de Vet, Charles V
Entry updated 21 April 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1911-1997) US author, mostly of short stories, of which he wrote over 50 for sf magazines, beginning with "The Unexpected Weapon" for Amazing in September 1950. In his first sf novel, Cosmic Checkmate (March 1958 Astounding as "Second Game"; exp 1962 chap dos; exp vt Second Game 1981) with Katherine MacLean, an Earthman is sent to investigate a hostile planet whose inhabitants' social advancement depends on proficiency at the national Chess-like game, and must himself become involved in a desperate tournament (see Games and Sports). His second novel, Special Feature (May 1958 Astounding; exp 1975), rather flatly depicts media involvement in the filming of the depredations of a Cat-like Alien monster in St Louis. After some years of silence, De Vet became active once again in the late 1980s, for a short while. [JC]
Charles Vincent de Vet
born Fayette, Michigan: 28 October 1911
died Minneapolis, Minnesota: 5 January 1997
works
- Cosmic Checkmate (New York: Ace Books, 1962) with Katherine MacLean [chap: dos: first appeared March 1958 Astounding as "Second Game": pb/Ed Valigursky]
- Second Game (New York: DAW Books, 1981) with Katherine MacLean [exp vt of the above: illus/H R van Dongen: pb/Michael Mariano]
- Special Feature (New York: Avon Books, 1975) [pb/George Wilson]
collections and stories
- Monkey on His Back (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2008) [story: ebook: first appeared June 1960 Galaxy: na/]
- There Is a Reaper ... (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2009) [story: ebook: first appeared August 1953 Imagination: na/]
- Vital Ingredient (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2009) [story: ebook: first appeared July 1952 If: na/]
- Wheels Within (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2010) [story: ebook: first appeared May 1952 Galaxy: na/]
- Big Stupe (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2010) [story: ebook: first appeared March 1955 Galaxy: na/]
- Delayed Action (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2010) [story: ebook: first appeared September 1953 Galaxy: na/]
- Growing Up On Big Muddy (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2016) [story: ebook: first appeared July 1957 Galaxy: na/]
- Metamorphosis (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2016) [story: ebook: first appeared December 1960 Galaxy: na/]
- Infinity's Child (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2019) [story: ebook: first appeared May 1952 If: na/]
- Specimen (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2019) [story: ebook: first appeared August 1958 If: na/]
- Lorelei (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2019) [story: ebook: first appeared September 1961 If: na/]
- Gramp (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2020) [story: ebook: first appeared May 1962 If: na/]
- Bunzo Farewell (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2021) [story: ebook: first appeared September 1953 Planet Stories: na/]
- The Berserker (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2021) [story: ebook: first appeared September 1957 Infinity: na/]
- Survival Factor (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2023) [story: ebook: first appeared September 1953 Galaxy: na/]
- Death of a Mutant (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2024) [story: ebook: first appeared February 1957 Super-Science Fiction: na/]
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