Kelleam, Joseph E
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1913-1975) US author and civil servant, an occasional contributor to the sf field since publishing his first story, "Rust" (October 1939 Astounding). His first novel, Overlords from Space (1956 dos), is a routine tale in which Alien conquerors of Earth are defeated at last. The Little Men (February 1959 Amazing as "Hunters out of Time"; 1960; vt Hunters out of Time 2012 dos) and its sequel, Hunters of Space (May 1960 Amazing as "Hunters of Space"; 1960; vt Hunters out of Space 2009 ebook), whose characters are derived from European Mythology, traces the fight between Jack Odin and the villainous Grim Hagen, first in a Hollow Earth venue inhabited by dwarfs, then in a possibly ancient Space Station; various princesses and dwarfs attend. In When the Red King Woke (1966), which may be sf, a mysterious monarch, seemingly composed of light, sleeps in a bubble in a Planetary Romance world; as readers of Lewis Carroll might expect, when the king awakes the planet dies. [JC]
see also: Robots.
Joseph Everidge Kelleam
born Boswell, Oklahoma: 11 February 1913
died Texas: 15 June 1975
works
series
Little Men/Jack Odin
- The Little Men (New York: Avalon Books, 1960) [first appeared February 1959 Amazing as "Hunters out of Time": Little Men/Jack Odin: hb/Ed Emshwiller]
- Hunters out of Time (Medford, Oregon: Armchair Fiction, 2012) [dos: vt of the above: first appeared February 1959 Amazing: pb/R G Jones]
- Hunters of Space (New York: Avalon Books, 1960) [first appeared May 1960 Amazing as "Hunters of Space": Little Men/Jack Odin: hb/Ed Emshwiller]
- Hunters out of Space (no place given: Project Gutenberg, 2009) [ebook: vt of the above: na/]
individual titles
- Overlords from Space (New York: Ace Books, 1956) [dos: pb/Ed Valigursky]
- When the Red King Woke (New York: Avalon Books, 1966) [Jack Odin: hb/Gray Morrow]
- Good-Bye to Babylon (San Antonio, Texas: Naylor Co, 1974) [poetry: coll: chap: hb/]
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