Robert F. Young

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Robert Franklin Young (born on 8. June 1915 in Silver Creek , New York , died on 22. June 1986 ) was an American science fiction - writers .

Life

Young was the son of postal worker Franklin B. Young and Edna Young, née Baker. Apart from three and a half years of service as a soldier in World War II , during which he was stationed in the Solomon Islands , the Philippines and Japan , Young lived in New York State where he owned an estate on Lake Erie . After working in various professions, including a metal caster and machinist, he eventually became a full-time writer.

Young's first publications appeared in Startling Stories , Playboy , The Saturday Evening Post and Collier’s from 1953 . Over the next three decades, Young wrote around 200 short stories in a poetic-romantic style that brought him comparisons with Ray Bradbury and Theodore Sturgeon . Several of them were published in France by Galaxie , Fiction and as anthologies in the Livre de Poche . In Italy it was mainly to be read in the Urania magazine. He was also popular in Japan, where 40 of his stories were published in translation. About 20 of his stories have been translated into German, including two from his short story series about the space whale hunter John Starfinder. It was only in his final years that Young's novels appeared in English. A first novel was published in 1975 only in French translation.

His best-known short story The Dandelion Girl (1964, German as Das Mädchen mit dem Löwenzahnhaar ) was nominated for the Hugo Award in the category Best Short Story in 1965. The short stories Clay Suburb and What Bleak Land were nominated for the Locus Award in 1976 and 1988, respectively.

Young had been married to Regina M. Sadusky since 1941 and had a daughter with her. Young died in 1986 at the age of 71.

bibliography

Poetic Androids
  • Emily and the Bards Sublime (1956)
  • Your Ghost Will Walk ... (1957)
Spacewhale / John Starfinder (short stories)
  • Jonathan and the Space Whale (1962)
    • English: Jonathan and the space whale. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Hrsg.): Border crossers between the worlds. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3089, 1967.
  • The Man in the Moon (1969)
  • Starscape with Frieze of Dreams (1970, also as The Spacewhale Graveyard , 1980)
  • Abyss of Tartarus (1971, also as Areopagus , 1980)
  • The Star Eel (1977, also as Enter Ciely , 1980)
  • The Haute Bourgeoisie (1980)
  • "The Mindanao Deep" (1980, also as Beneath the Painted Ocean )
  • As A Man Has A Whale A Love Story (1980)
  • Flotsam (1980)
  • In the Crypt (1980)
  • Jetsam (1980)
  • Spacewhale, Space-Time (1980)
  • The Construction Company (1980)
  • The Rose (1980)

Collection:

  • Starfinder (1980)
Novels
  • La quête de la Sainte Grille (1975, only published in French)
  • The Last Yggdrasill (1982)
  • Eridahn (1983)
  • The Vizier's Second Daughter (1985)
Collections
  • The Worlds of Robert F. Young (1965)
  • A Glass of Stars (1968)
  • Memories of the Future (2001)
  • The House That Time Forgot and Other Stories: The Selected Stories of Robert F. Young: Volume # 1 (2011)
  • The 40th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack: Robert F. Young, Volume 1 (2018)
Short stories
  • The Black Deep Thou Wingest (1953)
  • The Garden in the Forest (1953)
  • Audience Reaction (1954)
  • Stop Over (1954)
  • To See Ourselves (1954)
  • Beauty and the Beast (1954)
  • A Pattern for Penelope (1954)
  • Miss Katy Three (1954)
  • More Stately Mansions (1955)
  • Saint Julie and the Visgi (1955)
  • The House at the End of the Street (1955)
  • One Love Have I (1955)
  • The Quality of Mercy (1955)
  • The Grown-Up People's Feet (1955)
  • An Apple for the Teacher (1955)
  • Jungle Doctor (1955)
  • Prisoners of Earth (1955)
  • The First Sweet Sleep of Night (1955)
  • Promised Planet (1955)
  • The Quetenestel Towers (1955)
  • Little Red Schoolhouse (1956)
  • The Other Kids (1956)
  • Chrome Pastures (1956)
  • Requiem in Granite (1956)
  • Collector's Item (1956)
  • Room with View (1956)
  • Flying Pan (1956)
  • Wish Upon a Star (1956)
  • Added Inducement (1957)
  • Ape's Eye View (1957)
  • Pilgrims' Project (1957)
  • Goddess in Granite (1957)
    • German: Goddess in granite. In: Rene Oth (Ed.): Gemini. Luchterhand, 1983, ISBN 3-472-61477-3 .
  • The Courts of Jamshyd (1957)
    • German: When is the time? In: Larry T. Shaw (Ed.): Terror. Heyne General Series # 960, 1972.
  • Written in the Stars (1957)
  • Structural Defect (1957)
  • Thirty Days Had September (1957)
  • Report on the Sexual Behavior on Arcturus X (1957)
  • The Bluebird Planet (1957)
  • Dance with the Dead (1958)
  • Time Travel Inc. (1958)
  • The Leaf (1958)
  • Operation Peanut Butter (1958)
  • Magic Window (1958)
  • Acre in the Sky (1958)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Saturday Night (1958)
  • Juke Doll (1959)
    • German: the dollhouse. In: William F. Nolan (ed.): The others among us. Melzer, 1967 (also as Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3120, 1968).
  • Passage to Gomorrah (1959)
  • Santa Clause (1959)
  • Star Mother (1959)
  • The Last Hero (1959)
  • The Wistful Witch (1959)
  • Production Problem (1959)
  • The Stars Are Calling, Mr. Keats (1959)
  • 40-26-38 (1959)
  • Doll-Friend (1959)
  • To Fell a Tree (1959)
  • Robot Son (1959)
  • Bruggil's Bride (1960)
  • Impressionist (1960)
  • Nikita Eisenhower Jones (1960)
  • Romance in a Twenty-First Century Used-Car Lot (1960)
  • The Girl Who Made Time Stop (1961)
  • Hopsoil (1961)
    • English: The blue planet. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): In the jungle of primeval times. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3064, 1966.
  • Storm Over Sodom (1961)
    • German: Metamorphose. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Wanderer through time and space. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3031, 1964.
  • The Dandelion Girl (1961)
  • The Forest of Unreason (1961)
  • The Girls from Fieu Dayol (1961)
  • Deluge II (1961)
  • The Star Fisherman (1962)
  • A Drink of Darkness (1962)
  • The Blonde From Barsoom (1962)
  • Victim of the Year (1962)
  • Plane Jane (1962)
  • Boy Meets Dyevitza (1962)
  • There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (1962)
    • German: The emigrants. In: Charlotte Winheller (Ed.): The last element. Heyne General Series # 224, 1963.
  • The Servant Problem (1962)
  • Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (1963)
  • Neither Stairs Nor Door (1963)
  • Jupiter Found (1963)
  • The Girl in His Mind (1963)
  • The Deep Space Scrolls (1963)
  • Largely about My Dog (1963)
  • A Knyght Ther Was (1963)
  • Redemption (1963)
  • Boarding Party (1963)
  • The House That Time Forgot (1963)
  • Let There Be Night (1963)
  • Sweet Tooth (1963)
  • The Eternal Lovers (1963)
    • German: Eternal Love. In: Charlotte Winheller (Ed.): Music from space . Heyne General Series # 286, 1964.
  • I Bring Fresh Flowers (1964)
  • Little Dog Gone (1964)
  • Arena of Decisions (1964)
  • In Saturn's Rings (1964)
  • The Sphinx (1964, also as The Pyramid Project )
  • The Second Philadelphia Experiment (1964)
  • The Thousand Injuries of Mr. Courtney (1964)
  • The Honeyearthers (1964)
  • In What Cavern of the Deep (1964)
  • The Quest of the Holy Grille (1964)
  • When Time Was New (1964)
  • On the River (1965)
  • Dialogue in a Twenty-First Century Dining Room (1965)
    • German: Conversations with a bird. In: Wulf Bergner (Ed.): A Pegasus for Mrs. Bullitt. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3369, 1973, ISBN 3-453-30246-X .
  • Romance in an Eleventh-Century Recharging Station (1965)
  • Rumpelstiltskinski (1965)
  • A Glass of Mars (1965)
  • Peeping Tommy (1965)
  • The City of Brass (1965)
  • Minutes of A Meeting At The Miter (1965)
  • Origin of Species (1965)
  • St. George and the Dragonmotive (1965)
  • L'Arc De Jeanne (1966)
    • German: Johanna II von Orleans. In: The Moles of Manhattan. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3073, 1966.
  • Kingdom Come, Inc. (1967)
    • German: heaven above earth. Translated by Wulf H. Bergner. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): World of Illusions. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3110, 1967. Also as: Dein Reich Come GmbH. Translated by Florian F. Marzin. In: Wolfgang Jeschke, Uwe Luserke (eds.): Frohes Fest !: 13 gruesome gifts. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4638, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03900-9 .
  • Neither Do They Reap (1968)
  • The Fugitives (1968)
  • Pithecanthropus Astralis (1969)
  • The Ogress (1970)
  • Reflections (1970)
  • To Touch a Star (1970)
  • A Ship Will Come (1970)
  • Il gioco nuovo [Italian] (1971)
  • Genesis 500 (1972)
  • The Hand (1972)
  • The Years (1972)
  • Whom the Gods Love (1972)
  • Ghosts (1973)
  • Remnants of Things Past (1973)
  • Girl Saturday (1973)
  • Adventures of the Last Earthman in Search for Love (1973)
  • The Giantess (1973)
  • The Time Machine (1973)
  • No Deposit * No Refill (1974)
  • The Star of Stars (1974)
  • Tinkerboy (1974)
  • New Route to the Indies (1974)
  • Spacetrack (1974)
  • Hex Factor (1974)
  • The Decayed Leg Bone (1974)
  • Perchance to Dream (1975)
  • Techmech (1975)
  • Lord of Rays (1975)
  • The Curious Case of Henry Dickens (1975)
  • Clay Suburb (1975)
  • Shakespeare of the Apes (1975)
    • English: A monkey named Shakespeare. In: Manfred Kluge (ed.): A monkey named Shakespeare. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3519, 1976, ISBN 3-453-30385-7 .
  • Above This Race of Men (1976)
  • Ghur R'Hut Urr (1976)
  • PRNDLL (1976)
  • Milton Inglorious (1976)
  • Alec's Anabasis (1977)
  • The Day the Limited Was Late (1977)
  • The Earth Books (1977)
  • Fleuve Red (1977)
  • The Space Roc (1978)
  • Down the Ladder (1978)
  • The Journal of Nathaniel Worth (1978)
  • Hologirl (1978)
  • The Winning of Gloria Grandonwheels (1978)
  • Crutch (1978)
  • Project Hi-Rise (1978)
  • The First Mars Mission (1979)
  • The Tents of Kedar (1980)
  • Yours, -Guy (1981)
  • The Summer of the Fallen Star (1981)
    • German: Larkins Star. In: Manfred Kluge (ed.): A monkey named Shakespeare. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3519, 1976, ISBN 3-453-30385-7 .
  • Invitation to the Waltz (1982)
  • Darkspace (1982)
    • German: Schattenwelt. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 21st episode. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4069, 1984, ISBN 3-453-31014-4 .
  • Earthscape (1982)
  • Universes (1982)
  • The Moon of Advanced Learning (1982)
  • Glimpses (1983)
  • The Lost Earthman (1983)
  • The Princess of Akkir (1984)
  • Divine Wind (1984)
  • Findokin's Way (1984)
  • Glass Houses (1984)
  • Mars Child (1985)
  • Three-Mile Syndrome (1985)
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem II (1985)
  • Cousins (1986)
  • Visionary Shapes (1986)
  • Revolution 20 (1986)
    • German: Revolution 20. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Hrsg.): The wilderness of a large city. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4438, 1987, ISBN 3-453-00468-X .
  • What Bleak Land (1987)
  • The Giant, the Colleen, and the Twenty-One Cows (1987)
    • English: A giant, an Irish girl and twenty-one cows. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): People's Republic of Disneyland. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4525, 1988, ISBN 3-453-02788-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Young, Robert F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young, Robert Franklin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Silver Creek , New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1986
Place of death Silver Creek , New York , USA