Rog Phillips

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Rog Phillips (actually Roger Phillip Graham ; born February 20, 1909 in Spokane , Washington ; died March 2, 1966 in San Francisco , California ) was an American science fiction writer, best known for his SF fan column The Club House .

Life

Graham studied at Gonzaga University in Spokane , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree, and then at the University of Washington in Seattle . Before the Second World War he worked as a power station engineer and during the war as a welder in a shipyard. After the war, he turned to writing and became one of Raymond A. Palmer's writers at Ziff Davis , which was then responsible for the SF magazine Amazing Stories .

From 1948 to 1953 he wrote 57 episodes for Amazing as Rog Phillips of The Club House , a column about SF fandom for SF fans. At the same time, the similarly structured column Fandora's Box appeared in the magazine Imagination , for which Graham's first wife Mari Wolf was the author. In fact, Graham is said to have been the author here too. These columns are said to have shaped the development of the SF fandom after 1945. In 1956, Graham married Honey Wood, who was also active in the SF fandom.

In addition to his columns, Graham published over 170 short stories and six novels, using numerous other pseudonyms in addition to Rog Phillips , including Craig Browning, Franklin Bahl, Peter Worth and Melva Rogers . In addition to his science fiction, Graham also wrote detective and crime stories.

In 1956 Graham was nominated for Best Columnist and in 1959 for the short story Rat in the Skull for the Hugo Award . Meanwhile, his work was largely forgotten from 2012 published anthologies of his short stories and his collected Clubhouse -Kolumnen at Goldleaf Books , published by the SF-historian Earl Terry Kemp , who was Graham's godchild. Four of his novels have been translated into German.

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).

Novels
  • Time Trap (1949)
    • German: The time trap. Hönne / Gebrüder Zimmermann (Hönne Utopia-Spitzenklasse # 13), 1958. Also as: Moewig (Terra # 111), 1960.
  • Worlds Within (1950)
    • German: Invisible Worlds. Semrau (Adventure in Space # 10), 1959.
  • World of If (1951)
    • German: Worlds of Probability. Widukind / Gebrüder Zimmermann (Widukind Fantasy Crime), 1960.
  • The Involuntary Immortals (1949)
    • German: The immortal club. Moewig (Terra # 299), 1963.
  • So Shall Ye Reap (1947, 2011)
  • These Are My Children (1952, 2018)
Collections
  • Rat in the Skull & Other Off-trail Science Fiction (2004)
  • The Complete Lefty Baker: The Best of Rog Phillips (2012)
  • The Best of Rog Phillips: Volume II (2013)
  • The Best of Rog Phillips: Volume III (2013)
  • The Best of Rog Phillips: Volume IV (2014)
  • Rog Phillips' The Club House (2014, essays)

German compilation:

  • The wandering self and other stories. Moewig (Terra # 429), 1965.
Short stories

If only the title and year are given as sources for short stories, the complete information can be found under collections .

  • Let Freedom Ring! (1945)
  • The Mutants [Arny] (1946)
  • Vacation in Shasta (1946)
  • Atom War (1946)
  • The Mutants (1946)
  • Battle of the Gods (1946)
  • Dual Personality (1946)
  • Squeeze Play (1947, as Craig Browning)
  • The House (1947)
  • The Uninvited Jest (1947)
  • High Ears (1947)
  • The Despoilers (1947)
  • And Eve Was (1947)
  • Armageddon (1948, as Craig Browning)
  • Brainstorm (1948, as Alexander Blade)
  • The Venusian (1948, as Craig Browning)
  • Tillie (1948, as Craig Browning)
  • Hate (1948)
  • Twice to Die (1948)
  • The Supernal Note (1948)
  • Starship from Sirius (1948)
  • The Cube Root of Conquest (1948)
  • The Unthinking Destroyer (1948)
  • I Died Tomorrow (1949, as Peter Worth)
  • Lunar Holiday (1949, as Peter Worth)
  • The Form of Hunger (1949, as Craig Browning)
  • The Immortal Menace (1949, as Craig Browning)
  • The Insane Robot (1949, as Craig Browning)
  • The Last Stronghold (1949, as Chester Ruppert)
  • The Robot and the Pearly Gates (1949, as Peter Worth)
  • The Runaround (1949, as Craig Browning)
  • Unforseen (1949, as Roger P. Graham)
  • Window to the Future (1949, as Peter Worth)
  • The Can Opener (1949)
  • Unforeseen (1949, as Roger P. Graham)
  • M'Bong-Ah (1949)
    • English: Torture Drums of Venus. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 91), 1957.
  • Quite Logical (1949)
  • She (1949)
  • Unthinkable (1949)
  • The Robot Men of Bubble City (1949)
  • The Shortcut (1949)
  • The Awakening (1949)
  • The Tangential Semanticist (1949)
  • Incompatible (1949)
  • Matrix (1949)
  • Planet of the Dead (1949)
  • Beyond the Matrix of Time (1949)
  • Seven Come A-Lovin ' (1949, as Craig Browning)
  • The Miracle of Elmer Wilde (1949)
  • Venus Trouble Shooter (1949, as John Wiley)
  • Goddess of the Volcano (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • Lorelei Street (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • Zero F (1950, as Peter Worth)
  • Read It and Weep! (1950, as Peter Worth)
  • Slaves of the Crystal Brain (1950, as William Carter Sawtelle)
  • Spawn of Darkness (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • The Exteroceptor Deceptor (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • The Friendly Wolf (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • The Gloves of Gino (1950, as PF Costello)
  • Two Against Venus (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • Vial of Immortality (1950, also as Craig Browning)
  • Warrior Queen of Mars (1950, as Alexander Blade)
  • This Time (1950)
  • To Give Them Welcome (1950, as Melva Rogers)
  • The Pranksters (1950)
  • Typewriter from the Future (1950, as Peter Worth)
  • Detour from Tomorrow (1950)
  • Live in an Orbit and Love It! (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • The Fatal Technicality (1950)
  • The Face Beyond the Veil (1950, as Franklin Bahl)
  • The Lost Bomb (1950)
  • The Mental Assassins (1950, as Gregg Conrad)
  • "If You Were Me ..." (1950)
  • Victims of the Vortex (1950, as Clinton Ames)
  • Lullaby ... (1950, as Peter Worth)
  • A Man Named Mars (1950, as AR Steber)
  • Holes in My Head (1950)
  • One for the Robot - Two for the Same ... (1950)
  • Venus Trouble (1950, as John Wiley)
  • Weapon from the Stars (1950)
  • Bubastis of Egupt (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • Love My Robot (1950)
  • Rescue Beacon (1950, as Craig Browning)
  • A Matter of Stupidity (1951, as Robert Arnette)
  • The Master Ego (1951, as Peter Worth)
  • The Perfect Hideout (1951, as Gerald Vance)
  • Courtesy Call (1951, as AR Steber)
  • Empire of Evil (1951, as Robert Arnette)
  • "You'll Die Yesterday!" (1951)
  • Secret of the Flaming Ring (1951, as PF Costello)
  • In What Dark Mind (1951)
  • The Man from Mars (1951)
  • Vampire of the Deep (1951)
  • The Imitators (1951, as Peter Worth)
  • Who Sows the Wind ... (1951)
  • The President Will See You ... (1951)
  • "Step Out of Your Body, Please!" (1951)
  • Remember Not to Die! (1951)
  • Checkmate for Aradjo (1951)
  • Monkey in the Ice Box (1952, as Gerald Vance)
  • Moon of Twelve Gods (1952, as Robert Arnette)
  • The Unfinished Equation (1952, as Robert Arnette)
  • No Greater Wisdom (1952)
  • The Visitors (1952)
  • The Old Martians (1952)
  • A More Potent Weapon (1952)
  • Destiny Uncertain (1952)
    • German: The tricked fate. In: The Wandering Me and Other Stories. 1965.
  • The World of Whispering Wings (1952)
  • All the Answers (1952)
  • Black Angels Have No Wings (1952)
  • The Man Who Lived Twice (1952)
  • Adam's First Wife (1952)
  • I'll See You in My Dreams (1952)
  • It's in the Cards (1952)
  • "It's Like This" (1952)
  • Visitor from Darkness (1952)
  • Frontiers Beyond the Sun (1953, as Mallory Storm)
  • The Sorceress (1953)
  • Ye of Little Faith (1953)
  • The Lady Killer (1953, as Franklin Bahl)
  • The Menace (1953)
  • Your Funeral Is Waiting (1953)
  • The Lost Ego (1953)
    • German: The wandering me. In: The Wandering Me and Other Stories. 1965.
  • The Phantom Truck Driver (1953)
  • The Cyberene (1953)
  • Pariah (1953)
  • From This Dark Mind (1953)
  • Go Visit Your Grave (1953)
  • The Cosmic Junkman (1953)
  • Repeat Performance (1954)
    • German: The three dollar bill. In: The Wandering Me and Other Stories. 1965.
  • Assignment to Life (1954, as Sanandana Kumara)
  • Earthbound (1954, as Charles Lee)
  • The Devil's Dollhouse (1954)
  • The Kid With the Beautiful Hands (1954, as Melva Rogers)
  • ... Read Ye Be Judged (1954, as Sanandana Kumara)
  • Ming Cha (1954, as Milton Mann)
  • Mistress of the Kama-Loka (1954, as Peter Worth)
  • In the Twinkling of an Eye (1954, as Sanandana Kumara)
  • The Holy Man (1954, as Sanandana Kumara)
  • What Is to Be ... (1954, as Melva Rogers)
  • God Is in the Mountain (1954, as Peter Worth)
  • The Golden Kitten (1954, as Charles Lee)
  • Am I My Dark Brother's Keeper (1955, as Sanandana Kumara)
  • A Handful of Sand (1957)
  • Teach Me to Kill (1957)
  • Homestead (1957)
  • Executioner No. 43 (1957)
  • Game Preserve (1957)
  • The Cosmic Trap (1957, as Gerald Vance)
  • Truckstop (1957)
  • World of Traitors (1957)
  • Captain Peabody (1957)
  • Lefty Baker's Nuthouse (1958)
  • Love Me, Love My - (1958)
  • It's Better Not to Know (1958)
  • Venusian, Get Out! (1958)
  • Ground Leave Incident (1958)
  • Refeuling Station (1958)
  • Prophecy, Inc. (1958)
  • Services, Incorporated (1958)
  • Space Is for Suckers (1958, as PF Costello)
  • In This Dark Mind (1958, as Inez McGowan)
  • Jason's Secret (1958)
  • The Yellow Pill (1958)
  • Rat in the Skull (1958)
  • Unto the Nth Generation (1958)
  • The Gallery (1959)
  • The Creeper in the Dream (1959)
  • Keepers in Space (1959)
  • The Only One That Lived (1959)
  • Camouflage (1959)
  • The Lurker (1959)
  • The Full Treatment (1961)
  • … But Who Knows Huer, or Huen? (1961)
  • Legacy of Office (1964)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mari Wolf in Fancyclopedia 3 .
  2. ↑ Rog Phillips' The Club House , reviewed by Ye Ed, accessed June 24, 2018
  3. ↑ Honey Wood in Fancyclopedia 3 .
personal data
SURNAME Phillips, Rog
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graham, Roger Phillip (real name); Graham, Roger (alternative spelling); Graham, Roger P. (alternative spelling); Ames, Drew (pen name); Ames, Clinton (pseudonym); Arnette, Robert (pseudonym); Bahl, Franklin (pseudonym); Blade, Alexander (pen name); Browning, Craig (pen name); Conrad, Gregg (pseudonym); Costello, PF (pseudonym); Kumara, Sanandana (pseudonym); Lee, Charles (pen name); Mann, Milton (pseudonym); McGowan, Inez (pseudonym); Philips, Rog (pseudonym); Rogers, Melva (pseudonym); Ruppert, Chester (pseudonym); Sawtelle, William Carter (pen name); Steber, AR (pseudonym); Storm, Mallory (pseudonym); Vance, Gerald (pen name); Wiley, John (pseudonym); Worth, Peter (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Spokane , Washington
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1966
Place of death San Francisco , California