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Stuart J. Byrne

January 01, 1970

Stuart James Byrne (October 26, 1913 – September 23, 2011) was an American screenwriter and writer of science fiction and fantasy. He published under his own name and the pseudonyms Rothayne Amare, John Bloodstone, Howard Dare, and Marx Kaye (a house pseudonym).[1]

Stuart J. Byrne
Stuart J. Byrne c.1952
BornStuart James Byrne
(1913-10-26)October 26, 1913
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died(2011-09-23)September 23, 2011
Ojai, California, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter and author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (MA)
Byrne's novel Prometheus II was the cover story for the February 1948 issue of Amazing Stories. It would not be published in book form until 2012.
The first installment of Byrne's novel The Golden Guardsmen took the cover of the April 1952 issue of Other Worlds Science Stories. It would not be published in book form until 2013.
Byrne's novel Power Metal, serialized in Other Worlds in 1953, was published in book form in 2015.
Byrne's novella Potential Zero, written under his "John Bloodstone" byline, was the cover story in the December 1953 issue of Science Stories

Biography edit

Byrne was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[2] Later he recalled, "I was in there early enough to see magic lantern slides instead of movies, to watch the little man in the black suit climb his ladder to light our gas lamp out front, and in the early twenties I was excited by whisperings of a thing called radio!"[2] Favorite fiction memories of the time included Grimm's Fairy Tales, Alice in Wonderland, L. Frank Baum's Oz stories, the Rover Boys, the Boy Allies, Gernsback science fiction, and "the life-changing impact of the Edgar Rice Burroughs books."[2]

At the age of twelve, he moved with his family to California. In his teen years, his interest in science fiction continued. He also became an avid amateur astronomer. Years later, he recalled that "many a summer night ... were spent in awe ... in the Pleiades and the great Orion Nebula, or surfing the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. In fact at fifteen I was grinding parabolic mirrors for my amateur telescope."[2]

In the 1930s, he married Joey and fathered two children, Richard and Joanne; he now has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He earned an M.A. at UCLA. He published his first science fiction story, entitled "Music of the Spheres" in Amazing Stories in 1935. It told how a young man sacrificed his life to send a passenger spaceship away from a fatal encounter with the sun. In their capsule review of the book, Bleiler and Bleiler state, "The story, which is purple in writing, now considers the sensations of the young man as he approaches death in the sun, fancying that he hears the music of the spheres."[1]

In the 1940s and 1950s, Byrne published in Science Stories, Amazing Stories, Imagination, and Other Worlds.

Byrne's character, Michael Flanagan, appeared as the hero of three novels published in Amazing Stories: The Land Beyond the Lens, The Golden Gods, and The Return of Michael Flannigan, all listed as by John Bloodstone. The first two of these stories were collected as Godman (spelled "Godman!" on the cover) in 1970. All have been reprinted by Armchair Fiction as by S.J. Byrne. According to Byrne's later reminiscence, the name "John Bloodstone" was suggested by Ray Palmer to fool Howard Browne, the editor of Amazing Stories, who had requested that Palmer write a story about a picture showing a man going through some kind of lens. Palmer passed the job over to Byrne, but eventually confessed the switch to Browne.[3]

Tarzan novel edit

In 1955, Byrne became known as the author of an unpublishable new Tarzan novel called Tarzan on Mars via an editorial called "Tarzan Never Dies", by editor Ray Palmer, in Other Worlds Science Stories magazine.[4] The novel could not be published because Palmer was unable to get authorization from the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Men into Space edit

As a screenwriter, Byrne wrote for the Men into Space TV show in 1959 and 1960. He is credited with writing the episode entitled "Quarantine" (1959) and providing the story for the one entitled "Contraband" (1960).[5] He received credit for the story of the 1971 film called The Deserter as well as the original story and screenplay for the 1972 film The Doomsday Machine.[5] According to Bleiler and Bleiler, he was also a screenwriter for the 1975 film Journey into Fear,[1] although he is not so credited in the IMdb online database.

Thundar edit

Byrne reverted to the Bloodstone pseudonym for the publication of his original paperback novel Thundar, about the adventures of Michael Storm, also known as Thundar, on the Earth in the far future. After a framing device concerning Michael Storm's diaries, the story begins with Storm's adventures in the Peruvian mountains searching for the legendary time-gate of Viricocha. According to Byrne, "The scenes and locale of the opening adventure in the Peruvian Andes are authenticated by the fact that I spent some years in those mouintains, following the trails of Pizarro while guided by archaic Spanish manuscript".[2] Byrne also declared: "An ERB attorney once suggested to me that I try writing my own ERB-style fantasy adventures using my own characters. The result was Thundar - Man of Two Worlds, written also in the ERB classical fantasy style, under my fantasy pen name, John Bloodstone."[2]

Perry Rhodan edit

In the 1970s, Byrne also worked as a translator on the Perry Rhodan series from German to English. He is credited as co-author with Clark Dalton of the two-part story called "Test Flight to Eden" (1975), which appeared in two consecutive Perry Rhodan books. When there were financial problems publishing Perry Rhodan books due to a change in the exchange rate between German and US currencies, Byrne undertook to write the Star Man series, of which 11 appeared in print, published by Forrest J. Ackerman's Master Publications.[6] The first story was the Supermen of Alpha.

Gothic edit

Also in the 1970s, Byrne tried his hand at Gothic writing from the first-person female point of view.[7] The result was The Visitation, originally published in 1977, and republished as Hoaxbreaker in 2003.

e-Books edit

Since 1998, many of Byrne's stories have been published in electronic form. They are all listed as by "Stuart J. Byrne", with "writing as John Bloodstone" and his other bynames.

Published work edit

Short stories edit

  • Music of the Spheres, Amazing Stories, August, 1935
  • Beyond the Darkness, Other Worlds, July 1951
  • Matter of Perspective, Other Worlds, October 1951
  • Gsrthnxrpqrpf, Other Worlds, March 1952
  • The Ultimate Death (by Howard Dare), Other Worlds, July 1952
  • Lady of Flame (reprint of The Naked Goddess), Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, #30, February 1953
  • Children of the Chronotron, Imagination, December 1952
  • The Bridge, Science Stories, December 1953
  • Beware the Star Gods, Imagination, June 1954
  • The Metamorphs, Other Worlds, January 1957
  • Spaceship Named Desire, Other Worlds, July 1957
  • Test Flight to Eden (Part 1 of 2), by Stuart J. Byrne and Clark Darlton, in Perry Rhodan #68: Stars of Druufon, 1975
  • Test Flight to Eden (Part 2 of 2), by Clark Darlton and Stuart J. Byrne, in Perry Rhodan #69: The Bonds of Eternity, April 1975
  • Star Man 1: Supermen of Alpha, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979
  • Star Man 2: Time Window, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979
  • Star Man 3: Interstellar Mutineers, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979
  • Star Man 4: The Cosmium Raiders, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979
  • Star Man 5: The World Changer, Perry Rhodan #137: The Phantom Horde / Star Man 1–5, Master Publications, 1979
  • Star Man 6: Slaves of Venus, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980
  • Star Man 7: Lost in the Milky Way, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980
  • Star Man 8: Time Trap, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980
  • Star Man 9: The Centurian, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980
  • Star Man 10: The Emperor, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980
  • Star Man 11: The Return of Star Man, Star Man 6–11, Master Publications, 1980
  • Star Man 12: The Second Empire, ebook only
  • Star Man 13: The Summit Conference, ebook only

Novels edit

  • Starman (1969), Powell Sci-Fi, PP 165, Powell Publications, Reseda, CA.
  • Godman (1970) (writing as John Bloodstone), Powell Sci-Fi, PP 205, Powell Publications, Reseda, CA (front cover gives title as "Godman!").
  • Thundar (1971) (writing as John Bloodstone), Leisure Books, North Hollywood, CA (front cover gives title as "Thundar: Man of Two Worlds", spine says "Thundar!", and title page says "Thundar").
  • The Alpha Trap (1976), Major Books, Canoga Park, CA.
  • The Visitation (1977) (writing as Rothayne Amare), Major Books, Canoga Park, CA.
  • Star Quest (2006), Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  • Last Days of Thronas (by John Bloodstone), Science Stories, February 1954; Armchair Fiction
  • The Naked Goddess, Other Worlds, October, 1952, Armchair Fiction #D-192, 2017
  • Potential Zero (by John Bloodstone), Science Stories, December 1953, Armchair Fiction #D-113, 2014
  • Land Beyond the Lens (by John Bloodstone), Amazing Stories, March 1952, Michael Flannigan #1, Armchair Fiction #D-124, 2014
  • The Golden Gods (by John Bloodstone), Amazing Stories May 1952, Michael Flannigan #2, Armchair Fiction #D-159, 2015
  • Return of Michael Flannigan (by John Bloodstone), Amazing Stories August 1952, Michael Flannigan #3, Armchair Fiction #D-159, 2015
  • Prometheus II, Amazing Stories, February, 1948, Armchair Fiction, #C-27, 2012
  • The Golden Guardsmen, Other Worlds, April, June, and July, 1952 (sequel to Prometheus II), Armchair Fiction, #C-31, 2012
  • Power Metal, Other Worlds, May, June, and July, 1953, Armchair Fiction #C-66, 2015
  • Colossus, (reprint of Colossus I) Other Worlds, May 1950, Armchair Fiction #D-227, 2018
  • Colossus Conclusion, (reprint of Colossus II, Other Worlds, July 1950 and Colossus III, Other Worlds, September, 1950), Armchair Fiction #D-246, 2019

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Bleiler and Bleiler 1998, p. 49.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Byrne, Stu. "Who Is S. J. Byrne AKA John Bloodstone? An Autobiography". ERBzine, vol. 1967. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. ^ Stuart J. Byrne, 2010 phone interview of Stuart J. Byrne with publisher Jean Marie Stine, Futures Past Editions
  4. ^ Palmer, Ray (November 1955). "Tarzan Never Dies". Other Worlds. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Stuart J. Byrne". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  6. ^ Byrne, Stuart J., 2010 phone interview with publisher Jean Marie Stine, Futures Past Editions
  7. ^ "About the Author" afterward section in S. J. Byrne, Hoaxbreaker, Trafford Publishing, Victoria, Canada, 2003

Sources edit

  • Bleiler, Everett F. with Richard J. Bleiler. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-87338-604-3.

External links edit

 
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stuart, byrne, stuart, james, byrne, october, 1913, september, 2011, american, screenwriter, writer, science, fiction, fantasy, published, under, name, pseudonyms, rothayne, amare, john, bloodstone, howard, dare, marx, kaye, house, pseudonym, 1952bornstuart, j. Stuart James Byrne October 26 1913 September 23 2011 was an American screenwriter and writer of science fiction and fantasy He published under his own name and the pseudonyms Rothayne Amare John Bloodstone Howard Dare and Marx Kaye a house pseudonym 1 Stuart J ByrneStuart J Byrne c 1952BornStuart James Byrne 1913 10 26 October 26 1913Saint Paul Minnesota U S Died 2011 09 23 September 23 2011Ojai California U S OccupationScreenwriter and authorLanguageEnglishNationalityAmericanEducationUniversity of California Los Angeles MA Byrne s novel Prometheus II was the cover story for the February 1948 issue of Amazing Stories It would not be published in book form until 2012 The first installment of Byrne s novel The Golden Guardsmen took the cover of the April 1952 issue of Other Worlds Science Stories It would not be published in book form until 2013 Byrne s novel Power Metal serialized in Other Worlds in 1953 was published in book form in 2015 Byrne s novella Potential Zero written under his John Bloodstone byline was the cover story in the December 1953 issue of Science Stories Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Tarzan novel 1 2 Men into Space 1 3 Thundar 1 4 Perry Rhodan 1 5 Gothic 1 6 e Books 2 Published work 2 1 Short stories 2 2 Novels 3 References 3 1 Notes 4 Sources 5 External linksBiography editByrne was born in Saint Paul Minnesota 2 Later he recalled I was in there early enough to see magic lantern slides instead of movies to watch the little man in the black suit climb his ladder to light our gas lamp out front and in the early twenties I was excited by whisperings of a thing called radio 2 Favorite fiction memories of the time included Grimm s Fairy Tales Alice in Wonderland L Frank Baum s Oz stories the Rover Boys the Boy Allies Gernsback science fiction and the life changing impact of the Edgar Rice Burroughs books 2 At the age of twelve he moved with his family to California In his teen years his interest in science fiction continued He also became an avid amateur astronomer Years later he recalled that many a summer night were spent in awe in the Pleiades and the great Orion Nebula or surfing the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn In fact at fifteen I was grinding parabolic mirrors for my amateur telescope 2 In the 1930s he married Joey and fathered two children Richard and Joanne he now has three grandchildren and three great grandchildren He earned an M A at UCLA He published his first science fiction story entitled Music of the Spheres in Amazing Stories in 1935 It told how a young man sacrificed his life to send a passenger spaceship away from a fatal encounter with the sun In their capsule review of the book Bleiler and Bleiler state The story which is purple in writing now considers the sensations of the young man as he approaches death in the sun fancying that he hears the music of the spheres 1 In the 1940s and 1950s Byrne published inScience Stories Amazing Stories Imagination andOther Worlds Byrne s character Michael Flanagan appeared as the hero of three novels published inAmazing Stories The Land Beyond the Lens The Golden Gods and The Return of Michael Flannigan all listed as by John Bloodstone The first two of these stories were collected as Godman spelled Godman on the cover in 1970 All have been reprinted by Armchair Fiction as by S J Byrne According to Byrne s later reminiscence the name John Bloodstone was suggested by Ray Palmer to fool Howard Browne the editor ofAmazing Stories who had requested that Palmer write a story about a picture showing a man going through some kind of lens Palmer passed the job over to Byrne but eventually confessed the switch to Browne 3 Tarzan novel edit In 1955 Byrne became known as the author of an unpublishable new Tarzan novel called Tarzan on Mars via an editorial called Tarzan Never Dies by editor Ray Palmer in Other Worlds Science Stories magazine 4 The novel could not be published because Palmer was unable to get authorization from the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs Men into Space edit As a screenwriter Byrne wrote for the Men into Space TV show in 1959 and 1960 He is credited with writing the episode entitled Quarantine 1959 and providing the story for the one entitled Contraband 1960 5 He received credit for the story of the 1971 film called The Deserter as well as the original story and screenplay for the 1972 film The Doomsday Machine 5 According to Bleiler and Bleiler he was also a screenwriter for the 1975 film Journey into Fear 1 although he is not so credited in the IMdb online database Thundar edit Byrne reverted to the Bloodstone pseudonym for the publication of his original paperback novel Thundar about the adventures of Michael Storm also known as Thundar on the Earth in the far future After a framing device concerning Michael Storm s diaries the story begins with Storm s adventures in the Peruvian mountains searching for the legendary time gate of Viricocha According to Byrne The scenes and locale of the opening adventure in the Peruvian Andes are authenticated by the fact that I spent some years in those mouintains following the trails of Pizarro while guided by archaic Spanish manuscript 2 Byrne also declared An ERB attorney once suggested to me that I try writing my own ERB style fantasy adventures using my own characters The result was Thundar Man of Two Worlds written also in the ERB classical fantasy style under my fantasy pen name John Bloodstone 2 Perry Rhodan edit In the 1970s Byrne also worked as a translator on the Perry Rhodan series from German to English He is credited as co author with Clark Dalton of the two part story called Test Flight to Eden 1975 which appeared in two consecutive Perry Rhodan books When there were financial problems publishing Perry Rhodan books due to a change in the exchange rate between German and US currencies Byrne undertook to write the Star Man series of which 11 appeared in print published by Forrest J Ackerman s Master Publications 6 The first story was the Supermen of Alpha Gothic edit Also in the 1970s Byrne tried his hand at Gothic writing from the first person female point of view 7 The result was The Visitation originally published in 1977 and republished as Hoaxbreaker in 2003 e Books edit Since 1998 many of Byrne s stories have been published in electronic form They are all listed as by Stuart J Byrne with writing as John Bloodstone and his other bynames Published work editShort stories edit Music of the Spheres Amazing Stories August 1935 Beyond the Darkness Other Worlds July 1951 Matter of Perspective Other Worlds October 1951 Gsrthnxrpqrpf Other Worlds March 1952 The Ultimate Death by Howard Dare Other Worlds July 1952 Lady of Flame reprint of The Naked Goddess Authentic Science Fiction Monthly 30 February 1953 Children of the Chronotron Imagination December 1952 The Bridge Science Stories December 1953 Beware the Star Gods Imagination June 1954 The Metamorphs Other Worlds January 1957 Spaceship Named Desire Other Worlds July 1957 Test Flight to Eden Part 1 of 2 by Stuart J Byrne and Clark Darlton in Perry Rhodan 68 Stars of Druufon 1975 Test Flight to Eden Part 2 of 2 by Clark Darlton and Stuart J Byrne in Perry Rhodan 69 The Bonds of Eternity April 1975 Star Man 1 Supermen of Alpha Perry Rhodan 137 The Phantom Horde Star Man 1 5 Master Publications 1979 Star Man 2 Time Window Perry Rhodan 137 The Phantom Horde Star Man 1 5 Master Publications 1979 Star Man 3 Interstellar Mutineers Perry Rhodan 137 The Phantom Horde Star Man 1 5 Master Publications 1979 Star Man 4 The Cosmium Raiders Perry Rhodan 137 The Phantom Horde Star Man 1 5 Master Publications 1979 Star Man 5 The World Changer Perry Rhodan 137 The Phantom Horde Star Man 1 5 Master Publications 1979 Star Man 6 Slaves of Venus Star Man 6 11 Master Publications 1980 Star Man 7 Lost in the Milky Way Star Man 6 11 Master Publications 1980 Star Man 8 Time Trap Star Man 6 11 Master Publications 1980 Star Man 9 The Centurian Star Man 6 11 Master Publications 1980 Star Man 10 The Emperor Star Man 6 11 Master Publications 1980 Star Man 11 The Return of Star Man Star Man 6 11 Master Publications 1980 Star Man 12 The Second Empire ebook only Star Man 13 The Summit Conference ebook only Novels edit Starman 1969 Powell Sci Fi PP 165 Powell Publications Reseda CA Godman 1970 writing as John Bloodstone Powell Sci Fi PP 205 Powell Publications Reseda CA front cover gives title as Godman Thundar 1971 writing as John Bloodstone Leisure Books North Hollywood CA front cover gives title as Thundar Man of Two Worlds spine says Thundar and title page says Thundar The Alpha Trap 1976 Major Books Canoga Park CA The Visitation 1977 writing as Rothayne Amare Major Books Canoga Park CA Star Quest 2006 Trafford Publishing Victoria BC Canada Last Days of Thronas by John Bloodstone Science Stories February 1954 Armchair Fiction The Naked Goddess Other Worlds October 1952 Armchair Fiction D 192 2017 Potential Zero by John Bloodstone Science Stories December 1953 Armchair Fiction D 113 2014 Land Beyond the Lens by John Bloodstone Amazing Stories March 1952 Michael Flannigan 1 Armchair Fiction D 124 2014 The Golden Gods by John Bloodstone Amazing Stories May 1952 Michael Flannigan 2 Armchair Fiction D 159 2015 Return of Michael Flannigan by John Bloodstone Amazing Stories August 1952 Michael Flannigan 3 Armchair Fiction D 159 2015 Prometheus II Amazing Stories February 1948 Armchair Fiction C 27 2012 The Golden Guardsmen Other Worlds April June and July 1952 sequel to Prometheus II Armchair Fiction C 31 2012 Power Metal Other Worlds May June and July 1953 Armchair Fiction C 66 2015 Colossus reprint of Colossus I Other Worlds May 1950 Armchair Fiction D 227 2018 Colossus Conclusion reprint of Colossus II Other Worlds July 1950 andColossus III Other Worlds September 1950 Armchair Fiction D 246 2019References editNotes edit a b c Bleiler and Bleiler 1998 p 49 a b c d e f Byrne Stu Who Is S J Byrne AKA John Bloodstone An Autobiography ERBzine vol 1967 Retrieved 22 September 2011 Stuart J Byrne 2010 phone interview of Stuart J Byrne with publisher Jean Marie Stine Futures Past Editions Palmer Ray November 1955 Tarzan Never Dies Other Worlds Retrieved 22 September 2011 a b Stuart J Byrne Internet Movie Database Retrieved 22 September 2011 Byrne Stuart J 2010 phone interview with publisher Jean Marie Stine Futures Past Editions About the Author afterward section in S J Byrne Hoaxbreaker Trafford Publishing Victoria Canada 2003Sources editBleiler Everett F with Richard J Bleiler Science Fiction The Gernsback Years Kent OH Kent State University Press 1998 ISBN 0 87338 604 3 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stuart J Byrne Stuart J Byrne at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Stuart J Byrne at IMDb Works by Stuart J Byrne at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Obituary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stuart J Byrne amp oldid 1198153744, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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