Английская Википедия:Hugh Walters (writer)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox writer Hugh Walters (15 June 1910 – 13 January 1993[1]) was a British writer of juvenile science fiction novels from Bradley in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom.
Biography
Born Walter Llewelyn Hughes, he was educated at Dudley Grammar School and Wolverhampton College and lived most of his life in Bilston.[2] He managed his own furniture store, Walter Hughes Ltd in Bradley and became Managing Director of Brasteds Ltd (a contraction of Bradley Bedsteads). In 1931 he married Doris Higgins; they had two children. He was a member of the British Interplanetary Society and British Astronomical Association,[3] and became president of Bilston Rotary Club,[4] and High Chief Ranger of the Ancient Order of Foresters.[5] He was also a member of Bilston Tennis Club, was elected a member of Bilston Borough Council and in due course was appointed a magistrate.
Writings
In 1955 he was asked to talk at Bilston Rotary Club when the scheduled speaker cancelled. He spoke about space and astronomy, and as a result was asked to speak at nearby Coseley library during Science Fiction week. In preparation he read a large number of science fiction books, was not impressed, and thought he could do better. At the age of 47 he wrote his first book using the pseudonym Hugh Walters. He later said: "As I was also a magistrate and a local councillor, I felt [that writing science fiction] left me open to ridicule. People tend to treat science fiction as a bit of a joke, so I juggled with my name and came up with Hugh Walters."[6]
Of his writing Walters said: "I believe a good SF story should (1) entertain, (2) educate painlessly, and (3) inspire the young people of today to be the scientists and technicians of tomorrow".
His first novels mostly dealt with the exploration of other planets in our solar system. Written for a juvenile audience, they had a scientific foundation, anticipating such advances as ion engines. Walters began writing novels concerning alien visits after all the planets had been explored.
The main characters of his novels were two British astronauts, an American, and a Russian. Their names were Chris Godfrey, Tony Hale, Morrey Kant and Serge Smyslov, respectively. Later missions used a pair of telepathic twins, Gill and Gail Patrick, for communication.
The covers of the first 14 books had illustrations by the Faber and Faber illustrator Leslie Wood.
His books are still present on the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society recommended reading list for children and young adults.[7]
Bibliography
Hughes published 25 novels during a 40-year literary career.
Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. (United Nations Exploration Agency) series:
- Blast Off at Woomera (1957) a.k.a. Blast Off at 0300
- The Domes of Pico (1958) a.k.a. Menace from the Moon
- Operation Columbus (1959) a.k.a. First on the Moon (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Moon Base One (1960) a.k.a. Outpost on the Moon ¹ (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Expedition Venus (1962) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Destination Mars (1963) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Terror by Satellite (1964) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Journey to Jupiter (1965)
- Mission to Mercury (1965)
- Spaceship to Saturn (1967) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Mohole Mystery (1968) a.k.a. The Mohole Menace
- Nearly Neptune (1968) a.k.a. Neptune One is Missing
- First Contact? (1971) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Passage to Pluto (1973) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Tony Hale, Space Detective (1973) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- Murder on Mars (1975) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Caves of Drach (1977) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Last Disaster (1978) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Blue Aura (1979) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Dark Triangle (1979) (Шаблон:ISBN)
- The Glass Men (unpublished)
Boy Astronaut series:
- Boy Astronaut (1977)
- First Family on the Moon (1979) (Шаблон:ISBN) (hardback), (Шаблон:ISBN) (paperback)
- School on the Moon (1981) (Шаблон:ISBN)
Other Books:
- P-K (Psychokinesis London : Severn House, 1986. Шаблон:ISBN
¹ Outpost On The Moon is the US title of the USA edition, published in 1962 by Criterion Books, Inc. Its jacket included the note, "A somewhat different version of this story was published in England by Faber and Faber under the title Moon Base One."
See also
References
- ↑ Hugh Walters Шаблон:Webarchive localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk, retrieved on May 15, 2007.
- ↑ Hugh Walters biographical information : http://unexa.org/walters/biogdata/biogdata.htm
- ↑ The County Express for Worcestershire and Staffordshire, August 4th 1978
- ↑ Express and Star Newspaper Friday Jan 15th 1993
- ↑ Express and Star Newspaper, Friday October 11th, 1961.
- ↑ Express and Star Newspaper Friday Jan 30th 1984
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web LASFA Reading list
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