1966, short story)
  • Fiesta Brava (1967, short story)
  • Psi Assassin (1967, short story)
  • The Rival Rigelians and Planetary Agent X (1974, collections 1-3)
Police Patrol (short story series)
  • Romp (1966)
  • Criminal in Utopia (1968)
  • Extortion, Inc. (1969)
  • Cry Wolf! (1974)
  • Police Patrol: 2000 AD (1977, novel)
Krishna (short story series)
  • Coup (1967, short story, as Guy McCord)
  • Krishna (1969, short story, as Guy McCord)
  • Opportunist (1969, short story, as Guy McCord)
  • The Space Barbarians (1969, novel)
    • German: Weltraumbarbaren. Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra # 93), 1973.
Joe Mauser (series of novels)
  • 1 Mercenary from Tomorrow (1968)
  • 2 The Earth War (1963, also as Frigid Fracas )
  • 3 The Fracas Factor (1978)
  • 4 Time Gladiator (1964, 1966, also as Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes , 1986)
    • German: Gladiator of the future. Moewig (Terra Astra # 3), 1971.
  • Mercenary (1962, short story)
  • Joe Mauser: Mercenary from Tomorrow (1986, with Michael A. Banks)
Julian West (series of novels)
  • 1 Looking Backward, from the Year 2000 (1973)
  • 2 Equality: In the Year 2000 (1977)
Bat Hardin (novel series)
  • 1 Commune 2000 AD (1974)
  • 2 The Towers of Utopia (1975)
  • 3 Rolltown (1969, 1976)
Lagrange (series of novels)
  • 1 Lagrange Five (1979)
  • 2 The Lagrangists (1983)
  • 3 Chaos in Lagrangia (1984)
  • 4 Trojan Orbit (1985, with Dean Ing)
  • The Five Way Secret Agent (1969)
  • Satellite City (1975)
  • Of Future Fears (1977)

Novels

  • The Case of the Little Green Men (1951)
  • A Kiss Before Loving (1961)
  • Episode on the Riviera (1961)
  • This Time We Love (1962, also as Four Letter World , 1972)
  • The Kept Woman (1963)
  • The Jet Set (1964)
  • Of Godlike Power (1965, 1966, also as Earth Unaware , 1968)
  • Space Pioneer (1965, 1966)
  • After Some Tomorrow (1967)
  • Computer War (1967)
    • German: The computer war. Moewig (Terra Nova # 43), 1969.
  • Mission to Horatius (Star Trek Tie-in, 1968)
  • The Cosmic Eye (1969)
  • The Computer Conspiracy (1968, also called Computer World , 1970)
  • Once Departed (1970)
  • The House in the Kasbah (1972, as Maxine Reynolds)
  • The Home of the Inquisitor (1972, as Maxine Reynolds)
  • Tomorrow Might Be Different (1975)
  • Ability Quotient (1975)
  • Day After Tomorrow (1976)
  • Galactic Medal of Honor (1976)
  • Space Visitor (1977)
  • After Utopia (1977)
  • Perchance to Dream (1977)
  • Trample at Empire Down (1978)
  • Home Sweet Home: 2010 AD (1984, with Dean Ing)
  • Eternity (1984, with Dean Ing)
  • Space Search (1984)
  • The Other Time (1984, with Dean Ing)
  • Deathwish World (1986, with Dean Ing)

Short stories

  • He Took It With Him (1950, as Clark Collins)
  • Isolationist (1950)
  • Fido (1950)
  • United We Stand (1950)
  • Precognition (1950)
  • The Discord Makers (1950)
  • The Man in the Moon (1950)
  • Down the River (1950)
  • The Word from the Void (1950)
  • You Might Say Virginia Dared! (1950, as Dallas Ross)
  • Give the Devil His Due (1950, as Dallas Ross)
  • Long Beer - Short Horn (1950)
  • One of Our Planets Is Missing! (1950)
  • Tall Tale (1950)
  • Six-Legged Svengali (1950, with Fredric Brown)
  • The Devil Finds Work (1950)
  • The Spark (1950)
  • Tourists to Terra (1950)
  • Mind Over Mayhem (1950)
  • Ask me no questions! (1951)
  • Dark Interlude (1951, with Fredric Brown)
    • German: Dark interlude. In: Fredric Brown: Nightmares. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3046, 1965.
  • Troubador (1951)
  • I'm a Stranger, Myself (1951, as Dallas Ross)
  • Not in the Rules (1951)
  • Overtime (1951)
  • Cartoonist (1951, with Fredric Brown, also as Garrigan's Bems )
    • German: be careful with caricatures. In: Fredric Brown: Nightmares. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3046, 1965.
  • Second Advent (1951)
  • The Martians and the Coys (1951)
    • German: Visit from Mars. In: Hans Stefan Santesson (Ed.): The secret invaders. Moewig (Terra Nova # 165), 1971.
  • Mercy Flight (1951)
  • With This Ring ... (1951, also as Dallas Ross)
  • Displaced Person (1951)
  • Ultimate Answer (1951, as Dallas Ross)
  • Half ripper (1951)
  • He Knew All the Answers (1951, as Dallas Ross)
  • The Gamblers (1951, with Fredric Brown)
  • Chowhound (1951)
  • The Hatchetman (1951, with Fredric Brown)
  • Doctor's Orders (1952)
  • Four-Legged Hotfoot (1952)
  • How Green Was My Martian (1952)
  • Final Appraisal (1952)
  • Your Soul Comes COD (1952)
  • The Business, As Usual (1952)
  • The Cosmic Bluff (1952)
  • Alternate Universe (1952)
  • Me and Flapjack and the Martians (1952, with Fredric Brown)
    • English: Schlappohr and the Martians. In: Fredric Brown: Nightmares. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3046, 1965.
  • Stowaway (1953)
  • Dogfight - 1973 (1953)
  • Advice from Tomorrow (1953)
  • DP from Tomorrow (1953)
  • No Return from Elba (1953)
  • Please to Remember (1953)
  • Optical Illusion (1953)
  • Potential Enemy (1953)
  • A Zloor for Your Trouble (1954)
  • Off Course (1954)
  • The Other Alternative (1954)
  • Last Warning (1954)
  • The Galactic Ghost (1954)
  • And Thou Beside Me (1954)
  • Husbands, Care and Feeding of (1954)
  • Paradox Gained (1954)
  • Prone (1954)
  • A Dream ... Dying (1954)
  • Desperate Remedy (1954)
  • Meddler's World (1955, with Theodore R. Cogswell)
  • The Long Way Home (1955)
  • Albatross (1955)
  • Space Gamble (1955)
  • Operation Triplan (1955)
  • Buck and the Space War (1955)
  • Compleated Angler (1955)
  • Burnt Toast (1955, also as Martinis: 12 to 1 )
  • After Some Tomorrow (1956)
  • The Triangulated Izaak Walton (1956)
  • Case Rests (1956)
  • Compounded Interest (1956)
    • German: interest and compound interest. In: Karl Michael Armer , Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Target time. Heyne (Library of Science Fiction Literature # 29), 1985, ISBN 3-453-31093-4 .
  • Fair Exchange (1956)
  • Dog Star (1956)
    • German: If you say that, my dear, then be friendly. In: Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .
  • Devil to Pay (1957)
    • English: And hula hoop and transistor radios and electric guitars - In: Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander (Ed.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .
  • Obedience Guaranteed (1957)
  • Posted (1957, as Mark Mallory)
  • Dead End (1957)
    • German: The blood decides. In: Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .
  • Slow Djinn (1957)
  • The Man Who Stole His Body (1957, as Mark Mallory)
  • Happy Ending (1957, with Fredric Brown)
  • Snafu on the New Taos (1957)
    • German: The breakdown maker. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): When the wind died. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3288, 1972.
  • The Truth and the Image (1958, as Mark Mallory)
  • Of Pot and Potter (1958)
  • Gladiator (1958)
  • Sin Planet (1958)
  • Alternatives, Inc. (1958)
  • Pieces of the Game (1958)
  • Unborn Tomorrow (1959)
  • Toro! (1959)
  • The Hunted Ones (1959)
  • The Good Seed (1960, as Mark Mallory)
  • Summit (1960)
  • Revolution (1960)
  • Combat (1960)
  • Medal of Honor (1960)
  • Russkies Go Home! (1960)
  • Gun for Hire (1960)
  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1960)
  • Freedom (1961)
  • Farmer (1961)
  • IQ (1961)
  • Status Quo (1961)
  • Earthlings Go Home! (1962)
  • Good Indian (1962)
  • Subversive (1962)
    • German: business is business. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Planetoidenfänger. Lichtenberg (Science Fiction for Connoisseurs # 6), 1971, ISBN 3-7852-2006-5 . Also: Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3364, 1973, ISBN 3-453-30241-9 .
  • Speakeasy (1963)
    • German: The revolutionary. In: Charlotte Winheller (ed.): Homecoming to the stars. Heyne General Series # 236, 1963.
  • The Common Man (1963, as Guy McCord)
  • Spaceman on a Spree (1963)
  • Pacifist (1964)
    • German: The pacifist. Translated by Charlotte Winheller. In: Charlotte Winheller (Ed.): Music from space . Heyne Allgemeine Reihe, 1964. Also as: Pacifist. Translated by Thomas Schlück . In: James Sallis (ed.): The war book. Peter Hammer, 1972, ISBN 3-87294-032-5 . Also: Fischer Orbit # 34, 1974, ISBN 3-436-01820-1 .
  • Genus Traitor (1964)
  • Photojournalist (1965)
  • By the Same Door (1965)
  • Last of a Noble Breed (1965)
  • Time of War (1965, also called Retaliation , 1968)
    • German: Menschenjäger. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 6. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3077, 1966.
  • Survivor (1966)
  • Arena (1966)
  • Radical Center (1967)
  • Relic (1967)
  • The Enemy Within (1967)
  • The Throwaway Age (1967)
  • How We Banned the Bombs (1968)
  • Among the Bad Baboons (1968)
  • Love Conquers All (1968)
  • What the Vintners Buy (Version 1) (1968)
  • Where's Horatius? (1968)
  • Spying Season (1968)
  • Utopian (1970)
  • Buck and the Gents from Space (1973)
  • City's End (1973)
  • Come in, Spaceport (1974)
  • Generation Gap (1974)
    • German: The generation conflict. In: Roger Elwood (ed.): Journey to Infinity. Buoy Science Fiction, 1976, ISBN 3-414-13000-9 .
  • Spooky (1974)
  • Survival, AD 2000 (1974)
  • Second Advent (1974)
  • Nostradamus (1974, also as Clark Collins)
    • German: Nostradamus. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 82. Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31015, 1980, ISBN 3-548-31015-X .
  • Visitor (1975)
  • All Things to All ... (1978)
  • A Halo for Horace (1979)
  • The Case of the Disposable Jalopy (1979)
  • Golden Rule (1980)
  • Hell's Fire (1980, with Gary Jennings)
    • German: Hellfire. In: Manfred Kluge (ed.): Dangerous games. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3899, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30822-0 .
  • What the Vintners Buy (Version 2) (1980)
  • Escape Velocity (1980)
  • The Union Forever (1980)
  • Closer Encounter (1981)
  • The Hand of the Bard (1982)
    • English: The poet's handwriting. In: Isaac Asimov, Alice Laurance (ed.): Speculations. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4274, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31254-6 .
  • Idealist (1983)
Collections
  • The Best of Mack Reynolds (1976)
  • Compounded Interests (1983)
  • Nine Tomorrows: Science Fiction Stories from the Golden Age (2009)
  • Happy Ending (2010, with Fredric Brown)
  • Mack Reynolds, Part One (2011)
  • Anthology of Sci-Fi V12: The Pulp Writers: Mack Renolds (2013)
  • The Mack Reynolds Megapack: 23 Classic Science Fiction Stories (2013)
  • 5 Science Fiction Stories (2014)

Non-fiction

  • How to Retire Without Money (1958, as Bob Belmont)
  • The Expatriates (1963)

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Reynolds, Mack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reynolds, Dallas McCord (real name); Collins, Clark (pseudonym); Mallory, Mark (pseudonym); McCord, Guy (pen name); Ross, Dallas (pseudonym); Reynolds, Maxine (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Corcoran , California
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1983
Place of death San Luis Potosí , Mexico