Thus, 9 of 18 issues in that timeframe ran these serials, which is, I am afraid, an indictment of the sorry state of Astounding in that time. These were all serialized in Astounding between September 1959 and February 1961. I read the first couple, and found them pretty enjoyable.įor his birthday I've resurrected some brief posts I made long ago about three novels he co-wrote with Laurence M. That novel was finished by his wife Vicki Ann Heydron, and she wrote the remaining six novels, all of which appeared under their dual byline.
JOHN SCHOENHERR SUPERMIND SERIES
Just before his illness he had outlined a series of novels, the Gandalara Cycle, and had put together a rough draft of the first novel. He contracted encephalitis in 1979, and fell into a coma from which he never woke. The end of Garrett's life, alas, was very sad. His best known, and best-loved, works are the Lord Darcy series, set in an alternate history in which magic works, but under strict "scientific" rules. His work is minor, certainly, but much of it is quite entertaining. He was a fine comic writer, and a solid plotter.
It should be said that despite the depiction of Garrett above, as basically a hack, he was capable of pretty solid work. Silverberg couldn't even remember who wrote one of the stories. I recently asked Silverberg who wrote what in an issue that had four stories by Garrett and Silverberg in various combinations under various names. That had arrangements with a couple of magazines to supply material in bulk, which would largely fill magazine issues under their various names. Early in his career, he worked regularly with Robert Silverberg, often in collaboration, using numerous pseudonyms, such that each would use the same pseudonym at the other for solo work, and for collaborations. One reason for that was that he would write to order, more or less - write stuff targeted to his markets. Garrett was a prolific writer, strongly associated with John Campbell's Astounding. Today would have been Randall Garrett's 91st birthday. His experience as a wildlife artist also influenced his style and later in life he dedicated his work entirely to wildlife painting.Birthday Review: The Psi-Power Trilogy, by "Mark Phillips" (Randall Garrett and Laurence M. He also did work for several paperback book publishing houses for a period of twelve years and was the predominant cover artist for Analog in the 1960s creating fifty covers for the magazine. Being a fan of science fiction, Schoenherr became a freelance artist after graduating and sold his first illustration in 1957 to Amazing Stories for twenty dollars. Schoenherr studied at the Pratt Institute in New York and was a student of Stanley Meltzoff (see Meltzoff’s painting “Green Hills of Earth” in this exhibit). In high school, Schoenherr was drawn to biology and considered a career in it however, he discovered, “I enjoyed doing drawings of dissections and experiments more than doing the dissecting and experimenting.” Schoenherr’s childhood interest in the works of Jules Verne led to an interest in sci-fi stories published in the pulp magazine Astounding Science Fiction. Schoenherr is most noted for his iconic illustrations for the classic science fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert, author also of The Heaven Makers. His aliens were not cliché bug-eyed monsters but intelligent, believable life forms. Eventually, Schoenherr would develop his own, unique style often known for its alien creatures within a surrealist setting or planetscape with intensely colored skies.
John Schoenherr’s early work showed a strong influence from Richard Powers’ surrealist style (see Richard Powers’ painting “The Abominable Earthman” in this exhibit).
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