McDowell, Emmett
Entry updated 19 February 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1914-1975) US author who also wrote as Robert E McDowell, beginning his career after service in World War Two with The Happy Castaway (Spring 1945 Planet Stories; 2020 ebook). His work as author in other genres is various; he published several mystery novels, beginning with Switcheroo (1954 dos), none listed here, and as an historian specialized in regional studies of Kentucky. In his sf – mostly Space Operas and Planetary Romance adventures – he was associated with Planet Stories for the whole of his publishing life, with some exceptions, like his last story, "What Price Gloria?" (July 1951 Amazing). Some of his longer tales have been assembled as The Blue Venus, Sword of Fire, Black Silence & Moon of Treason (coll 2021 ebook). [JC]
Robert Emmett McDowell
born Sentinel, Oklahoma: 4 April 1914
died Louisville, Kentucky: 29 March 1975
works
individual titles
- Citadel of the Green Death (Medford, Oregon: Armchair Fiction, 2019) [dos: first appeared Fall 1948 Planet Stories: pb/John Schoenherr]
- The Great Green Blight (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2020) [novella: ebook: first appeared Winter 1945 Planet Stories: na/]
- Beyond the Yellow Fog (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2021) [novella: ebook: first appeared Spring 1946 Planet Stories: na/]
- Black Silence (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2021) [novella: ebook: first appeared Fall 1947 Planet Stories: na/]
- Sword of Fire (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2021) [novella: ebook: first appeared Winter 1949 Planet Stories: na/]
- The Wandering Egos (Medford, Oregon: Armchair Fiction, 2023) [dos: first appeared April 1948 Amazing Stories: pb/]
collections and stories
- The Happy Castaway (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2020) [story: ebook: first appeared Spring 1945 Planet Stories: na/]
- The Blue Venus (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2020) [novelette: ebook: first appeared Spring 1946 Planet Stories: na/]
- Love Among the Robots (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2020) [story: ebook: first appeared Winter 1946 Planet Stories: na/]
- Red Witch of Mercury (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2020) [novelette: ebook: first appeared Summer 1945 Planet Stories: na/]
- Moon of Treason (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2021) [novelette: ebook: first appeared Summer 1950 Planet Stories: na/]
- The Blue Venus, Sword of Fire, Black Silence & Moon of Treason (no place given: Planet Stories (Compilations), 2021) [coll: ebook: na/]
- Red Witch of Mercury and Two More Stories (no place given: Otvbebookpublishing, 2021) [coll: ebook: na/]
links
- Robert Emmett McDowell at Lesser-Known Writers
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Picture Gallery
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