Raymond Z. Gallun

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Raymond Zinke Gallun (born March 22, 1911 in Beaver Dam , Wisconsin ; died April 2, 1994 in Forest Hills , New York ) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Gallun was the son of the farmer Adolph Gallun and Martha Emmalina Louisa, née Zinke. He studied 1929/1930 at the University of Wisconsin and 1938/1939 French at Alliance Française in Paris . From 1942 to 1943 he worked as a construction worker for the Army Corps of Engineers and in 1944 he was a shipyard worker at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard . In 1960 he studied again at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima . From 1964 to 1975 he was a technical writer for a manufacturer of sonar devices . In the meantime he worked in various jobs and made numerous trips. As he himself said: "Otherwise a long and colorful history of professional and other vagabondage, overall quite enjoyable, if not praiseworthy."

In 1959 he married Frieda Ernestine Talmey. After her death in 1974 he married Bertha Erickson Backman in 1978.

Gallun's SF stories appeared in the pulp magazines of the era from the late 1930s . Much of his work appeared in the period up to 1943, then some again in the 1950s and, after a break of almost 20 years, about half a dozen from the late 1970s. In total, Gallun published over 120 short stories and four novels. A first collection appeared in 1978, The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun , which was followed by more from 2009. His best-known work is the Old Faithful series, three short stories about a likeable Martian and his descendants, which are also included in the best-of anthology from 1978. A posthumous autobiography completed by Jeffrey M. Elliot, Starclimber: The Literary Adventures and Autobiography of Raymond Z. Gallun , appeared in 1991.

In 1979 he received the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award . In 1985 he received the I-CON Award for his life's work at I-CON IV , which was later renamed the Raymond Z. Gallun Award .

bibliography

Dawn of the Demi-Gods series
  • 1 Passport to Jupiter (1951)
    • English: Deadly Dreams. Moewig (Terra special volume # 37), 1961.
  • 2 People Minus X (1957)
    • German: Menschen minus X. Dörnersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1959.
Old Faithful series
  • 1 Old Faithful (1934)
  • 2 The Son of Old Faithful (1935)
  • 3 Child of the Stars (1936)
When Earth Is Old series
  • 1 Seeds of the Dusk (1938)
    • English: seeds of twilight. In: Martin Harry Greenberg, Isaac Asimov , Charles G. Waugh (eds.): Fascination of Science Fiction. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special # 24068, 1985, ISBN 3-404-24068-5 .
  • 2 When Earth Is Old (1951)
Novels
  • The Planet Strappers (1961)
    • German: Sternenfieber. Moewig (Terra special volume # 66), 1963.
  • The Eden Cycle (1974)
  • Skyclimber (1981)
  • Bioblast (1985)
Collections
  • The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun (1978)
  • A First Glimpse And Other Science Fiction Classics (2009, E-Book)
  • The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun: 1 Old Faithful and Other Stories (2012)
  • Anthology of Sci-Fi V4: The Pulp Writers: Raymond Z. Gallun (2013)
  • The 25th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack (2015)
  • German collections:
    • The lotus machine. Pabel-Moewig (Terra Astra # 549), 1982 (contains translations of The Lotus Engine , Stamped Caution and The Great Idea ).
    • Brother worlds. Moewig (Utopia Classics # 79), 1985, ISBN 3-8118-5025-3 (contains translations of Brother Worlds and Littrie's Long Journey and Meeder's Immortal Soul ).
Short stories
  • The Crystal Ray (1929)
  • The Space-Dwellers (1929)
  • Atomic Fire (1931)
  • The Lunar Chrysalis (1931)
  • The Revolt of the Star Men (1931)
  • The Moon Mirage (1932)
  • Waves of Compulsion (1932)
  • The Moon Mistress (1932)
  • The Menace from Mercury (1932, with John B. Michel)
  • The Flight of the RX-1 (1933)
  • Moon Plague (1934)
  • Space Flotsam (1934)
  • The World Wrecker (1934)
  • The Wand of Creation (1934)
  • The Machine from Ganymede (1934)
  • Mind Over Matter (1935)
  • Telepathic Piracy (1935)
  • N'Goc (1935)
  • Blue Haze on Pluto (1935)
  • Derelict (1935)
  • Avalanche (1935, as Dow Elstar)
  • Davey Jones' Ambassador (1935)
  • Nova Solis (1935, as EV Raymond)
  • Buried Moon (1936)
  • Mad Robot (1936)
  • The Weapon (1936)
  • The Scarab (1936)
  • A Beast of the Void (1936)
  • The Great Illusion (IV) (1936)
  • Godson of Almarlu (1936)
  • The Path (1936)
  • Saturn's Ringmaster (1936)
  • Luminous Mine (1937)
  • Fires of Genesis (1937)
  • The Second Cataclysm (1937, as Dow Elstar)
  • Comet's Captive (1937)
  • Dark Sun (1937)
  • Dawn-World Echoes (1937)
  • A Menace in Miniature (1937)
  • Stardust Gods (1937, with Robert S. McCready, as Dow Elstar)
  • Red Shards on Ceres (1937)
  • Something from Jupiter (1938, as Dow Elstar)
  • Thunder Voice (1938, as Dow Elstar)
  • Mercutian Adventure (1938)
  • Iszt — Earthman (1938)
  • Hotel Cosmos (1938)
  • Magician of Dream Valley (1938)
  • The Shadow of the Veil (1939)
  • The Machine That Thought (1939, as William Callahan)
  • Strange Creature (1939)
  • Masson's Secret (1939)
  • The Achilles Heel (1940)
  • The Gentle Brain (1940, as Arthur Allport)
  • Renegade from Saturn (1940)
  • Terror Out of the Past (1940)
  • The Lotus Engine (1940)
    • English: The lotus machine. In: The lotus machine. 1982.
  • Guardian Angel (1940)
  • Nemesis from Lilliput (1940)
  • The Long Winter (1940)
  • Lunar Parasites (1940)
  • Tangled Paths (1940)
  • Death and the Dictator (1940)
  • Stepson of Space (1940)
  • A Dictator for All Time (1940)
  • Eyes That Watch (1940)
  • Secret of the Comet (1941)
  • The Wall of Water (1941)
  • Invaders of the Forbidden Moon (1941)
  • Meteor Legacy (1941)
  • The Raiders of Saturn's Rings (1941)
  • Gears for Nemesis (1942)
  • Sarker's Joke Box (1942)
  • Scientist Disowned (1942)
  • Space Oasis (1942)
  • The Eternal Wall (1942)
  • Hell-Stuff for Planet X (1943)
  • Operation Pumice (1949)
    • German: Company pumice stone. In: Utopia special volume # 1. Pabel, 1955.
  • A Step Farther Out (1950)
    • English: The ring around the sun Revised version with Clark Darlton . Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 34), 1956.
  • Coffins to Mars (1950)
  • Bluff Play (1950)
  • Brother Worlds (1951)
    • German: Brother Worlds. In: Brother Worlds. 1985.
  • Asteroid of Fear (1951)
  • Prodigal's Aura (1951)
  • The First Long Journey (1951)
  • Trail Blazer (1951)
  • The Restless Tide (1951)
  • The Great Idea (1952)
    • German: The great idea. In: The lotus machine. 1982.
  • Ev (1952, with Jerome Bixby)
  • Return of a Legend (1952)
  • Big Pill (1952)
  • Ten to the Stars (1953)
  • Captive Asteroid (1953)
  • Give Back a World (1953)
  • Comet's Burial (1953)
  • Double Identity (1953)
  • Legacy from Mars (1953)
  • Stamped Caution (1953)
    • English: Beware of Martians !. In: Lothar Heinecke (Ed.): Galaxis Science Fiction # 10. Moewig, 1958. Also as: Caution required !. In: Groff Conklin (Ed.): Unearthly Visions. Moewig (Terra Taschenbuch # 171), 1970. Also as: The beginning. In: The lotus machine. 1982.
  • The Guthrie Method (1954)
  • You should see the future. Utopia special volume # 2, 1956.
  • Then and Now (1977)
  • A First Glimpse (1980)
  • The Gentle Anger (1988)
  • Philosopher's Asteroid (1988)
    • English: Philosopher's Stone. In: Utopia Science Fiction Magazine # 3 . Pabel, 1956.
  • Sort of Like Atlas (1989)
Autobiography
  • Starclimber: The Literary Adventures and Autobiography of Raymond Z. Gallun (1991, with Jeffrey M. Elliot)
Anthologies
  • The Ship from Nowhere / The Moon Mirage (1932, with Sidney Patzer)
  • Outlaw in the Sky / Legacy from Mars (2014, with Chester S. Geier)

literature

Lexicons
Interviews
  • Clark Darlton : The Globetrotter. In: Utopia special volume # 1 . Pabel, 1955.
  • Jeffrey M. Elliot: Interview: Raymond Gallun. In: Thrust No. 17, summer 1981.
  • Jeffrey M. Elliot: Raymond Z. Gallun: Seeker of Tomorrow. In: (ders.): Pulp Voices; or, Science Fiction Voices # 6: Interviews with Pulp Writers and Editors. Borgo Press (The Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today # 37), 1983, ISBN 0-89370-157-2 .
bibliography
  • Jeffrey M. Elliot: The Work of Raymond Z. Gallun: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide. Borgo Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8095-0503-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [...] otherwise a long and various history of occupational — and other — vagabondage, generally quite pleasant, if lowly. Quoted from: Robert Reginald : Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. Gale, Detroit 1979, p. 907.
  2. ↑ Cited unidentified original title: Littrie's Genie
  3. ↑ Cited unidentified original title: Meeder's Enduring Soul
  4. ↑ Cited unidentified original title: Let's see the future
personal data
SURNAME Gallun, Raymond Z.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gallun, Raymond Zinke (full name); Gallun, Raymond (alternative spelling); Allport, Arthur (pseudonym); Callahan, William (pen name); Elstar, Dow (pseudonym); Raymond, EV (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaver Dam , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1994
Place of death Forest Hills , New York