Steiger, Brad
Entry updated 23 June 2025. Tagged: Author.
Writing pseudonym of US author Eugene E Olson (1936-2018), who began to publish work of genre interest with "Three Tales for the Horrid at Heart" in Fantastic for January 1963 and subsequently wrote much supposed nonfiction in the field of UFOs, Alien abduction, the paranormal, the reality of Atlantis, and so forth [not listed below]. His novels tend to deal with these and related themes, as indicated by the titles of the early UFO Missionaries Extraordinary (1976) with Hayden Hewes (1943-2017) and of his last novel, Alien Rapture: The Chosen (1998) with Edgar Rothschild Fouché. The Under-People: The Startling Discovery of a Lost World (1969) with Warren Smith (circa 1930-2003), writing together as by Eric Norman, is a Hollow Earth tale tying together a Lost Race deep within our planet and UFO incursions on the surface; this title is not to be confused with The Underpeople (1968) by Cordwainer Smith.
Some of Steiger's later nonfiction was written in collaboration with Sherry Hansen Steiger, his wife since 1987. Of his nonfiction, works of particular sf relevance include Monsters, Maidens & Mayhem: A Pictorial History of Hollywood Film Monsters (1965) and Atlantis Rising (1973). [DRL/JC]
Eugene E Olson
born Bode, Iowa: 19 February 1936
died Mason City, Iowa: 6 May 2018
works
- Bizarre Honeymoon (Chicago, Illinois: Camerarts (Merit Book), 1964) [pb/]
- UFO Missionaries Extraordinary (New York: Pocket Books, 1976) with Hayden Hewes [pb/]
- The Hypnotist (New York: Dell/Quicksilver, 1969) [pb/]
- The Under-People: The Startling Discovery of a Lost World (New York: Award Books, 1969) with Warren Smith, writing together as by Eric Norman [pb/]
- The Chindi (New York: Dell/Quicksilver, 1980) [pb/Melo]
- Revelation: The Divine Fire (New York: Berkley Books, 1981) [pb/]
- Gods of Aquarius (New York: Berkley Books, 1982) [pb/]
- The Star People (New York: Berkley Books, 1986) with Marcia Stanley and Francie Steiger [pb/]
- Alien Rapture: The Chosen (Lakeville, Minnesota: Galde Press, 1998) with Edgar Rothschild Fouché [pb/]
nonfiction (selected)
- Master Movie Monsters (Chicago, Illinois: Camerarts/Merit Book, 1965) [nonfiction: pb/M Seltzer]
- Monsters, Maidens & Mayhem: A Pictorial History of Hollywood Film Monsters (Chicago, Illinois: Camerarts/Merit Book, 1965) [nonfiction: pb/photographic]
- Atlantis Rising (New York: Dell, 1973) [nonfiction: Atlantis: pb/Frank Frazetta]
- Masters of Time and Space (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1974) [nonfiction: hb/]
works as editor
- Other Worlds, Other Universes: Playing the Reality Game (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1975) with John White [nonfiction/some fiction: anth: hb/David November]
- Montezuma's Serpent and Other True Tales of the Southwest (New York: Paragon House, 1992) with Sherry Hansen [anth: hb/]
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