Billee J. Stallings, Jo-An J. Evans

Murray Leinster

The Life and Works

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Will F. Jenkins, known to science fiction fans by his penname Murray Leinster, was among the most prolific American writers of the 20th century. "The Dean of Science Fiction," as he was sometimes known, published more than 1,500 short stories and 100 books in a career spanning more than fifty years. This biography, written by his two youngest daughters, chronicles Murray Leinster's private and literary life from his first writings for The Smart Set and early pulp magazines such as Argosy, Amazing Stories and Astounding Stories, through the golden age of science fiction in the 1930s through the 1950s, to his death in 1975. Included as appendices are his famous 1946 story "A Logic Named Joe" and 1954 essay "To Build a Robot Brain."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786465040
• ISBN-10: 0786465042
• Artikelnr.: 33166037

Autorenporträt

Billee J. Stallings lives in Moorestown, New Jersey, where she is active in historical preservation.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword: The Dean Revisited by James Gunn     
Preface     
1. The Beginning: 1909     
2. A Southern Family     
3. The Early Days: 1910-1919     
4. Entering Science Fiction: 1919-1921     
5. Marriage: The 1920s     
6. The 1930s     
7. The New York Years: The 1940s     
8. The 1950s     
9. The 1960s     
10. After Mary's Death     
11. On Writing     
Appendix A. "A Logic Named Joe"     
Appendix B. "To Build a Robot Brain"     
Bibliography     
Index