William F. Temple

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William Frederick Temple (born March 9, 1914 in Woolwich , London ; died July 15, 1989 in Folkestone , Kent ) was a British science fiction writer. His best-known work is the also filmed novel Four-Sided Triangle .

Life

Temple was the son of the engineer William James Temple and Doris Beatrice, nee Jackson. He studied at Woolwich Polytechnic , where he graduated in 1930. He then worked on the London Stock Exchange . He lived in an apartment called The Flat at 88 Gray's Inn Road, London, with Arthur C. Clarke and Maurice K. Hanson from the 1930s until after the outbreak of World War II . At times the apartment was also the seat of the British Interplanetary Society and the Science Fiction Association . A fictionalized report by Temple about these early years of the British SF fandom found no publisher as a Bachelor Flat during Temple's lifetime and finally appeared in 2000 as part of the collection 88 Gray's Inn Road: A Living-Space Odyssey .

From 1940 on, Temple served as an artillery rifleman in the British Army . After the end of his service in 1946 he worked again until 1950 on the London Stock Exchange.

Temple had started to publish science fiction as early as 1935. His first short story, The Kosso , appeared in the anthology Thrills, edited by Charles Birkin . More short stories followed, both in SF magazines and in fanzines . Then, in the November 1939 issue of Amazing Stories , The 4-Sided Triangle appeared , Temple's best-known story, in which a woman loved by two men - the classic triangle story - is duplicated by an apparatus by the scorned applicant. Unfortunately, it turns out that the duplicate also favors the rival. In 1949 Temple expanded the short story to the novel and in 1953 the story was filmed as Four Sided Triangle by Terence Fisher based on a script by Paul Tabori .

Temple's other SF novels include the youth book series about Martin Magus, Shoot at the Moon (1966), in which he parodies the conventions of the SF genre, and his last novel The Fleshpots of Sansato (1968), a space opera . In 1981 he wrote:

"I've read SF since childhood. At first, uncritically: I didn't notice it was only two-dimensional, ie, lacked depth, especially in characterization. Then critically: I decided to try to add that third dimension in my writing. Then despairingly: Nobody noticed that I had. Then cynically: Nobody wanted it, anyway. [...] Then uncaringly: I don't bother to write it any more. "

“I've read SF since I was a kid. Initially uncritical: I didn't notice the lack of depth, especially in the character drawing. Then critical: I wanted depth in my work. Then desperate: Nobody noticed. Then cynically: nobody wanted it anyway. [...] Then it doesn't matter: I don't write SF any more. "

1939 Temple had the bookseller Joan Gertrude Streeton married and (born 1947) with her a son, and sports journalists Cliff Temple and the LGBT - activist Anne Patrizio (born 1948). In 1989, Temple died at the age of 75.

bibliography

Martin Magnus (series of novels)
  • 1 Martin Magnus, Planet Rover (1954)
  • 2 Martin Magnus on Venus (1955)
  • 3 Martin Magnus on Mars (1956)
Novels
  • Four-Sided Triangle (1949, fix-up from The 4-Sided Triangle , 1939)
  • The Dangerous Edge (1951)
  • The Automated Goliath (1962)
    • German: Men against machines. Moewig (Terra # 274), 1963.
  • The Three Suns of Amara (1962)
  • Battle on Venus (1963)
  • Shoot at the Moon (1966)
  • The Fleshpots of Sansato (1968, also as Sansato , 1998)
Collections
  • 88 Gray's Inn Road: A Living-Space Odyssey (2000)
  • The Best of William F. Temple 1: A Niche in Time and Other Stories (2011)
Short stories
  • The Kosso (1935)
  • Mr. Craddock's Life-Line (1937, also as Mr. Craddock's Amazing Experience , 1939)
  • Lunar Lilliput (1938)
  • The Smile of the Sphinx (1938)
  • Museum Meander (1939)
  • No Chance (1939)
  • The 4-Sided Triangle (1939)
  • Three Men in a Ship and Three Men in a Ship (1939)
  • Experiment in Genius (1940)
  • The Monster on the Border (1940)
  • The Three Pylons (1946)
  • Way of Escape (1948)
  • Miracle Town (1948)
  • The Brain Beast (1949)
  • A Date to Remember (1949)
  • Martian's Fancy (1950)
  • For Each Man Kills (1950)
  • The Triangle of Terror (1950)
  • Wisher Takes All (1950)
  • Forget-Me-Not (1950)
  • The Bone of Contention (1950)
  • Double Trouble (1951)
  • Conditioned Reflex (1951)
  • The Two Shadows (1951)
  • "You Can't See Me!" (1951)
  • Counter-Transfer (1952)
  • Limbo (1953)
  • Pawn in Revolt (1953)
  • Immortal's Playthings (1953)
  • Field of Battle (1953)
  • Mind Within Mind (1953)
  • Destiny Is My Enemy (1953)
  • The Whispering Gallery (1953)
  • Moon Wreck (1953)
  • Explorers of Mars (1954)
  • Pilot's Hands (1954)
  • Errand of Mercy (1954)
  • Eternity (1955)
  • Man in a Maze (1955)
  • The Lonely (1955)
  • Better Than We Know (1955)
  • Mansion of a Love (1955)
  • Uncle Buno (1955)
  • Outside Position (1956)
  • Whispering Gallery (1956)
  • The Green Car (1957)
  • Against Goliath (1957)
  • Brief Encounter (1957)
  • War Against Darkness (1958)
  • The Different Complexion (1958)
  • The Undiscovered Country (1958)
  • Imbalance (1959)
  • Magic Ingredient (1959)
  • "L" Is for Lash (1960)
  • Sitting Duck (1960)
  • The Unknown (1961)
  • A Trek to Na-Abiza (1961)
  • A Niche in Time (1964)
    • German: A place in time. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 55. Ullstein 2000 # 105 (3195), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03195-1 .
  • Beyond the Line (1964)
  • The Legend of Ernie Deacon (1965)
  • Coco Talk (1966)
  • Echo (1967)
  • The Year Dot (1969)
  • When in Doubt - Destroy! (1969)
  • Life of the Party (1970)
  • Scrutiny (1973, also as The Unpicker , 1973)
  • The Man Who Wasn't There (1978)
  • Testimony (1992)
  • 88 Gray's Inn Road (2000)
  • Always Afternoon (2000)
  • Mind Within Mind (2000)
Non-fiction
  • The True Book about Space Travel (1954, also as The Prentice-Hall Book About Space Travel )

literature

Web links

Wikisource: William Frederick Temple  - Sources and full texts (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Flat in the Fancyclopedia 3 , accessed on 27 September 2018th
  2. ↑ Quoted from: Robert H. Wilcox: Temple, William F (rederick) . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3 , p. 786.
personal data
SURNAME Temple, William F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Temple, William Frederick (full name); Temple, Bill (alternative spelling); Williams, Temple (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Woolwich , London
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1989
Place of death Folkestone , Kent