Bryan Berry

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Roderick Bryan Berry (born January 26, 1930 in Ealing , Middlesex ; died 1966 in London ) was a British science fiction writer.

Life

Berry was the son of Harold Hamilton Berry and Annie May, née Kelley. He attended Dulwich College in south east London. While still at school, he began drawing comics when he was 16, also inspired by Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse , who went to school with him and had developed the character of the superhero Streamline . Berry's work has appeared in Comical Pranks (1947, Ensign Comics) and Smasher Comics (1947, Tongard Publishing). He was also the draftsman of Streamline # 4 (1948).

After college and two years in the army, Berry worked as a copywriter, news agency, and editor for a monthly literary magazine. He found his calling after his first science fiction story appeared in one of the comic books. From 1951 novels and short stories by Berry appeared in quick succession and he was considered to be a very promising SF author. The preferred subject, in keeping with the Cold War era , was a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war , as in his first novel Return to Earth (1951), in which people survived in a colony on Venus and the protagonist Mike Woolf plans to return to earth. Similarly in his Resurgent Dust trilogy, which appeared under the pseudonym Rolf Garner, where Kennet of Gryllaar becomes the ruler of Venus and wants to bring about a golden age with the help of centuries-old earthly technology. A large part of his novels was also published in translation in German loan book and booklet series.

In 1955 Berry disappeared from the world of SF fandom . He was no longer seen at meetings he had previously attended regularly, and no further works appeared. As a result, rumors of his death from illness or suicide began to spread. 1955 is therefore often mentioned as the year of death, but that is probably wrong. The registered date of death is given as the 3rd quarter of 1966, Hampstead , London.

bibliography

Resurgent dust
  • 1 Resurgent Dust (1953)
  • 2 The Immortals (1953)
    • English: The immortals of Gryllaar. Translated by Gerhard Ledig. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 190), 1959.
  • 3 The Indestructible (1954)
    • German: Der Weltregent. Translated by Gerhard Ledig. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 193), 1959.
Novels
  • Return to Earth (1951, short novel)
    • German: The third planet. Translated by Clark Darlton . Pabel (Utopia large volume # 22), 1955.
  • And the Stars Remain (1952)
    • English: Deadly limit in space. Translated by Heinz Kotthaus . Riedel (novel from the year 2100), 1955. Also called: The time brain of Mars. Bewin, 1971.
  • Aftermath (in: Authentic Science Fiction, # 24 (August) 1952 ; also: Mission to Marakee , 1953)
    • German: Escape into space. Translated by Heinz Kotthaus. Bewin, 1955. Also called: Zero Hour. Lehning (Luna-Weltall-Taschenroman # 9), 1958.
  • Born in Captivity (1952; also: World Held Captive , 1954)
  • Dread Visitor (1952)
  • From What Far Star? (1953)
    • German: Space spies at work? Bewin (novel from 2100), 1954. Also as: Gyrotaxi 430 Disappeared. Lehning (Luna Universe # 47), 1959.
  • The Venom-Seekers (1953)
    • German: Lost in eternity. Hönne / Gebrüder Zimmermann (Hönne Utopia-Spitzenklasse # 9), 1957.
Short stories

1953:

  • The Final Venusian (in: Planet Stories, January 1953 )
  • Groundling (in: Planet Stories, January 1953 )
  • The Imaginative Man (in: Planet Stories, January 1953 )
  • Ancient City (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 33 (May) 1953 )
  • Mars Is Home (in: Planet Stories, May 1953 )
  • The Tree (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 36 (August) 1953 )
  • The Adaptable Man (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 37 (September) 1953 )

1954:

  • Hidden Shepherds (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 42 February 1954 )
  • The Toy (in: Planet Stories, March 1954 )
  • Savior (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 46 June 1954 )

1955:

  • Strange Suicide (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 56 April 1955 )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the illustration on the title page in The Magic Robot , October 7, 2010, accessed November 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Monster from Space in Merry-Go-Round # 14 , 1949
  3. ↑ See Clute: Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 2017.
  4. ↑ See Bear Alley: Brian Berry .
personal data
SURNAME Berry, Bryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berry, Roderick Bryan (full name); Berry, Brian (alternative spelling); Brown, W. (pseudonym); Garner, Rolf (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Ealing , Middlesex
DATE OF DEATH 1966
Place of death London