Edwin Charles Tubb
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Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of science fiction
, fantasy
and western
novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga
(US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. Michael Moorcock
wrote "His reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched by anyone in Britain."
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonym
s including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn
), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner
and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
magazine in 1951. He opted for a full time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy
, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction
. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction
editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association
.
, Germany
. He was a five-time winner of the Nebula Science Fiction Magazine Literary Award (1953–1958) and the recipient of the 1955 Cytricon Literary Award for Best British SF Writer. His short story 'Lucifer!' won the Europa Prize in 1972. In 2010, his novel The Possessed (2005, revised version of Touch of Evil [1959]) won the Premio Italia Award for Best International Novel.
(US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) a far future epic science-fiction saga charting the adventures of traveler Earl Dumarest as he attempts to find his way back to his home planet, Earth, from a region of space so far distant that the existence of the planet is believed to be nothing more than a myth. Originally written in what Michael Moorcock
has described as a "conscious and acknowledged imitation" of Leigh Brackett
's Eric John Stark
stories, the series subsequently developed a style of storytelling unique to Tubb.
Published over a span of more than 40 years, the Dumarest Saga finally comprised 33 novels. The 33rd, which brings closure to Dumarest's search for Earth, was published in 2008 by Homeworld Press of Chicago. A pair of Dumarest short stories, entitled 'Child of Earth' and 'Figona' and published in the science fiction anthologies Fantasy Adventures 1 (2002) and Fantasy Adventures 2 (2003), were extracts from this longer work.
in the style of Perry Rhodan
. Known as F.A.T.E. in the UK (where only the first six books have ever been published), the novels follow the adventures of Captain 'Cap' Kennedy, a Free Acting Terran Envoy (F.A.T.E.) with licence to act as judge, jury and executioner and the power to intervene in any situation which threatened the peace of the Terran Sphere, an interplanetary federation centred on Earth.
Independently wealthy and operating from his personal spaceship, the Mordain, Kennedy is assisted on his missions by engineer Penza Saratov, veteran scientist Professor Jarl Luden and alien navigator Veem Chemile, a humanoid chameleon who claims to be descended from the Zheltyana, an ancient race which dominated the galaxy in the distant past before vanishing without trace. The discovery of mysterious artifacts left behind by the Zheltyana on different worlds often provided the spring-board for the stories in the series.
Lester del Rey
found that although the first volume managed to "avoid the primitiveness and the formula" that spoiled many similar series, the virtues of such series were also missing, leaving him unenthusiastic. He later noted improvement in a subsequent installment.
Tubb wrote 17 Cap Kennedy novels, all under the pseudonym Gregory Kern.
These books were the basis for the 'Commander Scott' series from German publishers Bastei. This series included all of the 'Cap Kennedy' books by Tubb as well as a number of further novels, written under pseudonym by different German authors. Published in the format of 'Groschenheft' (a smaller version of pulp magazines), the series lasted for 42 issues from 1975 to 1976. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Scott)
's 1975 science fiction television series Space: 1999
. Breakaway (1975), Collision Course (1975) and Earthbound (2003) are novelizations of 11 scripts written for the series' first season format (including two that were subsequently filmed as second season episodes), while Alien Seed (1976), Rogue Planet (1976) and Earthfall (1977, revised 2002) are original novels set within the first season continuity. The latter rejected the format changes of the TV series' second season to provide a satisfactory conclusion to the Space 1999 story.
Tubb's short story 'Random Sample' from New Writings in SF 29
(1976) was revised to become 'Dead End', a short story in the Space: 1999 anthology Shepherd Moon (2010). The original story's Prometheus starship crew are replaced by the Moonbase Alpha characters in the Space: 1999 version. 'Random Sample' was itself a revised version of a much earlier Tubb short, 'Entrance Exam', originally published in New Worlds
magazine (1951).
Other notable standalone novels include Alien Dust (1955), which charts the first 35 years of an Earth colony on Mars, and Moon Base (1964), a science fiction detective thriller set on a British Moonbase where a biochemical computer is under development. The short story collections Ten From Tomorrow (1966), A Scatter of Stardust (1972) and The Best Science Fiction of E.C. Tubb (2003) contain the cream of Tubb's short form writing, including 'The Last Day of Summer' (1955), 'Little Girl Lost' (1955), 'Vigil' (1956), 'The Bells of Acheron' (1957), 'Fresh Guy' (1958), 'The Ming Vase' (1963), 'J is for Jeanne' (1965) and 'Evane' (1973).
. Once again, many of these were published under a variety of pseudonyms, including the house name "Chuck Adams" which was also used by other authors. In the 1970s, he wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Ancient Rome under the pseudonym of Edward Thomson.
. The production was directed by Alain Boudet from a script by Michael Subrela and broadcast on 11 December 1962.
The short story 'Little Girl Lost', originally published in New Worlds magazine (1955), was dramatised as a segment of Night Gallery
in 1972. Adapted by Stanford Whitmore and directed by Timothy Galfras, with a cast featuring William Windom
and Ed Nelson
, the segment originally aired on 1 March 1972, paired with The Caterpiller in the penultimate episode of the series' second season.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga
Dumarest saga
Dumarest of Terra is a 33 volume series of science fiction novels by Edwin Charles Tubb. Each story is a self-contained adventure, but throughout the series, Earl Dumarest, the protagonist, searches for clues to the location of his home world, Earth....
(US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
wrote "His reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched by anyone in Britain."
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
s including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn
John Russell Fearn
John Russell Fearn was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines.-Career:...
), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner
John Brunner (novelist)
John Kilian Houston Brunner was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1968 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. It also won the BSFA award the same year...
and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
Life
Tubb was born in London and resided there until his death in 2010. He married Iris Kathleen Smith in 1944 and is survived by their two daughters, Jennifer and Linda, and grand-daughters Lisa Elcomb and Julie Hickmott.Career
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New WorldsNew Worlds (magazine)
New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine which was first published professionally in 1946. For 25 years it was widely considered the leading science fiction magazine in Britain, publishing 201 issues up to 1971...
magazine in 1951. He opted for a full time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy
Science Fantasy (magazine)
Science Fantasy, which also appeared under the titles Impulse and SF Impulse, was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, launched in 1950 by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. Walter Gillings was editor for the first two issues, and was then replaced by John Carnell,...
, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction
Authentic Science Fiction
Authentic Science Fiction was a British science fiction magazine published in the 1950s that ran for 85 issues under three editors: Gordon Landsborough, H.J. Campbell, and E.C. Tubb...
editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association
British Science Fiction Association
The British Science Fiction Association was founded in 1958 by a group of British science fiction fans, authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to encourage science fiction in every form. It is an open membership organisation costing £26 per year for UK residents and £18 for the unwaged. The...
.
Honors
Tubb was guest of Honour at Heicon, the 1970 World Science Fiction Convention, in HeidelbergHeidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He was a five-time winner of the Nebula Science Fiction Magazine Literary Award (1953–1958) and the recipient of the 1955 Cytricon Literary Award for Best British SF Writer. His short story 'Lucifer!' won the Europa Prize in 1972. In 2010, his novel The Possessed (2005, revised version of Touch of Evil [1959]) won the Premio Italia Award for Best International Novel.
The Dumarest saga
Tubb's best known series is The Dumarest SagaDumarest saga
Dumarest of Terra is a 33 volume series of science fiction novels by Edwin Charles Tubb. Each story is a self-contained adventure, but throughout the series, Earl Dumarest, the protagonist, searches for clues to the location of his home world, Earth....
(US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) a far future epic science-fiction saga charting the adventures of traveler Earl Dumarest as he attempts to find his way back to his home planet, Earth, from a region of space so far distant that the existence of the planet is believed to be nothing more than a myth. Originally written in what Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
has described as a "conscious and acknowledged imitation" of Leigh Brackett
Leigh Brackett
Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on famous films such as The Big Sleep , Rio Bravo , The Long Goodbye and The Empire Strikes Back .-Life:Leigh Brackett was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California...
's Eric John Stark
Eric John Stark
Erik John Stark is a character created by science fiction author Leigh Brackett. Stark is the hero of a series of pulp adventures set in a time when the Solar System has been colonized...
stories, the series subsequently developed a style of storytelling unique to Tubb.
Published over a span of more than 40 years, the Dumarest Saga finally comprised 33 novels. The 33rd, which brings closure to Dumarest's search for Earth, was published in 2008 by Homeworld Press of Chicago. A pair of Dumarest short stories, entitled 'Child of Earth' and 'Figona' and published in the science fiction anthologies Fantasy Adventures 1 (2002) and Fantasy Adventures 2 (2003), were extracts from this longer work.
Cap Kennedy series
Tubb's other main novel series, Cap Kennedy, is space operaSpace opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing advanced technologies and abilities. The term has no relation to music and it is analogous to "soap...
in the style of Perry Rhodan
Perry Rhodan
Perry Rhodan is the name of a science fiction series published since 1961 in Germany, as well as the name of the main character. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. Having sold over one billion copies worldwide, it is the most successful science fiction book series...
. Known as F.A.T.E. in the UK (where only the first six books have ever been published), the novels follow the adventures of Captain 'Cap' Kennedy, a Free Acting Terran Envoy (F.A.T.E.) with licence to act as judge, jury and executioner and the power to intervene in any situation which threatened the peace of the Terran Sphere, an interplanetary federation centred on Earth.
Independently wealthy and operating from his personal spaceship, the Mordain, Kennedy is assisted on his missions by engineer Penza Saratov, veteran scientist Professor Jarl Luden and alien navigator Veem Chemile, a humanoid chameleon who claims to be descended from the Zheltyana, an ancient race which dominated the galaxy in the distant past before vanishing without trace. The discovery of mysterious artifacts left behind by the Zheltyana on different worlds often provided the spring-board for the stories in the series.
Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey was the author of many of the Winston Science Fiction juvenile SF series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.-Birth...
found that although the first volume managed to "avoid the primitiveness and the formula" that spoiled many similar series, the virtues of such series were also missing, leaving him unenthusiastic. He later noted improvement in a subsequent installment.
Tubb wrote 17 Cap Kennedy novels, all under the pseudonym Gregory Kern.
These books were the basis for the 'Commander Scott' series from German publishers Bastei. This series included all of the 'Cap Kennedy' books by Tubb as well as a number of further novels, written under pseudonym by different German authors. Published in the format of 'Groschenheft' (a smaller version of pulp magazines), the series lasted for 42 issues from 1975 to 1976. (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Scott)
Space 1999 series
Tubb is the author of six novels based on Gerry AndersonGerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson MBE is a British publisher, producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called "Supermarionation"....
's 1975 science fiction television series Space: 1999
Space: 1999
Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the Moon out of orbit and...
. Breakaway (1975), Collision Course (1975) and Earthbound (2003) are novelizations of 11 scripts written for the series' first season format (including two that were subsequently filmed as second season episodes), while Alien Seed (1976), Rogue Planet (1976) and Earthfall (1977, revised 2002) are original novels set within the first season continuity. The latter rejected the format changes of the TV series' second season to provide a satisfactory conclusion to the Space 1999 story.
Tubb's short story 'Random Sample' from New Writings in SF 29
New Writings in SF 29
New Writings in SF 29 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Kenneth Bulmer, the eighth volume of nine he oversaw in the New Writings in SF series in succession to the series' originator, John Carnell. It was first published in hardcover by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1976, followed...
(1976) was revised to become 'Dead End', a short story in the Space: 1999 anthology Shepherd Moon (2010). The original story's Prometheus starship crew are replaced by the Moonbase Alpha characters in the Space: 1999 version. 'Random Sample' was itself a revised version of a much earlier Tubb short, 'Entrance Exam', originally published in New Worlds
New Worlds (magazine)
New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine which was first published professionally in 1946. For 25 years it was widely considered the leading science fiction magazine in Britain, publishing 201 issues up to 1971...
magazine (1951).
Other science fiction
Tubb's best known standalone novel is The Space-Born (1956), which started life as a serial for New Worlds Science Fiction magazine entitled 'Star Ship'. An acknowledged masterpiece of the 'generational starship' story, the book tells of a society who are the sixteenth generation of the original crew of a vast starship on a three hundred year journey to Pollux from Earth. The plot centres on a protagonist whose job is to eliminate anyone who has become a burden to the society, through ill health, mental instability or old age - specifically anyone over 40.Other notable standalone novels include Alien Dust (1955), which charts the first 35 years of an Earth colony on Mars, and Moon Base (1964), a science fiction detective thriller set on a British Moonbase where a biochemical computer is under development. The short story collections Ten From Tomorrow (1966), A Scatter of Stardust (1972) and The Best Science Fiction of E.C. Tubb (2003) contain the cream of Tubb's short form writing, including 'The Last Day of Summer' (1955), 'Little Girl Lost' (1955), 'Vigil' (1956), 'The Bells of Acheron' (1957), 'Fresh Guy' (1958), 'The Ming Vase' (1963), 'J is for Jeanne' (1965) and 'Evane' (1973).
Other genres
Outside the field of science fiction, Tubb wrote 11 western novels, a detective novel and a Foreign Legion novel for Badger BooksBadger Books
Badger Books was an imprint used by the British publisher John Spencer & Co. between 1960 and 1967. Badger Books were published in a number of genres, predominantly war, westerns, romance, supernatural and science fiction...
. Once again, many of these were published under a variety of pseudonyms, including the house name "Chuck Adams" which was also used by other authors. In the 1970s, he wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Ancient Rome under the pseudonym of Edward Thomson.
Dramatisations
Tubb's 1955 novel The Space-Born was dramatised for French television in 1962 as a 90-minute play for Radiodiffusion-Télévision FrançaiseRadiodiffusion-Télévision Française
Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française was the French national public broadcasting organization established on 9 February 1949 to replace the post-war "Radiodiffusion Française" , which had been founded in 1945...
. The production was directed by Alain Boudet from a script by Michael Subrela and broadcast on 11 December 1962.
The short story 'Little Girl Lost', originally published in New Worlds magazine (1955), was dramatised as a segment of Night Gallery
Night Gallery
Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although...
in 1972. Adapted by Stanford Whitmore and directed by Timothy Galfras, with a cast featuring William Windom
William Windom (actor)
William Windom is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter; the character of John...
and Ed Nelson
Ed Nelson
Edwin Stafford Nelson is an American actor.Nelson has appeared in numerous television shows, more than fifty motion pictures, and hundreds of stage productions. Until 2005, he was teaching acting and screenwriting in his native New Orleans at two local universities there...
, the segment originally aired on 1 March 1972, paired with The Caterpiller in the penultimate episode of the series' second season.
The Dumarest Saga (US: Dumarest of Terra)
- The Winds of Gath (1967) (also published with slightly modified text as Gath [1968, 2010])
- Derai (1968) (also published as The Death Zone [2010])
- Toyman (1969)
- Kalin (1969)
- The Jester at Scar (1970)
- Lallia (1971)
- Technos (1972)
- Veruchia (1973)
- Mayenne (1973)
- Jondelle (1973)
- Zenya (1974)
- Eloise (1975)
- Eye of the Zodiac (1975)
- Jack of Swords (1976)
- Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun (1976)
- Haven of Darkness (1977)
- Prison of Night (1977)
- Incident on Ath (1978)
- The Quillian Sector (1978)
- Web of Sand (1979)
- Iduna's Universe (1979)
- The Terra Data (1980)
- World of Promise (1980)
- Nectar of Heaven (1981)
- The Terridae (1981)
- The Coming Event (1982)
- Earth is Heaven (1982)
- Melome (1983) (published in UK with Angado [1984] as Melome and Angado [1988])
- Angado (1984) (published in UK with Melome [1983] as Melome and Angado [1988])
- Symbol of Terra (1984) (published in UK with The Temple of Truth [1985] as Symbol of Terra and The Temple of Truth [1989])
- The Temple of Truth (1985) (published in UK with Symbol of Terra [1985] as Symbol of Terra and The Temple of Truth [1989])
- The Return (1997) (written 1985 but previously only published in French language as Le Retour [1992])
- Child of Earth (2008)
- The Winds of Gath / Derai (1973) (omnibus edition of The Winds of Gath [1967] and Derai [1968])
- Mayenne and Jondelle (1981) (omnibus edition of Mayenne [1973] and Jondelle [1973])
- Dumarest of Terra Omnibus (2005) (omnibus edition of The Winds of Gath [1967], Derai [1968], Toyman [1969] and Kalin [1969])
Cap Kennedy (UK: F.A.T.E.)
All as by Gregory Kern- Galaxy of the Lost (1973)
- Slave Ship from Sergan (1973)
- Monster of Metelaze (1973)
- Enemy Within the Skull (1974)
- Jewel of Jarhen (1974)
- Seetee Alert! (1974)
- The Gholan Gate (1974)
- The Eater of Worlds (1974)
- Earth Enslaved (1974)
- Planet of Dread (1974)
- Spawn of Laban (1974)
- The Genetic Buccaneer (1974)
- A World Aflame (1974)
- The Ghosts of Epidoris (1975)
- Mimics of Dephene (1975)
- Beyond the Galactic Lens (1975)
- The Galactiad (1983) (written 1976 but previously only published in German language as Das Kosmiche Duelle [1976])
Space:1999
- Breakaway (1975)
- Collision Course (1975)
- Alien Seed (1976)
- Rogue Planet (1976)
- Earthfall (1977) (also published in 25th anniversary revised edition [2002])
- Earthbound (2003)
Other science fiction novels
- Saturn Patrol (1951), as by King Lang
- also published as Saturn Patrol (1996) by E.C. Tubb
- Planetfall (1951), as by Gill Hunt
- Argentis (1952), as by Brian Shaw
- also published as Argentis (1979) by E.C. Tubb
- Alien Impact (1952)
- Alien Universe (1952), as by Volsted Gridban
- also published as The Green Helix (2009) by E.C. Tubb
- Reverse Universe (1952), as by Volsted Gridban
- Atom War on Mars (1952)
- Panetoid Disposals Ltd. (1953), as by Volsted Gridban
- De Bracy's Drug (1953), as by Volsted Gridban
- also published as De Bracy's Drug (2004) by E.C. Tubb
- also published as The Freedom Army (2009) by E.C. Tubb
- Fugitive of Time (1953), as by Volsted Gridban
- The Wall (1953), as by Charles Grey
- also published as The Wall (1999, 2009) by E.C. Tubb
- The Mutants Rebel (1953)
- also published as World in Torment (2008)
- Dynasty of Doom (1953), as by Charles Grey
- The Tormented City (1953), as by Charles Grey
- also published as Secret of the Towers (2008) by E.C. Tubb
- Space Hunger (1953), as by Charles Grey
- also published as Earth Set Free (1999) by E.C. Tubb
- also published as The Price of Freedom (2008) by E.C. Tubb
- I Fight for Mars (1953), as by Charles Grey
- also published as I Fight for Mars (1998) by E.C. Tubb
- Venusian Adventure (1953)
- Alien Life (1954)
- The Living World (1954), as by Carl Maddox
- The Extra Man (1954)
- also published as Fifty Days to Doom (2010)
- Menace from the Past (1954), as by Carl Maddox
- The Metal Eater (1954), as by Roy Sheldon
- Journey to Mars (1954)
- World at Bay (1954)
- also published as Tide of Death (2008)
- City of No Return (1954)
- Hell Planet (1954)
- The Resurrected Man (1954)
- The Stellar Legion (1954)
- The Hand of Havoc (1954), as by Charles Grey
- Enterprise 2115 (1954), as by Charles Grey
- also published as The Mechanical Monarch (1958) by E.C. Tubb
- also published as The Extra Man (2000) by E.C. Tubb
- Alien Dust (1955)
- The Space-Born (1956)
- Touch of Evil (1957), as by Arthur Maclean
- also published in revised version as The Possessed (2005) by E.C. Tubb
- Moon Base (1964)
- Death is a Dream (1967)
- The Life-Buyer (1967)
- also published as The Life Buyer (2006)
- C.O.D. - Mars (1968)
- also published as Fear of Strangers (2007)
- Escape into Space (1969)
- S.T.A.R. Flight (1969)
- Century of the Manikin (1972)
- The Primitive (1977)
- Death Wears a White Face (1979)
- also published as Dead Weight (2007)
- Stellar Assignment (1979)
- The Luck Machine (1980)
- Pawn of the Omphalos (1980)
- also published in revised version as Death God's Doom (1999)
- Stardeath (1983)
- Pandora's Box (1996) (previously unpublished work written 1954)
- Temple of Death (1996) (previously unpublished work written 1954)
- Alien Life (1998) (revised and expanded version of Alien Life [1954])
- also published as Journey into Terror (2009)
- Alien Worlds (1999) (collection of Alien Dust [1955] and Alien Universe [1952])
- Footsteps of Angels (2004) (previously unpublished work written c.1988)
- Starslave (2010) (previously unpublished work written 1984)
- To Dream Again (2011)
Short story collections
- Supernatural Stories 9 (1957), as by various pseudonyms
- Ten From TomorrowTen From TomorrowTen From Tomorrow is a collection of science fiction short stories by E. C. Tubb, published in 1966. It includes:* "The Ming Vase"* "Tell the Truth"* "The Last Day of Summer"* "Fresh Guy"* "Vigil"* "Piebald Horse"* "Sense of Proportion"...
(1966) - A Scatter of Stardust (1972)
- Kalgan the Golden (1996)
- Murder in Space (1997)
- The Best Science Fiction of E.C. Tubb (2003)
- Mirror of the Night and Other Weird Tales (2003)
- The Wager: Science Fiction Mystery Tales (2011)
Novellas
- Freight (1953, Nebula 3)
- Subtle Victory (1953, Authentic Science FictionAuthentic Science FictionAuthentic Science Fiction was a British science fiction magazine published in the 1950s that ran for 85 issues under three editors: Gordon Landsborough, H.J. Campbell, and E.C. Tubb...
39] - The Inevitable Conflict (1954, Vargo Statten Science Fiction 1-3)
- Forbidden Fruit (1954, Vargo Statten/British Science Fiction 4-6)
- Star Haven (1954, Authentic Science Fiction 52)
- Number Thirteen (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 69), as by Douglas West
- The Big Secret (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 70), as by Ken Wainwright
- The Give-Away Worlds (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 72), as by Julian Cary
- Enemy of the State (1956, Authentic Science Fiction 74), as by Ken Wainwright
- There's Only One Winner (1957, Authentic Science Fiction 81), as by Nigel Lloyd
- The Touch of Reality (1958, Nebula 28)
- Galactic Destiny (1959, SF Adventures 10)
- Spawn of Jupiter (1970, Vision of Tomorrow 11)
Non-SF novels
- Assignment New York (1955), as by Mike Lantry
- also published as Assignment New York (1996) by E.C. Tubb
- The Fighting Fury (1955), as by Paul Schofield
- also published as The Fighting Fury (1962), as by Chuck Adams
- also published as The Gold Seekers (2000) by E.C. Tubb
- Comanche Capture (1955), as by E. F. Jackson
- also published as The Captive (2000), as by E.F. Jackson
- also published as The Captive (2010) by E.C. Tubb
- Sands of Destiny (1955), as by Jud Cary
- also published as Sands of Destiny (2009) by E.C. Tubb
- also published as Sands of Destiny: A Novel of the French Foreign Legion (2011) by E.C. Tubb
- Men of the Long Rifle (1955), as by J.F. Clarkson
- also published as The Pathfinders (2000), as by Charles Grey
- Scourge of the South (1956), as by M.L. Powers
- also published as The Marauders (1960), as by M.L. Powers
- also published as Scourge of the South (2000), as by George Holt
- Vengeance Trail (1956), as by James Farrow
- also published as The Liberators (2000), as by Brett Landry
- Trail Blazers (1956), as by Chuck Adams
- also published as The Last Outlaw (1961), as by Chuck Adams
- also published as Trail Blazers (2000), as by Eric Storm
- also published as Trail Blazers (2007) by E.C. Tubb
- Quest for Quantrell (1956), as by John Stevens
- also published as Night Raiders (1960), as by John Stevens
- also published as Curse of Quantrill (2000), as by Carl Maddox
- Drums of the Prairie (1956), as by P. Lawrence
- also published as The Red Lance (1959), as by L.P. Eastern
- also published as The Dying Tree (2000), as by Edward Thomson
- Men of the West (1956), as by Chet Lawson
- also published as Massacre Trail (1960), as by Chuck Adams
- also published as Hills of Blood (2000), as by Frank Weight
- Wagon Trail (1957), as by Charles S. Graham
- also published as Cauldron of Violence (2000), as by Gordon Kent
- also published as Cauldron of Violence (2010) by E.C. Tubb
- Colt Vengeance (1957), as by James R. Fenner
- also published as Colt Law (1962), as by Chuck Adams
- also published as The First Shot (2000) by E.C. Tubb
The Gladiators
All as by Edward Thomson- Atilus the Slave (1975)
- Atilus the Gladiator (1975)
- Gladiator (1978)
Comic Books
- Hellfire Landing (Commando issue 5, 1961)
- Target Death (Combat Library issue 102, 1961)
- Lucky Strike (War Picture Library issue 124, 1961)
- Calculated Risk (Air Ace Picture Library issue 78, 1961)
- Too Tough to Handle (War Picture Library issue 134, 1962)
- The Dead Keep Faith (War Picture Library issue 140, 1962)
- The Spark of Anger (Battle Picture Library issue 52, 1962)
- Full Impact (Air Ace Picture Library issue 92, 1962)
- I Vow Vengeance (War at Sea Picture Library issue 7, 1962)
- One Must Die (Battle Picture Library issue 72, 1962)
- Gunflash (War Picture Library issue 157, 1962)
- Hit Back (Battle Picture Library issue 69, 1962)
- Suicide Squad (War Picture Library issue 172, 1962)
- No Higher Stakes (Battle Picture Library issue 89, 1963)
- Penalty of Fear (Thriller Picture Library issue 444, 1963)
Anthologies
- Gateway to the Stars (ed. John CarnellJohn CarnellEdward John Carnell , known to his friends as either Ted or John, was a British science fiction editor known for editing New Worlds in 1946 then from 1949 to 1963. He also edited Science Fantasy from the 1950s...
,1955) - 'Unfortunate Purchase' - SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and FantasySF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and FantasySF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1956 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Judith Merril. It was the first in a series of 12 annual anthologies edited by Merrill...
(ed. Judith MerrilJudith MerrilJudith Josephine Grossman , who took the pen-name Judith Merril about 1945, was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist....
, 1956) - 'The Last Day of Summer' - SF '59: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and FantasySF '59: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and FantasySF '59: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1959 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories and articles edited by Judith Merril. It was published by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, some of which were never bound. It was the fourth in a series of 12 annual...
(ed. Judith Merril, 1959) - 'Fresh Guy' - The Vampire (ed. Ornella Volta and Valerio Riva, 1963) - 'Fresh Guy'
- The Year's Best SF: 9 (ed. Judith Merril, 1964) - 'The Ming Vase'
- Dimension 4 (ed. Groff Conklin, 1964) - 'Sense of Proportion'
- Best of New Worlds (ed. Michael MoorcockMichael MoorcockMichael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
, 1965) - 'New Experience' - Weird Shadows from Beyond (ed. John Carnell, 1965) - 'Fresh Guy'
- New Writings in SF 6New Writings in SF 6New Writings in SF 6 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the sixth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one...
(ed. John Carnell,1965) - 'The Seekers' - The Year's Best SF: 11th (ed. Judith Merril, 1966) - 'J is for Jeanne'
- SF Reprise 1 (ed. Michael Moorcock, 1966) - 'New Experience'
- Window on the Future (ed. Douglas Hill, 1966) - 'Sense of Proportion'
- 9th Annual S-F (ed. Judith Merril, 1967) - 'The Ming Vase'
- The Devil His Due (ed. Douglas Hill, 1967) - 'Return Visit'
- More Tales of Unease (ed. John BurkeJohn Burke (author)John Burke was an English writer of novels and short stories.He had written under the names J. F...
, 1969) - 'Little Girl Lost' - The Best of Sci-fi 12 (ed. Judith Merril, 1970) - 'J is for Jeanne'
- The Year's Best Horror Stories (ed. Richard Davis, 1971) - 'Lucifer!'
- New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural (ed. David Sutton, 1971) - 'The Winner'
- New Writings in SF 22New Writings in SF 22New Writings in SF 22 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Kenneth Bulmer, the first volume of nine he oversaw in the New Writings in SF series in succession to the series' originator, John Carnell...
(ed. Kenneth BulmerKenneth BulmerHenry Kenneth Bulmer was a British author, primarily of science fiction.-Life:Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and were divorced in 1981...
,1973) - 'Evane' - Space 1 (ed. Richard Davis, 1973) - 'Mistaken Identity'
- The 1974 Annual World's Best SFThe 1974 Annual World's Best SFThe 1974 Annual World's Best SF is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the third volume in a series of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in May 1974, followed by a hardcover edition issued in September of the same...
(ed. Donald Wollheim), 1974) - 'Evane' - New Writings in SF 23New Writings in SF 23New Writings in SF 23 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Kenneth Bulmer, the second volume of nine he oversaw in the New Writings in SF series in succession to the series' originator, John Carnell...
(ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1974) - 'Made to be Broken', 'Accolade' - History of the Science Fiction Magazine 1946-1955 (ed. Mike Ashley, 1974) - 'The Wager'
- World's Best SF Short Stories 1 (ed. Donald Wollheim), 1975) - 'Evane'
- New Writings in SF 28New Writings in SF 28New Writings in SF 28 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Kenneth Bulmer, the seventh volume of nine he oversaw in the New Writings in SF series in succession to the series' originator, John Carnell. It was first published in hardcover by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1976, followed...
(ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1976) - 'Face to Infinity' - New Writings in SF 29New Writings in SF 29New Writings in SF 29 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Kenneth Bulmer, the eighth volume of nine he oversaw in the New Writings in SF series in succession to the series' originator, John Carnell. It was first published in hardcover by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1976, followed...
(ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1976) - 'Random Sample' - Best of British SF Vol. 2 (ed. Mike AshleyMike Ashley (writer)Michael Ashley is a British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.He edits the long-running Mammoth Book series of short story anthologies, each arranged around a particular theme in mystery, fantasy, or science fiction...
, 1977) - 'Trojan Horse' - Strange Planets (ed. A. Williams-Ellis and M. Pearson, 1977) - 'Made to be Broken'
- New Writings in SF 30New Writings in SF 30New Writings in SF 30 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Kenneth Bulmer, the ninth volume of nine he oversaw in the New Writings in SF series in succession to the series' originator, John Carnell, and the final volume in the series...
(ed. Kenneth Bulmer,1978) - 'Read Me This Riddle' - Perilous Planets (ed. Brian AldissBrian AldissBrian Wilson Aldiss, OBE is an English author of both general fiction and science fiction. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss. Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss is a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society...
, 1978) - 'The Seekers' - The Androids Are Coming (ed. Robert SilverbergRobert SilverbergRobert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...
, 1979) - 'The Captain's Dog' - Wollheim's World of Best SF (ed. Donald Wollheim), 1979) - 'Evane'
- Heroic Fantasy (ed. Gerald Page and Hank Reinhardt, 1979) - 'Blood in the Mist'
- Pulsar 2 (ed. George Hay, 1979) - 'The Knife'
- Jewels of Wonder (ed. Mike Ashley, 1981) - 'Blood in the Mist'
- The Drabble Project (ed. Rob Meades and David B Wake, 1988) - 'As it Really Was', 'The Very Small Knife'
- Space Stories (ed. Mike Ashley, 1996) - 'The Bells of Acheron'
- Classical Stories: Heroic Tales from Ancient Greece and Rome (ed. Mike Ashley, 1996) - 'The Sword of Freedom'
- The New Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (ed. Mike Ashley, 1997) - 'The Bells of Acheron'
- Fantasy Annual 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 1997) - 'Time and Again'
- Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome (ed. Mike Ashley, 1998) - 'The Sword of Freedom'
- Giant Book of Heroic Adventure Stories (ed. Mike Ashley, 1998) - 'The Sword of Freedom'
- The Iron God/Tomorrow Gryphon Double (ed. Philip Harbottle, 1998) - 'Tomorrow'
- Fantasy Annual 2 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 1998) - 'Gift Wrapped'
- Fantasy Annual 3 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 1999) - 'Fallen Angel'
- Gryphon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 1999) - 'Talk Not at All'
- Fantasy Annual 4 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 2000) - 'Afternoon'
- Fantasy Quarterly 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2001) - 'The Inevitable Conflict'
- Fantasy Adventures 1 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2002) - 'Child of Earth'
- Fantasy Adventures 2 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2002) - 'Figona', 'Emergency Exit'
- Fantasy Annual 5 (ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace, 2003) - 'Lazarus'
- Fantasy Adventures 3 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'Illusion'
- Fantasy Adventures 4 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'The Greater Ideal'
- Fantasy Adventures 5 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'The Answer'
- Fantasy Adventures 6 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'Food for Friendship'
- Fantasy Adventures 7 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2003) - 'Sell Me a Dream'
- Mammoth Book of New Terror (ed. Stephen Jones, 2004) - 'Mirror of the Night'
- Fantasy Adventures 8 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'Jackpot'
- Fantasy Adventures 9 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'Spawn of Jupiter'
- Fantasy Adventures 10 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'The Dilettantes'
- Fantasy Adventures 11 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2004) - 'Agent'
- Fantasy Adventures 12 (ed. Philip Harbottle, 2006) - 'You Go'
- Space:1999 - Shepherd Moon (ed. Mateo Latosa, 2010) - 'Dead End'
External links
- E.C. Tubb at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd edition (draft)
- The E. C. Tubb Homepage
- E.C. Tubb Fansite
- E. C. Tubb at Fantastic Fiction