Coulson, Juanita
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1933- ) US author, briefly a schoolteacher, who began publishing sf as by John Jay Wells with "Another Rib" for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in June 1963, a collaboration with Marion Zimmer Bradley (also credited). With her husband, Robert Coulson, she won the 1965 Best Amateur Publication Hugo for their long-running (1953-1986) fanzine Yandro. Coulson's first novel, Crisis on Cheiron (1967 dos), like her second, The Singing Stones (1968 dos), is a Planetary Romance set on a primitive world in a human-dominated Galaxy; the oppressed species of each planet needs help to survive the inimical influence of large corporations and the like. Unto the Last Generation (1975) deals negatively with population control; Space Trap (1976) is a First Contact tale. The romantic coloration of her work is more evident in the Children of the Stars family saga of exploration and survival: Tomorrow's Heritage (1981), Outward Bound (1982), Legacy of Earth (1989) and The Past of Forever (1989). Star Sister (1990), which is not connected to the series, continues in the same mode with the story of an empathic woman (see Gender) who networks successfully with Aliens on a planet under dire threat. She has also written Fantasy and Gothic novels. [JC]
Juanita Ruth Wellons Coulson
born Anderson, Indiana: 12 February 1933
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series
Krantin
- The Web of Wizardry (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1978) [Krantin: pb/Boris Vallejo]
- The Death-God's Citadel (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1980) [Krantin: pb/Douglas Beekman]
Children of the Stars
- Tomorrow's Heritage (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1981) [Children of the Stars: pb/David B Mattingly]
- Outward Bound (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1982) [Children of the Stars: pb/David B Mattingly]
- Legacy of Earth (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1989) [Children of the Stars: pb/David Schleinkofer]
- The Past of Forever (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1989) [Children of the Stars: pb/David Schleinkofer]
individual titles
- Crisis on Cheiron (New York: Ace Books, 1967) [dos: pb/Jerome Podwil]
- The Singing Stones (New York: Ace Books, 1968) [dos: pb/Kelly Freas]
- The Secret of Seven Oaks (New York: Berkley Medallion, 1972) [pb/Lou Feck]
- Door into Terror (New York: Berkley Medallion, 1972) [pb/Lou Feck]
- Stone of Blood (New York: Ballantine Books, 1975) [pb/Gehn]
- Unto the Last Generation (Toronto, Ontario: Laser Books, 1975) [pb/Kelly Freas]
- Space Trap (Toronto, Ontario: Laser Books, 1976) [pb/Kelly Freas]
- Fear Stalks the Bayou (New York: Ballantine Books, 1976) [pb/George Ziel]
- Dark Priestess (New York: Ballantine Books, 1977) [pb/Marchette]
- Star Sister (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1990) [pb/Richard Hescox]
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