Mildred Clingerman

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Mildred McElroy Clingerman (nee Mildred McElroy ; born March 14, 1918 in Allen , Oklahoma ; died February 26, 1997 in Collin , Texas ) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Mildred McElroy was the daughter of Arthur McElroy, a railroad worker, and Meda, née Bush. In 1929 the family moved to Tucson . Mildred attended Tucson High School and then the University of Arizona . In 1937 she married the construction project manager Stuart Kendall Clingerman and had a daughter (* 1940) and a son (* 1942) with him. Apart from a period during the Second World War when she worked in a flight school, she was a housewife all her life.

Her first science fiction short Minister Without Portfolio appeared in 1952 in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by Anthony Boucher . Boucher called Clingerman a "very happy discovery" and dedicated his 1952 anthology The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction to it . In the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction also the majority of the following stories Clingermans, a total of 19 SF stories appeared in the period 1952 to 1975. 1961 appeared A cupful of Space , a collection of 16 of her stories. Three of her stories appeared in German translation. She wrote about women and science fiction:

"As to the male-oriented nature of the genre, perhaps it's just that there are more male writers of any sort than female. And isn't the male readership of fantasy and science fiction confined, for the most part, to the young man, under 30 years, say? And doesn't that readership (male or female) comprise a small proportion of the reading population — the more intelligent, aware, imaginative, dreaming-wishing, playing-with-ideas group (that is always small)?

Women, I think, always tend to be more practical minded - a bit grimmer in outlook than men. Less hopeful, too beset with daily reality-fighting things that are: dirt, budgets, disorder. Planning meals, bringing up children, battling for their rights. Poor dears, most of them grow up too fast. The sense of wonder isn't easy for most of them to maintain. Men (delightful creatures) keep it to the end. Women have made it possible for them to do so. "

In addition to her SF stories, Clingerman published articles in Good Housekeeping and Collier’s . She was a founder of the Tucson Writer's Club , served on the board of directors of the Tucson Press Club, and taught courses at the University of Arizona .

In 2014 she was posthumously awarded the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award for her life's work . In 2017, The Clingerman Files appeared , another collection of her stories, which in addition to the previously published ones also contains several previously unpublished stories.

bibliography

Collections
  • A Cupful of Space (1961)
  • The Clingerman Files (2017)
Short stories

1951:

  • Minister Without Portfolio (1951)

1952:

  • Stair Trick (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952 )
  • Winning Recipe (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1952 )

1953:

  • Stickeney and the Critic (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1953 )
  • The Word (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1953 )

1954:

  • Letters from Laura (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1954 )

1955:

  • Birds Can't Count (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1955 )
  • The Last Prophet (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1955 )

1956:

  • Mr. Sakrison's Halt (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1956 )
  • The Little Witch of Elm Street (in: Woman's Home Companion, October 1956 )
  • First Lesson (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1956 )

1957:

  • The Wild Wood (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1957 )
  • A Day for Waving (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957 )

1958:

  • The Day of the Green Velvet Cloak (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1958 )

1961:

  • The Gay Deceiver (1961, in: Mildred Clingerman: A Cupful of Space )
    • German: The happy emigrant. Translated by Jürgen Abel . In: Peter Haining (Ed.): Ungeheuer. Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher # 1417), 1973, ISBN 3-436-01806-6 .
  • A Red Heart and Blue Roses (1961, in: Mildred Clingerman: A Cupful of Space ; also: Red Hearts and Blue Roses , 2017)
    • English: a red heart and blue roses. Translated by Lore Straßl . In: Terry Carr (ed.): Beyond all dreams. Pabel (Terra Fantasy # 74), 1980.

1962:

  • Measure My Love (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1962 )

1975:

  • The Time Before (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1975 )
  • Annabelle, I Love You (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1975 )

2017:

  • Apologia (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Birthday Party (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Fathers of Daughters (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Grandma's Refuge (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The List (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Little Girl (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Man Eater (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Man Who Stole Tomorrow (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • A Note from Eleanor (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • On the Nicer Side (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Size 5 1/2 B (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Sorrow for the Need (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • A Stranger and a Pilgrim (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Stray (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Tea Party (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Telling Day (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Threading a Closed Loop (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • A Time to Be Bold (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Top Hand (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Tribal Customs (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Tutti Frutti Delight (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • The Vine (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • Watermelon Weather (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • A Window for Mr. Stevens (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )
  • You Remember Charles? (2017, in: Mildred Clingerman: The Clingerman Files )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eric Leif Davin: Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction 1926–1965. Lexington Books, 2006, ISBN 0-7391-1266-X , pp. 252 f.
  2. ^ Robert Reginald : Science fiction and fantasy literature. Gale, 1979, ISBN 0-8103-1051-1 , p. 857.
personal data
SURNAME Clingerman, Mildred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clingerman, Mildred McElroy (full name); McElroy, Mildred (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Allen , Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1997
Place of death Collin , Texas