Edna Mayne Hull
E. Mayne Hull | |
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Born | Edna May Hull May 1, 1905 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
Died | January 20, 1975 | (aged 69)
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 1942–1946 |
Genre | Science fiction |
Literary movement | Golden Age of Science Fiction |
Spouse | A. E. van Vogt (1939–1975) |
Edna May Hull van Vogt (May 1, 1905 – January 20, 1975) was a Canadian science fiction writer who published under the name E. Mayne Hull. She was the first wife of A. E. van Vogt, also a science fiction writer.
Early life and marriage
Edna May Hull was born in
According to Hull herself, "her father’s idea for bringing up children was to let his six youngsters read at will in one of the largest private libraries in Western Canada. Then when they expressed an opinion, he would take the opposite viewpoint. Result: fireworks."[4]
Upon reaching adulthood, Edna Hull found work as a private secretary in
Writing career
For most of her husband's writing career, Hull was his typist.[5] With the advent of WWII only four months after their marriage, the van Vogts moved to Ottawa in late 1939 so that Alfred could work for the Canadian Department of National Defence. Van Vogt continued to write during his off hours, and sold numerous stories through May 1941, at which point he quit his day job and became a writer full-time.
The couple lived for a short time in the
As she continued to sell stories over the next year, Hull's chosen author credit of "E.M. Hull" led to confusion with the
Hull's writing career was relatively brief, with virtually all her work having been written during the three years she lived in Toronto. Hull and van Vogt moved to Hollywood in November 1944, and as part of her application for American citizenship in 1945, she legally changed her name from "Edna May Vogt" to "Edna Mayne van Vogt".[6] She then generally went by the name "Mayne" for the rest of her life.[1]
After a year-and-a-half layoff from publishing, Hull's final story, "Bankruptcy Proceedings", appeared in the August 1946 issue of Astounding. One further story, "The Wellwisher", appeared in 1969, but it had been written and sold to the magazine Unknown in 1943. Unfortunately, the magazine had folded before the work could appear in its pages. Hull produced no further new work after 1946. However, several of her previously published short stories were anthologized in the collaborative volume Out Of This World, a 1948 collection of works by both herself and van Vogt.[7]
Hull was well known for her five 'Artur Blord' stories were collected into a single novel under the title Planets For Sale in 1954.
Death
Hull died of cancer on January 20, 1975, aged 69.
Bibliography
Novels
- Planets for Sale (1954)
- The Winged Man (1966, with A.E. van Vogt)
Collections
- Out of the Unknown (1948, with A. E. Van Vogt)[6 stories, OOTU#1 below]
- The Sea Thing and Other Stories (1970, expanded fromOut of the Unknown)[7 stories, TSTAOS below]
- Out of the Unknown (1970, abridged from The Sea Thing and Other Stories)[5 stories, OOTU#2 below]
- The Gryb (1976, with A. E. Van Vogt) [6 stories]
Short fiction
- "Abdication"
- "Bankruptcy Proceedings" [Artur Blord #5] into Planets for Sale (1954)
- "Competition" [Artur Blord #1] into Planets for Sale (1954)
- "The Contract" [Artur Blord #3] into Planets for Sale (1954)
- "The Debt" [Artur Blord #2] into Planets for Sale (1954)
- "Enter the Professor" [Artur Blord #4] into Planets for Sale (1954)
- "The Flight that Failed" [aka "Rebirth: Earth"]
- "The Patient" (1943) OOTU#1, TSTAOS
- "Research Alpha", with A.E. Van Vogt & James H. Schmitz – van Vogt acknowledges Hull as co-author in his Reflections of A. E. van Vogt
- "The Ultimate Wish" (1943) OOTU#1, TSTAOS, OOTU#2
- "The Wellwisher" TSTAOS (1970, orig), OOTU#2
- "The Wishes We Make" (1943) OOTU#1, TSTAOS, OOTU#2
References
- ^ ISBN 9780739112670.
- ISBN 9780941028776.
- ^ https://www.prosperosisle.org/spip.php?article212
- ^ https://www.prosperosisle.org/spip.php?article212
- ^ "Edna Mayne Hull". Open Library. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Hull, E Mayne". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ a b Walwyn, Isaac (January 27, 2007). "E. Mayne Hull = A.E. van Vogt?". icshi.net. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ "E. Mayne Hull". Goodreads. Retrieved February 18, 2023.