Randall Garrett

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Randall Garrett (born December 16, 1927 in Lexington (Missouri) , † December 31, 1987 in Waco ; actually Gordon Randall Phillip David Garrett ) was an American science fiction and fantasy author.

Life

Garrett was born on December 16, 1927 in Lexington, Missouri, United States. He studied science at Texas Tech University in Lubbock , graduating with a bachelor's degree . After a brief interlude with the US Marine Corps , he worked for some time as an industrial chemist in industry in Michigan and Illinois. In 1955 he moved to New York and built up a life as a freelance writer.

Since 1951 he has been writing very successfully for almost all American SF magazines, partly alone, partly together with authors such as Robert Silverberg , Harlan Ellison and Laurence M. Janifer . For several years he was one of the main writers of Astounding Magazine (two issues even included all of his articles).

Garrett used a wide variety of pseudonyms , including Gordon Aghill , David Gordon , Darrell T. Langart , Johnathan Blake MacKenzie , Jonathan Blake MacKenzie , Johnathan Blake Mac Kenzie , Gerald Vance , Robert Randall (together with Robert Silverberg) and Mark Phillips (together with Laurence M. Janifer ).

His father died in the early 1960s. He stopped writing for years and moved back to his childhood home in Texas. It was here that he met his first wife and moved with her to California a short time later. The marriage ended in divorce in 1963. Some time later he moved in with the writer Vicki Ann Heydron . Inspired by her, he began to write again. On December 25, 1978, the two married and planned to write a long fantasy series together called Gandalara .

In May 1979, however, he contracted encephalitis , from which he never recovered: the disease led to permanent memory loss. His wife moved him to live with his brother in Texas, where his condition continued to deteriorate. Randall Garett had been in a care facility in Waco since August 1981. On December 31, 1987, he died of pneumonia.

During the time wrote of his illness Vicki Ann Heydron by Garrett exposés several Gandalara novels that appeared under both names.

In 1999, Randall Garrett posthumously received the Sidewise Award in the Special Achievement Award category for his Lord Darcy series .

bibliography

Leland Hale series (short stories)

  • 1 To Make a Hero (1957)
  • 2 Respectfully Mine (1958)
  • 3 Drug on the Market (1960)

Nidorian series (with Robert Silverberg under the community pseudonym Robert Randall)

  • 1 The Shrouded Planet (1957)
    • English: The hidden planet. Semrau (Adventure in Space # 14), 1958. Also called: The Forgotten Planet. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller # 22101, 1987, ISBN 3-404-22101-X .
  • 2 The Dawning Light (1957, 1959)
    • German: Nidor awakes. Moewig (Terra # 359), 1964. Also called: Planet in the morning light. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller # 22101, 1987, ISBN 3-404-22101-X .
  • The Chosen People (1956, short story)
  • The Promised Land (1956, short story)
  • False Prophet (1956, short story)
  • All the King's Horses (1958, short story)
  • Planet of the twilight. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller # 22101, 1987, ISBN 3-404-22101-X (collective edition of 1 and 2)

Psi Power series (with Laurence M. Janifer)

  • Brain Twister (1959, 1962, also as That Sweet Little Old Lady , 1962, as Mark Phillips)
    • English: The lady with the sixth sense. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 165), 1962. Also: Ullstein 2000 # 76 (3073), 1974, ISBN 3-548-03073-4 .
  • The Impossibles (1960, 1963, also as Out Like a Light , 1960, as Mark Phillips)
    • German: Die Geisterbande. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 162), 1960. Also as: Fight against the invisible. Ullstein 2000 # 88 (3119), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03119-6 .
  • Supermind (1960, 1963, with Laurence M. Janifer, as Mark Phillips)

Lord Darcy Series (Short Stories)

  • The Eyes Have It (1964)
    • German: The eye test. In: Hans Stefan Santesson (ed.): The mighty of the universe. Heyne SF&F # 3142, 1969.
  • A Case of Identity (1964)
  • The Muddle of the Woad (1965)
  • Too Many Magicians (1966, novel)
    • English: Conspiracy of the Magician. Translated by Ralph Tegtmeier. Bastei Lübbe # 20033, 1981, ISBN 3-404-20033-0 .
  • A Stretch of the Imagination (1973)
  • A Matter of Gravity (1974)
  • The Sixteen Keys (1976)
  • The Ipswich Phial (1976)
  • The Spell of War (1978)
  • The Bitter End (1978)
  • Murder and Magic (1979, collection)
    • German: Murder and Magic. Translated by Ralph Tegtmeier. Bastei Lübbe # 20041, 1982, ISBN 3-404-20041-1 .
  • The Napoli Express (1979)
  • Lord Darcy Investigates (1981, collection)
    • English: The King's Detective: Sword and Magic. Translated by Ralph Tegtmeier. Bastei Lübbe # 20082, 1986, ISBN 3-404-20082-9 .
  • Lord Darcy (1983, collection)
    • English: Lord Darcy: the complete investigation into murder and magic. Bastei Lübbe # 20127, 1989, ISBN 3-404-20127-2 .

Takeoff series

  • 1 takeoff! (1980, collection)
  • 2 Takeoff Too (1987, collection)

Gandalara series (with Vicki Ann Heydron)

  • 1 The Steel of Raithskar (1981)
  • 2 The Glass of Dyskornis (1982)
  • 3 The Bronze of Eddarta (1983)
  • 4 The Well of Darkness (1983)
  • 5 The Search for Kä (1984)
  • 6 Return to Eddarta (1985)
  • 7 The River Wall (1986)
  • The Gandalara Cycle Vols. I and II (1986, collective editions)

Novels

  • Pagan Passions (1959, with Laurence M. Janifer, also as Randall Garrett and Larry M. Harris)
  • Unwise Child (1962, also as Starship Death , 1982)
    • German: The electronic genius. Goldmanns Zukunftsromane # 41, 1963. Also: Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher # 058, 1965.
  • Anything You Can Do… (1962, 1963, as Darrel T. Langart, also as Earth Invader )
    • German: The foreign power. Goldmanns Zukunftsromane # 45, 1963. Also: Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher # 077, 1967.

Collections

  • The Best of Randall Garrett (1982)
  • A Little Intelligence (2009, with Robert Silverberg)
  • Psichopath and Other Science Fiction Stories (2009)
  • The Bramble Bush, The Destroyers, The Highest Treason, A Spaceship Named McGuire; A Collection of Short Stories (2011)
  • Leland Hale, Galactic Conman (2011)
  • The Randall Garrett Megapack (2013)

German collections

  • The Thinker and the Rebels and Other Stories. Moewig (Terra # 180), 1966.
  • Virus Y and Other Stories. Moewig (Terra nova # 120), 1970.
  • The Invention of Mister B. and Other Stories. Moewig (Terra nova # 173), 1970.

Audio

  • An Hour with Isaac Asimov: Building a Firm Foundation (1979)

Short stories

  • The Absence of Heat (1944, as Gordon Garrett)
  • By the Rules (1950, as David Gordon)
  • The Waiting Game (1951)
  • No Approach (1951, as David Gordon)
  • Pest (1952, with Lou Tabakow)
  • Belly Laugh (1953, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • The Day the Gods Fell (1953, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Something for the Woman (1953, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Instant of Decision (1953)
  • The Wishing Stone (1953, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Characteristics: Unusual (1953)
  • Nom d'un Nom (1953)
  • The Breakfast Party (1953, also called League of the Living Dead )
  • Blessed Are the Murderous (1954, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Derelict of Space (1954)
  • Hell to Pay (1954)
  • The Wayward Course (1954)
  • Time Fuze (1954)
  • The Surgeon's Knife (1954)
  • Woman Driver (1954)
  • Infinite Resources (1954)
  • The Hunting Lodge (1954)
  • Spatial Delivery (1954)
  • Plague Planet (1955, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • The Genius (1955, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • The Man Who Talked to Bees (1955, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Two to the Stars (1955, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • A Trip to Anywhen (1956, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Calling Captain Flint (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Richard Greer)
  • Catch a Thief (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Gordon Aghill)
  • Deus Ex Machina (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • No Future in This (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • The Alien Dies at Dawn (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Alexander Blade)
  • The Beast with 7 Tails (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Leonard G. Spencer)
  • The Girl from Bodies, Inc. (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Leonard G. Spencer)
  • The Great Kladnar Race (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Richard Greer)
  • The Mummy Takes a Wife (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Clyde Mitchell)
  • Masters of the Metropolis (1956, with Lin Carter)
  • Quick Cure (1956)
  • The Best of Fences (1956)
  • Code in the Head (1956)
  • Gambler's Planet (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Gordon Aghill)
  • Machine Complex (1956)
  • The Saboteur (1956)
  • Stroke of Genius (1956)
  • Suite Mental (1956)
  • The Slow and the Dead (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • There's No Fool ... (1956, as David Gordon)
  • The Man Who Hated Mars (1956)
  • Heist Job on Thizar (1956)
  • Sound Decision (1956, with Robert Silverberg)
    • German: The decision. In: Kurt Luif (Ed.): Phantom of Freedom. Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch # 255), 1975. Also as: A decision on bang and fall. In: Robert Silverberg: Shores of Tomorrow. Goldmann Science Fiction # 23312, 1979, ISBN 3-442-23312-7 .
  • The Judas Valley (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Gerald Vance)
  • The Man Who Knew Everything (1956)
  • No Trap for the Keth (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Ralph Burke)
  • Puzzle in Yellow (1956)
  • Tools of the Trade (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • With All the Trappings (1956)
  • Battle for the Thousand Suns (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Calvin Knox and David Gordon)
  • Death to the Earthman (1956)
  • Secret of the Green Invaders (1956, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • And Then He Was Two (1957, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Hero from Yesterday (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • House Operator (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as SM Tenneshaw)
  • Slaughter on Dornell IV (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • The Convincer (1957, as David Gordon)
  • The Incomplete Theft (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Ralph Burke)
  • The Secret of the Shan (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Richard Greer)
  • The Star Slavers (1957)
  • Wednesday Morning Sermon (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Alexander Blade)
  • Bleekman's Planet (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Deadly Decoy (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Clyde Mitchell)
  • The Devil Never Waits (1957)
  • The Man with X-Ray Eyes (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Leonard G. Spencer)
  • The Time Snatcher (1957)
  • Time to Stop (1957)
  • Hungry World (1957)
  • Saturnalia (1957)
  • The Man Who Hated Noise (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as SM Tenneshaw)
  • Guardians of the Tower (1957)
  • The Man Who Collected Women (1957)
  • The Last Killer (1957)
  • What's Eating You? (1957)
  • You Too Can Win a Harem (1957)
  • A Pattern for Monsters (1957)
  • Blank? (1957)
  • Kill Me if You Can (1957, as SM Tenneshaw)
  • Needler (1957)
  • Devil's World (1957)
  • Gift from Tomorrow (1957)
  • Hot Trip for Venus (1957)
  • Pirates of the Void (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • The Best Policy (1957, as David Gordon)
  • Skid Row Pilot (1957)
  • Killer - First Class (1957)
  • Look out! Duck! (1957, as David Gordon)
  • The Penal Cluster (1957, as Ivar Jorgensen)
  • Gentlemen: Please Note (1957)
  • The Ambassador's Pet (1957, with Robert Silverberg, as Alexander Blade)
  • The Mannion Court-Martial (1957)
  • Deathtrap Planet (1957)
  • Satellite of Death (1957)
  • The Vengeance of Kyvor (1957)
  • A Bird in the Hand (1958, as David Gordon)
  • Intelligence Quotient (1958) only appeared as: [as by David Gordon]
  • Menace from Vega (1958, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • Beyond Our Control (1958)
  • Strike the First Blow! (1958)
  • Vanishing Act (1958, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • The Low and the Mighty (1958)
  • Decision Final (1958, with Robert Silverberg, as Robert Randall)
  • Far from Somewhere (1958)
  • Penal Servitude (1958)
    • English: The most dangerous man in the galaxy. In: The Thinker and the Rebels and Other Stories . 1966.
  • No Connections (1958)
  • Prisoner of War (1958)
  • ... And Check the Oil (1958)
  • A Little Intelligence (1958, as Robert Randall)
  • Burden the Hand (1958)
  • The Savage Machine (1958)
  • The Queen Bee (1958)
  • Despoilers of the Golden Empire (1959, as David Gordon)
  • The Trouble With Magic (1959)
  • Cum Grano Salis (1959, as David Gordon)
  • Small Miracle (1959)
  • But, I Don't Think (1959)
    • German: The Thinker and the Rebels. In: The Thinker and the Rebels and Other Stories . 1966. Also as: The uncanny freedom. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 13. Ullstein 2000 # 22 (2883), 1972, ISBN 3-548-02883-7 .
  • Ready, Aim, Robot! (1959)
  • Dead Giveaway (1959)
  • ... Or Your Money Back (1959, as David Gordon)
  • The Unnecessary Man (1959)
  • The Destroyers (1959)
  • The Price of Eggs (1959)
  • Viewpoint (1960)
  • Mercenaries Unlimited (1960, as David Gordon)
  • What the Left Hand Was Doing (1960, as Darrell T. Langart)
  • In Case of Fire (1960)
    • German: Ambassador to Saarkkad. In: The Thinker and the Rebels and Other Stories . 1966.
  • The Measure of a Man (1960)
    • German: The problem. In: The Thinker and the Rebels and Other Stories . 1966.
  • Damned If You Don't (1960)
  • ... And Peace Attend Thee (1960)
  • By Proxy (1960, as David Gordon)
  • Psichopath (1960, as Darrel T. Langart)
  • The Foreign Hand-Tie (1961, as David Gordon)
  • The Highest Treason (1961)
  • Random Choice (1961)
  • Something Rich and Strange (1961, with Avram Davidson)
  • A Spaceship Named McGuire (1961)
    • English: The crazy spaceship. Moewig (Terra Nova # 72), 1969.
  • Hanging by a Thread (1961, as David Gordon)
  • Fifty Per Cent Prophet (1961, as Darrell T. Langart)
  • The Blaze of Noon (1961, with Avram Davidson)
  • The Asses of Balaam (1961, as David Gordon)
  • Mustang (1961)
  • Nor Iron Bars a Cage ... (1962, as Jonathan Blake MacKenzie)
  • Hepcats of Venus (1962, also as The Cosmic Beat , 1962)
  • Hail to the Chief (1962, as Janet Argo and Sam Argo)
    • German: Cheers to the President. In: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg (Ed.): Wahltag 2090. Bastei Lübbe Paperback # 28181, 1989, ISBN 3-404-28181-0 .
  • His Master's Voice (1962)
  • Spatial Relationship (1962)
  • The Bramble Bush (1962)
  • ... After a Few Words ... (1962, as Seaton McKettrig)
  • Anchorite (1962, as Johnathan Blake MacKenzie)
    • German: Planetoidenfänger. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Planetoidenfänger. Lichtenberg (Science Fiction for Connoisseurs # 6), 1971, ISBN 3-7852-2006-5 .
  • Through Time and Space with Benedict Breadfruit I-VIII (1962, as Grandall Barretton)
  • A World by the Tale (1963, as Seaton McKettrig)
  • Thin Edge (1963, as Jonathan Blake MacKenzie)
  • With No Strings Attached (1963, as David Gordon)
  • Human Reaction (1964)
  • Tin Lizzie (1964)
  • A Fortnight of Miracles (1965)
  • Fighting Division (1965)
  • Overproof (1965, as Jonathan Blake MacKenzie)
    • German: Law of the Wild. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 14. Ullstein 2000 # 24 (2889), 1972, ISBN 3-548-02889-6 .
  • Witness for the Persecution (1966)
    • German: The interstellar merchants. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): The human farm. Heyne SF&F # 3081, 1966.
  • The Briefing (1969)
  • Fimbulsommer (1970, with Michael Kurland)
  • Color Me Deadly (1973)
  • Pride and Primacy (1974)
  • Reading the Meter (1974)
  • The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill (1975)
  • Lauralyn (1977)
  • On the Martian Problem (1977)
  • The Horror Out of Time (1978)
  • Polly Plus (1978)
  • Backstage Lensman (1978)
    • German: Lensman with a secret mission. In: Werner Fuchs (Ed.): Light of the day, light of death. Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5749, 1982, ISBN 3-426-05749-2 .
  • Frost and Thunder (1979)
  • Keepersmith (1979, with Vicki Ann Heydron)
  • Prehistoric Note (1979)
  • Just Another Vampire Story (1979)
  • Into My Parlor (1987)

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personal data
SURNAME Garrett, Randall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Garrett, Gordon Randall Phillip David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American SF and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Lexington, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1987
Place of death Waco