Leigh Douglass Brackett () a fost o scriitoare americană de science fiction. Este cel mai cunoscută pentru lucrarea sa Queen of Space Opera. A lucrat și ca scenaristă a unor filme ca The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) sau Imperiul contraatacă (1980). Este prima femeie propusă pentru a primi Premiul Hugo.
Bibliografie
Povestiri scurte
1940–1941 "Martian Quest" (Astounding Science Fiction, februarie 1940) "The Treasure of Ptakuth" (Astounding Science Fiction, aprile 1940) "The Stellar Legion" (Planet Stories, Winter 1940) "The Tapestry Gate" (Strange Stories, august 1940) "The Demons of Darkside" (Startling Stories, ianuarie 1941) "Water Pirate" (Super Science Stories, ianuarie 1941) "Interplanetary Reporter" (Startling Stories, May 1941) "The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter" (Planet Stories, Summer 1941), also published as "The Dragon-Queen of Venus" "Lord of the Earthquake" (novelette; Science Fiction, June 1941) "No Man's Land in Space" (novelette; Amazing Stories July 1941) "A World is Born" (Comet Stories July 1941) "Retreat to the Stars" (Astonishing Stories, November 1941)
1942–1944 "Child of the Green Light" (Super Science Stories, februarie 1942) "The Sorcerer of Rhiannon" (novelette; Astounding Science Fiction, februarie 1942) "Child of the Sun" (novelette; Planet Stories, Spring 1942) "Out of the Sea" (novelette; Astonishing Stories, June 1942) "Cube from Space" (Super Science Stories, august 1942) "Outpost on Io" (Planet Stories, Winter 1942) "The Halfling" (novelette; Astonishing Stories, februarie 1943) "The Citadel of Lost Ships" (Planet Stories, March 1943) "The Blue Behemoth" (Planet Stories, May 1943) "Thralls of the Endless Night" (Planet Stories, Fall 1943) "The Jewel of Bas" (novelette; Planet Stories, Spring 1944) "The Veil of Astellar" (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories, Spring 1944) "Terror Out of Space" (Planet Stories, Summer 1944) "Shadow Over Mars" (Startling Stories, Fall 1944), published in book form as The Nemesis from Terra
1945–1950 "The Vanishing Venusians" (novelette; Planet Stories, Spring 1945) "Lorelei of the Red Mist", with Ray Bradbury (novella; Planet Stories, Summer 1946) "The Moon That Vanished" (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1948) "The Beast-Jewel of Mars" (novelette; Planet Stories, Winter 1948) "Quest of the Starhope" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, aprile 1949) "Sea-Kings of Mars" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1949), published in book form as The Sword of Rhiannon "Queen of the Martian Catacombs" (Planet Stories, Summer 1949), expanded and published in book form as The Secret of Sinharat "Enchantress of Venus" (novella; Planet Stories, Fall 1949), also published as "City of the Lost Ones" "The Lake of the Gone Forever" (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1949) "The Dancing Girl of Ganymede" (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories, februarie 1950) "The Truants" (novelette; Startling Stories, July 1950) "The Citadel of Lost Ages" (novella; Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1950)
1951–1955 "Black Amazon of Mars" (Planet Stories, March 1951), expanded and published in book form as People of the Talisman "The Starmen of Llyrdis" (Startling Stories, March 1951) "The Woman from Altair" (novelette; Startling Stories, July 1951) "The Shadows" ( Startling Stories, februarie 1952) "The Last Days of Shandakor" (novelette; Startling Stories, aprile 1952) "Shannach – The Last" (novelette; Planet Stories, November 1952) "The Ark of Mars" (Planet Stories, September 1953), later published as part of the book Alpha Centauri or Die! "Mars Minus Bisha" (Planet Stories, ianuarie 1954) "Runaway" (Startling Stories, Spring 1954) "Teleportress of Alpha C" (Planet Stories, Winter 1954/1955), later published as part of the book Alpha Centauri or Die! "The Tweener" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, februarie 1955) "Last Call from Sector 9G" (Planet Stories, Summer 1955)
După 1955 "The Other People" (novelette; Venture Science Fiction Magazine March 1957), also published as "The Queer Ones" "All the Colors of the Rainbow" (novelette; Venture Science Fiction Magazine, November 1957) "The Road to Sinharat" (novelette; Amazing Stories, May 1963) "Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 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", with Edmond Hamilton (in the collection of the same name, 2005)
Romane science fiction Shadow Over Mars (1951) – publicat pentru prima dată în 1944; publicat în S.U.A. ca The Nemesis from Terra (1961) The Starmen (1952) – publicat și ca The Galactic Breed (1955, prescurtat), The Starmen of Llyrdis (1976) The Sword of Rhiannon (1953) – publicat pentru prima dată ca Sea-Kings of Mars (1949) The Big Jump (1955) The Long Tomorrow (1955) Alpha Centauri or Die! (1963) – fixup al povestirilor The Ark of Mars (1953) și Teleportress of Alpha C (1954) The Secret of Sinharat și People of the Talisman (1964) The Ginger Star (1974) – publicat pentru prima dată în foileton în 2 părți în revista Worlds of If, februarie și aprilie 1974 The Hounds of Skaith (1974) The Reavers of Skaith (1976)
Colecții science fiction The Coming of the Terrans (1967) The Halfling and Other Stories (1973) The Book of Skaith (1976) – omnibus edition of the three Skaith novels The Best of Leigh Brackett (1977), ed. Edmond Hamilton Martian Quest: The Early Brackett (2000) – Haffner Press Stark and the Star Kings (2005), with Edmond Hamilton Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories (2005) – #46 in the Fantasy Masterworks series. Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances (2007) – Haffner Press Shannach–the Last: Farewell to Mars (2011) – Haffner Press
Science fiction, as editor The Best of Planet Stories No. 1 (anthology; 1975) The Best of Edmond Hamilton (collection; 1977)
Scenarii The Vampire's Ghost (cu John K. Butler), 1945 Crime Doctor's Manhunt (cu Eric Taylor), 1946 The Big Sleep (cu William Faulkner & Jules Furthman), 1946 Rio Bravo (cu Jules Furthman & B.H. McCampbell), 1959 Gold of the Seven Saints (cu Leonard Freeman), 1961 Hatari! (cu Harry Kurnitz), 1962 Man's Favorite Sport? (nemenționată), 1964 El Dorado, 1967 Rio Lobo (cu Burton Wohl), 1970 The Long Goodbye, 1973 The Empire Strikes Back (cu George Lucas & Lawrence Kasdan), 1980
Alte genuri No Good from a Corpse (crime novel; 1944) Stranger at Home (crime novel; 1946) – ghost-writer for the actor George Sanders An Eye for an Eye (crime novel; 1957) – adapted for television as Suspicion series episode (1958) The Tiger Among Us (crime novel; 1957; UK 1960 as Fear No Evil), filmed as 13 West Street (1962; dir. Philip Leacock) Follow the Free Wind (western novel; 1963) – received the Spur Award from Western Writers of America Rio Bravo (western novel; 1959) – novelization based on the screenplay by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett Silent Partner (crime novel; 1969) No Good from a Corpse (mystery collection; Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999) – reprints the titular novel and eight shorter crime stories.
Premii Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, în 2005 Referințe și note
Legături externe
Books by Leigh Brackett from Haffner Press
Leigh Brackett at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
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