Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 1
Blue Tyson
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2010 Blue Tyson
First edition June 2010
INTRODUCTION
This book is about the work of science fiction writer Leigh Brackett, and is a companion to the Leigh Brackett (ology) website http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com and collects the content found at the site. The various entries and elements can also be browsed there.
Brackett was known as the Queen of Space Opera, and famous for a series of vivid planetary romance adventures, particularly those of Eric John Stark. She was also a crime writer and screenwriter.
It contains an analysis of the elements of her published stories, plus summaries of the work explaining what they are about, and a classification.
It also contains details of and links to free works online, encyclopedia, bibliography, interview and other such reference works, as well as the author's presence on the internet and other categories of interest.
There is also a concordance for each story included at the end.
The works appear here in reverse chronological order of appearance at Leigh Brackett (ology).
CATEGORISATION
The tags with a "z " prefix:
The works are tagged by the type of story, and by length (novella, novelette, short story, etc.).
Elements of the story are broken down into types of characters, places, concepts, technology, vehicles, weapons, food, media, races, animals and plants.
The tags with a "zz " prefix:
These are references to the work the elementis from.
The numeric tags:
These are references to the approximate relative importance of the element as follows :
4.0 = Major element
3.5 = Standard element
3.0 = Minor element
A 0.0 indicates that the story, work or reference is one for which I have not seen an actual complete copy.
Characters being the most important elements, the "z " tags are self-explanatory, and the numbers correspond:
5.0 = Series character
4.5 = Recurring character
4.0 = Major character
3.5 = Supporting character
3.0 = Minor character
Explanation of story ratings here :-
If the entry is an actual fictional work such as a Short Story, the number is my opinion of its quality, as per this breakdown:
5.0 = Outstanding
4.5 = Excellent
4.0 = Very Good
3.5 = Good
3.0 = Average
2.5 = Poor
2.0 = Bad
1.5 = Very Bad
1.0 = Terrible
Please note that there is no analysis of the novellas "The Ark of Mars" and "The Teleportress of Alpha C" that in a slightly changed format make up the fixup Alpha Centauri or Die.
The focus of this book is science fiction, and at this point in time there is no analysis of the crime novels:
No Good From A Corpse
Stranger At Home
The Tiger Among Us
An Eye For An Eye
Silent Partner
not the Western novels:
Follow the Free Wind
Rio Bravo
Early entries below 10 were blog comments not of interest.
You can email corrections to aussievamp2@gmail.com, or comment on the blog at http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com
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CONTENT 2271
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Leigh Brackett - John Clute and Peter Nicholls : z non-fiction - encyclopedia - 4.0
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction entry.
"She began publishing sf stories in 1940 with "Martian Quest" for ASF, and although her first novel, No Good from a Corpse (1944) was a detection the 1940s were her period of greatest activity in the sf magazines; she appeared mostly in PLANET STORIES, THRILLING WONDER STORIES and others that offered space for what rapidly became her speciality: swashbuckling but literate PLANETARY ROMANCES, usually set on MARS, though there is no series continuity joining her Martian venues.
In 1946 she married sf author Edmond HAMILTON, and may well have influenced his writing, which improved sharply after WWII; but she continued to use the name LB for her sf, for her other books, and for her film work. Some of her work from this period can be found in The Coming of the Terrans (coll of linked stories 1967) and The Halfling and Other Stories (coll 1973). She approached all she wrote with economy and vigour: everything about her stories – their colour, their narrative speed, the brooding forthrightness of their protagonists – amde them an ideal and fertile blend of traditional SPACE OPERA and SWORD AND SORCERY. She was a marked influence upon the next generation of writers. One novelette, "Lorelei of the Red Mist" (Planet Stories 1946), was written in collaboration with Ray BRADBURY.
From the mid-1940s LB tended to move somewhat longer forms, setting on her favourite BURROUGHS Mars the first part of her Eric John series: The Secret of Sinharat (1949 Planet Stories "Queen of the Martian Catacombs"; rev 1964 People of the Talisman (1951 Planet Stories as Black Amazon of Mars"; rev 1964 dos) – both reportly expanded for book publication by Edmond Hamilton and both later assembled as Eric John Stark: Outlaw Of Mars (omni 1982) – and "Enchantress of Venus (1949; vt "City of the Lost Ones"), the last being collected in The Halfling. Stark concentrates all virtues of the sword-and-sorcery hero in his figure;"
2.
The Astounding Leigh Brackett - Virginia Johnson : z non-fiction - study - 4.0
A multi-media overview. (With links to others - that you will also find at free sf list, but handily collated here).
http://www.artspoint.org/articles/columns2.asp?column_id=1737column_type=artspoin
3.
Colonial Barsoom - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - study - 5.0
http://www.erbzine.com/mag17/1783.html
An extensive article looking at Brackett's Mars, with comparison and extension to Burroughs'.
4.
Leigh Brackett Much More Than the Queen of Space Opera! - Bertil Falk : z non-fiction - 4.5 - study
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue250/brackett1.html
A lengthy article about her career and life.
5.
The Unclassifiable Leigh Brackett - James Sallis : z non-fiction - study - 3.5
http://www.grasslimb.com/sallis/GlobeColumns/globe.09.brackett.html
A shortish overview type article.
6.
Leigh Douglass Brackett - Kevin Burton Smith : z non-fiction - study - 4.0
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/brackett.html
A multi-media bibliography, detailing her work of interesting to crime fiction people.
7.
The Amazing Interview Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton - Darrell Schweitzer : z non-fiction - 5.0 - interview
An informative interview talking about their work and the genre. Closing on 5000 words. Well worth getting. Anyone publishing or working on them would certainly like this.
"AMAZING: What does the term "space opera" mean to you?
BRACKETT: Well, it's a term that rather annoys us both because it has developed into a term of approbrium, for any story that has an element of adventure and action. I happen to like action stories and adventure stories, and to me this sense of wonder and all that goes into a space opera is absolutely fascinating. I enjoy space opera and I like writing them.
HAMILTON: Bob Tucker invented that title when he was a fan and I was reproaching him last spring again for having done so, because when you come right down to it, what are the astronauts' adventures but space opera? Including especially Apollo 13. That rescue of the men stranded out in space by bringing them back in and towing them with the starter, the module towing the other ship—that's just pure space opera. The old pictures on the covers of AMAZING STORIES showing men walking in spacesuits on the moon—they could be taken right from the photographs. I agree with Leigh, of course. I'm an old space opera fan. I don't like to see it mocked.
AMAZING: What is the most important value of this type of writing? BRACKETT: Oh, the sense of adventure, the sense of opening up whole vistas of new worlds and possibilities of all sorts of lifeforms, encounters, excitements and all these things. I don't know whether it'll actually occur or not, but when I was young the stories of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which set me on my road to
ruin as a science fiction writer, were so much more fascinating than all the other things I read about Indians and pirates and so on, all of which were quite authentic and real. This was a step beyond and it set me out into such realms of wonder and fascination that I've never been able to leave them. If you want philosophy, that's another matter. I'm writing for entertainment and if I want philosophy I'll read philosophy, but I don't particularly care to have it mixed with my fiction.
HAMILTON: I think the value is what you might call a seminal value, that bit by bit the old magazine stories filtered down through the public mind and established the concept of space travel simply because the people would see so many covers on magazines and so forth, so that it was easier, I think, for the public to accept the space program. We contributed nothing directly to it. We didn't even prophesy it correctly, although we made some lucky hits, but well, when I was a youngster there was a proverb, "You could as soon do that as fly to the moon." It was a proverb to show something not possible, and I think all this somewhat lurid literature penetrated down to the public to make them accept the space program, which is a costly business, and I think that's where it's chief value lies."
8.
Leigh Brackett Queen Of Space - G. W. Thomas : z non-fiction - 4.5 - bibliography
http://www.gwthomas.org/brackett.htm
A cover retrospective bibliography. Pretty cool.
9.
Gats Six-Guns and Blasters - Bud Webster : z non-fiction - 4.5 - bibliography
http://www.helixsf.com/pastmasters/pastmasters0707.htm
An article about Leigh Brackett, with a complete bibliography at the time.
10.
Leigh Brackett Marion Zimmer Bradley Anne McCaffrey : z non-fiction - bibliography - 0.0
Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anne McCaffrey : a primary and secondary bibliography : Rosemarie Arbur
Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, c1982
11.
Wikipedia - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - 4.5 - encyclopedia
A useful stop, also has links to Wikipedia sections for Eric John Stark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_John_Stark and The Leigh Brackett Solar System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Brackett_Solar_System.
Leigh Brackett
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leigh Brackett
Born Leigh Douglass Brackett
December 7, 1915
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died March 18, 1978 (aged 62)
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter
Nationality American
Genres Science fiction, crime fiction
Notable work(s) Eric John Stark series
Spouse(s) Edmond Hamilton (m. 1946–1977)
Literature portal
Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on famous films such as The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980).Contents [hide]
1 Life
2 Career
2.1 Author
2.2 Screenwriter
2.2.1 The Empire Strikes Back
3 Bibliography
3.1 Short science fiction
3.1.1 1940–1941
3.1.2 1942-1944
3.1.3 1945-1950
3.1.4 1951-1955
3.1.5 After 1955
3.2 Science fiction novels
3.3 Science fiction collections
3.4 Science fiction, as editor
3.5 Screenwriter
3.6 Other genres
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Life
Leigh Brackett was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California. On December 31, 1946, at age 31, she married Edmond Hamilton in San Gabriel, CA, and moved with him to Kinsman, Ohio. She died in 1978.
Career
Author
Brackett was first published in her mid-twenties. Her first published science fiction story was "Martian Quest", which appeared in the February 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Her earliest years as a writer (1940-1942) were her most productive in numbers of stories written; however, these works show a writer still mastering her craft. The first of her science fiction stories still attempt to emphasize a quasi-scientific angle, with problems resolved by an appeal to the (usually imaginary) chemical, biological, or physical laws of her invented worlds. As Brackett became more comfortable as an author, this element receded and was replaced by adventure stories with a strong touch of fantasy. Occasional stories have social themes, such as "The Citadel of Lost Ships" (1943), which considers the effects on the native cultures of alien worlds of Earth's expanding trade empire.
Brackett's first novel, No Good from a Corpse, published in 1944, was a hard-boiled mystery novel in the tradition of Raymond Chandler. This led to her first major screenwriting assignment. At the same time, though, Brackett's science fiction stories were becoming more ambitious. Shadow Over Mars (1944) was her first novel-length science fiction story, and though still somewhat rough-edged, marked the beginning of a new style, strongly influenced by the characterization of the 1940s detective story and film noir. Brackett's heroes from this period are tough, two-fisted, semi-criminal, ill-fated adventurers. Shadow's Rick Urquhart (reputedly modelled on Humphrey Bogart's shadier film characters) is a ruthless, selfish space drifter, who just happens to be caught in a web of political intrigue that accidentally places the fate of Mars in his hands.
In 1946, the same year that Brackett married science fiction author Edmond Hamilton, Planet Stories published the novella "Lorelei of the Red Mist". Brackett only finished the first half before turning it over to Planet Stories' other acclaimed author, Ray Bradbury, so that she could leave to work on The Big Sleep. "Lorelei"'s main character is an out-and-out criminal, a thief called Hugh Starke. Though the story was well concluded by Bradbury, Brackett seems to have felt that her ideas in this story were insufficiently addressed, as she returns to them in later stories—particularly "Enchantress of Venus" (1949).
Brackett returned from her break from science-fiction writing, caused by her cinematic endeavors, in 1948. From then on to 1951, she produced a series of science fiction adventure stories that were longer, more ambitious, and better written than her previous work. To this period belong such classic representations of her planetary settings as "The Moon that Vanished" and the novel-length Sea-Kings of Mars (1949), later published as The Sword of Rhiannon, a vivid description of Mars before its oceans evaporated.
With "Queen of the Martian Catacombs" (1949), Brackett found for the first time a character that she cared to return to. Eric John Stark is sometimes compared to Robert E. Howard's Conan, but is in many respects closer to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan or Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli. Stark, an orphan from Earth, is raised by the semi-sentient aboriginals of Mercury, who are later killed by Earthmen. He is saved from the same fate by a Terran official, who adopts Stark and becomes his mentor. When threatened, however, Eric John Stark frequently reverts to the primitive N'Chaka, the "man without a tribe" that he was on Mercury. Thus, Stark is the archetypical modern man—a beast with a thin veneer of civilization. From 1949 to 1951, Stark (whose name obviously echoes that of the hero in "Lorelei") appeared in three tales, all published in Planet Stories; the aforementioned "Queen", "Enchantress of Venus", and finally "Black Amazon of Mars". With this last story, Brackett's period of writing high adventure ended.
Brackett's stories thereafter adopted a more elegiac tone. They no longer celebrated the conflicts of frontier worlds, but lamented the passing away of civilizations. The stories now concentrated more upon mood than on plot. The reflective, retrospective nature of these stories is indicated in the titles: "The Last Days of Shandakor"; "Shannach — the Last"; "Last Call from Sector 9G".
This last story was published in the very last issue (Summer 1955) of Planet Stories, always Brackett's most reliable market for science fiction. With the disappearance of Planet Stories and, later in 1955, of Startling Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories, the market for Brackett's brand of story dried up, and the first phase of her career as a science fiction author ended. A few other stories trickled out over the next decade, and old stories were revised and published as novels. A new production of this period was one of Brackett's most critically acclaimed science fiction novels, The Long Tomorrow (1955). This novel describes an agrarian, deeply technophobic society that develops after a nuclear war.
But most of Brackett's writing after 1955 was for the more lucrative film and television markets. In 1963 and 1964, she briefly returned to her old Martian milieu with a pair of stories; "The Road to Sinharat" can be regarded as an affectionate farewell to the world of "Queen of the Martian Catacombs", while the other – with the intentionally ridiculous title of "Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon" – borders on parody.
After another hiatus of nearly a decade, Brackett returned to science fiction in the seventies with the publication of The Ginger Star (1974), The Hounds of Skaith (1974), and The Reavers of Skaith (1976), collected as The Book of Skaith in 1976. This trilogy brought Eric John Stark back for adventures upon the extrasolar planet of Skaith (rather than his old haunts of Mars and Venus).
Most of Brackett's science fiction can be characterized as space opera or planetary romance. Almost all of her planetary romances take place within a common invented universe, the Leigh Brackett Solar System, which contains richly detailed fictional versions of the consensus Mars and Venus of science fiction in the 1930s–1950s. Mars thus appears as a marginally habitable desert world, populated by ancient, decadent, and mostly humanoid races; Venus as a primitive, wet jungle planet, occupied by vigorous, primitive tribes and reptilian monsters. Brackett's Skaith combines elements of Brackett's other worlds with fantasy elements.
The fact that the settings of Brackett's stories range from a rocket-crowded interplanetary space to the superstitious backwaters of primitive or decadent planets allows her a great deal of scope for variation in style and subject matter. In a single story, Brackett can veer from space opera to hard-boiled detective fiction to Western to the borders of Celtic-inspired fantasy. Brackett cannot, therefore, be easily classified as a Sword and planet science fantasy writer; though swords and spears may show up in the most primitive regions of her planets, guns, blasters and electric-shock generators are more common weapons.
Though the influence of Edgar Rice Burroughs is apparent in Brackett's Mars stories, the differences between their versions of Mars are great. Brackett's Mars is set firmly in a world of interplanetary commerce and competition, and one of the most prominent themes of Brackett's stories is the clash of planetary civilizations; the stories both illustrate and criticize the effects of colonialism on civilizations which are either older or younger than those of the colonizers, and thus they have relevance to this day. Burroughs' heroes set out to remake entire worlds according to their own codes; Brackett's heroes (often anti-heroes) are at the mercy of trends and movements far bigger than they are.[1]
Screenwriter
Shortly after Brackett broke into science fiction writing, she also wrote her first screenplays. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by her novel No Good from a Corpse that he had his secretary call in "this guy Brackett" to help William Faulkner write the script for The Big Sleep (1946).[2] The film, starring Humphrey Bogart and written by Brackett, William Faulkner, and Jules Furthman, is considered one of the best movies ever made in the genre. However, after her marriage, Brackett took a long break from screenwriting.
When she returned to screenwriting in the mid-1950s, she wrote for both TV and movies. Howard Hawks hired her to write or co-write several John Wayne pictures, including Rio Bravo (1959), Hatari! (1962), El Dorado (1966) and Rio Lobo (1970). Because of her background with The Big Sleep, Robert Altman hired her to write his deconstruction of Raymond Chandler's stories, The Long Goodbye (1973).
The Empire Strikes Back
Brackett worked on the screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back. The movie won the Hugo Award in 1981. This script was a departure for Brackett, since until then, all of her science fiction had been in the form of novels and short stories.
The exact role which Brackett played in writing the script for Empire is the subject of some dispute. What is agreed on by all is that George Lucas asked Brackett to write the screenplay based on his story outline. It is also known that Brackett wrote a finished first draft which was delivered to Lucas shortly before Brackett's death from cancer on March 18, 1978. The screenplay was revised for filming by Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan, and both Brackett and Kasdan (though not Lucas) were given credit for the final script.
Many reviewers believed that they could detect traces of Brackett's influence in both the dialogue and the treatment of the space opera genre in Empire.[3] However, Laurent Bouzereau, in his book Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, states that Lucas disliked the direction of Brackett's screenplay and discarded it. He then produced two screenplays before turning the results over to Kasdan, who did not work directly with Brackett's script at all. By this scenario, Lucas' assignment of credit to Brackett was a mere courtesy or mark of respect for the work she had done during her illness.[4] Support for this view comes from Stephen Haffner, owner of the press that printed Martian Quest: The Early Brackett, who has read Brackett's script, and claims that—outside Lucas' storyline—nothing of Brackett's personal contributions survives in the finished movie.
Brackett's screenplay has never been published. According to Haffner, it can be read at the library of the Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, but may not be copied or borrowed off-site.
Bibliography
Short science fiction
1940–1941
Martian Quest (Astounding Science Fiction February 1940)
The Treasure of Ptakuth (Astounding April 1940)
The Stellar Legion (Planet Stories Winter 1940)
The Tapestry Gate (Strange Stories August 1940)
The Demons of Darkside (Startling Stories January 1941)
Water Pirate (Super Science Stories January 1941)
Interplanetary Reporter (Startling Stories May 1941)
The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter (Planet Stories Summer 1941) also published as The Dragon-Queen of Venus
Lord of the Earthquake (novelette; Science Fiction (magazine) June 1941)
No Man's Land in Space (novelette; Amazing Stories July 1941)
A World Is Born (Comet Stories July 1941)
Retreat to the Stars (Astonishing Stories November 1941)
1942-1944
Child of the Green Light (Super Science Stories February 1942)
The Sorcerer of Rhiannon (novelette; Astounding February 1942)
Child of the Sun (novelette; Planet Stories Spring 1942)
Out of the Sea (novelette; Astonishing Stories June 1942)
Cube from Space (Super Science Stories August 1942)
Outpost on Io (Planet Stories Winter 1942)
The Halfling (novelette; Astonishing Stories February 1943)
The Citadel of Lost Ships (Planet Stories March 1943)
The Blue Behemoth (Planet Stories May 1943)
Thralls of the Endless Night (Planet Stories Fall 1943)
The Jewel of Bas (novelette; Planet Stories Spring 1944)
The Veil of Astellar (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories Spring 1944)
Terror Out of Space (Planet Stories Summer 1944)
Shadow Over Mars (Startling Stories Fall 1944) published in book form as The Nemesis from Terra
1945-1950
The Vanishing Venusians (novelette; Planet Stories Spring 1945)
Lorelei of the Red Mist (novella; Planet Stories Summer 1946), with Ray Bradbury
The Moon That Vanished (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948)
The Beast-Jewel of Mars (novelette; Planet Stories Winter 1948)
Quest of the Starhope (Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1949)
Sea-Kings of Mars (Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949) published in book form as The Sword of Rhiannon
Queen of the Martian Catacombs (Planet Stories Summer 1949) expanded and published in book form as The Secret of Sinharat
Enchantress of Venus (novella; Planet Stories Fall 1949) also published as City of the Lost Ones
The Lake of the Gone Forever (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949)
The Dancing Girl of Ganymede (novelette; Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1950)
The Truants (novelette; Startling Stories July 1950)
The Citadel of Lost Ages (novella; Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1950)
1951-1955
Black Amazon of Mars (Planet Stories March 1951) expanded and published in book form as People of the Talisman
The Starmen of Llyrdis (Startling Stories March 1951)
The Woman from Altair (novelette; Startling Stories July 1951)
The Shadows ( Startling Stories February 1952)
The Last Days of Shandakor (novelette; Startling Stories April 1952)
Shannach - The Last (novelette; Planet Stories November 1952)
The Ark of Mars (Planet Stories September 1953) later published as part of the book Alpha Centauri or Die!
Mars Minus Bisha (Planet Stories January 1954)
Runaway (Startling Stories Spring 1954)
Teleportress of Alpha C (Planet Stories Winter 1954/1955) later published as part of the book Alpha Centauri or Die!
The Tweener (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955)
Last Call from Sector 9G (Planet Stories Summer 1955)
After 1955
The Other People (novelette; Venture Science Fiction Magazine March 1957) - also published as The Queer Ones
All the Colors of the Rainbow (novelette; Venture Science Fiction Magazine November 1957)
The Road to Sinharat (novelette; Amazing Stories May 1963)
Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1964)
Come Sing the Moons of Moravenn (The Other Side of Tomorrow, 1973)
How Bright the Stars (Flame Tree Planet: An Anthology of Religious Science-Fantasy, 1973)
Mommies and Daddies (Crisis, 1974)
Stark and the Star Kings (2005), with Edmond Hamilton (in the collection of the same name)
Science fiction novels
Shadow Over Mars (1951) - first published 1944; published in the U.S. as The Nemesis from Terra (1961)
The Starmen (1952) - also published as The Galactic Breed (1955, abridged), The Starmen of Llyrdis (1976)
The Sword of Rhiannon (1953) - first published as Sea-Kings of Mars (1949)
The Big Jump (1955)
The Long Tomorrow (1955)
Alpha Centauri or Die! (1963) - fixup of The Ark of Mars (1953) and Teleportress of Alpha C (1954)
The Secret of Sinharat and People of the Talisman (1964) - expansions of Queen of the Martian Catacombs (1949) and Black Amazon of Mars (1951), respectively, packaged back-to-back as an Ace Double novel; republished under one title as Eric John Stark, Outlaw of Mars (1982)
Skaith novels
The Ginger Star (1974) - first published as a two-part serial in Worlds of If, February and April 1974
The Hounds of Skaith (1974)
The Reavers of Skaith (1976)
Science fiction collections
The Coming of the Terrans (1967)
Includes The Beast-Jewel of Mars, Mars Minus Bisha, The Last Days of Shandakor, Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon, and The Road to Sinharat.
The Halfling and Other Stories (1973)
Includes The Halfling, The Dancing Girl of Ganymede, The Citadel of Lost Ages, All the Colors of the Rainbow, The Shadows, Enchantress of Venus, and The Lake of the Gone Forever.
The Book of Skaith (1976) - omnibus edition of the three Skaith novels
The Best of Leigh Brackett (1977), ed. Edmond Hamilton
Includes The Jewel of Bas, The Vanishing Venusians, The Veil of Astellar, The Moon that Vanished, Enchantress of Venus, The Woman from Altair, The Last Days of Shandakor, Shannach — The Last, The Tweener, and The Queer Ones.
Martian Quest: The Early Brackett (2000) - Haffner Press
Includes all of Brackett's early short stories published up to March 1943.
Stark and the Star Kings (2005), with Edmond Hamilton
Includes Queen of the Martian Catacombs, Enchantress of Venus, Black Amazon of Mars, Stark and the Star Kings (collaboration with Hamilton)
Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories (2005) - Volume 46 in Gollancz's Fantasy Masterworks series
Includes The Sorcerer of Rhiannon, The Jewel of Bas, Terror out of Space, Lorelei of the Red Mist, The Moon that Vanished, Sea-Kings of Mars, Queen of the Martian Catacombs, Enchantress of Venus, Black Amazon of Mars, The Last Days of Shandakor, The Tweener, and The Road to Sinharat
Lorelei of the Red Mist (2007) - Haffner Press
Includes The Blue Behemoth, Thralls of the Endless Night, The Jewel of Bas, The Veil of Astellar, Terror Out of Space, The Vanishing Venusians, Lorelei of the Red Mist, The Moon That Vanished, The Beast-Jewel of Mars, Quest of the Starhope, The Lake of the Gone Forever, and The Dancing Girl of Ganymede
Science fiction, as editor
The Best of Planet Stories No. 1 (anthology; 1975)
The Best of Edmond Hamilton (collection; 1977)
Screenwriter
The Vampire's Ghost (with John K. Butler), 1945
Crime Doctor's Manhunt (with Eric Taylor), 1946
The Big Sleep (with William Faulkner and Jules Furthman), 1946
Rio Bravo (with Jules Furthman and B.H. McCampbell), 1959
Gold of the Seven Saints (with Leonard Freeman), 1961
Hatari! (with Harry Kurnitz), 1962
Man's Favorite Sport? (uncredited), 1964
El Dorado, 1967
Rio Lobo (with Burton Wohl), 1970
The Long Goodbye, 1973
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (with Lawrence Kasdan), 1979
Other genres
No Good from a Corpse (crime novel; 1944)
Stranger at Home (crime novel; 1946) - ghost-writer for the actor George Sanders
An Eye for an Eye (crime novel; 1957) - adapted for television as Markham (1959-60; CBS)
The Tiger Among Us (crime novel; 1957; UK 1960 as Fear No Evil), filmed as 13 West Street (1962; dir. Philip Leacock)
Follow the Free Wind (western novel; 1963) - received the Spur Award from Western Writers of America
Rio Bravo (western novel; 1959) - novelization based on the screenplay by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett
Silent Partner (crime novel; 1969)
See also
Eric John Stark
Leigh Brackett Solar System
References
^ Valdron, Den. "Colonial Barsoom: Leigh Brackett". ERBzine.
^ "Howard Hawks". Howard Hawks (subject) Richard Schickel (director/writer) Sydney Pollack (narrator). The Men Who Made The Movies. 1973.
^ Hart, Stephen. "Galactic Gasbag". Salon.com.
^ Perry, Robert Michael. "A Certain Point of View". Echo Station. "A review of Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays written and compiled by Laurent Bouzereau"
External links
Leigh Brackett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Leigh Brackett at the Internet Movie Database
Moorcock, Michael (13 June 2002). "Queen of the Martian Mysteries: An Appreciation of Leigh Brackett". Fantastic Metropolis website. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
Liukkonen, Petri; Pesonen, Ari. "Leigh (Douglass) Brackett (1915-1978)". Pegasos. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
Webster, Bud. "Past Masters: Gats, Six-Guns and Blasters". Helix, a speculative fiction quarterly. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
Categories: 1915 births | 1978 deaths | Leigh Brackett | American science fiction writers | American fantasy writers | American mystery writers | Western (genre) writers | American novelists | American screenwriters | People from Los Angeles, California | Women screenwriters | Worldcon Guests of Honor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Brackett
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Leigh (Douglass) Brackett (1915-1978) - Petri Liukkonen : z non-fiction - bibliography - 3.5
A brief overview and bibliography focusing on movies and novels.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/brackett.htm
13.
Fantastic Fiction - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - bibliography - 4.0
Bibliography of work, including books containing some short stories. Also some cover images.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/leigh-brackett/
14.
Webscription.net - Leigh Brackett : publisher - z in print - 5.0
Publisher of a large amount of Brackett (and Hamilton) work electronically. Highly recommended.
http://www.webscription.net/s-139-leigh-brackett.aspx
15.
Planet Stories - Leigh Brackett : publisher - z in print - 5.0
Publisher of several of Brackett's longer planetary romance works.
http://paizo.com/store/paizo/planetStories
16.
Haffner Press - Leigh Brackett : publisher - 4.5 - z in print
Publisher focused on hardback collectible work. In Brackett's case, focusing on the short stories. There are also Hamilton titles to come. Three books so far. I have not seen these.
The page also includes some short biographical and bibliographical information.
http://www.haffnerpress.com/lbql.html#LB-HP
17.
Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - award - 4.0
The 2005 recipient, their page also includes a bibliography.
http://www.cordwainer-smith.com/leighbrackett.htm
18.
Martian Elegy - Nicola Griffith : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
The introduction to the Planet Stories edition of The Sword Of Rhiannon.
19.
Who Is Eric John Stark? - F. Paul Wilson : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
The introduction to the Planet Stories edition of The Hounds Of Skaith.
20.
Roadmap To the Stars - Ben Bova : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
The introduction to the Planet Stories edition of The Ginger Star.
21.
From Stark To Star Wars - George Lucas : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
The introduction to the Planet Stories edition of The Reavers Of Skaith.
22.
Stark Rides Again - Michael Moorcock : z non-fiction - 4.5 - introduction
The introduction to the Planet Stories edition of The Ginger Star, with some personal reminiscing.
23.
B B Brackett and Bradbury 1944 - Ray Bradbury : z non-fiction - introduction - 3.5
Brief introduction to the hardback collection of all Brackett's crime fiction, No Good From A Corpse, from Dennis McMillan.
24.
Epiphany - Michael Connelly : z non-fiction - afterword - 3.5
Afterword to the No Good From A Corpse collection talking about youthful inspiration watching Brackett's Marlowe.
25.
A Leigh Brackett Bibliography - Robin Smiley : z non-fiction - 5.0 - bibliography
Page 563, No Good From A Corpse, says it is from Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine.
Useful for knowing what obscure movies and tv she worked on.
26.
Story-Teller Of Many Worlds - Edmond Hamilton : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
Introduction to The Best Of Leigh Brackett.
27.
Freebase - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - 3.5 - encyclopedia
Bare bones encyclopedia type entry.
http://www.freebase.com/view/en/leigh_brackett
28.
IMDB - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - bibliography - 4.0
Filmography information.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102824/
29.
Film Reference - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - bibliography - 4.0
Film centred bibliography, does include details of some non-fiction by and about her.
http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Bo-Ce/Brackett-Leigh.html
30.
Leigh Brackett: American Writer - John .L. Carr : z non-fiction - study - 0.0
An article from Locus magazine.
31.
Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton: A Working Bibliography - Gordon Benson Jr : z non-fiction - bibliography - 0.0
San Bernardino, 1988.
32.
Introduction - Edmond Hamilton : z non-fiction - introduction - 3.0
One page in the Ace Double of The People of the Talisman and the Secret Of Sinharat.
33.
Leigh Brackett: Interview - Paul Walker : z non-fiction - interview - 0.0
Speaking of Science Fiction: The Paul Walker Interviews, (1978, Paul Walker, LUNA Publications, 0-930346-01-7, $6.95, 425pp, tp, coll)
34.
Sword Woman - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - introduction - 0.0
Introduction to the Robert E. Howard collection.
Sword Woman, (May 1977, Robert E. Howard, Zebra Books, 0-89083-261-7, $1.50, 176pp, pb, coll) Cover: Stephen Fabian
Sword Woman, (Dec 1979, Robert E. Howard, Berkley, 0-425-04445-9, $1.95, 169pp, pb, coll) Cover: Ken W. Kelly
Sword Woman, (Oct 1986, Robert E. Howard, Ace, 0-441-79279-0, $2.95, 169pp, pb, coll) Cover: Ken W. Kelly
35.
Flashback: Leigh Brackett - Jill Komensky : z non-fiction - study - 0.0
(bg) Pulp Eternity Magazine #1 1998
36.
The Creators of Science Fiction 5: Leigh Brackett - Brian Stableford : z non-fiction - article - 0.0
(ar) Interzone Feb 1996
37.
Quotations From - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - quotes - 4.0
Some lines from some of the movies.
http://www.poemhunter.com/quotations/famous.asp?people=Leigh%20Brackett
38.
Western Writers Of America Award - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - award - 3.5
1963
Novel: Follow the Free Wind by Leigh Brackett (Doubleday)
39.
Leigh Brackett's The Long Tomorrow: A Quest for the Future America - Diane Parkin-Speer : z non-fiction - 0.0 - essay
Extrapolation 26 (1985):190-200.
40.
Eric John Stark - Algis Budrys : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
The introduction to Baen's 'The Eric John Stark Saga' giving an overview.
http://www.webscription.net/chapters/0345318277/0345318277.htm
41.
Letting My Imagination Go - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - introduction - 3.5
Written in 1969, used as the introduction to the Fantasy Masterworks Sea-Kings Of Mars.
42.
The Enchantress Of Worlds - Stephen Jones : z non-fiction - 4.5 - afterword
A lengthy afterword to the Fantasy Masterworks Sea-Kings of Mars, detailing the writer.
43.
John W. Campbell Appreciation - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - 0.0 - essay
An essay in : Locus, July 22, 1971.
44.
Queen Of the Martian Mysteries an Appreciation Of Leigh Brackett - Michael Moorcock : z non-fiction - 4.5 - introduction
A lengthy one, too, and used as the Introduction to the Haffner edition Martian Quest.
http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/brackett/1/
45.
Leigh Brackett - Don D'Ammassa : z non-fiction - 3.5 - encyclopedia
Entry from the Literary Movements Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
46.
Author's Introduction to Stark and the Star Kings - Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
"Twenty-six-and-a-half years ago, when we got married, we thought collaboration would be an easy and delightful thing. We could, we thought, begin now to turn out twice as many stories with half the effort.
We tried it.
Once."
http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1893887162/1893887162.htm
47.
Science Fiction Oral History Association - Rick Jackson : z non-fiction - audio - 0.0
Apparently there are recordings of a couple of panels Leigh Brackett was involved in, on cassette, so don't know if they are obtainable or usable.
http://www.sfoha.org/
48.
Who Is This Curt Phillips Person Anyway? - Curt Phillips : z non-fiction - 5.0 - fans
"Do you like Edgar Rice Burroughs?" a voice next to me asked. I looked up at a pleasant looking older woman who'd sat down nearby. I said that I did, and she asked if I'd read any of his Martian series. Well, *this* was interesting. This lady who looked a little like my grandmother knew about Burroughs, and as we talked it turned out that she knew a lot more about Burroughs than I did. And Ray Bradbury too. And also Heinlein and all the other writers that I liked. I don't know how long we talked, but I was sitting there explaining a famous Bradbury story - while she listened politely and nodded in the right places - when someone walked over to her and handed her a book. She took a pen from her purse and wrote something in it and handed it back. And then someone else came over with a whole shopping bag full of books. Intrigued by this, I edged over to see what she was writing and learned that my new friend, this grandmotherly lady who'd so politely listened to me explain Ray Bradbury, was Leigh Brackett.
Later that afternoon I got her to sign a book for me too. It's still one of my prized posessions."
http://www.freewebs.com/absarka/
49.
Shapers Of Science Fiction Leigh Brackett - Robert Michael Sabela : z non-fiction - fanzine - 3.5
A short article in a fanzine called 'Wondrous Stories'.
http://efanzines.com/VoP/VoP118.pdf
50.
Tony Macklin Interview - Leigh Brackett : 5.0 - interview - audio
Almost fell over when I saw this. Audio, over an hour long. Talks about her writing career and how she got started, both SF and movies. Great stuff.
http://tonymacklin.net/audio/brackett.mp3
51.
Rio Bravo Screenplay - Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman : z script - screenplay - 4.0
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18500890/Rio-Bravo
52.
The Big Sleep - Leigh Brackett and William Faulkner and Jules Furthman : z script - screenplay - 4.0
http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Big_Sleep.pdf
53.
The Empire Strikes Back - Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan : z script - screenplay - 4.0
http://www.scenebyscene.net/v/tesbscript.txt
54.
Leigh Brackett - Ed Gorman : z non-fiction - 3.5 - article
A short blog article about movie writing.
http://newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com/2008/06/leigh-brackett.html
55.
The Connoisseur's Guide to the Scripts of the Star Wars Saga - Bjorn Wahlberg : z non-fiction - 4.5 - study
Includes some notes on what Brackett did on The Empire Strikes Back.
http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/writings/cguide.htm
56.
All About the Vampire's Ghost - Doug Gibson : z non-fiction - 4.5 - fans
Never seen this movie available anywhere, or on anywhere, so here's some good info :-
http://planninecrunch.blogspot.com/2009/04/all-about-vampires-ghost.html
57.
Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - obituary - 0.0
Ran across a reference today to:
From the July/Aug 1978 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Leigh Brackett Hamilton: A Memoir, ob, Jul/Aug 1978, IASFM, V2N4 #8
58.
Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett - Dave Smith : z non-fiction - 5.0 - fans
"Among my most congenial memories are those of the mid 1970s, when I knew Ed and Leigh Hamilton during the last few years they were alive."
http://blog.davidcsmith.net/2009/11/03/edmond-hamilton-and-leigh-brackett/
59.
Leigh Brackett Biography : z non-fiction - 3.5 - biography
A short article at biographybase.
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Brackett_Leigh.html
60.
Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton : study - z photograph - 4.0
Photograph from ERBzine.
http://www.erbzine.com/mag17/lb41h3.jpg
61.
Eric John Stark - Dalmazio Frau : z artwork - 3.5 - fans
Complete with Hounds of Skaith.
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/stark.jpg
62.
The Secret Of Sinharat - Andrew Hou : professional - z cover - 4.0
Alternate version of the Paizo cover.
http://th01.deviantart.net/fs23/300W/f/2007/343/f/6/The_Secret_of_Sinharat_by_nJoo.jpg
63.
Martian Series - Pierre Soulages : professional - z cover - 4.0
A French cover to a Brackett book apparently.
http://livingrope.deviantart.com/art/Martian-cover-91791381
64.
Young Leigh Brackett : study - z photograph - 4.0
A photograph.
http://www.groovium.com/coming_soon/images/Groovium_15_4be1_Young_Leig.jpeg
65.
La Spada di Rhiannon - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
An Italian cover.
http://www.fantascienza.net/uraniandco/U0131.jpg
66.
Les Terriens Arrivent! - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
French version cover.
http://gotomars.free.fr/covers/pp5388.jpg
67.
I Canali di Marte - Leigh Brackett : professional - 2.5 - z cover
An italian cover (small).
A urania classic.
http://i20.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/11/cd/78b5_12.JPG
http://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/Cov/08/08236.jpg
68.
Le Secret de Sinharat - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 4.0
French cover. Martian Catacombs turn your purple?
http://rocbo.net/litter/sf/img/abcd/LeSecretDeSinharat_small.jpg
69.
Leigh Brackett's Mars : 4.5 - z artwork - professional
A map, in german. Also in Flash.
http://www.fantasy-atlas.org/karten/brackett1.html
70.
Het Zwaard Van Rhiannon - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 4.0
http://www.deboekenplank.nl/naslag/aut/b/img/b2091_1978.jpg
Dutch cover for this book.
http://www.deboekenplank.nl/naslag/aut/b/img/b2091_1978.jpg
71.
Terra Fantasy Wachfer am Todesfor - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 4.0
German cover? Not sure what this is from.
http://www.gps-recordstore.de/grafik_fantasy_terra/Terra_41.jpg
72.
De Halfling En Andere Verhalen - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 4.0
Note that this cover art is on my Dell paperback of C. L. Moore's Judgment Night collection.
http://www.deboekenplank.nl/naslag/aut/b/img/b2086_1981.jpg
73.
L'epee de Rhiannon - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
A French cover from a Brackett series.
http://gotomars.free.fr/covers/pp5317.jpg
74.
L'epee de Rhiannon - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
Another French version.
http://gotomars.free.fr/covers/marab503.jpg
75.
Le Peuple du Talisman - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
A French cover.
http://gotomars.free.fr/images/tali1.jpg
76.
Livre de Mars - Phillipe Druillet : 4.5 - z artwork - professional
Interior illustrations, several :-
http://gotomars.free.fr/new/cla_18.jpg
http://gotomars.free.fr/new/cla_18.jpg
http://gotomars.free.fr/new/cla_18bis.jpg
http://gotomars.free.fr/new/cla_18bis.jpg
77.
Le Secret de Sinharat - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
Another cover from a French series.
http://gotomars.free.fr/covers/pp5336.jpg
http://gotomars.free.fr/covers/pp5336.jpg
78.
Le Peuple du Talisman - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
Another in the French cover series.
http://gotomars.free.fr/covers/pp5350.jpg
79.
La Porte vers L'Infini - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.0
French cover art.
http://gotomars.free.fr/covers/porte.jpg
80.
Oltre L'Infinito - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.0
An Italian cover.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e393/ncoltri/Copertine_1/Cover0034-2.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e393/ncoltri/Copertine_1/Cover0034-2.jpg
81.
Las Ciudades Perdidas de Marte - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 4.0
Spanish cover version I think.
http://www.estudioenescarlata.com/images/portadas/2000000285047.jpg
82.
Das Vermachtnis Der Marsgotter - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 4.0
German cover for The Sword of Rhiannon.
http://www.dieter-von-reeken.de/utogross/ug046.jpg
83.
Leigh Brackett at a convention costume judging : z photograph - fans - 4.0
One girl with cape, one Robin.
http://efanzines.com/EK/eI31/judges.jpg
84.
The Reavers Of Skaith - Chris Achilleos : 4.5 - z artwork - professional
Illustration for this book cover.
http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/gallerie/fantasy/fantasy.html?TopFrame=/main/gallerie/fantasy/pages/red_city.html
http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/gallerie/fantasy/images/red_city.jpg
85.
The Ginger Star - Chris Achilleos : z artwork - professional - 4.0
A cover for this book.
http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/bookcovers/fantasy/images/ginger1.jpg
http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/bookcovers/fantasy/images/ginger1.jpg
86.
The Hounds Of Skaith - Chris Achilleos : z artwork - professional - 4.0
The second in his Skaith cover series.
http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/bookcovers/fantasy/images/hounds2.jpg
http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/bookcovers/fantasy/images/hounds2.jpg
87.
Los Perros de Skaith - Leigh Brackett : professional - z cover - 3.5
A cover from this edition of the Hounds Of Skaith. Small version.
http://www.tierrasdeacero.com/beta/bib/lib2151.jpg
88.
La Legge de Vardia : professional - z cover - 3.5
An Italian cover art.
http://www.fantascienza.net/uraniandco/U0026.jpg
89.
The Writer as Nonentity - Tom Howard : z non-fiction - 3.5 - article
Touching on why Brackett had some recognition, whereas most writers do not, in the movie realm.
http://www.crimefactory.net/cfOLM-003.html
90.
The Science-Fiction Field - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - 4.5 - article
At article from an old writer's magazine - Writer's Digest, July 1944
Reprinted in Haffner's Lorelei Of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances.
She talks about writing science fiction stories at that point in time.
91.
Stark and the Star Kings Introduction - John Jakes : z non-fiction - introduction - 3.0
An introduction to Haffner's Stark and the Star Kings volume, telling of the little he remembers about meeting Hamilton and Brackett at a convention, and their inspiration to him as a kid.
92.
Leigh Brackett - Harry Turtledove : z non-fiction - introduction - 4.0
An introduction to the Haffner Lorelei Of the Red Mist volume, talking of his admiration and things old-fashioned.
93.
The Vampire's Ghost - Leigh Brackett and John K. Butler : fantasy - z movie - 0.0
Republic Pictures, 1945. 59 min. Black and White.
Not seen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038214/
94.
Crime Doctor's Manhunt - Leigh Brackett : crime - z movie - 0.0
Columbia, 1946. 61 mins. Black and White
The Crime Doctor is apparently a multimedia series character = see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Doctor_(character)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038430/
95.
Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman : 5.0 - western - z movie
Armarda, 1959. 141 mins.
Classic Western starring John Wayne. A great movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053221/
96.
Gold of the Seven Saints - Leigh Brackett and Leonard Freeman : 3.5 - western - z movie
Warner, 1961. 88 mins. Black and White.
Amusing treasure hunting dodgy bloke buddy movie with rivals who'd like to perforate 'em.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_of_the_Seven_Saints
97.
Hatari! - Leigh Brackett : western - z movie - 4.0
1962, Paramount.
A John Wyane movie about capturing animals in Africa for zoos before tranquiliser guns were available. Lots of chasing in vehicles and roping, and funny antics with monkeys and baby elephants and pet leopards to go with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatari!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056059/
98.
The Big Sleep - Leigh Brackett and William Faulkner and Jules Furthman : 4.5 - crime - z movie
1946, Warner.
Classic crime movie adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel about detective Philip Marlowe.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep_(1946_film)
99.
El Dorado - Leigh Brackett : 3.5 - western - z movie
Paramount, 1967. 126 mins.
A John Wayne western with a lot of similarities to Rio Bravo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061619/
100.
Rio Lobo - Leigh Brackett and Burton Wohl : 3.0 - western - z movie
1970, National General. 114 mins.
A just after the Civil War Western with John Wayne.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Lobo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066301/
101.
The Empire Strikes Back - Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan : z movie - 4.0 - science fiction
1980, 20th Century Fox. 124 mins.
The sequel to Star Wars.
Here's a quote from the Brackett entry on Wikipedia about this: -
"However, Laurent Bouzereau, in his book Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, states that Lucas disliked the direction of Brackett's screenplay and discarded it. He then produced two screenplays before turning the results over to Kasdan, who did not work directly with Brackett's script at all. By this scenario, Lucas' assignment of credit to Brackett was a mere courtesy or mark of respect for the work she had done during her illness.[4] Support for this view comes from Stephen Haffner, owner of the press that printed Martian Quest: The Early Brackett, who has read Brackett's script, and claims that—outside Lucas' storyline—nothing of Brackett's personal contributions survives in the finished movie.
Brackett's screenplay has never been published. According to Haffner, it can be read at the library of the Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, but may not be copied or borrowed off-site."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search?search=Star%20Wars%20Episode%20V%3A%20The%20Empire%20Strikes%20Back
102.
The Long Goodbye - Leigh Brackett : 2.0 - crime - z movie
1973, E-K Corporation. 112 mins.
A completely different take on the Chandler novel adaptation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Goodbye_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070334/
103.
Archer The Body Beautiful - Leigh Brackett : crime - 0.0 - z television
13 February 1975 (Season 1, Episode 3), TV episode, unseen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0514276/
104.
The Rockford Files The Four Pound Brick - Leigh Brackett and Juanita Bartlett : crime - 0.0 - z television
21 February 1975 (Season 1, Episode 21)
I have seen some Rockford files episodes, don't remember if this was one of them.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0688066/
105.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Terror at Northfield - Leigh Brackett : crime - 0.0 - z television
11 October 1963 (Season 2, Episode 3).
Television episode. Unseen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0394092/
106.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Death of a Cop : crime - 0.0 - z television
24 May 1963 (Season 1, Episode 32)
Television episode. Unseen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0394036/
107.
Checkmate Face in the Window - Leigh Brackett : crime - 0.0 - z television
22 October 1960 (Season 1, Episode 5)
Television episode. Unseen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539617/
108.
Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett : western - 0.0 - z novel
Rio Bravo, (Jan 1959, Leigh Brackett, Bantam, #1893, $0.25, 154+6pp, pb)
Novelisation of the movie. Unread.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?110549
109.
An Eye For An Eye - Leigh Brackett : crime - 0.0 - z novel
An Eye for an Eye, (Dec 1957, Leigh Brackett, Doubleday, 186pp, hc) Cover: Alice Smith
An Eye for an Eye, (Dec 1957, Leigh Brackett, Doubleday, 186pp, hc) Cover: Alice Smith
An Eye for an Eye, (1958, Leigh Brackett, T. V. Boardman, hc)
An Eye for an Eye, (Oct 1961, Leigh Brackett, Bantam, #A2308, $0.35, 138pp, pb)
Crime novel. Unread.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?110503
110.
Silent Partner - Leigh Brackett : crime - 0.0 - z novel
Silent Partner, (1969, Leigh Brackett, Putnam, 191pp, hc)
Crime novel. Unread.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?110505
111.
The Dragon-Queen Of Jupiter - Leigh Brackett : duplicate - 4.0 - z variant
Planet Stories, Summer 1941, (May 1941, Malcolm Reiss, Love Romances, Inc.; New York, $0.20, 128pp, Pulp, magazine)
7000 words - (The Dragon-Queen of Venus is, anyway)
This is the same story, with a few errors of geography in it, the only difference is a few mentions of Jupiter in the original, see :-
http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com/2009/12/where-are-leigh-bracketts-dragon-queens.html
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?76897
112.
The Ark Of Mars - Leigh Brackett : mars - 3.0 - z novella
Planet Stories, September 1953, (Sep 1953, Jack O'Sullivan, Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.; Stamford, CT, $0.25, 116pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Kelly Freas - [VERIFIED]
American Science Fiction Magazine, #26, (1954, uncredited, Malian Press, -/9, ph, magazine)
I've read this as incorporated into Alpha Centauri or Die! So no length measurement other than it is likely a novella, but could be a long novelette, as Alpha Centauri or Die is 40,000 words, so about half that. Rating is from what I read in the above.
The National Library has a copy :- http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1587289
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?77141
113.
Teleportress Of Alpha C - Leigh Brackett : 3.5 - z novella - interstellar
Planet Stories, Winter 1954-55, (Dec 1954, Jack O'Sullivan, Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.; Stamford, CT, $0.25, 100pp, Pulp, magazine)
I've read this as incorporated into Alpha Centauri or Die! So no length measurement other than it is likely a novella, but could be a long novelette, as Alpha Centauri or Die is 40,000 words, so about half that. Rating is from what I read in the above.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?77170
114.
Follow the Free Wind - Leigh Brackett : 3.5 - western - z novel
Follow the Free Wind, (1963, Leigh Brackett, Doubleday, $2.95, 215pp, hc) Cover: Ray Houlihan
Follow the Free Wind, (Jun 1974, Leigh Brackett, Ballantine, 0-345-24013-8, $1.25, 213pp, pb) Cover: Frank C. McCarthy
There's also a Large Print version from 2002 from Center Point Pub. (the one I read).
This won the Western Writers of America award.
http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com/2009/05/western-writers-of-america-award-leigh.html
A novelised version of the life of James Beckwourth, an half-breed that got into more adventures than you could imagine. Born just before the start of the 19th century, he got to live through the expansion west and more up into the 1860s.
A trailblazer with a general, a mountain man, after helping out the general's money man, a beaver trapper, a Crow warchief, running shops and trading posts, and an army scout.
Not to mention a horse thief, warrior and more. In fact, you would have been hard pressed to completely make all this up.
Towards the ends of the novel a journalist comes looking for him, wanting to recount his story, as other famous adventurers such as Kit Carson had books that sold well.
Looking it up, this book came out of these discussions:The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, Pioneer and Chief of the Crow Nation by Thomas Bonner.
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Stranger At Home - Leigh Brackett : crime - 4.0 - z novel
Stranger at Home, (1946, George Sanders, Simon Schuster, 228pp, hc)
60000 words.
A man comes back home to his wealth and his wife and a big old hound or two after a few years of hard labor. A result of amnesia after an assault on a fishing trip with some friends.
His return starts a cycle of violence and murder among the group of friends on his original trip'
“Aha!” said the M.E. “Enter the femme fatale.”
...
'By this time the reporters had arrived. Somehow the rumor had got around that Vickers had turned up silently out of the night, and that, coupled with the honey-sweet smell of murder, had brought them swarming.'
...
Vickers said, “You wanted my wife.”
“Yes.”
“You tried to kill me.”
“Yes.”
“Twice.”
“Yes.”
Vick himself an the police have to try and work out the twists in this case before he or anyone else gets hurt, if they can.
A little California noir.
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The Tiger Among Us - Leigh Brackett : crime - 3.5 - z novel
The Tiger Among Us, (1957, Leigh Brackett, Doubleday, 191pp, hc)
The Tiger Among Us, (1958, Leigh Brackett, Boardman, 187pp)
Fear No Evil, (1960, Leigh Brackett, Corgi, #SC902, 2/6, 189pp, pb)
13 West Street, (May 1962, Leigh Brackett, Bantam, #J2323, $0.40, 149pp, pb)
The Tiger Among Us, (1989, Leigh Brackett, Simon and Schuster (Blue Murder), pb)
The Tiger Among Us, (1991, Leigh Brackett, Magna Print, 1-85057-826-5, 297pp, pb)
The Tiger Among Us, (1991, Leigh Brackett, Magna Print, 1-85057-825-7, 297pp, hc (cased))
The Tiger Among Us, (Jun 2001, Leigh Brackett, Wildside Press, 1-58715-468-4, 192pp, tp)
Gang beating breakdown revenge.
An ordinary bloke goes for a walk, and ends up the target of a gang that likes to inflict violence on the less fortunate.
Set in a town in Ohio.
His recovery fractures his family for a time, and with the assistance of a sympathetic cop, a private detective and a bartender, tries to track the group down.
Their activities and crimes escalate as he searches for a breakthrough.
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No Good From A Corpse - Leigh Brackett : crime - 4.0 - z novel
No Good from a Corpse, (1944, Leigh Brackett, Coward-McCann, hc)
No Good from a Corpse, (1944, Leigh Brackett, Quinn : Handi-Books, #32, $0.15, 143pp, pb)
No Good from a Corpse, (Jan 1999, Leigh Brackett, Dennis McMillan, 0-939767-32-5, $35.00, xi+564pp, hc, coll) Cover: Joe Servello
No Good from a Corpse, (Jul 2004, Leigh Brackett, Blackmask Online, 1-59654-026-5, $14.95, 156pp, pb)
No Good from a Corpse, (Aug 2007, Leigh Brackett, Blackmask.com, 978-1-59654-017-0, $7.95, ebook)
70000 words.
I had read elsewhere that this was rather Chandlerian, and it seems that is certainly the case.
The private investigator in this novel is out to help people, even if he doesn't particularly like them, and even after getting shot, bashed, abused, lied to, and more.
He has made friends (and feels a lot more than that) about a nightclub singer who has an inability to engage in any sort of monogamy, serial, or parallel. He realises that she has a rather dodgy past, and when he gets a whispered phone threat, things turn bad.
This leads to an investigation where he is a murder suspect, as well as trying to clear the name of another man and childhood friend whose innocence he is sure of. Apart from these two gentleman, it appears that almost anyone else that appears could have been involved.
A non-obvious, well done mystery follows, with all sorts of characters, and a witness and lead list that keeps getting terminally shortened.
Quite well done.
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The City Of the Lost Ones - Leigh Brackett : duplicate - 4.0 - z variant
Race to the Stars, (Oct 1958, Leo Margulies, Oscar J. Friend, Crest, #s245, $0.35, 224pp, pb, anth)
This is a variant title for Enchantress of Venus.
119.
Fear No Evil - Leigh Brackett : duplicate - 3.5 - z variant
Fear No Evil, (1960, Leigh Brackett, Corgi, #SC902, 2/6, 189pp, pb)
This is a variant title for The Tiger Among Us.
http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com/2009/12/tiger-among-us-leigh-brackett.html
120.
13 West Street - Leigh Brackett : duplicate - 3.5 - z variant
13 West Street, (May 1962, Leigh Brackett, Bantam, #J2323, $0.40, 149pp, pb)
This is a variant title for The Tiger Among Us.
http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com/2009/12/tiger-among-us-leigh-brackett.html
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The Other People - Leigh Brackett : duplicate - 3.0 - z variant
Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series, (1958, T. E. Dikty, Advent: Publishers, $3.50, 258pp, hc, anth)
Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels: 9th Series, (Mar 1958, T. E. Dikty, Advent: Publishers : SFBC, $1.20, 258pp, hc, anth)
This is a variant title for The Queer Ones.
122.
The Galactic Breed - Leigh Brackett : duplicate - 3.5 - z variant
Conquest of the Space Sea : The Galactic Breed, (1955, Robert Moore Williams, Leigh Brackett, Ace Double, #D-99, $0.35, 151+168pp, dos, omni)
Variant title for The Starmen Of Lyrdis.
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The Starmen - Leigh Brackett : duplicate - 3.5 - z variant
Startling Stories, March 1951, (Mar 1951, Sam Merwin, Jr., Better Publications, Inc.; Springfield, MA, $0.25, 164pp, Pulp, magazine)
The Starmen, (1952, Leigh Brackett, Gnome Press, $2.75, 213pp, hc)
I Romanzi di Urania #26, (Oct 1953, Giorgio Monicelli, Mondadori (Italy), #26, 150 Lit, 160pp, Digest, magazine)
The Starmen, (1954, Leigh Brackett, Museum, 8/6, 168pp, hc)
Variant title for The Starmen Of Lyrdis.
124.
The Story Behind the Story - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - article - 4.0
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Spring 1944, (May 1944, Oscar J. Friend, Standard Magazines, Inc., $0.15, 116pp, Pulp, magazine)
"You want to know how I came to write THE VEIL OF ASTELLAR? Well, one day I happened to read Dunsany's tale, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN EAR-RINGS. It's a fascinating little thing, and the end stuck in my mind: "And he said, 'I work in the Sargasso Sea, and I am the last of the pirates, the last left alive.' And I shook him by the hand I do not know how many times. I said: 'We feared you were dead.' And he answered sadly: 'No. No. I have sinned too deeply on the Spanish seas: I am not allowed to die. 'I have sinned too deeply. I am not allowed to die.'
What more do you need for a story germ? It worked in me like yeast in dough. The Sargasso Sea is old and cramped, but in the gulfs of space there must be worlds and ways of sinning on them that man on this mundane pebble has never thought of. I got to thinking about that, and gradually the jewel-crystal world of Astellar and its black gateway beyond space and time took shape, and with it Shirina and the Veil and the golden Cloud, and the men who were afraid to die. One man in particular—Stephen Vance, the Judas goat who led the sheep to slaughter. The story grew easily, and the deeper I got into it . .
Presently you're in another space, another time. You can take over any body that pleases you, for as long as you want. You can go between planets, between suns, between galaxies, just by thnking about it. You can see things, do things, taste experiences that all the languages of our space-time ricele continuum put together have no words for.
Memories—shade under sums that never burned for you. And the interlocking universes are infinite. . .
Stephen Vance was afraid to die. But immortality is a long time. . . .
I wish I knew the way to Astellar.—Leigh Brackett."
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And As For the Admixture of Cultures on Imaginary Worlds - Leigh Brackett : z non-fiction - 0.0 - essay
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