“The Power.”)
_____. Colonial Survey. New York: Gnome Press, 1957. (Also known as The Planet Explorer.
New York: Avon, 1957.) (“Combat Team”— also known as “Exploration Team,” “Sand Doom,” “Solar Constant”— also known as “Critical Difference,” “The Swamp Was Upside Down.”)
_____. Out of This World. New York: Avalon, 1958. (“The Deadly Dust,” “The Gregory Circle,” “The Nameless Something.”)
_____. Monsters and Such. New York: Avon, 1959. (“The Castaway,” “De Profundis,” “If You Was a Moklin,” “The Lonely Planet,” “Nobody Saw the Ship,” “Proxima Centauri,” “The Trans-Human.”)
_____. The Aliens. New York: Berkley, 1960. (“The Aliens,” “Anthropological Note,” “Fugitive from Space,” “The Skit-Tree Planet,” “Thing from the Sky.”) _____. Twists in Time. New York: Avon, 1960. (“Dead City,” “Dear Charles,” “The End,”
“The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator,” “The Other Now,” “Rogue Star,” “Sam, This Is You.”)
_____. Get Off My World. New York: Belmont, 1966. (“Planet of Sand,” “Second Landing,”
“White Spot.”)
_____. The Best of Murray Leinster, edited by Brian Davis. London, UK: Corgi, 1976.
(“Sidewise in Time,” “Proxima Centauri,” “The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator,” 212
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
“First Contact,” “The Ethical Equations,” “Pipeline to Pluto,” “The Power,” “A Logic Named Joe,” “Symbiosis,” “The Strange Case of John Kingman,” “The Lonely Planet,”
“Keyhole,” Critical Difference”— also known as “Solar Constant.”) _____. The Best of Murray Leinster, edited by John J. Pierce . New York: Del Ray, April 1978. (“Sidewise in Time,” “Proxima Centauri,” “The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator,” “First Contact,” “The Ethical Equations,” “Pipeline to Pluto,” “The Power,”
“A Logic Named Joe,” “Symbiosis,” “The Strange Case of John Kingman,” “The Lonely Planet,” “Keyhole,” “Critical Difference”— also known as “Solar Constant.”) _____. First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster, edited by Joe Rico . Framingham, MA: NESFA, 1998. (“A Logic Named Joe,” “If You Was a Moklin,” “The Ethical Equations,” “Keyhole,” “Doomsday Deferred,” “First Contact,” “Nobody Saw the Ship,”
“Pipeline to Pluto,” “The Lonely Planet,” “De Profundis,” “The Power,” “The Castaway,” “The Strange Case of John Kingman,” “Proxima Centauri,” “The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator,” “Sam, This Is You,” “Sidewise in Time,” “Scrimshaw,”
“Symbiosis,” “Cure for Ylith,” “Plague on Kryder II,” “Exploration Team”— also known as “Combat Team,” “The Great Catastrophe,” “To All Fat Policemen.”) _____. Med Ship, edited by Eric Flint and Guy Gordon. Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2002.
(“Med Ship Man,” “Plague on Kryder II,” “The Mutant Weapon”— also known as
“Med Service,” “Ribbon in the Sky,” “Tallien Three”— also known as “The Hate Disease,” “Quarantine World,” “The Grandfather’s War,” “Pariah Planet”— also known as “This World Is Taboo.”)
_____. Planets of Adventure, edited by Eric Flint . Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2003. (“The Forgotten Planet,” “Solar Constant”— also known as “Critical Difference,” “Sand Doom,”
“Combat Team”— also known as “Exploration Team,” “The Swamp Was Upside Down,” “Anthropological Note,” “Scrimshaw,” “Assignment on Pasik,” “Regulations,”
“The Skit-Tree Planet.”)
_____. A Logic Named Joe, edited by Eric Flint . Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2005. (“Gateway to Elsewhere,” “The Pirates of Zan”— also known as “The Pirates of Erzatz,” “The Duplicators”— also known as “Lord of the Uffts,” “A Logic Named Joe,” “Dear Charles,” “The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator.”) _____. The Runaway Skyscraper and Other Tales of the Pulps. Rockville, MD: Wildside Press, 2007. (“The Runaway Skyscraper,” “The Gallery of the Gods,” “The Street of Magnificent Dreams,” “Nerve,” “Stories of the Hungry Country: The Case of the Dona Clothilde,” “Morale,” “Grooves,” “Footprints in the Snow.”)
Nonfiction
Fitzgerald, William. “The Story Behind the Story: The Gregory Circle.” Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1947.
_____. “The Story Behind the Story: The Nameless Something.” Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1947.
Jenkins, Will F. “An Interview with Murray Leinster.” Fantasy Magazine, October–November 1934.
_____. “Why I Use a Pen Name.” Fantasy Magazine, October–November, 1934.
_____. “I’m About Fed Up.” Writer’s Digest, January 1935.
_____. “Which Story?” Writer’s Digest, January 1936.
_____. “What Do You Mean — Success in Writing?” Writer’s Digest, May 1937.
_____. “Go Poultryman, Thou Writer.” Writer’s Digest, July 1937.
_____. “He’s Simply Nuts.” Writer’s Digest, May 1942.
_____. “Your Great Great Great Grandmother and the Atom Bomb.” National Home Monthly, February 1946.
_____. “Author, Author.” The Fanscient, Spring 1949.
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_____. “What’s in a Pro?” Writer’s Digest, July 1953.
_____. “The Monumental Mistake.” The Writer, March 1955.
_____. “I Don’t Dig Those Beats.” Space Diversions, #11, 1960.
_____. “Will Jenkins Says.” PITFiCS, August 1961.
_____. “Applied Science Fiction.” Analog, November 1967.
Leinster, Murray. “The Story Behind the Story: The Eternal Now.” Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fall 1944.
_____. “The Friendly Atom.” Today’s Woman, 1945.
_____. “The Story Behind the Story: Things Pass By.” Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1945.
_____. “The Story Behind the Story: The End.” Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1946.
_____. “Meet the Author: Murray Leinster.” Startling Stories, March 1947.
_____. “The Story Behind the Story: The Boomerang Circuit.” Thrilling Wonder Stories June, 1947.
_____. “Science Non-Fiction in Fanzines.” The Grotesque, January 1948.
_____. “Guest Editorial.” Startling Stories, September 1952.
_____. “To Quote: Murray Leinster.” Amazing Stories, April–May 1953.
_____. “Where Are Those Space Ships?” Startling Stories, August 1953.
_____. “To Build a Robot Brain.” Astounding, April 1954.
_____. “Labor of Love.” Astounding Science Fiction, January 1956.
_____. “Reverie.” Science Fiction Review, April 27, 1964, _____. “Writing Science Fiction Today.” The Writer, May 1968.
Films
Jenkins, Will F., and J. Grubb Alexander. The Purple Cipher. Vitagraph Company of America, 1920. (Based on Murray Leinster’s short story “The Purple Hieroglyph.”) Leinster, Murray. Murder Will Out. First National Pictures, 1930. (Based on Murray Leinster’s short story “The Purple Hieroglyph.”)
_____, and Jack Jungmeyer. Good as Gold. Fox Films Corp., 1927. (Based on Murray Leinster’s short story “The Owner of the Aztec.”)
_____, and Harry L. Frazier. Border Devils. Supreme Features, Inc., 1932. (Based on Murray Leinster’s novel “Dead Man’s Shoes.”)
_____, and George Bricker. Torchy Blane in Chinatown. Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., 1939. (Based on Murray Leinster’s short story “The Purple Hieroglyph.”) _____, and Michael A. Hoey. The Navy vs. The Night Monsters. Standard Club of Califor -
nia Productions, 1966. (Based on Murray Leinster’s book The Monster from Earth’s End. )
_____, and John Brunner. The Terrornauts. Amicus Productions, Ltd., UK, 1967. (Based on Murray Leinster’s book The Wailing Asteroid. )
Television
Leinster, Murray. “The Strange Case of John Kingman.” Lights Out, March 6, July 31, 1950.
_____. “First Contact.” Out There, produced by John Haggott, 1967.
Radio
Leinster, Murray. “The Lost Race.” Dimension X, May 20, 1950.
_____. “A Logic Named Joe.” Dimension X, July 1, 1950.
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_____. “The Castaways.” Dimension X, August 11, 1950.
_____. “First Contact.” Dimension X, September 8, 1951.
_____. “The Other Now.” Tales of Tomorrow, January 22, 1953.
_____. “If You Was a Moklin.” X Minus One, June 12, 1956.
_____. “Sam, This Is You.” X Minus One, October 30, 1956.
_____. “The Mad Planet.” 2000X (NPR series, dates unknown).
Index
Numbers in bold italics indicate pages with photographs.
Ace Double 66, 119, 133, 195–196
Black Mask Magazine 42, 59, 67, 206–207
Alfred A. King Publishers 52, 67, 78
Blassingame, Lurton 67
All- Story 30, 32, 49, 59, 197, 202
Blue Book 49, 197, 201
Allen, Adeline see Mandola, Adeline
bookplate 77
Allen, Lewis E. 53, 67–68, 86, 127, 150
The Boomerang Circuit 105, 199, 211, 213
Allen, Little Adeline 68, 86, 89, 127, 150
Botetourt Hotel 37, 46, 115, 124
Amazing Stories 33, 49–51, 66, 103, 150, Bova, Ben 93, 100
195–201, 213
Breezy Stories 28, 30, 59, 210–211
American Astronautical Society 131
Brewer & Warren 62, 78, 196, 206
American Magazine 79, 83, 86, 90, 208–
The Brick Moon 174
209
Briggs, Dr. George Washington 14
Analog 61, 93, 134, 137, 142, 146, 148, 153, Briggs, Lucretia 13–14, 16
158, 196, 200, 209, 213
Briggs, Mary Virginia 13, 14
Ardudwy 43, 45, 53, 55–56, 79, 115, 132–
Briggs, Merit 13–14, 16
133, 146, 153, 158, 162
Brooks, Ned 172
Argosy 6, 30, 33–36, 46, 49, 50, 52, 59, Brown, Dr. Raymond 79, 137
109, 121, 150, 197–199, 201–202, 204–205
Buckley, Faith 88–89
Asimov, Isaac 62, 65, 83, 91, 93–94, 96,
Buckley, Floyd 88–89
110, 118–119, 121–122, 137, 162, 173
Buckley, Joy 88–89
Astounding Science- Fiction 2, 4–5, 52, 59, Buckley, Julie 88–89
81, 93–96, 153, 187, 195, 197–199, 200
Buckley, Tom 88–89
Astounding Stories 2, 4, 61–62, 63, 81, 119, Bull, Cornelius “Neely” 19, 95
153, 195–198
Avalon Books 106, 120, 125, 195, 211
Cabell, James Branch 24
Avon Books 118–119, 132–133, 196, 211
Calvert School 69
Campbell, John 64, 81–83, 91–93, 101–102,
Baen Books 118, 123, 145, 159, 163, 212
104, 110, 115, 118, 125–126, 144, 148, 154,
Barneymule 44
163
Barrett, William E. 79
Cannon, Capt. James 16
Bates, Harry 61
Cannon, Mary Elizabeth 16
Beebe, Ralph 35
Carnell, John 156
Beechhurst, NY 87–89, 93, 108, 111–112,
Carroll, Bill, Sr. 132
115, 125, 129
Cartmill, Cleve 83, 93–94
Berkeley, Bishop George 122
Cerutti, Vera 117
“Beyond the Sphinxes’ Cave” 62, 63, 198
Chelsea House 47, 197
Black Bat Detective Mysteries 66–67, 205–
Chesterton, G.K. 115, 136, 154
206
Chism, Edward 152
215
216
I N D E X
Civil War 14–16
Engholm, Ahrvid 160
Clarke, Arthur C. 92, 96
Esquire 79, 202, 208–209
Clay Bank, Virginia 42–43, 44, 55, 72, 79, Evans, Adrian 153, 161
87, 111, 115–116, 124, 129, 133–134, 136,
Evans, Benedict 161
144, 150, 153, 157–158, 172
“Exploration Team” 1, 119, 122–123, 137,
Clayton, William 46, 61–62
150, 200, 211–212
Cleveland, Ohio 20
Explorer Program 130
Clues 46, 49, 67, 206
Clute, John 113, 145
Fabre, Jean Henri 35
Colbert, Stephen 104–105
Fairchild, Sherman 142
College of William and Mary 13, 77, 153–
The Fanscient 109, 212
155, 158
Farquhar, Franz 133
Collier’s 4, 22, 79, 86, 90, 108–109, 146, Faulkner, William 36
197, 208–209
Fawcett 51, 84, 114, 147, 195–196, 200
Collins, Allan 84, 85–86
FBI 5, 83, 93–94
Conklin, Groff 121, 159
Ferro, David 99–100
Conklin, Lucy 121, 159
Fexas, Achilles “Chick” 111–113, 162
Cooking Out of This World 116
Fexas, Penny 111–113, 162
Cooper, Ben 89
Fexas, Tom 111–113, 162
Coronet Magazine 109, 197
Fexas, Toni 111–113, 162
Cosmopolitan 79, 208–209
“First Contact” 2, 4, 95–96, 107, 118, 123,
Country Gentleman 79, 86, 90, 208–209
126, 137, 149–150, 154, 162–163, 198,
Cowboy Stories 46, 204
212–214
Cox, Miss Ada 37
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster Cox, Miss Emma 37
52, 65, 118, 212
Cox, George, Jr. 149, 155
Flint, Eric 123, 163, 212
Cox, Rev. George William 36–37
Fly: The National Aeronautic Magazine 7, 8, Cox, Martha 149, 155
9–10, 11– 12
Cox, Ned 37
Friend, Oscar 105
Crosby, Alanson 53
Front Projection 1, 4, 132, 137–138, 139, Crowe, Col. Eugene R. 25
140–143
Curtis Brown 84, 85–86
Futurians 118–119
Curtis Publishing Company 79–81
Galaxy 96, 117–118, 120, 126, 146, 167, 199–
Daniels, Vahan “Danny” 113
200
Davis, Grace 16–17, 124, 127, 128
Gale, Emma 16
Davis, “Jenny” 16–17, 124, 127, 128
Gale, Enoch 16
Day, Don 73–74
Gale, Louisa 16
Day, Jean 73–74
Gernsback, Hugo 49–51, 66, 105, 122
Day, Reenie 73–74
glider “Condor” 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
Day, “Scrapper” 73–74
Glo- Quips 129
“De Profundis” 107, 119, 198, 211–212
Gloucester, Virginia 36–37, 42, 46, 58, 69,
The Dean of Gloucester, Virginia 118
86, 115, 127, 161
The Dean of Science Fiction 1, 144–145,
Gloucester Gazette 53, 67, 127
150, 161, 162
Gnome Press 35–36, 78, 119, 125, 195, 211
Dearing, Gen. James 15
Gold, Horace L. 117–118, 167
de Camp, L. Sprague 94
Goldin, Stephen 133, 147
DeHardit, Beth 96, 133, 150, 155, 157, 161
Gordon, Guy 163, 212
DeHardit, William “Billy” 127, 143–144, 157
Greenberg, Martin H. 121
Dischinger, Irving 127
Greenberg, Martin “Marty” 119, 125–126
“The Disciplinary Circuit” 105, 198
&n
bsp; Gregory, Bud 106
Disclave 1970 12, 47, 157–158
Groh, Alan 44, 75
Discon 1, 21st World Science Fiction Con-
Groh, Frieda 44, 75
vention, 1963 144–145, 161, 162, 166
Groh, Louis 44, 75
Dolmetsch, Carl R. 28
Groh, Norman 44, 75
“Doomsday Deferred” 82, 108, 197, 199, 212
Guinn, Robert M. 118
DuBlan 57
Gunn, James v, 1, 2
Index
217
Haddonfield, NJ 129, 136, 142, 155
King, Hannibal 65
Haggard, Edith 84, 85
Kipling, Rudyard 110,
Haggott, John 137–138, 213
Knight, Damon 159–160
Hamilton, Edmund 145
Kornbluth, Cyril 118
Hapgood, Norman 22
Ku Klux Klan 53
Hardy, Robert T. 42, 50–51
Kyle, David A. 119
Harned, Bob v
Hayes, Clifford 113, 153
LaCossitt, Henry 86
Hayes, Eric Christopher “Chris” 158
Lammo lammo 18
The Heart of the Serpent 96, 149
The Last Murray Leinster Interview 67
Heinlein, Robert 2, 67, 91, 94, 109–110, 119
Lawson, Edith 37, 46, 115
Hershey, Harold 34–35
Lawson, Gussie 37, 46, 115
Hertzberg, Max L. 120
Lawson, Hatch 37, 46, 115
Hibbs, Ben 79–80, 86
Lawson, Hylda 37, 46, 115
Hoey, Michael A. 147, 213
Lee, Louisa Carter 3, 46, 47, 48, 49, 195, Hoover, Cmdr. George W. 131
197, 209
Hopper, Adm. Grace 101
Lee, Robert E. 6–7
Hubbard, L. Ron 92, 94
Leeper, Evelyn C. 65
Hume, Ivor Noel 143–144
Leigh, Ophelia 75, 76
Ley, Willie 120
Isle of Wight County, Virginia 16
Liberty Magazine 79, 90, 207–209
“Isn’t It Odd” 129
Littauer, Kenneth 79
“The Little Terror” 122, 197
“Jabberwocky” 165
“A Logic Named Joe” 2, 3, 96, 97, 98, 99, Jenkins, Betty 49, 58, 69, 70, 76, 83, 89–
101, 108, 118–119, 121, 126, 160, 175–186,
90, 111, 112, 124, 127, 129, 133, 144, 153, 197, 211–213
155, 209
London, England 123, 153–154, 156, 161
Jenkins, Billee 54–55, 58, 68, 69, 76, 89–
“The Lost Race” 106–107, 195, 199, 213
90, 113, 123, 129, 137, 142
louse magazines 26
Jenkins, George Briggs 13, 14–17, 18, 19,
“Love” 26, 27
Murray Leinster Page 30