From archive (archive) Subject: Author Lists: Leigh Brackett From: JWenn.ESAE@XEROX.COM Date: 6 Nov 89 09:36:41 GMT I haven't read any Leigh Brackett. Can anyone give the home audience a critical overview? [C] == Short Story Collection. [O] == Omnibus. Includes other books. abr == Abridgement of other listed title aka == Also known by this other title. /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com youreonlyyoungoncebutyoucanalwaysbeimmature-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brackett [Hamilton], Leigh [Douglass] [U.S.A., 12/7/1915-3/24/1978] [wife of Edmond Moore Hamilton] The Mars Series: The Nemesis from Terra [1951] [aka "Shadow Over Mars"] The Sword of Rhiannon [1953] The Coming of the Terrans [1967] [C] The Eric John Stark of Mars Series: Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars [1964] [originally an Ace Double] The Secret of Sinharat [1964] People of the Talisman [1964] The Book of Skaith [1976] [O] The Ginger Star [1974] The Hounds of Skaith [1974] The Reavers of Skaith [1976] The Starmen [1952] [aka "The Starmen of Llyrdis"] The Galactic Breed [1955] [abr. of "The Starmen"] The Long Tomorrow [1955] The Big Jump [1955] Alpha Centuri - or Die! [1963] The Halfling and Other Stories [1973] [C] The Best of Leigh Brackett [1977] [C] Brackett , Leigh & Hamilton, Edmond The Nemesis from Terra / Battle for the Stars [1989] [Tor Double] From rec.arts.sf.written Tue Nov 10 13:37:19 1992 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Path: lysator.liu.se!fizban.solace.hsh.se!kitten.umdc.umu.se!sunic!mcsun!uunet!utcsri!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!uwovax.uwo.ca!4224_5201 From: 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca (Dark Lord of the Sith) Subject: LEIGH BRACKETT (ESB) SF STORIES Organization: University of Western Ont, London Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:14:59 GMT Message-ID: <1992Nov9.221459.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> Sender: news@julian.uwo.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: hydra.uwo.ca Lines: 213 Those who have watched The Empire Strikes Back (I assume all readers) will recognize the name of one of the scriptwriters to be Leigh Brackett. Unlike the other authors for the scripts, she was also a professional sci-fi writer specializing in space-opera and her work is definitely worth checking out. Her stories were of the stuff that we all Star Wars for. I would assume that George Lucas chose her to write Empire. In fact, she turned in the first draft of Empire before she died a few days later. For the interest of Star Wars fans I am listing all of her SF works and some of her other novels. She also wrote a number of mystery stories, but I haven't gone through the right indeces to gather the full information. I will also list all of the movies that she co-scripted or scripted. I have seen most of them and they are all quite good. I urge all readers to look them up as well as to obtain her stories and novels in original or collected form. A number of stories as yet are still uncollected. I have most of the originals and can't see why. Herein is a complete list of the SF and films of an author who has unfortunately been neglected. STORIES Planet Stories WIN 1940 - The Stellar Legion SUM 1941 - The Dragon Queen of Jupiter WIN 1942 - Biographical Sketch FEB 1942 - Child of the Sun NOV 1942 - Outpost on IO MAR 1943 - Citadel of Lost Ships MAY 1943 - Blue Behemoth FAL 1943 - Thralls of the Endless Night SPR 1944 - Jewel of Bas SUM 1944 - Terror out of Space SPR 1945 - The Vanishing Venusians SUM 1946 - Lorelei of the Red Mist (with Ray Bradbury) WIN 1948 - Beast Jewel of Mars FAL 1949 - Enchantress of Venus SUM 1949 - Queen of the Martian Catacombs MAR 1951 - Black Amazon of Mars NOV 1952 - Shannach-the Last SEP 1953 - The Ark of Mars JAN 1954 - Mars Minus Bisma WIN 1955 - Teleportress of Alpha C SUM 1955 - Last Call From Sector 9G Startling Stories JAN 1941 - The Demons of Darkside MAR 1941 - Interplanetary Reporter FEB 1944 - Shadow Over Mars FAL 1944 - Biographical Sketch with Photo JUL 1950 - The Truants MAR 1951 - The Starmen of Llydris JUL 1951 - The Woman From Altair FEB 1952 - The Shadows APR 1952 - The Last Days of Shandakar SPR 1954 - Runaway Thrilling Wonder Stories SPR 1944 - The Veil of Astellar OCT 1948 - The Moon that Vanished APR 1949 - Queen of the Starhope JUN 1949 - Sea Kings of Mars OCT 1949 - The Lake of the Gone Forever FEB 1950 - The Dancing Girl of Ganymede DEC 1950 - Citadel of the Lost Ages Astonishing Stories NOV 1941 - Retreat to the Stars JUN 1942 - Out of the Sea FEB 1943 - The Halfling Super Science Stories JAN 1941 - Water Pirate FEB 1942 - Child of the Green Light AUG 1942 - Cube From Space Astounding Science Fiction FEB 1940 - Martian Quest APR 1940 - Treasure of Ptakuth FEB 1942 - The Sorcerer of Rhiannon Science Fiction JUN 1941 - Lord of the Earthquake Comet Stories JUL 1941 - A World is Born Amazing Stories JUL 1941 - No Man's Land in Space MAY 1963 - The Road to Sinharat Space Stories FEB 1953 - The Big Jump Venture Science Fiction MAR 1957 - The Queer Ones NOV 1957 - All the Colours of the Rainbow The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction FEB 1955 - The Tweener OCT 1964 - Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon Some of these stories were reprinted in other pulps which was a common practice in those days. However I have listed only original appearances. On a side note, the comic company Conquest Press is doing some adaptations of some of the stories listed above. What they've published so far has been fantastic. The art is stunning, and later comics will be written by professional authors such as Poul Anderson. Chances are the local comic shop won't carry them but if interested send E-Mail for an address. SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS (original year of publication) 1951 - Shadow Over Mars (Fall 1944 Startling Stories) 1951 - The Nemesis From Terra 1952 - The Starmen (also as The Galactic Breed and The Starmen of Llydris) (From Startling Stories Mar 1951) 1953 - The Sword of Rhiannon (originally The Sea-Kings of Mars from June 1949 Thrilling Wonder Stories) 1955 - The Big Jump (from Space Stories Feb. 1953) 1955 - The Long Tomorrow 1963 - Alpha Centauri or Die (enlarged version of Teleportress of Venus from Planet Stories Win. 1955) 1964 - The Secret of Sinharat (from Planet Stories Sum. 1949 originally titled Queen of the Martian Catacombs) 1964 - People of the Talisman (revised version of Black Amazon of Mars from Mar. 1951 Planet Stories) 1967 - The Coming of the Terrans (contains The Beast Jewel of Mars, Mars Minus Bisha, The Last Days of Shandakar, Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon, The Road to Sinharat from Planet Win. 1948, Planet Jan. 1954, Startling Apr. 1952, Mag of F@SF Oct. 1964 and Amazing May 1963) 1973 - The Halfling and Other Stories (contains The Halfling, The Dancing Girl of Ganymede, The Citadel of Lost Ages, All the Colors of the Rainbow, The Shadows, Enchantress of Venus, The Lake of the Gone Forever and The Truants from Astonishing Stories Feb. 1943, Thrilling Wonder Feb. 1950, Thrilling Wonder Dec. 1950, Venture SF Nov. 1957, Startling Spr. 1954, Planet Fal. 1949, Thrilling Wonder Oct. 1949 and Startling Jul. 1950) 1974 - The Ginger Star 1974 - The Hounds of Skaith 1976 - The Reavers of Skaith 1976 - The Book of Skaith (collection of the above three) 1977 - The Best of Leigh Brackett (don't know what's in this one) As Editor 1974 - The Best of Planet Stories Vol #1 1977 - The Best of Edmond Hamilton (Hamilton was her husband and a space-opera writer) Other Stuff She wrote also a number of mystery stories and novels. Here is a scant list of them. She also wrote a western but I don't know the title. I do know that by 1967 she had only written five non SF novels. One novel was under a pseudonym. The Tiger Among Us (date unknown but book on juvenile delinquency) 1958 - An Eye For an Eye I'll get to posting her mystery stories once the research is finished. Films 1945 - The Vampire's Ghost (story, sc.) 1945 - Crime Doctor's Manhunt (sc.) 1946 - The Big Sleep (co. sc.) 1959 - Rio Bravo (co. sc.) 1961 - Gold of the Seven Saints (co. sc.) 1962 - 13 West Street (based on novel The Tiger Among Us) 1962 - Hatari! (sc.) 1967 - El Dorado (sc.) 1970 - Rio Lobo (co. sc.) 1973 - The Long Goodbye (sc.) 1980 - The Empire Strikes Back (co. sc.) The science fiction listings and the films are complete (except for the contents of the one book) and I beg all Star Wars fans to check the stuff out. They will not be dissapointed. In fact they'll probably ask why they have not heard of this writer. If Lucas continues to rely on professional science fiction writers (witness Timothy Zahn) then the future of Star Wars will be guaranteed. Look at Star Trek: The Next Generation which is written by professional T.V. writers. Recent episodes have not been good. (The original Star Trek had many episodes written by authors. ex. Sturgeon, Bloch Ellison) All in all, good luck searching out for this stuff and expect sometime her mystery stories and... the films which inspired George Lucas for Star Wars. (I won't give any hints as to what they were.) -- John P. LaRocque 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca "Farm chores sure could be dull, and Luke Skywalker was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures out among the stars - adventures that would take him beyond the furthest galaxies to distant and alien worlds. "But Luke got more than he bargained for..." from Star Wars the paperback (1976, first edition) "Urk..urk..." "Apologies accepted", Darth Vader