Menville, Douglas
Entry updated 9 December 2022. Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor.
(1935- ) US author and editor. He edited Forgotten Fantasy 1970-1971 and, with R Reginald (whom see for further details), was advisory editor of the various Arno Press reprint book series; he and Reginald have also collaborated on several books and Anthologies. Solo, Menville has written A Historical and Critical Survey of the Science Fiction Film (1975); with Reginald and Mary Wickizer Burgess he wrote Futurevisions: The New Golden Age of the Science Fiction Film (1985). He also compiled The Work of Ross Rocklynne: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide (1989 chap). [PN]
Douglas Alver Menville
born Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 16 August 1935
works (selected)
- Under Egypt (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2007) with Rae Odell [hb/Paul Moore]
nonfiction
- A Historical and Critical Survey of the Science Fiction Film (New York: Arno Press, 1975) [nonfiction: Cinema: hb/]
- Futurevisions: The New Golden Age of the Science Fiction Film (Van Nuys, California: Newcastle Publishing Co, 1985) with R Reginald and Mary A Burgess [nonfiction: Cinema: hb/]
- The Work of Ross Rocklynne: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide (San Bernardino, California: The Borgo Press, 1989) [bibliography: chap: Ross Rocklynne: in the publisher's Bibliographies of Modern Authors series: hb/]
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Volume 1 (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2010) with Mary A Burgess and Robert Reginald [exp rev vt of Reginald's Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 (1979): first volume: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: hb/Angela Harburn]
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Volume 1 (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/Borgo Press, 2010) with Mary A Burgess and Robert Reginald [exp rev vt of Reginald's Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 (1979): second volume: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: hb/]
works as editor
- Ancestral Voices: An Anthology of Early Science Fiction (New York: Arno Press, 1975) with R Reginald [anth: hb/]
- Ancient Hauntings (New York: Arno Press, 1976) with R Reginald [anth: hb/]
- Phantasmagoria (New York: Arno Press, 1976) with R Reginald [anth: hb/]
- R.I.P.: Five Stories of the Supernatural (New York: Arno Press, 1976) with R Reginald [anth: hb/]
- The Spectre Bridegroom and Other Horrors (New York: Arno Press, 1976) with R Reginald [anth: hb/]
- Dreamers of Dreams: An Anthology of Fantasy (New York: Arno Press, 1978) with R Reginald [anth: hb/]
- King Solomon's Children: Some Parodies of H. Rider Haggard (New York: Arno Press, 1978) with R Reginald [anth: H Rider Haggard: hb/]
- They: Three Parodies of H. Rider Haggard's She (New York: Arno Press, 1978) with R Reginald [anth: H Rider Haggard: hb/]
- Worlds of Never: Three Fantastic Novels (New York: Arno Press, 1978) with R Reginald [anth: hb/]
links
previous versions of this entry