Tom Purdom

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Thomas Edward Purdom (born April 19, 1936 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American science fiction writer.

Life

Purdom is the son of Orlando Jackson Purdom and Inez Antoninette Purdom, née Tigna. As the son of a Marine, he moved relatively frequently and grew up predominantly in West Haven , Connecticut, San Diego , California, Tampa , Florida and the Bainbridge Naval Training Center in Maryland . In 1954 he moved from home and has lived in Philadelphia ever since .

From 1954 to 1968 Purdom worked as an office worker, mostly for United Airlines , and wrote on the side. From 1968 to 1970 he was an editor and writer at the University of Pennsylvania , after which he taught English at Temple University in Philadelphia until 1971 . From 1963 he worked part-time. In addition to his work as an SF writer, he wrote a script for a science film, worked as a technical and scientific writer in various fields and as a music critic for several local Philadelphia magazines.

In 1957, a first short story, Grieve for a Man, appeared in the SF magazine Fantastic Universe . As a result, Purdom's short stories appeared in magazines such as Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine , Analog , The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , Galaxy , Amazing and in various anthologies . In 1964 his debut novel I Want the Stars was published , followed by four other novels, including The Barons of Behavior (1972), translated into German as Die Psychospione . This novel also follows the pattern used several times by Purdom, in which the protagonist fights against a tyranny and ultimately wins. Here the tyranny of a future America is being exercised by an alliance of science, technology and politics which, in the name of order, undertakes to suppress any expression of freedom and creativity.

Purdom has been married to Sara Jeanne Wescoat since 1960, with whom he has a son (born 1964). Sara Purdom died in 2006.

bibliography

Casanova. Short story series
  • Romance in Lunar G. 1995
  • Romance in Extended Time. 2000.
  • Romance with Phobic Variations. 2001.
  • Romance for Augmented Trio. 2004.
  • Romance on Four Worlds: A Casanova Quartet. 2015, collection
Novels
  • I want the stars. 1964.
  • The Tree Lord of Imeten. 1966.
  • Five Against Arlane. 1967.
  • Reduction in Arms. 1971.
  • The Barons of Behavior. 1972.
    • German: Die Psychospione. Translated by Bodo Baumann. Bastei Lübbe # 21056, 1974, ISBN 3-404-04939-X .
collection
  • Lovers & Fighters, Starships & Dragons. 2014.
Short stories
  • A matter of privacy. 1957.
  • Grieve for a Man. 1957.
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Sign Up. 1958.
  • The Duel of the Insecure Man. 1959.
  • Excellence. 1959.
  • The Holy Grail. 1959.
  • Sordman the Protector. 1960.
  • The Green Beret. 1961.
  • The Warriors. 1962.
  • Greenplace. 1964.
    • German: garden city. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 55. Ullstein (Ullstein 2000 # 105 (3195)), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03195-1 .
  • Courting time. 1966.
  • Reduction in Arms. 1967.
    • German: Controlled Disarmament. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): At the end of all dreams. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3204), 1970.
  • Toys. 1967.
  • A war of passion. 1970.
  • Moon rocks. 1973.
  • Moonchild. 1973.
  • The Chains of Freedom. 1977.
    • German: The unpleasant helper. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 80. Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31010), 1980, ISBN 3-548-31010-9 .
  • Eyes. 1985.
  • A Proper Place to Live. 1990.
  • Chamber story. 1992.
  • Sepoy. 1992.
  • The Redemption of August. 1993.
  • Legacies. 1994.
  • Dragon drill. 1994.
  • Research Project. 1995.
    • German: The research project. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Asimovs Science Fiction 53rd episode. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 6318), 1999, ISBN 3-453-15646-3 .
  • Cider. 1996.
  • Canary land. 1997.
  • Fossil Games. 1999.
  • Woman's work. 1999.
  • The Noise of Their Joye. 2000.
  • Sergeant Mother Glory. 2000.
  • Civilians. 2001.
  • A Champion of Democracy. 2002.
  • The Path of the Transgressor. 2003.
  • Sheltering. 2003.
  • Palace Resolution. 2004.
  • Bank run. 2005.
  • The Mists of Time. 2007.
  • Sepoy Fidelities. 2008.
  • Madame Pompadour's Blade. 2008.
  • Controlled experiment. 2009.
  • Haggle chips. 2010.
  • Warfriends. 2010.
  • A Response from EST17. 2011.
  • Golva's Ascent. 2012.
  • Bonding with Morry. 2012.
  • Warlord. 2013.
  • A stranger from a foreign ship. 2013.
  • Reentry. 2014.
  • Bogdavi's Dream. 2014.
  • Day job. 2015.
  • Fatherbond. 2017.
  • Afloat Above a Floor of Stars. 2017.
Non-fiction
  • Adventures in Discovery (1969, Anthology of Science Articles, editor)

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Purdom, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Purdom, Thomas Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven , Connecticut