Richard Wilson (Author)

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Richard "Dick" Wilson (born September 23, 1920 in Huntington Station , Suffolk County , New York ; died March 29, 1987 in Syracuse , New York) was an American science fiction writer, fan and journalist.

Life

His father was the office worker Richard Wilson, his mother Felicitas Minna, née Krause. From 1935 to 1936 he attended Brooklyn College . In 1941 he became a reporter, editor and theater critic at the New York newspaper publisher Fairchild Publications . During World War II, he served in the United States Army Signal Corps and in the Air Force from 1942 to 1946 . He then headed the offices of Transradio Press in Chicago , Washington, DC and New York until 1951 , during which time he studied at the University of Chicago from 1947 to 1948 . He then worked for Reuters in New York until 1964 . From 1964 to 1980 he was head of the press office of Syracuse University and thereafter until his retirement in 1982 editor of the university. In 1984 Wilson published the third volume in university history.

Wilson has been very interested in science fiction from a young age. At 16, he was a first fanzine out, The Atom , published by the three issues. He was also a founding member of the Futurians and contributed to their publications. Together with two other Futurians, Don Wollheim and Cyril M. Kornbluth , he published the fanzine Aaanthor Argus in 1939 . Wilson's other fanzines were Science Fiction News Letter (1937–1939, 78 issues), Incredible (1938–1939, 2 issues, together with WE Marconette) and Escape (1939–1940, 4 issues).

Wilson's first science fiction story, Retribution , appeared in Science Adventure Stories in October 1938 . A total of ten SF stories had appeared by 1942, when the war brought an interruption. It was not until 1951 that further contributions followed, and Wilson became a prolific writer, known for science fiction with a satirical twist, of which his first novel The Girls from Planet 5 is an example. In it, women have taken over the rule in the United States, except in Texas, a last stronghold of the patriarchy, where men can still be real men. Their load situation is further troubled when aliens land on earth - and the aliens are of course beautiful women. He won the Nebula Award in 1969 with his story Mother to the World . It was also nominated twice for the Nebula Award and once each for the Hugo Award and the Locus Award .

Wilson was instrumental in making the University of Syracuse science fiction collection one of the most important in the world today. In 1967 he published an article about the then existing holdings in the May issue of the SF magazine Worlds of Tomorrow , which made the collection known within the SF fandom and among SF authors. A number of prominent authors donated their estate to Syracuse University, including Piers Anthony , Hal Clement , Keith Laumer , Murray Leinster , Anne McCaffrey , Larry Niven , Frederik Pohl and Robert Silverberg . Wilson's estate is also there. The collection is now part of the George Arents Research Library and is on the top floor of the Ernest Stevenson Bird Library at Syracuse University.

Wilson was married three times, his first marriage in 1944 to Jessica Gould, like Wilson an early member of the Futurians. The marriage ended in divorce in 1944. In 1950 he married Doris Baumgardt, better known by her pseudonym Leslie Perri , another Futurians member and previously married to Frederik Pohl, with whom he had a son. After the divorce in 1967, he married Frances Keegan Daniels that same year. In 1987 Wilson died at the age of 66.

bibliography

If two years of publication are given for the original editions, the first is that of the first edition and the second that of the first edition (as a book). If only the title and year are given as the source for short stories, the complete information can be found in the corresponding collective edition.

Novels
  • The Girls from Planet 5 (1955)
    • German: Die Damen vom Planet 5. Fischer paperback (Fischer Orbit # 28), 1973, ISBN 3-436-01754-X .
  • And Then the Town Took Off (1958, 1960)
  • 30-Day Wonder (1960)
Collections
  • Those Idiots from Earth (1957)
  • Time Out for Tomorrow (1962)
    • German: Twelve Steps to a Better World. Goldmann Science Fiction # 0183, 1974, ISBN 3-442-23183-3 .
  • The Kid from Ozone Park (1987)
  • The Story Writer and Other Stories (2011)
  • The Man Without a Planet and Other Stories (2012)
  • The 23rd Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack (2015)
Harry protagonist (short story series)
  • Harry protagonist, brain drainer (1965)
  • Harry Protagonist, Undersec for Overpop (1969)
  • Harry Protagonist, Inseminator General (1987)
Short stories
  • Retribution (1938)
  • Murder from Mars (1940)
  • Stepsons of Mars (1940, with CM Kornbluth and Dirk Wylie as Ivar Towers)
  • Transitory Island (1941)
  • The Purple Bat (1941)
  • The Message (1942)
  • Four Star Planet (1942)
  • Wide-Open Ship (1942)
  • The Man from Siykul (1942)
  • The Man Without a Planet (1942, as Ivar Towers)
  • Dark Cloud (1951)
  • Dateline: Mars (1951)
  • Love (1952)
  • The Hoaxters (1952)
    • German: variety is a must. In: Lothar Heinecke (Ed.): Galaxis Science Fiction, # 11. Moewig, 1959.
  • Friend of the Family (1953)
  • Press Conference (1953, also as Visitor from the Void )
  • Incident in Iopa (1953)
  • The Inhabited (1953)
  • If You Were the Only— (1953)
  • Strike (1953)
  • New Weapon (1953)
  • Double Take (1954)
  • Mary Hell’s (1954)
  • Back to Julie (1954)
  • Have It Your Own Way (1954, also as An Abundance of Good Things )
    • German: Too much of a good thing. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • The Wasp (1954)
    • German: Waspe. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • Robots' Gambit (1954)
  • Science Fiction Story (1954)
  • Killer in the Crib (1955)
  • Inside Story (1955)
  • When I Grow Up (1955)
  • Course of Empire (1956)
  • Honor (1956)
  • The Futile Flight of John Arthur Benn (1956, also as Edward Halibut)
    • German: "Actually I would rather be in Philadelphia." Gravestone inscription from WC Fields. In: Isaac Asimov , Martin Harry Greenberg , Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .
  • Don't Fence Me In (1956)
  • One Man's Inch (1956)
  • Kin (1956, also as Show Your Might )
    • German: cousins. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • The Big Fix! (1956)
    • German: The Sun Dance. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • Lonely Road (1956)
  • George All the Way (1956)
  • It's Cold Outside (1956)
  • The Sons of Japheth (1956)
  • Those Idiots from Earth (1957)
  • Success Story (1957, also as 88 Beats 266 )
  • The Ubiquitous You (1957, also as The In-Betweens )
    • German: The omnipresent you. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • Deny the Slake (1957)
  • Hometown (1957)
    • German: No matter how modest - In: Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander (Ed.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .
  • QRM (1957)
    • German: Geisterstation. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • Quota for Conquest (1957)
  • Change of Venue (1957)
  • The Locus Focus (1957)
    • German: Kometenschweif. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • The Enemy (1957)
  • Time Out for Tomorrow (1957)
    • German: Time out for tomorrow. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • Kill Me with Kindness (1958)
  • The Venus Papers (1958)
  • Grand Prize (1958)
  • The Voice of the Diaphragm (1958)
    • German: The voice from the past. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • Farewell Party (1958)
  • Just Call Me Irish (1958)
    • German: The Veteran. 1974. Also as: It could well be an improvement. In: Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .
  • Boy (1958)
  • Man Working (1958)
    • German: The new job. In: Frederik Pohl, Wolfgang Jeschke (Eds.): Titan 3. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3520, 1976, ISBN 3-453-30386-5 .
  • The Thing That Stared (1959)
  • Frostbite (1959)
  • Super City (1959)
  • Traveling Companion Wanted (1959, also as The Tunnel Under the World )
    • German: The tunnel under the world. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • The Little Woman (1959)
    • German: The little woman. In: Larry T. Shaw (Ed.): Terror. Heyne General Series # 960, 1972.
  • The Best Possible World (1960)
    • German: The best of all possible worlds. In: Twelve Steps to a Better World. 1974.
  • The Watchers in the Glade (1964)
  • The Carson Effect (1964)
  • Box (1965)
  • The Eight Billion (1965)
    • English: The Moles of Manhattan. In: The Moles of Manhattan. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3073, 1966.
  • Deserter (1966)
  • Inside Out (1966, with Kenneth Bulmer)
  • Green Eyes (1967)
  • See Me Not (1967)
    • German: Find me !. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 33. Ullstein 2000 # 61 (3021), 1974, ISBN 3-548-03021-1 .
  • The Evil Ones (1967)
  • They Hilariated When I Hyperspaced For Earth (1967)
  • 9-9-99 (1967)
  • The South Waterford Rumple Club (1967)
  • Mother to the World (1968)
  • A Man Spekith (1969)
    • German: The babbler. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 32. Ullstein 2000 # 59 (3012), 1974, ISBN 3-548-03012-2 .
  • If a Man Answers (1970)
  • The Day They Had the War (1971)
    • German: The last minutes. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): Planet of women. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3272), 1971.
  • The Far King (1978)
  • The Story Writer (1979)
  • Gone Past (1980)
  • Lark Thou Never Worth (1984)
  • See Me Safely Home (1984)
  • The Nineteenth Century Spaceship (1984)
  • A Rat for a Friend (1986)
  • A Table for One (1986)
  • A Letter from a Lady (1987)
  • Fair Morsel (1987)
  • Green Is the Color (1987)
  • Sleeping Booty (1987)
  • The Blue Lady (1987)
  • The Greater Powers (1987)
  • The Kid from Ozone Park (1987)
  • Waiting for the Buyer (1987)
  • Able Baker Camel (1987)
  • Aunt Fritzi (1987)
  • The Name on the Book (1988)
  • At the Sign of the Boar's Head Nebula (2011)
Others
  • Inside Story (radio series episode of X Minus One , 1955)
  • Jack and Jill (play, premiered in 1965)
  • Syracuse University: The Critical Years (1984)
  • Another Time (radio play, 1985)
  • Adventures in the Space Trade: A Memoir (1986, autobiography, appeared with Chris Drumm: A Richard Wilson Checklist )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Atom in the Fancyclopedia 3 , accessed on 8 November 2018th
  2. ^ Lerner Fred: Syracuse University. In: Halbert W. Hall, Lee Ash: Science / fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural & Weird Tales. Haworth Press, New York 1983, ISBN 0-917724-49-6 , pp. 59-62.
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Dick (alternative spelling); Halibut, Edward (pseudonym); Towers, Ivar (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer and fan
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntington Station , Suffolk County , New York
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1987
Place of death Syracuse , New York