judith@proper.UUCP (Judith Abrahms) (09/18/85)
In article <> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: > [Remarks about SIDNEY'S COMET, an SF novel by Brian Herbert, son of Frank...] >By the way, this brings up a topic we could fuss over -- parent-child >groupings of SF writers. Anybody know of any other SF writers whose parent(s) >were also SF Writers, or who has a child who writes SF professionally? > >The only parent-child combination that comes to mind in SF is Fritz >Lieber Sr. and Jr., and the Senior was an actor, not a writer...] > I can think of only a couple offhand. Kurt Vonnegut's son Mark wrote a book about his nervous breakdown, called _Eden_Express_ I think, in the early '70s or thereabout. Vonnegut Sr. appears to Mark in a dream in one poignantly funny section set in a nuthouse. It was a fine book. I haven't seen anything by Mark V. since. William Burroughs had a son, who died some time recently. Under the name William Burroughs III, he published two novels: _Speed_ and _Kentucky_Ham_. He was good! _Speed_ appears to be slightly fictionalized autobiography. WSBIII sounded to me like a young, innocent, idealistic WSB Sr., only on speed and psychedelics AND heroin, instead of just opiates. _Speed_ is an amusing and hair-raising picture of the teen-agers' drug world in the late '60s or thereabouts (all these dates are approximate because I haven't looked at the books for a while). _Kentucky_Ham_ is also about addiction. Lastly, Vladimir Nabokov fathered one son, Dmitri, who used to study at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, where I worked briefly & had access to the student files. I happened to read a charming letter from Dmitri, written in 1967, saying he wouldn't be able to come back from Europe unless he were granted a scholarship. I believe he became an opera singer. However, he has also translated into English, both in collaboration with VN and alone I think, a substantial number of the elder Nabokov's Russian novels and stories (early works produced before VN's emigration to America and "love affair with the English language"). Dmitri N. is VERY good. And under Miscellaneous: In the mid-Sixties, in NYC, I met Tim Marquand, son of J.P. Marquand, who was a fairly well-known American writer in the '40s and '50s. Tim was a jazz musician. He lived across the street from the Five Spot, where Thelonious Monk was most often working in those days, and Tim hosted a great many jam sessions for a spectrum of musicians ranging from cutting-edge geniuses to earnest beginners like me. He appeared to have a nice income and no particular aspirations, but I didn't know him well. Judith Abrahms {ucbvax,ihnp4}!dual!proper!judith
joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch) (09/20/85)
In article <> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: > [Remarks about SIDNEY'S COMET, an SF novel by Brian Herbert, son of Frank...] >By the way, this brings up a topic we could fuss over -- parent-child >groupings of SF writers. Anybody know of any other SF writers whose parent(s) >were also SF Writers, or who has a child who writes SF professionally? > >The only parent-child combination that comes to mind in SF is Fritz >Lieber Sr. and Jr., and the Senior was an actor, not a writer...] > How about Sir Fred Hoyle and his son Geoffrey? I seem to recall that they even collaborated on one novel. -- Joel Upchurch Perkin-Elmer Southern Development Center 2486 Sand Lake Road/ Orlando, Florida 32809/ (305)850-1031 {decvax!ucf-cs, ihnp4!pesnta, vax135!petsd}!peora!joel
leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (09/21/85)
Hasn't Fred Hoyle's son Geoffrey written some science fiction by himself? In any case, he has collaborated with his father. Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper
djo@sdchema.UUCP (Denise O'jibway) (09/22/85)
There is also Irving Wallace and his son David Wallinsky (sp?). David has written more than one book and they have also collaborated together. The only one I can think of was a book about the graduates of a well-to-do high school in Pacific Palisades and their lives 10 years later. I think it was made into a glossy TV movie a couple years back. David W. wrote that particular book in conjuction with Brian Medved. Denise Denise
quint@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Amqueue) (09/26/85)
In article <1660@peora.UUCP> joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch) writes: >In article <> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: >>By the way, this brings up a topic we could fuss over -- parent-child >>groupings of SF writers. Anybody know of any other SF writers whose parent(s) >>were also SF Writers, or who has a child who writes SF professionally? >> >>The only parent-child combination that comes to mind in SF is Fritz >>Lieber Sr. and Jr., and the Senior was an actor, not a writer...] >> Fritz Leiber has a son named Justin Leiber, who has written one sf-type book that I am aware of, _Beyond_Rejection_. The book is at home, so I cant give any more details. /amqueue
davidh@utrc-2at.UUCP (David M Haynes) (10/04/85)
> In article <1660@peora.UUCP> joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch) writes: > >In article <> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: > >>By the way, this brings up a topic we could fuss over -- parent-child > >>groupings of SF writers. Anybody know of any other SF writers whose parent(s) > >>were also SF Writers, or who has a child who writes SF professionally? > >> > >>The only parent-child combination that comes to mind in SF is Fritz > >>Lieber Sr. and Jr., and the Senior was an actor, not a writer...] > >> OK, A challenge at last! James Blish and Beth Blish Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Coleman Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs and Hulbert Burroughs Howard Fast and Jonathon Fast (Jonathon is married to Erica Jong) William Murray Gradon and Murray Roberts Frank Herbert and Brian Herbert Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle Fritz Lieber and Justin Lieber Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson John Middleton Murray and Richard Cowper (RC is pen-name for Colin Murray) Rachel Cosgrove Payes and Robert Payes Frederick Pohl and Federick Pohl IV (non-fiction book) Milton Rothman and Tony Rothman Clifford D. Simak and Richard S. Simak Theodore Sturgeon and Robin Sturgeon J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (posthumously) Manly Wade Wellman and Wade Wellman Austin Tappan Wright and Tappan King Whew! Enough???? -david- David Haynes ..!utzoo!ecrhub!david "Excuse me sir, but would you mind taking your tendril out of my drink?"