Sterling Noel
Sterling Noel (born March 28, 1903 in San Francisco ; died November 9, 1984 in West Paris , Maine ) was an American science fiction writer and journalist.
He wrote two science fiction novels. The first, I Killed Stalin (1951) deals with the prevention of a third world war through the assassination of the Russian dictator Stalin in the near future. Stalin was still alive then and did not die until 1953. The second novel We Who Survived (1959) describes the onset of a new ice age and the escape of survivors to the warmer south by means of a nuclear-powered snowmobile . The novel was translated into German in 1964 under the title The Fifth Ice Age .
Works
- I killed Stalin. Farrar, Straus and Young, New York 1951.
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We who survived. Avon Books, New York 1959.
- German edition: The fifth ice age. German by Fritz Moeglich. Heyne Books # 278. Heyne, Munich 1964.
literature
- John Clute: Noel, Sterling. In: John Clute , Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), April 4, 2017, accessed on November 1, 2017.
Web links
- Sterling Noel in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Sterling Noel at Open Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noel, Sterling |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1984 |
| Place of death | West Paris , Maine |