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from Locus Online News. http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/09/e-c-tubb-1919-2010/British author E.C. Tubb, 90, died September 10, 2010 at home in London. He began publishing SF with “No Short Cuts” in 1951 (New Worlds). During his career he produced over 230 stories and 130 novels, most space opera and SF adventure, under his own name and more than 50 pseudonyms and house names.
He is best known for his sprawling 32-volume Dumarest Saga, which began in 1967 with The Winds of Gath and concluded with Child of Earth (2009).
Tubb’s first novel was Saturn Patrol (1951, as King Lang), followed by other early books Planetfall (1951, as Gill Hunt) and Argentis (1952, as Brian Shaw). The first novel under his own name was Alien Impact (1952) . His Cap Kennedy series about a galactic secret agent began with Galaxy of the Lost (1973) and concluded with The Galactiad (1983). His dystopia To Dream Again is forthcoming in 2011.
Edward Charles Tubb was born October 15, 1919 in London. He became a fan of SF before WWII, collecting magazines as a teenager and helping to found the British Science Fiction Association. He married Iris Kathleen Smith in 1944, and is survived by their two daughters, two granddaughters, and a number of great-grandchildren.
See the October issue of Locus for a full obituary, and for further details, visit Tubb’s Encyclopedia of Science Fiction entry.
Sorry to hear it. Quite a writing career. 130 novels! As an author, I’d be happy with a tenth of that. Clearly the world has lost an active and creative mind.
Very sad to hear about the death of EC Tubb.
I read my first science fiction novels at age 13 and EC Tubb’s STAR FLIGHT was one of the first of three books I remember reading. STAR FLIGHT preceeds the premise of V by many years.
When Shepherd Moon was in the planning stage (before the great Powys silence) Mateo sent me an early draft of Dead End, an item I will treasure.
After reading his works all those years ago, it still feels surreal to see my name with his in the anthology.
My thoughts go out to his family.
A giant of the genre.
Stephen Jansen
I am saddened to hear of the passing of one of my favourite SF authors. Growing up my local library had many of his books and I always hunted them out. I was a keen follower of the Dumarest Saga and of course his Space 1999 novelisations.
Fly free now Mr Tubb, you can now explore a universe that is far stranger than any you wrote about.
sad to hear about the death of E.C. Tubb whom I consider to be one of the best of the Space:1999 storytellers. I just finished Earthfall and I consider it to be the best of alternate Space:1999 mythology if anyone finds a copy they have to read it it was available from Fanderson and only available in England. Now I have to search my local library fo read his other great works of art. May we all of us Alphans toast a beer to you in the afterlife Mate.
I agree Alphan4ever, Earthfall is a brilliant novel and has long been a favourite of mine. I have both versions and treasure them. I can only back up your praise for this book and recommend it to all.
Maybe Powys could release it and translations of the German novels as part of a non-cannon collection. 🙂
Indeed, Mr. Tubb’s passing is a sad day for fans of [i]Space: 1999[/i]. He will be sorely missed. But what a legacy he left behind. If only all of us could live as long and productive a life….
Recently I was lucky enough to locate an original 1970s copy of Mr. Tubb’s “Earthfall” at a reasonable price, but I would love to get copies of the Fanderson releases of it and Mr. Tubb’s “Earthbound.” To the best of my knowledge, these are the only two english-language [i]Space: 1999[/i] novels I do not have. If anyone has extra copies they would be willing to sell or knows anywhere else to find them, please post the info here. I would be eternally grateful.
I was just checking the Fanderson web site and they have copies again available of E.C. Tubbs book Earthfall. The only catch is you have to be a member of Fanderson in order to be able to order the book. It truly is a wonderful organization although the membership costs when I joined as well as the sales merchandise had to be in british pounds that could have changed by now though. Why am I no longer a member it was a christmas gift and after buying the membership plus the earthbound, earthfall and the year 1 and 2 soundtracks it got to be too cost prohibitive.
I would goback if I could order by paypal. If this was the only way to order the book I’d do it all over again. It sure beats the Amazon price of $167.25.I’m so sorry to hear of Mr. Tubb’s passing.
When I read his story in Shepherd Moon I felt all the same pleasure he had brought me as a kid reading his Space:1999 novelizations.
It’s sad to think that we won’t have more of his stories to look forward to.
…And the Tall Adventurer strides forth on his last journey.
Thank you, Mr. Tubb, for those wonderful tales of Moonbase Alpha, Earl Dumarest, Cap Kennedy, Felix Larsen, Kurt Varl, and all those other wonderful characters and stories!
Tex
(recommended reading–[b]The Tall Adventurer: The Works of E.C. Tubb[/b], an annotated checklist to every short story and novel up to 1998, by Sean Wallace and Philip Harbottle)
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