Gorman, Ed
Entry updated 5 December 2022. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1941-2016) US author, principally of crime, western and horror fiction, in which fields his reputation was high. He was active in Fandom in the 1950s and 1960s, in the latter decade publishing the Fanzine Ciln. His principal contribution to sf was his co-authorship as Richard Driscoll of the Star Precinct trilogy with Kevin D Randle; this opens with Star Precinct (1992) and centres on a city-sized Space Station; he also wrote two sf novels as by Daniel Ransom,The Fugitive Stars (1995) and Zone Soldiers (1996). His excursions into Horror in SF include "Cages" (in The Earth Strikes Back: New Tales of Ecological Horror, anth 1994, ed Richard T Chizmar) a grisly tale of Pollution-spawned Mutants; this was the title story of his collection Cages (coll 1995), which won an International Horror Guild Award as best collection. A further collaboration was the Television tie Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night (2005) with Dean R Koontz.
Gorman also co-edited several Anthologies of sf/fantasy relevance, including the Vampire-themed Dracula, Prince of Darkness (anth 1992), Celebrity Vampires (anth 1995) and Vampire Detectives (anth 1995), and the Werewolf-themed Werewolves (anth 1995) – all in collaboration with Martin H Greenberg and with Gorman anonymous. [DRL]
Edward Joseph Gorman
born Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 2 November 1941
died 14 October 2016
works (highly selected)
series
Star Precinct
- Star Precinct (New York: Ace Books, 1992) with Kevin D Randle [Star Precinct: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- Star Precinct #2: Mind Slayer (New York: Ace Books, 1992) with Kevin D Randle [Star Precinct: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- Star Precinct #3: Inside Job (New York: Ace Books, 1992) with Kevin D Randle [Star Precinct: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
individual titles
- The Fugitive Stars (New York: DAW Books, 1995) as by Daniel Ransom [pb/Romas Kukalis]
- Zone Soldiers (New York: DAW Books, 1996) as by Daniel Ransom [pb/Romas Kukalis]
- Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night (New York: Bantam Books, 2005) with Dean R Koontz [tie to the Television series: pb/Jorge Martinez]
collections
- Cages (Apache Junction, Arizona: Deadline Press, 1995) [coll: hb/Carlos Batts]
works as editor
series
Stalkers
- Stalkers; All New Tales of Terror and Suspense (Arlington Heights, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1989) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Stalkers: hb/Paul Sonju]
- Predators (New York: Penguin/Roc, 1993) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Stalkers: pb/Tony Masero]
- Night Screams (New York: Roc Books, 1996) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Stalkers: pb/]
individual titles as editor
- Solved (New York: Carroll and Graf, 1991) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Crime and Punishment: hb/]
- Dracula, Prince of Darkness (New York: DAW Books, 1992) with Martin H Greenberg (Gorman anonymous) [anth: pb/Jim Warren]
- The UFO Files (New York: DAW Books, 1998) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: UFOs: Files: pb/Peter Gudynas]
- The Dean Koontz Companion (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing, 1994) with Martin H Greenberg and Bill Munster [anth: Dean Koontz: hb/]
- Celebrity Vampires (New York: DAW Books, 1995) with Martin H Greenberg (Gorman anonymous) [anth: pb/Harvey Parker]
- Vampire Detectives (New York: DAW Books, 1995) with Martin H Greenberg (Gorman anonymous) [anth: Crime and Punishment: Vampires: pb/Jim Warren]
- Werewolves (New York: DAW Books, 1995) with Martin H Greenberg (Gorman anonymous) [anth: Werewolves: pb/Les Edwards]
- An Anthology of Angels (New York: Gramercy Books, 1996) with Martin H Greenberg and Larry Segriff [anth: hb/Linda M Campos]
- Cat Crimes Through Time (New York: Carroll and Graf, 1999) with Martin H Greenberg and Larry Segriff [anth: hb/]
- Star Colonies (New York: DAW Books, 2000) with Martin H Greenberg (Gorman anonymous) and John Helfers [anth: pb/Vincent Di Fate]
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