Leigh Douglass Brackett (7. decembar 1915 – 18. mart 1978) je bila američka književnica, najpoznatija po djelima science fiction žanra, a pogotovo onima iz podžanra svemirske opere. Također se bavila i pisanjem filmskih scenarija, a što je uključilo i SF-film The Empire Strikes Back za koga je napisala scenario neposredno prije svoje smrti.

Leigh Brackett
Brackett 1941. godine
Biografske informacije
RođenjeLeigh Douglass Brackett
(1915-12-07)7. 12. 1915.
Los Angeles, Kalifornija, SAD
Smrt18. 3. 1978. (dob: 62)
Lancaster, Kalifornija, SAD
Nacionalnostamerička
SupružnikEdmond Hamilton(1946–Greška izraza: Neočekivani < operator) (do njegove smrti)
Obrazovanje
Zanimanjeknjiževnica, scenarist
Opus
Književne vrsteScience fiction
kriminalistički žanr
filmski scenario
Jezikengleski
Znamenita djela
Inspiracija

1946. se udala za SF-pisca Edmonda Hamiltona sa kojim je često surađivala, i sa kojim je ostala do njegove smrti 1977. godine.

Bibliografija uredi

SF-priče uredi

1940–1941 uredi

  • "Martian Quest" (Astounding Science Fiction, februar 1940)
  • "The Treasure of Ptakuth" (Astounding Science Fiction, april 1940)
  • "The Stellar Legion" (Planet Stories, zima 1940)
  • "The Tapestry Gate" (Strange Stories, august 1940)
  • "The Demons of Darkside" (Startling Stories, januar 1941)
  • "Water Pirate" (Super Science Stories, januar 1941)
  • "Interplanetary Reporter" (Startling Stories, maj 1941)
  • "The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter" (Planet Stories, ljeto 1941), također objavljena kao "The Dragon-Queen of Venus"
  • "Lord of the Earthquake" (pripovjetka; Science Fiction, jun 1941)
  • "No Man's Land in Space" (pripovjetka; Amazing Stories jul 1941)
  • "A World is Born" (Comet Stories jul 1941)
  • "Retreat to the Stars" (Astonishing Stories, novembar 1941)

1942–1944 uredi

  • "Child of the Green Light" (Super Science Stories, februar 1942)
  • "The Sorcerer of Rhiannon" (novelette; Astounding Science Fiction, februar 1942)
  • "Child of the Sun" (novelette; Planet Stories, proljeće 1942)
  • "Out of the Sea" (novelette; Astonishing Stories, jun 1942)
  • "Cube from Space" (Super Science Stories, august 1942)
  • "Outpost on Io" (Planet Stories, zima 1942)
  • "The Halfling" (novelette; Astonishing Stories, februar 1943)
  • "The Citadel of Lost Ships" (Planet Stories, mart 1943)
  • "The Blue Behemoth" (Planet Stories, maj 1943)
  • "Thralls of the Endless Night" (Planet Stories, jesen 1943)
  • "The Jewel of Bas" (pripovjetka; Planet Stories, proljeće 1944)
  • "The Veil of Astellar" (pripovjetka; Thrilling Wonder Stories, proljeće 1944)
  • "Terror Out of Space" (Planet Stories, ljeto 1944)
  • "Shadow Over Mars" (Startling Stories, jesne 1944), izdana kao knjiga The Nemesis from Terra

1945–1950 uredi

  • "The Vanishing Venusians" (pripovjetka; Planet Stories, proljeće 1945)
  • "Lorelei of the Red Mist", with Ray Bradbury (kratki roman; Planet Stories, ljeto 1946)
  • "The Moon That Vanished" (pripovjetka; Thrilling Wonder Stories, oktobar 1948)
  • "The Beast-Jewel of Mars" (pripovjetka; Planet Stories, zima 1948)
  • "Quest of the Starhope" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, april 1949)
  • "Sea-Kings of Mars" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, jun 1949), izdana kao knjiga The Sword of Rhiannon
  • "Queen of the Martian Catacombs" (Planet Stories, ljeto 1949), izdana kao knjiga The Secret of Sinharat
  • "Enchantress of Venus" (novella; Planet Stories, jesen 1949), izdana kao knjiga "City of the Lost Ones"
  • "The Lake of the Gone Forever" (pripovjetka; Thrilling Wonder Stories, oktobar 1949)
  • "The Dancing Girl of Ganymede" (pripovjetka; Thrilling Wonder Stories, februar 1950)
  • "The Truants" (pripovjetka; Startling Stories, jul 1950)
  • "The Citadel of Lost Ages" (kratki roman; Thrilling Wonder Stories, decembar 1950)

1951–1955 uredi

  • "Black Amazon of Mars" (Planet Stories, mart 1951), proširena u knjigu pod naslovom People of the Talisman
  • "The Starmen of Llyrdis" (Startling Stories, mart 1951)
  • "The Woman from Altair" (pripovjetka; Startling Stories, jul 1951)
  • "The Shadows" ( Startling Stories, februar 1952)
  • "The Last Days of Shandakor" (novelette; Startling Stories, april 1952)
  • "Shannach – The Last" (pripovjetka; Planet Stories, novembar 1952)
  • "The Ark of Mars" (Planet Stories, septembar 1953), kasnije izdana kao knjiga Alpha Centauri or Die!
  • "Mars Minus Bisha" (Planet Stories, januar 1954)
  • "Runaway" (Startling Stories, proljeće 1954)
  • "Teleportress of Alpha C" (Planet Stories, Winter 1954/1955), kasnije izdana kao knjiga Alpha Centauri or Die!
  • "The Tweener" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, februar 1955)
  • "Last Call from Sector 9G" (Planet Stories, ljeto 1955)

Iza 1955. uredi

  • "The Other People" (pripovjetka; Venture Science Fiction Magazine mart 1957), također izdana kao "The Queer Ones"
  • "All the Colors of the Rainbow" (pripovjetka; Venture Science Fiction Magazine, novembar 1957)
  • "The Road to Sinharat" (pripovjetka; Amazing Stories, maj 1963)
  • "Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, oktobar 1964)
  • "Come Sing the Moons of Moravenn" (The Other Side of Tomorrow, 1973)
  • "How Bright the Stars" (Flame Tree Planet: An Anthology of Religious Science-Fantasy, 1973)
  • "Mommies and Daddies" (Crisis, 1974)
  • "Stark and the Star Kings", ko-autor: Edmond Hamilton (u istoimenoj zbirci, 2005)

Science fiction romani uredi

Zbirke SF-priča uredi

  • The Coming of the Terrans (1967)
  • The Halfling and Other Stories (1973)
  • The Book of Skaith (1976) – zbirka tri romana o Skaithu
  • The Best of Leigh Brackett (1977), ur. Edmond Hamilton
  • Martian Quest: The Early Brackett (2000) – Haffner Press
  • Stark and the Star Kings (2005), ko-autor: Edmond Hamilton
  • Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories (2005) – #46 u seriji Fantasy Masterworks.
  • Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances (2007) – Haffner Press
  • Shannach–the Last: Farewell to Mars (2011) – Haffner Press

Urednica uredi

  • The Best of Planet Stories No. 1 (antologija; 1975)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton (zbirka; 1977)

Scenariji uredi

Drugi žanrovi uredi

  • No Good from a Corpse (kriminalistički roman; 1944)
  • Stranger at Home (kriminalistički roman; 1946) – spisateljica iz sjene za glumca Georgea Sandersa
  • An Eye for an Eye (kriminalistički roman; 1957) – adaptiran kao epizoda TV-serije Suspicion series episode (1958)
  • The Tiger Among Us (kriminalistički roman; 1957; u UK kao Fear No Evil), adaptiran kao film 13 West Street (1962; rež. Philip Leacock)
  • Follow the Free Wind (western roman; 1963) – dobitnik nagrade Spur udruženja Western Writers of America
  • Rio Bravo (western roman; 1959) – novelizacija scenarija za istoimeni film
  • Silent Partner (kriminalistički roman; 1969)
  • No Good from a Corpse (zbirka kriminalističke prize; Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999) – reizdanje istoimenog romana i osam kraćih priča.

Vidi još uredi

Izvori uredi

  1. Brackett, Leigh (2005), Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories, London: Gollancz, p. xii .
  2. Moorcock, Michael, Stark Rides Again , introduction to Brackett (2007), The Secret of Sinharat, Planet Stories Library, p. 9 

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