Reinsmith, Richard
Entry updated 9 March 2026. Tagged: Author.
Working name of US author Richard Rein Smith (1930-2013), who also wrote as by Damon Castle, Dan Elliott, Richard R Smith, Ann Taylor and Diana Tower; he began to publish work of genre interest with "Top Secret Boomerang" in Fantastic Universe for September 1954. He may have written several sf novels under various not yet identified pseudonyms; those confirmed include the erotic Door of Desire (1964; vt Sex Machine undated as by Dan Elliott) as by Ann Taylor, in which the Receptor, an all-senses recording device, is used to provide pornographic playback of Sex experiences; and the sf adventure Starbright (1983) as by Damon Castle. Other work includes Gothics as by Diana Tower. As Reinsmith he wrote The Savage Stars (1981), in which, after their Spaceship crashes on an empty planet, the survivors create a roughshod civilization for themselves (see Colonization of Other Worlds); and a Tarzan Tie, Tarzan and the Tower of Diamonds (1985). [JC]
Richard Rein Smith
born 28 November 1930
works Orlando, Florida: 27 November 2013
series
Birthstone Gothic
- Dark Diamond (New York: Ballantine Books/Beagle Books, 1975) as by Diana Tower [Birthstone Gothic: pb/]
- A Gleam of Sapphire (New York: Ballantine Books, 1975) as by Diana Tower [Birthstone Gothic: pb/]
individual titles
- Door of Desire (El Cajon, California: Nite Time Books, 1964) as by Ann Taylor [pb/]
- Sex Machine (place not known: Rapture, undated) as by Dan Elliott, a House Name [vt of the above: "A Rapture Novel" with no copyright page: one source gives date as 1968: pb/Doug Weaver]
- Dark Diamond (New York: Ballantine Books, 1975) as by Diana Tower [pb/]
- A Gleam of Sapphire (New York: Ballantine Books, 1975) as by Diana Tower [pb/]
- The Savage Stars (New York: Tower Books, 1981) [pb/Romas Kukalis]
- Starbright (New York: Leisure Books, 1983) as by Damon Castle [pb/]
- Tarzan and the Tower of Diamonds (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR Publishers, 1985) [tie to Tarzan: Tarzan: Endless Quest: pb/Jeff Easley]
collections and stories
- Compatible (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2009) [story: ebook: first appeared August 1958 Fantastic Universe: na/]
- No Hiding Place (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2009) [story: ebook: first appeared November 1956 Fantastic Universe: na/]#
- The Snare (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2015) [story: ebook: first appeared January 1956 Galaxy: na/]
- Pick a Crime (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2016) [story: ebook: first appeared May 1958 Fantastic Universe: na/]
- Alien Equivalent (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2020) [story: ebook: first appeared Summer 1955 Planet Stories: na/]
- The Angry House (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2022) [story: ebook: first appeared Summer 1955 Startling Stories: na/]
- The Beast of Boredom (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2023) [story: ebook: first appeared April 1958 Infinity Science Fiction: na/]
- The Way Out (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2023) [story: ebook: first appeared June 1958 Infinity Science Fiction: na/]
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