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'''Malcolm Jameson''' (December 21, 1891 &ndash; April 16, 1945) was an [[United States|American]] [[science fiction author]]. An officer in the [[US Navy]], he was active in American [[pulp magazine]]s during the [[Golden Age of Science Fiction]]. His writing career began when complications of throat cancer limited his activity. According to [[John W. Campbell Jr.]], Jameson "had much to do with the development of modern [c.1945] naval ordnance."<ref>("In Memoriam: Malcolm Jameson", ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', July 1945, p.43</ref>
'''Malcolm Jameson''' (December 21, 1891 &ndash; April 16, 1945) was an [[United States|American]] [[science fiction author]]. An officer in the [[US Navy]], he was active in American [[pulp magazine]]s during the [[Golden Age of Science Fiction]]. His writing career began when complications of throat cancer limited his activity. According to [[John W. Campbell Jr.]], Jameson "had much to do with the development of modern [c.1945] naval ordnance."<ref>"In Memoriam: Malcolm Jameson", ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', July 1945, p.43ref>


Jameson's first published fiction appeared in ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'' in 1938.<ref>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?448 Malcolm Jameson - Summary Bibliography]</ref> His story "Doubled and Redoubled" may be the earliest work of fiction to feature a [[time loop]]. His stories of [[Solar System]] exploration about "Bullard of the Space Patrol" were posthumously collected in 1951 as a [[fixup]] novel and won the [[Boys Clubs of America Award]]; reviewing that collection, [[Anthony Boucher|Boucher]] and [[J. Francis McComas|McComas]] praised Bullard as "the most successfully drawn series character in modern science fiction.".<ref>"Recommended Reading," ''[[F&SF]]'', April 1952, p.96</ref> [[P. Schuyler Miller]] wrote that Jameson drew on his own naval experience to give the stories "a warm atmosphere of reality."<ref>"The Reference Library", ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', March 1952, pp.158</ref>
Jameson's first published fiction appeared in ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'' in 1938.<ref>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?448 Malcolm Jameson - Summary Bibliography]</ref> His story "Doubled and Redoubled" may be the earliest work of fiction to feature a [[time loop]]. His stories of [[Solar System]] exploration about "Bullard of the Space Patrol" were posthumously collected in 1951 as a [[fixup]] novel and won the [[Boys Clubs of America Award]]; reviewing that collection, [[Anthony Boucher|Boucher]] and [[J. Francis McComas|McComas]] praised Bullard as "the most successfully drawn series character in modern science fiction."<ref>"Recommended Reading," ''[[F&SF]]'', April 1952, p.96</ref> [[P. Schuyler Miller]] wrote that Jameson drew on his own naval experience to give the stories "a warm atmosphere of reality."<ref>"The Reference Library", ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', March 1952, pp.158</ref>

[[Alfred Bester]] described meeting Jameson in about 1939: "[[Mort Weisinger]] introduced me to the informal luncheon gatherings of the working science fiction authors of the late thirties... Malcolm Jameson, author of navy-oriented space stories, was there, tall, gaunt, prematurely grey, speaking in slow, heavy tones. Now and then he brought along his pretty daughter, who turned everybody's head."<ref>{{cite book |last= Bester |first= Alfred |authorlink= Alfred Bester |chapter= My Affair with Science Fiction|title= Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, Volume II |location= New York |publisher= Berkley |date= 1976 |page= 225}}</ref>


==Twilight Zone episode==
==Twilight Zone episode==

Revision as of 16:21, 5 October 2012

Malcolm Jameson
Born(1891-12-21)December 21, 1891
DiedApril 16, 1945(1945-04-16) (aged 53)

Malcolm Jameson (December 21, 1891 – April 16, 1945) was an American science fiction author. An officer in the US Navy, he was active in American pulp magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. His writing career began when complications of throat cancer limited his activity. According to John W. Campbell Jr., Jameson "had much to do with the development of modern [c.1945] naval ordnance."Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). His story "Doubled and Redoubled" may be the earliest work of fiction to feature a time loop. His stories of Solar System exploration about "Bullard of the Space Patrol" were posthumously collected in 1951 as a fixup novel and won the Boys Clubs of America Award; reviewing that collection, Boucher and McComas praised Bullard as "the most successfully drawn series character in modern science fiction."[1] P. Schuyler Miller wrote that Jameson drew on his own naval experience to give the stories "a warm atmosphere of reality."[2]

Alfred Bester described meeting Jameson in about 1939: "Mort Weisinger introduced me to the informal luncheon gatherings of the working science fiction authors of the late thirties... Malcolm Jameson, author of navy-oriented space stories, was there, tall, gaunt, prematurely grey, speaking in slow, heavy tones. Now and then he brought along his pretty daughter, who turned everybody's head."[3]

Twilight Zone episode

His novella "Blind Alley", first published in the June 1943 issue of Unknown, was the basis for the 1963 Twilight Zone episode "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" starring Albert Salmi, John Anderson, and Julie Newmar. The hour-long fourth season episode was broadcast on April 11, 1963. The story was reprinted in The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Richard Matheson, and Charles G. Waugh, Avon, 1985, and in Unknown Worlds, edited by Stanley Schmidt and Martin H. Greenberg, Galahad Books, 1988.

Stories in Unknown/Unknown Worlds

Jameson had eleven stories published in the magazine Unknown/Unknown Worlds in the early 1940s:

  • "Philtered Power", March 1940.
  • "Doubled and Redoubled", February 1941.
  • "Not According to Dante", June 1941.
  • "Even the Angels", August 1941.
  • "In His Own Image", February 1942.
  • "The Old Ones Hear", June 1942.
  • "Fighters Never Quit", August 1942.
  • "The Goddess' Legacy", October 1942.
  • "The Giftie Gien", April 1943.
  • "Blind Alley", June 1943. * (novelette)
  • "Heaven Is What You Make It", August 1943. (novelette)

Works

  • "Blind Alley", novella, Unknown, June 1943.
  • "Vengeance in Her Bones", short story, Weird Tales, May 1942
  • Atomic Bomb, New York, A Bond-Charteris Publication, 1945, first serialized in Startling Stories in 1944 as The Giant Atom.
  • Bullard of the Space Patrol, edited by Andre Norton, Cleveland, World Pub. Co., "World Junior Library", 1951, 235 p.
    • World Pub., Co., 1955. Reprint edition, excluded the story "The Bureaucrat".
    • E-book publication as Bullard, from Cadet to Commander: A Story of the Space Patrol, Spellcaster E Books, January 2005.
  • Tarnished Utopia, Galaxy novels No. 27, 1956, 128p.
  • Land of the Burning Sea, e-book, Spellcaster E Books, September 2005, originally published in April 1942 in Thrilling Wonder Stories.

References

  1. ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, April 1952, p. 96.
  2. ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, March 1952, pp.158
  3. ^ Bester, Alfred (1976). "My Affair with Science Fiction". Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, Volume II. New York: Berkley. p. 225.
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