Lee John Harding (19 February 1937 – 19 April 2023) was an Australian freelance photographer, who became a writer of science fiction novels and short stories.
Lee Harding
Born
Lee John Harding (1937-02-19)19 February 1937 Colac, Victoria, Australia
Harding's first published work appeared in the Sydney photographic magazine PHOTO DIGEST in 1958: a photographic coverage of the filming of Nevil Shute's novel ON THE BEACH in Melbourne and Frankston locations, accompanied by a personal written record of his adventures there. This led to a request for a regular monthly column for the magazine on 35mm photography, and a subsequent photographic and written coverage of the filming of THE SUNDOWNERS, in Cooma, NSW.
In 1961 Harding's first published short story, Displaced Person,[1] was published in Science Fantasy. He continued to write and submit stories to a range of magazines, including New Worlds, Science Fantasy, and Science Fiction Adventures in the U.K. In 1966, John Bangsund started the Australian SF Review[1] (ASFR) and he and Harding and John Foyster became editorial partners in producing this fanzine publication. In 1969 Harding then went on to write for the joint Australian/UK SF magazine Vision of Tomorrow, set up by Ron Graham, plus stories in U.S magazines Galaxy, If and Odyssey, and also Australian magazines, including the Melbourne SUN newspaper. These stories were widely translated and dramatised. He also wrote two 12 part science fiction serials for ABC Education Radio and dramatised an H.G. Wells story for the same programme.
From 1972 Harding switched from photography to writing full-time. He published four short PB novels in Cassel's (aust.) education series for reluctant readers : The Fallen Spaceman, Children of Atlantis, The Frozen Sky & Return to Tomorrow. The success of this series was beyond expectations: the time was right to introduce the genre more widely in Australia. His first adult novel, A WORLD OF SHADOWS, followed in 1976 (Robert Hale, London) and in the same year he edited the seminal Australian SF anthologies BEYOND TOMORROW and THE ALTERED I, with assistance from Rob Gerrand and Ursula K. Le Guin, and followed this with ROOMS OF PARADISE in 1978, which was also published in the U.S. and U.K. Several stories from the latter were also re-printed in the annual U.S. publication, THE YEAR'S BEST SF. Four SF novels followed, culminating in the ground-breaking classic DISPLACED PERSON, adapted from his earlier short story, and his winning the Children's Book of The Year Award in 1980 accelerated the acceptance of the "young adult" genre to Australian fiction. With HEARTSEASE, he finally moved away from science fiction with his first mainstream novel, also for the young adult market.[2] Harding has also written short stories using the pseudonym, Harold G Nye.[2]
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Lee John Harding 19 February 1937 19 April 2023 was an Australian freelance photographer who became a writer of science fiction novels and short stories Lee HardingBornLee John Harding 1937 02 19 19 February 1937Colac Victoria AustraliaDied19 April 2023 2023 04 19 aged 86 Perth Western Australia AustraliaPen nameHarold G NyeOccupationPhotographer writerNationalityAustralianPeriod1960s 2023GenreScience fiction Contents 1 Science fiction writing 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 3 1 Novels 3 2 Radio plays 3 3 Short stories 3 4 Edited 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksScience fiction writing editBorn in Colac Victoria and an enthusiastic fan of science fiction Harding was among the founding members of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club 1 Other members of the club were Race Mathews Bertram Chandler Bob McCubbin Merv Binns and Dick Jenssen 1 Harding s first published work appeared in the Sydney photographic magazine PHOTO DIGEST in 1958 a photographic coverage of the filming of Nevil Shute s novel ON THE BEACH in Melbourne and Frankston locations accompanied by a personal written record of his adventures there This led to a request for a regular monthly column for the magazine on 35mm photography and a subsequent photographic and written coverage of the filming of THE SUNDOWNERS in Cooma NSW In 1961 Harding s first published short story Displaced Person 1 was published in Science Fantasy He continued to write and submit stories to a range of magazines including New Worlds Science Fantasy and Science Fiction Adventures in the U K In 1966 John Bangsund started the Australian SF Review 1 ASFR and he and Harding and John Foyster became editorial partners in producing this fanzine publication In 1969 Harding then went on to write for the joint Australian UK SF magazine Vision of Tomorrow set up by Ron Graham plus stories in U S magazines Galaxy If and Odyssey and also Australian magazines including the Melbourne SUN newspaper These stories were widely translated and dramatised He also wrote two 12 part science fiction serials for ABC Education Radio and dramatised an H G Wells story for the same programme From 1972 Harding switched from photography to writing full time He published four short PB novels in Cassel s aust education series for reluctant readers The Fallen Spaceman Children of Atlantis The Frozen Sky amp Return to Tomorrow The success of this series was beyond expectations the time was right to introduce the genre more widely in Australia His first adult novel A WORLD OF SHADOWS followed in 1976 Robert Hale London and in the same year he edited the seminal Australian SF anthologies BEYOND TOMORROW and THE ALTERED I with assistance from Rob Gerrand and Ursula K Le Guin and followed this with ROOMS OF PARADISE in 1978 which was also published in the U S and U K Several stories from the latter were also re printed in the annual U S publication THE YEAR S BEST SF Four SF novels followed culminating in the ground breaking classic DISPLACED PERSON adapted from his earlier short story and his winning the Children s Book of The Year Award in 1980 accelerated the acceptance of the young adult genre to Australian fiction With HEARTSEASE he finally moved away from science fiction with his first mainstream novel also for the young adult market 2 Harding has also written short stories using the pseudonym Harold G Nye 2 Lee Harding died in Perth Western Australia on 19 April 2023 at the age of 86 3 4 Awards edit1970 Ditmar Award Best Australian Science Fiction for Dancing Gerontius 1972 Ditmar Award Best Australian Fiction for Fallen Spaceman 1978 Alan Marshall Short Story Award for an unpublished manuscript Displaced Person 5 1980 Winner of the Australian Children s Book of the Year Award for Displaced Person 6 2006 Australian Science Fiction Foundation Chandler Award in gratitude for his life s work 1 Harding also received three Fellowships from the Literature Board Bibliography editNovels edit The Fallen Spaceman Cassell Australia 1973 REVISED amp republished in 1979 by Harper amp Row Children of Atlantis Cassell Australia 1974 A World of Shadows Hale 1975 The Frozen Sky Cassell Australia 1975 Return to Tomorrow Cassell Australia 1976 Future Sanctuary Laser Books New York 41 Sept 1976 The Weeping Sky Cassell Australia 1977 Displaced Person Hyland House Australia1979 as Misplaced Persons Harper amp Row May 1979 minor revisions Penguin 1981 The Web of Time Cassell Australia 1980 Novelisation of radio play Journey Into Time Waiting for the End of the World Hyland House Australia 1983 Heartsease HarperCollins Australia 1997 Radio plays edit Journey Into Time SERIAL Australian Broadcasting Commission c 1978 The Legend of New Earth SERIAL Australian Broadcasting Commission c 1979 The Man Who Could Work Miracles adaptation of H G Wells story Australian Broadcasting Commission c 1980 Short stories edit Dancing Gerontius in the collection The Second Pacific Book of Science Fiction edited by John Baxter Angus and Robertson 1971 Soul Survivors in the collection New Writings in SF 17 edited by John Carnell Dobson 1970 Edited edit Beyond Tomorrow an anthology of modern science fiction Wren 1975 The Altered I an encounter with science fiction by Ursula K Le Guin and others Norstrilia Press 1976 Rooms of Paradise Quartet Books 1978 Notes edit a b c d e A Bertram Chandler Award 2006 presented to Lee Harding Australian Science Fiction Foundation Archived from the original on 7 January 2016 Retrieved 13 August 2015 a b Harding Lee a k a Harding Lee John Aus tLit Retrieved 17 September 2007 Glyer Mike 20 April 2023 Hard to believe he s no longer with us Lee Harding 1937 2023 File 770 Retrieved 8 September 2023 Lee Harding 1937 2023 Locus Magazine 1 May 2023 Retrieved 8 September 2023 Lee Harding Brief Biography Perry Middlemiss Retrieved 17 September 2007 Australian Library Collections National Library of Australia Retrieved 17 September 2007 References editOxford Companion to Australian Literature Oxford 1985 pp 316 317 613 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Orbit 1993 pp 541 542 A Bertram Chandler Award 2006 presented to Lee Harding by Bruce Gillespie Australian Science Fiction Foundation Chandler Award Winners Retrieved 17 September 2007 Lee Harding Brief Biography Perry Middlemiss Retrieved 17 September 2007 AustLit Biography Retrieved 28 February 2008 External links editLee Harding at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Worlds of if magazine June 1971 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lee Harding writer amp oldid 1197301521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
