Neal barrett jr.

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Neal barrett jr. (born November 3, 1929 in San Antonio , Texas ; died January 12, 2014 in Austin , Texas) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Barrett grew up in Oklahoma City , where his family moved when he was a child. In 1960 he published his first story in Galaxy Science Fiction ( To Tell the Truth , August 1960). In the decades that followed, he wrote short stories that have since appeared in several anthologies. Some have also been translated into German.

From 1970 Barrett also wrote novels, he has published a total of 50 novels and over 70 shorter stories. His best-known novels include Through Darkest America (1987), its sequel Dawn's Uncertain Light (1989) and the four-volume Aldair cycle (1976–1982).

In addition to his independent work, Barrett also wrote novel versions and tie-ins . He wrote the novel versions for the films Judge Dredd (1995), Barb Wire (1996) and Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie (2000), tie-ins for the Babylon 5 SF series ( The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name , 1996), two volumes for the Spider-Man series Spider-Man Super Thriller and a Batman tie-in. The novel versions of Judge Dredd and Barb Wire were also published in German translation. Under the publishing pseudonym Victor Appleton he wrote two volumes of the Tom Swift series , as Franklin W. Dixon two volumes of the Hardy Boys . He also worked as a comic book scenarist .

In his later years the focus of his work shifted away from science fiction and towards crime fiction . The series of his Wiley Moss stories from this genre was translated into German by Thomas Stegers and was published by Heyne Verlag in the 1990s :

  • Pink Vodka Blues (1994)
  • Dead Dog Blues (1996)
  • Skinny Annie Blues (1999)
  • Bad-eye-Blues (2000)

In addition, Haffmans Verlag published a bottle not always pointing to the north (2000), also translated by Thomas Stegers.

Barnett died in 2014. His estate is in the Wittliff Collections of Texas State University in San Marcos .

Awards

In 2010 he was honored as Author Emeritus at the SFWA Awards for his life's work in SF . His short story Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1988 and the Hugo Award in 1989.

bibliography

Series and cycles

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

Aldair
  • 1 Aldair in Albion (1976)
  • 2 Aldair, Master of Ships (1977)
  • 3 Aldair, Across the Misty Sea (1980)
  • 4 Aldair: The Legion of Beasts (1982)
Tom Swift
  • 7 Ark Two (1982)
  • 10 The Invisible Force (1983)
Through Darkest America
  • Through Darkest America (1987)
  • Dawn's Uncertain Light (1989)
Wiley Moss Mystery
  • 1 Skinny Annie Blues (1996)
  • 2 Bad Eye Blues (1997)
Babylon 5 (novels for the television series)
  • 4 The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Dream (1996)
  • 5 The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name (1996)
Spider-Man Super Thriller (Novels from the Marvel Comics Series)
  • 4 Lizard's Rage (1997)
  • 5 Warrior's Revenge featuring the Super Skrull (1997)
Finn, the Master Lizard Maker
  • 1 The Prophecy Machine (2000)
  • 2 The Treachery of Kings (2001)

Novels

  • The Gates of Time (1970)
  • Kelwin (1970)
  • The Leaves of Time (1971)
  • Highwood (1972)
  • Stress Pattern (1974)
  • The Karma Corps (1984)
  • The Hereafter Gang (1991)
  • Batman in the Black Egg of Atlantis ( Batman Young Readers Series , 1992)
  • Pink Vodka Blues (1992)
  • Dead Dog Blues (1994)
  • Judge Dredd (1995, novel version of Judge Dredd )
    • German: Judge Dredd. Translated by Joachim Honnef. Bastei-Lübbe, 1995, ISBN 3-404-13750-7 .
  • Barb Wire (1996, novel version of Barb Wire )
    • German: Barb Wire. Translated by Karl-Heinz Ebnet. Bastei-Lübbe, 1996, ISBN 3-404-13860-0 .
  • Interstate Dreams (1999)
  • Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie (2000, novel version of Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie )
  • Piggs (2002)
  • Prince of Christler-Coke (2004)

Collections

  • Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales (1992)
  • Perpetuity Blues and Other Stories (2000)
  • The Day the Decorators Came (2000)
  • A Different Vintage (2001)
  • Way Out There (2004)
  • Other Seasons: The Best of Neal Barrett, Jr. (2012)

Short stories

1960
  • Made in Archerius (in: Amazing Science Fiction Stories, August 1960 )
  • To Tell the Truth (in: Galaxy Magazine, August 1960 )
  • The Stentorii Luggage (in: Galaxy Magazine, October 1960 )
1961
  • The Graybes of Raath (in: Galaxy Magazine, June 1961 )
1963
  • The Game (in: Amazing Stories, July 1963 )
  • "I Was a Spider for the SBI" (in: Fantastic Stories of Imagination, November 1963 )
  • To Plant a Seed (in: Amazing Stories, December 1963 )
1964
  • In the Shadow of the Worm (in: Amazing Stories, October 1964 )
1966
  • Starpath (in: If, December 1966 )
1969
  • By Civilized Standards (in: If, November 1969 )
1970
  • Grandfather Pelts (in: If, July-August 1970 )
  • Greyspun's Gift (in: Worlds of Tomorrow, Winter 1970 )
    • German: Greyspuns Gift. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 48. Ullstein 2000 # 91 (3139), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03139-0 .
1971
  • A Walk on Toy (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1971 )
1974
  • Survival Course (in: Galaxy, January 1974 )
  • Happy New Year, Hal (in: Amazing Science Fiction, December 1974 )
1975
1976
1978
  • The Flying Stutzman (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1978 )
1979
  • Hero (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1979 )
1981
  • "A Day at the Fair" (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1981 ; also: A Day at the Fair , 1982)
1986
  • Trading Post (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 )
  • Sallie C. (1986, in: Joe R. Lansdale (Ed.): Best of the West )
1987
  • Perpetuity Blues (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987 )
    • German: Ewiges Blau. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 32nd episode. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4536, 1988, ISBN 3-453-03126-1 .
  • Highbrow (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1987 )
  • Class of '61 (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1987 )
  • Diner (in: Omni, November 1987 )
1988
  • Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1988 )
    • English: Ginny Sweethips' flying circus. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 33rd episode. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4581, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03447-3 .
  • Stairs (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1988 )
    • German: Voices in the stairwell. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 35th episode. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4690, 1990, ISBN 3-453-04272-7 .
1989
  • Winter on the Belle Fourche (1989, in: Joe R. Lansdale (Ed.): The New Frontier )
  • Tony Red Dog (1989, in: Joe R. Lansdale and Pat LoBrutto (Eds.): Razored Saddles )
1991
  • Under Old New York (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1991 )
1992
  • Hit (1992, in: Joe R. Lansdale and Karen Lansdale (Eds.): Dark at Heart )
  • Buckstop (1992, in: Neal Barrett jr .: Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales )
  • Deviations (1992, in: Neal Barrett jr .: Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales )
  • Four Times One (1992, in: Neal Barrett jr .: Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales )
  • Interstate Dreams (1992, in: Neal Barrett jr .: Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales )
  • The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee (1992, in: Neal Barrett jr .: Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales )
  • "Sorry, But—" (1992, in: Neal Barrett jr .: Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales ; also: Sorry, But ... , 2002)
  • Uteropolis II (1992, in: Neal Barrett jr .: Slightly Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales )
1993
  • Cush (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1993 )
    • German: Cush. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Asimovs Science Fiction 51st episode. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5948, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13977-1 .
1994
  • Donna Rae (1994, in: Paul M. Sammon (Ed.): The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem )
  • Manhattan 99 (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, Mid-December 1994 )
  • Prince of Christler-Coke (1994, in: Ten Tales )
1998
  • The Lizzard Shoppe (in: Dragon Magazine, # 251, September 1998 )
  • The Complete Guide to Chlerion (in: Amazing Stories, Summer 1998 )
2000
  • The Day the Decorators Came (2000, in: Neal Barrett jr .: The Day the Decorators Came )
2001
  • Deeper, Deeper Dark (in: Dragon Magazine, # 287, September 2001 )
  • Rhido Wars (2001, in: Al Sarrantonio (Ed.): Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction )
2002
  • Troupers (in: Dragon Magazine, # 291, January 2002 )
  • Limo (in: Infinite Matrix, May 20, 2002 )
  • Grubber (2002, in: Sheila E. Gilbert and Elizabeth R. Wollheim (Eds.): Science Fiction: DAW 30th Anniversary )
  • Grüwelt (in: Infinite Matrix, November 18, 2002 )
2003
  • Hard Times (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2003 )
  • Kwantum Babes (2003, in: Gary Turner and Marty Halpern (Eds.): The Silver Gryphon )
2004
  • Tourists (2004, in: Al Sarrantonio (Ed.): Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy )
2006
  • Getting Dark (2006, in: Subterranean, Issue # 5 )
  • The Heart (2006, in: Scott A. Cupp and Joe R. Lansdale (Eds.): Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard )
2007
  • Eating Crow (in: Subterranean Online, Spring 2007 )
2008
  • Slidin ' (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2008 )
  • Radio Station St. Jack (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2008 )
2010
  • At the Store (in: Subterranean Online, Winter 2010 )
2011
  • Dead Hit (2011, in: Al Sarrantonio (Ed.): Portents )
  • Where (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2011 )
  • DOCS (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2011 )
2012
  • Trash (2012, in: Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers (Eds.): Unfit for Eden: Postscripts 26/27 )
  • HERE and THERE (in: Subterranean, Spring 2012 )
2013
  • Bloaters (2013, in: Kasey Lansdale (Ed.): Impossible Monsters )
  • Timeout (2013, in: Richard Klaw (Ed.): Rayguns Over Texas )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Judge Dredd: a man is the law: The novel for the film based on the script by William Wisher and Steven E. de Souza . Bastei-Lübbe, 1995.
  2. ↑ Barb Wire: The novel for the film . Bastei-Lübbe, 1996.
  3. ^ Neal Barrett in the Grand Comics Database
  4. ↑ Neal Barrett, Jr. Estate
personal data
SURNAME Barrett, Neal Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Appleton, Victor (pseudonym); Calhoun, Chad (pen name); Dixon, Franklin W. (pseudonym); Drury, Rebecca (pseudonym); Hardin, JD (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH San Antonio , Texas
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2014
Place of death Austin , Texas