William Walling
William Herbert Walling (born November 25, 1926 in Denver , Colorado ) is an American science fiction writer.
Life
Walling is the son of the electrician Herbert E. Walling and Sophia Helen, née Keinath. For the last two years of World War II he was a cadet in the US Air Force . He then studied engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1951 . In 1952 he married Judith Ruth Malone, with whom he has three daughters. After completing his studies, he worked for various companies in the Los Angeles area , from 1960 he was development engineer at the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company , a branch of the Lockheed Corporation .
His first SF story, Rings on Her Fingers , appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in September 1970 . His first novel No One Goes There Now (1971) is about the encounter of human colonists on a heavenly planet with a superior species that exists there without any discernible technology or infrastructure and is repelled by the violent rituals of humans. The novel The World I Left Behind Me (1979, German as ... and tomorrow the stars ) is about a faster- than- light engine in the development of which aliens interfere.
bibliography
- Novels
- No One Goes There Now (1971)
- Earth, Air, Fire and Water (1974, with Stephen Nemeth)
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The World I Left Behind Me (1979, also as Tomorrow, the Stars , 2003)
- German: ... and tomorrow the stars. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller # 22030, 1981, ISBN 3-404-22030-7 .
- Sometimes the Dragon Wins (2003)
- Memo to the Leader (2005)
- Mind Games (2005)
- Olympus Mons (2013)
- Triage (2014)
- Short stories
- Rings on Her Fingers (1970)
- The Unsigned (1971)
- The Sorrowful Host (1971)
- The Devil We Know (1973)
- Modus Vivendi (1973)
- Interference (1973)
- Nix Olympica (1974)
- Triage (1976)
- Memo to the Leader (1977)
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The Norns' Loom (1978)
- English: The loom of the Norns. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Focus on the future 2. Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31042, 1982, ISBN 3-548-31042-7 .
- Triggerman (1979)
- Star Filth (1984)
- TTCB (1992)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 439.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 1021.
- John Clute : Walling, William. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated August 12, 2018.
- 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. 1115.
Web links
- William Walling in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- William Walling in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- Works by and about William Walling at Open Library
- Novels by William Walling ( Memento of November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), publisher's page with summary information
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walling, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walling, William Herbert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denver , Colorado |