Nelson Slade Bond

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Nelson Slade Bond (born November 23, 1908 in Scranton , Pennsylvania , † November 4, 2006 in Roanoke , Virginia ) was an American writer who, in addition to independent non- fiction and fiction works, contributed widely to magazines, the radio, the Television and theater created. He was a pioneer of early science fiction and fantasy . His fiction work mainly includes short stories , most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s . He achieved notoriety through the series of his Lancelot Biggs stories as well as his Meg the Priestess series, with which he introduced one of the first strong female heroines into science fiction.

Life and written work

Bond's parents were from Nova Scotia , but moved to Scranton , Pennsylvania shortly before he was born, and settled in Philadelphia after the First World War . Bond discussed plays for the Philadelphia Inquirer in his high school days . From 1932 to 1934 he attended Marshall College in Huntington ( West Virginia ). During this time he was writing for the Huntington Herald Advertiser and college newspaper , The Parthenon , and met Betty Gough Folsom, whom he married in 1934.

He worked briefly as a PR agent for Nova Scotia and began his writing career in 1935 with articles on factual subjects for various magazines. His first science fiction work was Down the Dimensions , which appeared in the April 1937 issue of Astounding .

Bond wrote over 250 short stories . In the 1930s and 1940s they appeared u. a. in magazines like Amazing Stories , Fantastic Adventures or Weird Tales . Bond's most famous characters include Pat Pending , Lancelot Biggs, and Hank Horse-Sense . In Germany, the Biggs adventures ( Lancelot Biggs space travel ) and Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies as well as the collection Island of Conquerors by Heyne appeared .

Bond almost completely gave up poetry in the 1950s. He worked more and more for radio and television and in 1959 opened a PR company in Roanoke (Virginia) , later a major second-hand bookshop.

At the encouragement of supporters and professional colleagues, namely Harlan Ellison , he only brought out another fiction work in 1995.

Bond was in extensive correspondence with James Branch Cabell and was the administrator of his literary estate for a while after his death.

Bond donated his records to the Marshall University Library in Huntington in 2002 . The library has built a replica of Bond's home study.

Nelson and Betty Bond had two sons. Betty Bond made a career in Virginia television. She interviewed key people in the area for her Betty Bond show for WSLS-TV in Roanoke.

Radio and television

Bond wrote for radio series such as Dr. Christian , Hot Copy (1941–44) and The Sheriff (1944–51, a continuation of Death Valley Days ) and u. a. for the television anthology series Lux Video Theater , Studio One , General Motors Theater and Tales of Tomorrow . Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies saw over half a dozen adaptations for the radio and ran as a radio series in 1938. This work has been after processing by bonding the first via a network broadcast television play full length.

Bond described his experience with radio and television in Locus magazine in 1998 :

“I started writing for the radio after they processed a few of my stories. I thought: “My God, I can do better!” And started to adapt it for the radio myself. One day they started two series and they asked me if I wanted to write them. I wrote 52 weeks of hot copy - and around 26 weeks of The Sheriff Show (a western comedy). Then came the television. I had just drafted Mr. Mergenthwohler's lobbies as a radio series and was editing it for television. It became the first television game ever to be broadcast over a network. The network consisted of Boston, New York and Washington. (That was in 1946.) The presentation was quite complex, there was an audience in the studio, and they printed a program for it. Unfortunately there is no recording of the show - back then there was no tape for it. (...) At that time I probably missed the chance of my life in terrible thoughtlessness. When the game was finished the director said, “This is a brand new medium. Why don't you come up here to commit yourself to this matter with us? ”They couldn't pay me very much, and I said,“ I make more money on the radio now than that, ”so I refused. But I've written about fifteen or twenty television plays, some of them adaptations of my own work, some of them my own creations. State of Mind was a work of fantasy about a man pissed off by modern civilization. He said: "I'm falling away from the Union now." And he did. I thought this was a damn good idea! (Still a nice game, but out of production.) I edited my second Mergenthwirer / Lobblies story as a television game, and then there was a third. "

- Nelson Bond in Locus , October 1998

Awards

bibliography

Series and cycles

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

The Lobblies
  • Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies (in: Scribner's Magazine, November 1937 )
    • German: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • Tell Me About Tomorrow (in: Argosy, December 13, 1941 )
  • Don't Fool with Phantoms (in: Argosy, December 1942 )
  • Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies A Fantastic Comedy In Three Acts (1957, short novel)
  • Miracles Made Easy (2002, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Far Side of Nowhere )
Meg
  • 1 The Priestess Who Rebelled (in: Amazing Stories, October 1939 )
  • 2 The Judging of the Priestess (in: Fantastic Adventures, April 1940 )
  • 3 Magic City (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1941 )
  • 4 Pilgrimage (1949, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Thirty-First of February )
Lancelot Biggs
  • 1 FOB Venus (in: Fantastic Adventures, November 1939 ; also: Chapters 1-2 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 2 Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate (in: Fantastic Adventures, February 1940 ; also: Chapters 3-4 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 3 The Madness of Lancelot Biggs (in: Fantastic Adventures, April 1940 ; also: Chapters 5-6 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 4 Lancelot Biggs: Master Navigator (in: Fantastic Adventures, May 1940 ; also: Chapters 7-8 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 5 The Genius of Lancelot Biggs (in: Fantastic Adventures, June 1940 ; also: Chapter 9 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 6 The Scientific Pioneer Returns (in: Amazing Stories, November 1940 ; also: Chapters 25-27 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 7 Honeymoon in Bedlam (in: Weird Tales, January 1941 ; also: Chapters 14-15 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 8 The Downfall of Lancelot Biggs (in: Weird Tales, March 1941 )
  • 9 Where Are You, Mr. Biggs? (in: Weird Tales, September 1941 ; also: Where Are You Mr. Biggs?, 2016; also: Chapter 10 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 10 The Ghost of Lancelot Biggs (in: Weird Tales, January 1942 ; also: Chapter 11 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 11 The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs (in: Amazing Stories, September 1942 ; also: Chapters 16-18 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 12 Mr. Biggs Goes to Town (in: Amazing Stories, October 1942 ; also: Chapters 22-24 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • 13 The Ordeal of Lancelot Biggs (in: Amazing Stories, May 1943 ; also: Chapters 19-21 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • The Return of Lancelot Biggs (in: Amazing Stories, May 1942 ; also: Chapters 12-13 (Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman) , 1950)
  • The Remarkable Exploits of Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman (1950, also: Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman )
    • English: Lancelot Biggs miraculous space travel. Translated by Kurt Seibt. Gebrüder Weiß (World of Tomorrow), 1953, DNB 450550664 . Also called: Lancelot Biggs' space travel. Translated by Kurt Seibt. Heyne General Series # 139, 1961.
  • Lancelot Biggs on the Saturn (1954, in: Marjorie Barrows (Ed.): Science Fiction and Reader's Guide )
  • Lancelot Biggs' space travel. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Hrsg.): Science Fiction Jubilee Volume: 25 Years Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1960-1985. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4000, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31112-4 (excerpt).
Horse-Scythe Hank
  • 1 The Scientific Pioneer (in: Amazing Stories, March 1940 )
  • 2 Horsesense Hank Does His Bit (in: Amazing Stories, May 1942 )
  • 3 Horsesense Hank in the Parallel Worlds (in: Amazing Stories, August 1942 )
Chip Warren
  • 1 "Shadrach" (in: Planet Stories, Fall 1941 ; also: Shadrach , 2005)
  • 2 The Lorelei Death (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1941 )
Pat pending
  • The Bacular Clock (in: The Blue Book Magazine, July 1942 )
    • German: The reverse clock. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • The Masked Marvel (in: The Blue Book Magazine, December 1943 )
  • Miracular and Importulant (in: The Blue Book Magazine, April 1943 )
  • Pat Pending's Periscoop (in: The Blue Book Magazine, January 1943 )
  • Pat Pending's Invisibelt (in: The Blue Book Magazine, January 1944 )
  • Pat Pending Returns (in: The Blue Book Magazine, June 1945 )
  • The Greater Gizmo (in: The Blue Book Magazine, May 1946 )
  • Magnifular and Marvaceous (in: The Blue Book Magazine, April 1946 )
  • Pat Pending — Detectivator! (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1946 )
  • Double Trouble for Pat Pending (in: The Blue Book Magazine, April 1947 )
  • Lighter Than You Think (in: Fantastic Universe, August 1957 )
  • Much Ado About Pending (1968, in: Nelson S. Bond: Nightmares and Daydreams )
Square deal Sam McGhee
  • Nothing in the Rules (in: The Blue Book Magazine, August 1943 )
  • One's Got to Be Best (in: The Blue Book Magazine, March 1943 )
  • Music's Got Charms! (in: The Blue Book Magazine, November 1945 )
  • The Gripes of Wraith! (in: The Blue Book Magazine, August 1946 ; also: The Gripes of Wraith , 1949)
    • German: The mind is cheap. In: Peter Haining (Ed.): Scheibenwahn. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 9037, 1999, ISBN 3-453-15602-1 .
  • Knights Must Fall (in: The Blue Book Magazine, January 1947 )
  • Daze Without End (in: The Blue Book Magazine, November 1948 )
  • A Matter of a Pinion (in: The Blue Book Magazine, March 1948 )
  • Strikes to Spare (in: The Blue Book Magazine, May 1949 )
  • Black Magic (in: The Blue Book Magazine, February 1951 ; also: The Devil to Pay , 1968)

Novels

  • Dictator of Time (short novel in: Planet Stories, Spring 1940 )
  • Exiles of Time (in: Blue Book, May 1940 ; also: Exiles of Time , 1949)
    • German: Im Zeitexil. Moewig (Terra # 516), 1967.
  • The Ultimate Salient (short novel in: Planet Stories, Fall 1940 )
  • Beyond Light (short novel in: Planet Stories, Winter 1940 )
  • The Castaway (short novel in: Planet Stories, Winter 1940 )
  • Revolt on Io (short novel in: Planet Stories, Spring 1941 )
  • Gods of the Jungle (2 parts in: Amazing Stories, June 1942  ff.)
  • When Freemen Shall Stand (in: Fantastic Adventures, November 1942 ; also: Under Venusian Flags , 2018)
  • That Worlds May Live (in: Amazing Stories, April 1943 ; also: That Worlds May Live , 2002)
  • The World of William Gresham (1954, short novel in: Nelson S. Bond: No Time Like the Future )
    • English: Just a handful of ashes. In: Nelson S. Bond: Island of Conquerors. 1964.
  • State of Mind: A Comedy in Three Acts (1958, short novel)
  • Animal Farm: A Fable in Two Acts (1964, short novel)

Collections

  • Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies and Other Fantastic Tales (1946)
  • The Thirty-First of February (1949; also: The Thirty-first of February , 1952)
  • No Time Like the Future (1954)
    • English: Island of the Conquerors. Translated by Susi-Maria Roediger. Heyne books # 3034, Munich 1964, DNB 450550680 .
  • Nightmares and Daydreams (1968)
  • The Far Side of Nowhere (2002)
  • Other Worlds Than Ours (2005)

Short stories

1937
  • Down the Dimensions (in: Astounding Stories, April 1937 )
1938
  • The Sportsman (in: Scribner's Magazine, February 1938 )
  • The Einstein Inshoot (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1938 )
    • German: The Einstein litter. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • The Man Who Walked Through Glass (in: Esquire, November 1938 )
1939
  • The Mercurian Menace (in: Dynamic Science Stories, February 1939 )
  • The Message from the Void (in: Dynamic Science Stories, February 1939 )
  • Lightship, Ho! (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1939 )
  • The Monster from Nowhere (in: Fantastic Adventures, July 1939 ; also: The Monster , 1953)
  • Stowaway (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1939 )
  • The Amazing Invention of Wilberforce Weems (in: Fantastic Adventures, September 1939 )
  • Fugitives from Earth (in: Amazing Stories, December 1939 )
1940
  • Sons of the Deluge (2 parts in: Amazing Stories, January 1940  ff.)
  • The Man Who Weighed Minus Twelve (in: Fantastic Adventures, March 1940 )
  • Prisoner's Base (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, May 1940 )
  • Parallel in Time (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1940 )
  • Proxies on Venus (in: Science Fiction, June 1940 )
  • The Fertility of Dalrymple Todd (in: Fantastic Adventures, August 1940 )
  • A Problem in Diatonics (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1940 )
  • The Unusual Romance of Ferdinand Pratt (in: Weird Tales, September 1940 )
  • Cartwright's Camera (in: Unknown Fantasy Fiction, November 1940 ; also: Johnny Cartwright's Camera )
    • English: Johnny Cartwright's camera. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • "Shall Stay These Couriers ..." (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, November 1940 )
  • Legacy (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1940 )
  • Martian Caravan (in: Blue Book, December 1940 )
1941
  • The Day We Celebrate (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1941 )
  • The Fountain (in: Unknown Fantasy Fiction, June 1941 )
    • German: The source. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • The Geometrics of Johnny Day (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1941 )
  • Take My Drum to England (in: Unknown Fantasy Fiction, August 1941 ; also: "Take My Drum to England ..." , 1949)
  • The Bookshop (in: The Blue Book Magazine, October 1941 )
    • German: The bookshop. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • Prescience (in: Unknown Worlds, October 1941 )
  • Occupation: Demigod (in: Unknown Worlds, December 1941 )
  • The Remarkable Talent of Egbert Haw (in: The Blue Book Magazine, December 1941 )
    • German: Egbert Haw - the great talent. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
1942
  • Luxury Liner (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1942 )
  • The Secret of Lucky Logan (in: Amazing Stories, April 1942 )
  • Brother Michel (in: Fantastic Adventures, May 1942 )
  • Captain Chaos (in: Planet Stories, Summer 1942 )
  • The World Within (in: Super Science Stories, May 1942 )
  • Al Haddon's Lamp (in: Unknown Worlds, June 1942 )
  • Peter Pettigrew's Prisoner (in: Amazing Stories, July 1942 )
  • Visibility: Zero (in: Weird Tales, September 1942 )
  • Jessifer Rides Again (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1942 )
  • Union in Gehenna (in: Fantastic Adventures, October 1942 )
    • German: Hader im Hades. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • Colossus of Chaos (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1942 )
  • Another World Begins (in: The Blue Book Magazine, November 1942 ; also: The Cunning of the Beast , 1948)
    • English: The Beasts of Kios. In: Nelson S. Bond: Island of Conquerors. 1964.
1943
  • Trouble on Tycho (in: Planet Stories, March 1943 )
  • Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1943 )
  • Land of No Return (in: Astonishing Stories, April 1943 )
  • Pawns of Chaos (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1943 )
  • Saint Mulligan (in: Fantastic Adventures, May 1943 )
  • The Ring of Iscariot (in: The Blue Book Magazine, June 1943 ; also: The Ring , 1949)
  • Somewhere on the Home Front (in: The Blue Book Magazine, July 1943 )
  • Phantom Out of Time (in: Planet Stories, Fall 1943 )
  • Castaways of Eros (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1943 )
  • Peril on Phoebus (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fall 1943 )
1944
  • The Master of Cotswold (in: Weird Tales, January 1944 )
    • English: The Lord of Cotswold. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • Wanderers of the Wolf-Moon (in: Planet Stories, Spring 1944 )
1945
  • The Five Lives of Robert Jordan (in: The Blue Book Magazine, April 1945 )
  • The Mask of Medusa (in: The Blue Book Magazine, December 1945 )
1946
  • Conquerors' Isle (in: The Blue Book Magazine, June 1946 ; also: Conqueror's Island )
    • English: Island of the Conquerors. In: Nelson S. Bond: Island of Conquerors. 1964. Also called: The Island of Conquerors. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • My Nephew Norvell (in: The Blue Book Magazine, July 1946 )
  • The Enchanted Pencil (in: The Blue Book Magazine, November 1946 )
  • Dr. Fuddle's Fingers (1946, in: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies and Other Fantastic Tales )
    • German: Dr. Fuddles fingers. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • The Magic Staircase (1946, in: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies and Other Fantastic Tales )
    • German: The Magic Staircase. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
  • Socrates of the South Forty (1946, in: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthnahmer's Lobblies and Other Fantastic Tales )
    • English: The Socrates from the beet field. In: Nelson S. Bond: Mr. Mergenthwirer's Lobblies. 1983.
1948
  • Slayer by Stealth (in: Jungle Stories, Spring 1948 )
  • Last Inning (in: Blue Book, May 1948 )
  • Witch's Moon (in: Jungle Stories, Fall 1948 )
  • Tomtom Tragedy (1948, in: Jungle Stories, Winter 1948-1949 )
1949
  • Petersen's Eye (in: The Blue Book Magazine, March 1949 )
  • The Song (in: The Blue Book Magazine, April 1949 )
  • Bird of Prey (in: The Blue Book Magazine, August 1949 )
  • Uncommon Castaway (in: Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 11, 1949 )
    • English: Jonah and the submarine. In: Nelson S. Bond: Island of Conquerors. 1964.
1950
  • The Spinsters (in: The Blue Book Magazine, January 1950 )
  • And Lo, the Bird! (in: The Blue Book Magazine, September 1950 )
    • English: The bird of the stars. In: Nelson S. Bond: Island of Conquerors. 1964. Also as: The big bird. In: The Most Exciting Science Fiction Stories. Tosa, 1981, ISBN 3-85001-096-1 .
1951
  • This Is the Land (1951, in: August Derleth (Ed.): The Outer Reaches: Favorite Science-Fiction Tales Chosen by Their Authors )
  • Command Performance (in: Orb, V2 # 3, 1951 )
1952
  • The Dark Door (in: Bluebook, May 1952 )
  • A Rosy Future for Roderick (in: Bluebook, August 1952 )
  • To People a New World (1952, in: August Derleth (Ed.): Beachheads in Space )
1953
  • Down Will Come the Sky (in: Universe Science Fiction, Jun 1953 ; also: "Down Will Come the Sky" , 1968)
  • The Abduction of Abner Greer (1953, in: Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds (Eds.): Science-Fiction Carnival )
1954
  • Button, Button (in: Bluebook, March 1954 )
  • The Last Outpost (1954, in: Nelson S. Bond: No Time Like the Future )
    • German: Outpost Venus. In: Nelson S. Bond: Island of Conquerors. 1964.
  • Life Goes On (1954, in: Nelson S. Bond: No Time Like the Future )
  • The Silent Planet (1954, in: Nelson S. Bond: No Time Like the Future )
  • Vital Factor (1954, in: Nelson S. Bond: No Time Like the Future )
  • The Voice from the Curious Cube (1954, in: Nelson S. Bond: No Time Like the Future )
  • The World of William Gresham (1954)
    • English: Just a handful of ashes. In: Nelson S. Bond: Island of Conquerors. Heyne SF & F # 3034, 1964.
1957
  • Pawns of Tomorrow (in: Fantastic Universe, May 1957 )
1958
  • Case History (in: Fantastic Universe, April 1958 )
1968
  • The Pet Shop (1968, in: Nelson S. Bond: Nightmares and Daydreams )
1995
  • Pipeline to Paradise (1995, in: Roger Zelazny (Ed.): Wheel of Fortune )
1999
  • Proof of the Pudding (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 1999 )
2002
  • The Battle of Blue Trout Basin (2002, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Far Side of Nowhere )
  • Herman and the Mermaid (2002, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Far Side of Nowhere )
  • Mr. Snow White (2002, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Far Side of Nowhere )
  • Private Line to Tomorrow (2002, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Far Side of Nowhere )
  • Time Exposure (2002, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Far Side of Nowhere )
  • The Unpremeditated Wizard (2002, in: Nelson S. Bond: The Far Side of Nowhere )

Non-fiction

  • Postal Stationery of Canada (1953)
  • James Branch Cabell: A Complete Checklist (1974)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Ruber: Nelson S. Bond, Master Pulpster. In: Pulprack.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011 ; accessed on January 9, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Mike Allen: Roanoke writer widely admired. In: The Roanoke Times. November 5, 2006, accessed January 9, 2016 .
  3. ^ Nelson S. Bond, Looking Way Back , Locus Online (excerpt from the October 1998 issue of Locus magazine ).
personal data
SURNAME Bond, Nelson Slade
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bond, Nelson S. (alternative spelling); Bond, Nelson (alternative spelling); Danzell, George (pseudonym); Hazzard, Wilton (pseudonym); Mavity, Hubert (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer (science fiction, fantasy)
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Scranton , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2006
Place of death Roanoke , Virginia , United States