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Nelson Slade Bond (November 23, 1908, Scranton, Pennsylvania - November 4, 2006, Roanoke, Virginia) was an American author who wrote extensively for books, magazines, radio, television and the stage. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For the metropolitan area see Roanoke Metropolitan Area. Roanoke is an Independent city located in the Roanoke Metropolitan Area in

Bond wrote science fiction and fantasy, as well as sports and crime fiction. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines Many were published in Blue Book magazine. He is noted for his "Lancelot Biggs" series of stories and for his "Meg the Priestess" tales, which introduced one of the first powerful female characters in science fiction.

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Early life

Bond's parents were from Nova Scotia, but moved to Scranton shortly before his birth. Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's The family later relocated to Philadelphia after World War I. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In high school, Bond reviewed plays for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United He attended Marshall College in Huntington, West Virginia from 1932 to 1934. Marshall University is a Coeducational public Research university in Huntington West Virginia, founded in 1837 as a private subscription Huntington is a city located in the State of West Virginia along the Ohio River. While at Marshall, he contributed to the Huntington Herald Advertiser and edited the college newspaper, The Parthenon. He met his future wife, Betty Gough Folsom, while at Marshall, and they married in 1934. [1]

Bond worked briefly as a public relations agent for the province of Nova Scotia before beginning his writing career in 1935 with non-fiction for various periodicals. Public relations (PR is the practice of managing the flow of Information between an Organization and its Publics Public relations - often referred He only wrote occasional non-fiction once he was established as an author of fiction. His first science fiction story was "Down the Dimensions" in the April 1937 issue of Astounding, [2]

He has also published articles on philately and served on the Board of Governors / Board of Directors of the British North America Philatelic Society. Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine. Philately is the study and collecting of revenue and postage stamps Philately is the study and collecting of revenue and postage stamps [3]

Radio and television

Bond wrote for such radio programs as Dr. Christian, Hot Copy (1941-44) and The Sheriff (1944-51), a continuation of Death Valley Days. Jean Hersholt ( July 12, 1886 &ndash June 2, 1956) was a Danish actor who lived in the United States where he was a leading Death Valley Days is a long-running American radio and Television anthology about true stories of the old American West Bond also scripted for numerous television anthology programs, such as Lux Video Theatre, Studio One, General Motors Theatre and Tales of Tomorrow. Lux Video Theatre is a weekly Television Anthology series, produced from 1950 until 1959 Studio One is a long-running American dramatic radio - television Anthology series, created in 1947 by the 26-year-old Canadian General Motors Theatre (also known as CBC Theatre and General Motors Presents) was a Canadian Television anthology Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology Science fiction series that aired live on ABC from 1951 to "Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies" was adapted to radio at least a half-dozen times and also ran as a 1938 radio series. After Bond scripted the story as a teleplay, it became the first full-length play presented on network television. It was televised three times - on Broadway Previews (1946), The Philco Television Playhouse (1949) and the Kraft Television Theatre (1953). The Philco Television Playhouse is a Live television Anthology series sponsored by Philco and telecast from 1948 to 1955 Kraft Television Theatre is an American drama / anthology television series that began May 7, 1947 on NBC, airing at For Locus Bond described his experiences in radio and TV:

I began writing for radio after they started adapting some of my stories. I thought, "Well, hell, I can do better than that," and I started adapting them myself. After a while, a couple of series opened up, and they asked me to become the writer. I wrote 52 weeks of Hot Copy and about 26 weeks of The Sheriff show, a comedy Western. Then television came along. I had just written Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies as a radio series, and I adapted it for television. It became the first television play ever aired on a network. The network, however, consisted of Boston, New York and Washington. (This was 1946. ) The presentation was so elaborate, there was a studio audience, and they printed a program for it. Unfortunately, no copy of the show exists, because they didn't have tape in those days. All they had was kinescope, flickering black and white movie stuff. That was probably the golden opportunity of my life that I threw out the window. After the play was done, the director said, "This is a brand-new medium. Why don't you come up here and get into it with us?" They couldn't pay me very much, and I said, "I'm making more than that in radio right now," so I turned it down. The director's assistant, Fred Coe, went on to become president of NBC. Fred Coe ( December 13, 1914 - April 29, 1979) nicknamed Pappy, was a television producer and director most famous for the But I wrote about 15 or 20 television plays, some of them adaptations of my own things, others original. State of Mind was a fantasy about a man who got pissed off at modern civilization. He said, "I'm gonna secede from the Union. " So he did. I thought it was a helluva good idea! (Still a cute play, but it's not produced anymore. ) I adapted my second Mergenthwirker/Lobblies story as a television play, and then there was a third one. [4]

Bond worked in public relations before and after his writing career, opening his own agency in 1959. He later became a noted antiquarian bookseller. An antiquarian or antiquary is one concerned with Antiquities or things of the past Bond retired from writing in the late 1950s. After encouragement from fans and professionals, notably Harlan Ellison, he published a new story in 1995. Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays

In 1998 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made Bond an Author Emeritus. Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. Author Emeritus award is an honorary title bestowed by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc In 2002 Bond donated his personal papers to the Marshall University library, which created a replica of his home office. Bond died of complications from heart problems on November 4, 2006, a month before his 98th birthday.

Nelson and Betty Bond had two sons, Kitt and Lynn. Betty Bond had her own career in Virginia television, interviewing local notables for her Betty Bond Show on Roanoke's WSLS-TV. WSLS-TV, channel 10 is the NBC -affiliated Television station in Roanoke Virginia. [5]

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

Nonfiction

References

  1. ^ Ruber, Peter. Pulp Rack: "Nelson S. Bond, Master Pulpster" (expansion of profile in Arkham's Masters of Horror anthology).
  2. ^ Webster, Bud. "Past Masters - Nelson Bond," Helix SF
  3. ^ British North America Philatelic Society
  4. ^ Locus Online: "Nelson S. Bond: Looking Way Back" (excerpted from Locus magazine, October 1998)
  5. ^ Allen, Mike. "Roanoke writer widely admired," The Roanoke Times, November 6, 2006.

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