Paul Warren Fairman (1909–1977) was an editor and writer in a variety of genres under his own name and under pseudonyms. His detective story "Late Rain" was published in the February 1947 issue of Mammoth Detective. He published his story "No Teeth for the Tiger" in the February 1950 issue of Amazing Stories. Two years later, he was the founding editor of If, but only edited four issues. In 1955, he became the editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic.[1] He held that dual position until 1958. His science fiction short stories "Deadly City" and "The Cosmic Frame" were made into motion pictures.
Fairman left Ziff Davis, the magazines' publisher, when he was hired as managing editor of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1958 by its new publisher B. G. Davis, who had left ZD to found his own Davis Publications, and purchased EQMM from Mercury Press as his first major act; Fairman continued till 1963. when he left to focus on writing his own work, often under different names. He ghost-wrote several juveniles, such as The Runaway Robot (1965), based on outlines by Lester del Rey, whose name appeared on the books.[2] He also wrote the Sherlock Holmes part of Ellery Queen's A Study In Terror (1966), in which Ellery finds a previously unknown Sherlock Holmes manuscript.[1]
Movie and television adaptationsedit
His short story "Deadly City", which appeared in the March 1953 issue of If magazine under the pseudonym Ivar Jorgensen, was made into the motion picture Target Earth. The story is about an alien invasion of Chicago and the evacuation of the city. The aliens had destroyed several Michigan towns, killing all the inhabitants, and had moved on to Illinois. The plot revolves around five characters who remain in the deserted city. They have to survive in a city devoid of people and facing annihilation by alien invaders.
His short story "The Cosmic Frame", published in the May 1955 Amazing Stories, was made into the 1957 science fiction movie Invasion of the Saucer Men and was remade, although uncredited, in 1965 as The Eye Creatures. The 1960 The Twilight Zone episode "People Are Alike All Over" was based upon his 1952 short story "Brothers Beyond the Void". His short story "Some Day They'll Give Us Guns" was filmed for the 1952 TV series The Unexpected, which was also known as Times Square Playhouse.
His short story "Beast of the Void" (currently available in Weird Science Fiction Tales: 101 Weird Scifi Stories Vol. 2, Civitas Library Classics) was published in 1956, and introduced the concept of amorphous intelligent matter in space capable of re-forming as perfect living copies of creatures from the memories of human explorers, including the protagonist's lost wife. (A similar theme was greatly expanded by Stanislaw Lem for his 1961 novel "Solaris", which was later filmed by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and by Steven Soderbergh in 2002.)
Novelsedit
Fairman's short novel "Whom The Gods Would Slay" was the cover story in the June 1951 issue of Fantastic Adventures, but would not appear in book form until 1968Fairman's novella "The Girl Who Loved Death" was the cover story in the September 1952 issue of Amazing StoriesFairman's "The World Burners" was cover-featured on the February 1959 issue of Amazing Stories
Invasion From the Deep (1951)
Rest in Agony (1963) [as by Ivar Jorgensen]
Ten From Infinity (1963)
The World Grabbers (1964)
City Under the Sea (1965)
The Forgetful Robot (1968)
I, the Machine (1968)
Whom the Gods Would Slay (1968) [as by Ivar Jorgensen]
The Deadly Sky (1971) [as by Ivar Jorgensen]
The Doomsday Exhibit (1971)
That Girl (1971) [a gothic spin-off of the Marlo Thomas TV series]
The Frankenstein Wheel (1972)
The Diabolist (1972)
The Girl With Something Extra (1973)
Novels as ghost-writeredit
Fairman ghost-wrote the following novels based on extensive outlines by Lester del Rey.[2]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Paul W Fairman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Paul Warren Fairman 1909 1977 was an editor and writer in a variety of genres under his own name and under pseudonyms His detective story Late Rain was published in the February 1947 issue of Mammoth Detective He published his story No Teeth for the Tiger in the February 1950 issue of Amazing Stories Two years later he was the founding editor of If but only edited four issues In 1955 he became the editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic 1 He held that dual position until 1958 His science fiction short stories Deadly City and The Cosmic Frame were made into motion pictures Paul W Fairman c 1956 Contents 1 Career 2 Movie and television adaptations 3 Novels 4 Novels as ghost writer 5 Short stories 6 Essays 7 References 8 External linksCareer editFairman left Ziff Davis the magazines publisher when he was hired as managing editor of Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine in 1958 by its new publisher B G Davis who had left ZD to found his own Davis Publications and purchased EQMM from Mercury Press as his first major act Fairman continued till 1963 when he left to focus on writing his own work often under different names He ghost wrote several juveniles such as The Runaway Robot 1965 based on outlines by Lester del Rey whose name appeared on the books 2 He also wrote the Sherlock Holmes part of Ellery Queen s A Study In Terror 1966 in which Ellery finds a previously unknown Sherlock Holmes manuscript 1 Movie and television adaptations editHis short story Deadly City which appeared in the March 1953 issue of If magazine under the pseudonym Ivar Jorgensen was made into the motion picture Target Earth The story is about an alien invasion of Chicago and the evacuation of the city The aliens had destroyed several Michigan towns killing all the inhabitants and had moved on to Illinois The plot revolves around five characters who remain in the deserted city They have to survive in a city devoid of people and facing annihilation by alien invaders His short story The Cosmic Frame published in the May 1955 Amazing Stories was made into the 1957 science fiction movie Invasion of the Saucer Men and was remade although uncredited in 1965 as The Eye Creatures The 1960 The Twilight Zone episode People Are Alike All Over was based upon his 1952 short story Brothers Beyond the Void His short story Some Day They ll Give Us Guns was filmed for the 1952 TV series The Unexpected which was also known as Times Square Playhouse His short story Beast of the Void currently available in Weird Science Fiction Tales 101 Weird Scifi Stories Vol 2 Civitas Library Classics was published in 1956 and introduced the concept of amorphous intelligent matter in space capable of re forming as perfect living copies of creatures from the memories of human explorers including the protagonist s lost wife A similar theme was greatly expanded by Stanislaw Lem for his 1961 novel Solaris which was later filmed by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and by Steven Soderbergh in 2002 Novels edit nbsp Fairman s short novel Whom The Gods Would Slay was the cover story in the June 1951 issue of Fantastic Adventures but would not appear in book form until 1968 nbsp Fairman s novella The Girl Who Loved Death was the cover story in the September 1952 issue of Amazing Stories nbsp Fairman s The World Burners was cover featured on the February 1959 issue of Amazing StoriesInvasion From the Deep 1951 Rest in Agony 1963 as by Ivar Jorgensen Ten From Infinity 1963 The World Grabbers 1964 City Under the Sea 1965 The Forgetful Robot 1968 I the Machine 1968 Whom the Gods Would Slay 1968 as by Ivar Jorgensen The Deadly Sky 1971 as by Ivar Jorgensen The Doomsday Exhibit 1971 That Girl 1971 a gothic spin off of the Marlo Thomas TV series The Frankenstein Wheel 1972 The Diabolist 1972 The Girl With Something Extra 1973 Novels as ghost writer editFairman ghost wrote the following novels based on extensive outlines by Lester del Rey 2 The Runaway Robot 1965 Rocket from Infinity 1966 The Infinite Worlds of Maybe 1966 The Scheme of Things 1966 Tunnel Through Time 1966 Siege Perilous 1966 The Man Without a Planet 1969 Prisoners of Space 1968 Short stories editLate Rain February 1947 Mammoth Detective The Body of Madelon Spain August 1947 Mammoth Detective Hallowed Be the Name August 1947 Mammoth Mystery No Hero Stuff September 1947 Mammoth Detective The Guns of God November 1947 Bullets For Breakfast February 1948 Mammoth Western The Lady and the Lynch Mob August 1948 Mammoth Western Nesters Die Hard November 1948 Mammoth Western Dead Man s Gold December 1948 Mammoth Western The Memoirs of John Shevlin The West s Greatest Detective The Case of the O Henry Ending December 1949 Mammoth Western Devil on the Mountain 1949 Mammoth Western Quarterly The Broken Doll July 1950 Fantastic Adventures No Teeth for the Tiger February 1950 Amazing Stories Never Trust a Martian January 1951 Amazing Stories Whom the Gods Would Slay 1951 as by Ivar Jorgensen Nine Worlds West 1951 as by Clee Garson Invasion from the Deep 1951 Witness for the Defense 1951 The Man with the Clutching Hand 1951 The Terrible Puppets 1951 The Man Who Stopped at Nothing 1951 Proud Asteroid 1951 Deadly Cargo December 1951 Fantastic Adventures The Missing Symbol 1952 as by Ivar Jorgensen Rest in Agony 1952 as by Ivar Jorgensen The Secret of Gallows Hill 1952 A Child Is Missing 1952 Brothers Beyond the Void 1952 Strange Blood 1952 The Dog with the Weird Tale 1952 The Jack of Planets 1952 Let s Have a Little Reverence 1952 Someday They ll Give Us Guns 1952 starring Bobby Driscoll The Woman in Skin 13 1952 The Third Ear 1952 The Girl Who Loved Death 1952 Deadly City 1953 Side Road to Glory 1953 as by Robert Eggert Lee The Cosmic Frame 1955 Beyond the Black Horizon 1955 The Smashers 1955 One Man to Kill 1955 This Is My Son 1955 The Man in the Ice Box 1955 All Walls Were Mist 1955 The Beasts of the Void 1956 Black Blockade 1956 Secret of the Martians 1956 The Treasure is Mine 1956 The Beasts in the Void 1956 Dalrymple s Equation 1956 Jason and the Maker 1956 Traitor s Choice 1956 I ll Think You Dead 1956 The Body Hunters 1959 The World Burners 1959 Give Me My Body 1959 A Great Night in the Heavens 1959 Culture for the Planets 1968 Not Born to Greatness 1968 Delenda Est Carthago 1968 Interlude in the Desert 1968 Robots Should Stick Together 1968 The Pit 1968 The Minefield 1968 Mastermind of Zark 1968 Phantoms of Zark 1968 The Brown Package 1968 Long Hop 1968 The Gallant Lady 1968 The Space Museum 1968 Those Remarkable Ravencrafts 1968 Lost in a Junkyard 1968 Essays editThey Write 1952 Introducing the Author Paul W Fairman 1956 A New Kind of Fiction 1957 Of Men and Dreams 1957 It Began With a Letter from the Russians 1958 Jehovah s Witnesses Aren t Science Fiction 1958 References edit a b Clute John Peter Nicolls 1993 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction New York St Martin s Press pp 401 ISBN 0 312 09618 6 a b Clute John Peter Nicolls 1993 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction New York St Martin s Press pp 319 ISBN 0 312 09618 6 External links editWorks by Paul W Fairman at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Paul W Fairman at Internet Archive Works by Paul W Fairman at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Paul W Fairman at Library of Congress with 8 library catalog records under that name and several linked pseudonyms Paul W Fairman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Paul W Fairman at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul W Fairman amp oldid 1188246759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
