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Theodore Rose Cogswell (March 10, 1918 – February 3, 1987) was an American science fiction author.

Profile

During the Spanish Civil War, Cogswell served as an ambulance driver for the Republicans as part of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

His earliest work to be published in a genre magazine, the novella, "The Spectre General" in Astounding (June 1952), was a humorous story concerning the long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines of a Galactic empire. It was selected as one of the genre's best novellas by members of the Science Fiction Writers of America and reprinted in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Cogswell authored nearly 40 science fiction stories, most of them humorous, and co-authored Spock, Messiah!, one of the earliest novels tied in to the Star Trek franchise. He was also the editor of the long-running "fanzine for pros", Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies. A anthology of selections from PITCS was published by NESFA Press in 1993. Here, writers and editors discussed their own, and other's, works.

Bibliography

Novels

Spock, Messiah! (1976) (Star Trek tie-in novel co-authored Charles A. Spano, Jr.)

Collections

The Wall Around the World (1962) (including the title story)
The Third Eye (1968)

Other works

"The Friggin Falcon" (1966) (poem)
PITCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies (1993, editor)

External links

Theodore R. Cogswell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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+{{short description|American writer}}
-'''Theodore Rose Cogswell''', (March 10, 1918 - February 3, 1987), was an American [[science fiction]] author.
+[[File:Ted Cogswell 5510.jpg|thumb|Theodore R. "Ted" Cogswell, c. 1955]]
+[[File:Science fiction quarterly 195511.jpg|thumb|right|"Meddler's World", a novelette by Cogswell and [[Mack Reynolds]], was the cover story on the November 1956 issue of ''[[Science Fiction Quarterly]]''.]]
+'''Theodore Rose Cogswell''' (March 10, 1918 – February 3, 1987) was an American [[science fiction]] author.
+==Profile==
+During the [[Spanish Civil War]], Cogswell served as an ambulance driver for the Republicans as part of the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]].
+His earliest work to be published in a genre magazine, the [[novella]], "[[The Spectre General]]" in ''[[Astounding]]'' (June 1952), was a humorous story concerning the long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines of a [[Galactic empire]]. It was selected as one of the genre's best novellas by members of the [[Science Fiction Writers of America]] and reprinted in ''[[The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two|The Science Fiction Hall of Fame]]''.
-During the [[Spanish Civil War]], he served as an ambulance driver for the Republicans as part of the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]].
+Cogswell authored nearly 40 science fiction stories, most of them humorous, and co-authored ''[[Spock, Messiah!]]'', one of the earliest [[novel]]s tied in to the ''[[Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series|Star Trek]]'' franchise. He was also the editor of the long-running "[[fanzine]] for pros", ''Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies''. A anthology of selections from ''PITCS'' was published by [[NESFA Press]] in 1993. Here, writers and editors discussed their own, and other's, works.
-His first published [[short story]], "[[The Spectre General]]" in the magazine ''[[Astounding]]'' (June 1952), was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines has the potential of reinvigorating a declining [[Galactic empire]]. Cogswell wrote almost 40 science fiction stories, most of them humorous, and was co-author of a [[novel]] of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise.
-Cogswell was also the editor of the long-running "[[fanzine]] for pros", ''Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies'', a collection of which was published during 1993. In this, writers and editors discussed their and each other's works.
 ==Bibliography==
+===Novels===
-[[File:Science fiction quarterly 195511.jpg|thumb|right|"Meddler's World", a novelette by Cogswell and [[Mack Reynolds]], was the cover story on the November 1956 issue of ''[[Science Fiction Quarterly]]'']]
+*''[[Spock, Messiah!]]'' (1976) (''[[Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series|Star Trek]]'' tie-in novel co-authored [[Charles A. Spano, Jr.]])
-*''The Wall Around the World'' (1962) (short stories)
-*''The Third Eye'' (1968) (short stories)
+===Collections===
-*''[[Spock, Messiah!]]'' (1976) (''Star Trek'' novel with [[Charles A. Spano, Jr.]])
+*''The Wall Around the World'' (1962) (including [[The Wall Around the World|the title story]])
-*''The Friggin Falcon'' (1966) (poem)
+*''The Third Eye'' (1968)
-*''PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies'' (1993)
+===Other works===
+*"The Friggin Falcon" (1966) (poem)
+*''PITCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies'' (1993, editor)
 ==External links==
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 [[Category:American science fiction writers]]
 [[Category:Abraham Lincoln Brigade members]]
-[[Category:American short story writers]]
 [[Category:20th-century American novelists]]
 [[Category:American male novelists]]
 [[Category:American male short story writers]]
+[[Category:20th-century American short story writers]]
+[[Category:20th-century American male writers]]

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