Robert Moore Williams (June 19, 1907 – May 12, 1977) was an American writer, primarily of

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. Pseudonyms included John S Browning, H. H. Harmon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name). Williams was born in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1931."Meet the Authors", ''Amazing Stories'', June 1938, p.6 His first published story was "Zero as a Limit", which appeared in ''

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'' in 1937, under the pseudonym of "Robert Moore". He was a prolific author throughout his career, his last novel appearing in 1972. His "Jongor" series was originally published in ''

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'' in the 1940s and 1950s, and appeared in book form in 1970. By the 1960s he had published over 150 stories.

Bibliography

Jongor series

*''Jongor of Lost Land'' (1940, repub. 1970) *''The Return of Jongor'' (1944, repub. 1970) *''Jongor Fights Back!'' (1951, repub. 1970 w/o exclamation point)

Zanthar series

*''Zanthar of the Many Worlds'' (1967) *''Zanthar at Moon's Madness'' (1968) *''Zanthar at the Edge of Never'' (1968) *''Zanthar at Trip's End'' (1969)

Novels

*''World Beyond the Sky'' (1943) book length novel published only in ''

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'' (January 1943) *''The Chaos Fighters'' (1955) *''Conquest of the Space Sea'' (1955) bound dos-à-dos with

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's ''The Galactic Breed'' *''Doomsday Eve'' (1957) bound dos-à-dos with

Eric Frank Russell Eric Frank Russell (January 6, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was a British people, British writer best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. Much of his work was first published in the United States, in John W. Campbell's ''Asto ...

's '' Three to Conquer'' *''The Blue Atom'' (1958) bound dos-à-dos with ''The Void Beyond and Other Stories'' *''World of the Masterminds'' (1960) *''The Day They H-Bombed Los Angeles'' (1961) *''The Darkness Before Tomorrow'' (1962) *''King of the Fourth Planet'' (1962) *''Walk Up the Sky'' (1962) *''Flight from Yesterday'' (1963) *''The Star Wasps'' (1963) bound dos-à-dos with

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's ''Warlord of Kor'' *''The Lunar Eye'' (1964) *''The Second Atlantis'' (1965),

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F-335 original paperback *''Vigilante 21st Century'' (1967) *''The Bell From Infinity'' (1968) *''When Two Worlds Meet'' (1970) *''Beachhead Planet'' (1970) *''Now Comes Tomorrow'' (1971) *''Seven Tickets to Hell'' (1972)

Short story collections

*''The Void Beyond and Other Stories'' (1958) *''To The End of Time and Other Stories'' (1960) *''When Two Worlds Meet: Stories of Men on Mars'' (1970) *''Sinister Paradise and Other Tales from the Pulps'' (2010) *''Time Tolls for Toro and Other Tales'' (2014)

Selected Short Stories

*"Missing: Millions in Radium" (Amazing Stories Dec 1939) *“The Bridge to Earth” (1939) *“Planet of the Gods” (1942) *“The Lost Warship” (1943) *“The Bees of Death” (1949) *“Beyond the Rings of Saturn” (1951) *“Sinister Paradise” (1952) *“Thompson's Cat” (1952) *“The Next Time We Die” (1957)

Non-fiction

*''Love Is Forever - We Are For Tonight'' (1970) Called a novel on the cover, but really an autobiography

References

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* * * * 1907 births 1977 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers People from Farmington, Missouri Novelists from Missouri American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Missouri School of Journalism alumni {{Sf-writer-stub