Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster (June 16th 1896 with Norfolk, Virginia - June 8th 1975) was the Pseudonyme of William Fitzgerald Jenkins , a American author of Science-fiction and Uchronie S.

During the First World War, it served near the Committee off Public Information and in the American army (1917-1918). After the war, Leinster became an independent writer. In 1921, he married Mary Mandola, of which he had four girls. During the Second world war, it was useful near the Office off War Information .

Leinster wrote already for a newspaper at the thirteen years age. He wrote and published more than 1500 news and articles during his career. He is the author of the scenario of fourteen films and hundreds of scripts for the radio and television, inspiring several series of which With the country of the giants and In the middle of time .

One generally designates it as the inventor of the parallel stories of worlds: he published his news Sidewise in Time in 1934. The Price Sidewise, rewarding best the uchronie for the year, was baptized besides in its honor.

In the news has Logic Named Joe (1946), it is one of the very first to describe a computer.

It received the Prix Hugo in 1956 for its news Exploration TEAM ( best friends of the man ).

It should be noted that several of its news and a novel were published under the pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins . It used also sometimes the signatures William Fitzgerald and Robert W. Bolton .

Works

Novels

Assassination of the United States ( The Murder off the USA ), 1942
the last spacecraft ( The Last Spaceship ), 1949
the black galaxy ( The Black Galaxy ), 1954
the forgotten planet ( The Forgotten Planet ), 1954
Opération spaces ( Operation: Outer Space ), 1954
robbers of brains ( The Brain-Stealers ), 1954
the other side of the world ( The Other Side off Young stag ), 1955
Sabotage on the Moon ( City one the Moon ), 1957
The Planet To explore , 1957
Twists in Time , 1960
Talents, Inc. , 1962
Doctor to the Stars , 1964
the spacecraft pirates ( Invaders off Space ), 1964

News (selection)

Invasion ( Invasion ), 1933
Sidewise in Time , 1934.
First contact ( First contact ), 1945
the Power ( The Power ), 1945
a logic named Joe ( has Logic Named Joe ), 1946
Devil of East Lupton, Vermont ( The Devil off East Lupton, Vermont ), 1948
the strange case of John Kingdam ( The Strange Case off John Kingman ), 1948
historical Note ( Historical Note ), 1951
If you were Moklin ( If You Has Moklin ), 1951
other time or the other with-present ( The Other Now ), 1951
sentimental the or Honeymoon on Cetis Gamma New ( The Sentimentalists ), 1953
the best friends of the man ('Exploration TEAM ), 1955

Hello, Sam? Here, yourself! or Hello, Sam? Here Sam! ( Sam, This Is You ), 1955 solar

Constant ( Constant Solar ), 1956
Between Charybde and Scylla ( The Swamp Was Upside Down ), 1956

anthropological Mission ( Anthropological Notes ), 1957

natural Enemies ( Doctor ), 1961

the robots assassins ( The Case off the Homicidal Robots ), 1961

Tierce planet ( Third Planet ), 1963

the lord of Uffts ( Lord off the Uffts ), 1964

External bonds

personal Page of the author
Gutemberg Project - works of the author in line

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