Manly Banister

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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 )
  • 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

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personal data
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