Manly Banister
Manly Miles Banister (born March 9, 1914 in McCormick , Washington ; died June 8, 1986 in Portland , Oregon ) was an American science fiction writer and fanzine editor.
Life
Banister worked mainly as a journalist and writer for various radio stations, occasionally as a copywriter. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. His first publication in fantastic literature was the short story Satan's Bondage , which appeared in Weird Tales in November 1942 . In the years that followed, he wrote a number of short stories that appeared in Pulp magazines of the 1950s and 1960s, including Amazing Stories , Astounding Science Fiction , Fantastic and Thrilling Wonder Tales . His only novel, The Scarlet Saint , appeared in four parts in Amazing Stories in 1956. In 1957, a heavily abridged book version appeared under the title Conquest of Earth . A new ebook edition of the full text was released in 2016 as part of the Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack .
In 1950 and 1951 5 issues of the fanzine he edited The Nekromantikon: The Amateur Magazine of Weird and Fantasy appeared , which the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction certified professional quality. He has also contributed to a number of other fanzines.
He has also written a number of non-fiction books and guides, mainly on bookbinding and printing techniques, and has translated several non-fiction books from German and French.
Works
- Eloraspon (short stories)
- 1 Magnanthropus (2 parts in: Fantastic Stories of Imagination, September 1961 ff.)
- German: When worlds meet ... Moewig (Terra # 424), 1965.
- 2 Seed of Eloraspon (2 parts in: Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1964 ff.)
- Novels
- Egoboo: A Fantasy Satire (1950, short novel)
- A Gift from Earth (short novel in: Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1955 )
- The Scarlet Saint (4 parts in: Amazing Stories, January 1956 ff .; also: Conquest of Earth , 1957)
- collection
- 7 The Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack: Volume 7 (2016)
- Short stories
1942:
- Satan's Bondage (in: Weird Tales, September 1942 )
- Beyond (in: The Acolyte, # 2, Winter 1942 )
1943:
- Cursed Awakening (in: Weird Tales, September 1943 )
1944:
- The House at the End of the Road (in: The Acolyte, Spring 1944 )
1945:
- Devil Dog (in: Weird Tales, July 1945 ; also: Devil Dog [2] , 2012)
1946:
- Six Flights to Terror (in: Weird Tales, September 1946 )
1947:
- Loup-Garou (in: Weird Tales, May 1947 )
- Eena (in: Weird Tales, September 1947 )
1950:
- Cry Wolf! (in: The Nekromantikon, Spring 1950 )
- The Green Thing (in: The Nekromantikon, Spring 1950 )
- Fen-Wer (in: The Nekromantikon, Summer 1950 )
- You Who Have Slain Me— (1950, in: The Nekromantikon, Winter 1950-1951 )
- Official Report (in: Slant, Autumn 1950 )
1951:
- A Matter of Talents (in: Slant, Winter 1951 )
1954:
- Song in the Thicket (in: Weird Tales, May 1954 )
- Room Without Windows (in: Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1954 )
- A Matter of Monsters (in: Astounding Science Fiction, November 1954 )
1957:
- The Great Illusion (in: Super Science-Fiction, February 1957 )
- Psi for Survival (in: Saturn, July 1957 )
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Escape to Earth (in: Science Fiction Quarterly, November 1957 )
- German: Escape to Earth. In: Escape to Earth. Moewig (Terra # 452), 1966.
- Quest (in: Science Fiction Stories, November 1957 )
2016:
- The Haunt (2016, in: The Second Haunts & Horrors Megapack )
- Fear (2016, in: Manly Banister: The Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack: Volume 7 )
- Non-fiction
- Pictorial Manual of Bookbinding (1958)
- Etching and Other Intaglio Techniques (1969)
- Prints From Linoblocks and Woodcuts (1971)
- Making Picture Frames (1973)
- Lithographic Prints From Stone and Plate (1974)
- Bookbinding as a Handcraft (1975, reissued as: The Craft of Bookbinding , 1993)
- Wood Block Cutting and Printing (1976)
- Practical Guide to Etching and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (1986)
- Making Picture Frames in Wood (1982)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 30.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 202.
- John Clute , David Langford : Banister, Manly. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), January 3, 2017, accessed on November 5, 2017.
- Robert Reginald : Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A Checklist, 1700–1974 with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. Gale, Detroit 1979, ISBN 0-8103-1051-1 , p. 807.
- Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , p. 29.
Web links
- Literature by and about Manly Banister in the catalog of the German National Library
- Manly Banister in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Manly Banister in the bibliography of German science fiction ( books , stories )
- Literature by and about Manly Banister in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Manly Banister , lyrics on Free Speculative Fiction Online
- Works by and about Manly Banister at Open Library
- Manly Banister in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Manly Banister on ZineWiki
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Banister, Manly |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Banister, Manly Miles (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction writer and fanzine editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | McCormick , Washington |
DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1986 |
Place of death | Portland , Oregon |