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Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was a U.S. author. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created

Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, he was the son of Presbyterian minister Edmund Melville Wylie and the former Edna Edwards, a novelist, who died when he was five years old. Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story His family moved to Montclair, New Jersey and he later attended Princeton University during 1920–1923. Montclair (mɒnʔ kɫeɚ or maŋ kleɚ is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Some of his papers, writings, and other possessions are in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University Library. He married Frederica Ballard who was born and raised in Rushford, New York; they are both buried in Rushford.

A writer of fiction and nonfiction, his output included hundreds of short stories, articles, serials, syndicated newspaper columns, novels, and works of social criticism. Rushford is a Town in Allegany County, New York, United States. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. He also wrote screenplays while in Hollywood, was an editor for Farrar & Rinehart, served on the Dade County, Florida Defense Council, was a director of the Lerner Marine Laboratory, and at one time was a special advisor to the chairman of the Joint Committee for Atomic Energy. Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida Most of his major writings contain critical, though often philosophical, views on man and society as a result of his studies and interest in psychology, biology, ethnology, and physics. Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Ethnology (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "habit custom convention" is the branch of Anthropology that compares and Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Over nine movies were made from novels or stories by Wylie. He sold the rights for two others that never got produced.

His wide range of interests defies easy classification but his earliest books exercised great influence in twentieth-century science fiction pulp magazines and comicbooks:

Gladiator (1930) partially inspired the comic-book character Superman. Gladiator is an American Science fiction Novel first published in 1930 and written by Philip Wylie. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon
The Savage Gentleman (1932) inspired the pulp-fiction character Doc Savage. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Doc Savage is a Fictional character, one of the Pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s
When Worlds Collide (1933), co-written with Edwin Balmer, inspired Alex Raymond's comic strip Flash Gordon, as well as being adapted as a 1951 film by producer George Pal. When Worlds Collide is a 1933 Science fiction novel co-written by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, who also authored the sequel Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edwin Balmer ( July 26, 1883, Chicago - March 21, 1959) was an American Science fiction and Mystery writer Alexander Gillespie Raymond ( October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American Comic strip artist best known for creating the Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January George Pal ( February 1, 1908 &ndash May 2, 1980) born György Pál Marczincsák,

Writing as he did when we had less potent current technology available to us, he applied engineering principles and the scientific method quite broadly in his work. His novel The Disappearance, written in 1951, is about what happens when everyone wakes up one day and finds that anyone of the opposite sex is missing (all the men have to get along without women, and vice versa). Wylie delves into double standard between men and women that existed prior the woman's movement of the 70's; exploring the nature of the relationship between men and women and the issues of women's rights and homosexuality. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Many people at the time considered it as relevant to science fiction as his Experiment in Crime.

The novel The Paradise Crater written in 1945 was cause for his house arrest by the federal government, it described a post-WWII 1965 Nazi attempt to rule the world with atomic power. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German

His nonfiction book of essays, Generation of Vipers (1942), was a best-seller during the 1940s and inspired the term "Momism". Some people have accused Generation of Vipers of being misogynistic. Misogyny (mɪˈsɒdʒɪni is hatred (or contemptof women Misogyny is parallel to Misandry — the hatred of men The Disappearance shows his thinking on the subject is very complex. (His only child, Karen Wylie Pryor, is the author of a classic book for breastfeeding mothers, Nursing Your Baby, and has commented that her father was far from a misogynist. ) His novel of manners Finnley Wren was also highly regarded in its time.

He wrote over 100 "Crunch and Des" stories for the Saturday Evening Post, about the adventures of Captain Crunch Adams, master of the charter boat Poseidon, (there was even a brief television series). The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, His "Crunch and Des" stories were an apparent influence on John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee books. John Dann MacDonald ( July 24, 1916 &ndash December 28, 1986) was an American Author. Travis McGee is a Fictional character and amateur Sleuth created by prolific American mystery writer John D

An article Wylie wrote in 1951 in The Saturday Evening Post entitled 'Anyone Can Raise Orchids' led to the popularization of this hobby - not just the rich, but every gardener began experimenting with orchids ^[1]

He also wrote as Leatrice Homesley.

In August of 1963, his niece Janice Wylie was murdered, along with her roommate Emily Hoffert, in New York City. The crime, which became known as the "Career Girls Murder Case" was at that time the most expensive criminal investigation in New York's history.

1 Quotes
2 Bibliography
3 References
4 External links

Quotes

"There is no advance without strife. " -- Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer, After Worlds Collide (1934)
"What egotism, what stupid vanity, to suppose that a thing could not happen because you could not conceive it!" -- Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer, When Worlds Collide (1933)

Bibliography

TV Series

L.A. 2017 (also known as Los Angeles: A. "LA 2017" was a 1971 episode of the Television series The Name of the Game, written by Philip Wylie and directed by D. 2017), directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring Gene Barry, Barry Sullivan, and Edmond O'Brien; an episode of the television series The Name of the Game. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass; June 14, 1919) is an American Actor. Barry Sullivan may refer to Barry Sullivan (actor (1912-1994 a film and Broadway actor Barry Sullivan (stage actor, Irish born stage Edmond O'Brien (September 10 1915 – May 9 1985 was an American Film Actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D The Name of the Game was an American television series that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes &mdash an A science-fiction dystopia, based around a psychiatric/fascist government in the underground-sheltered remnants of humanity, the aftermath of an environmental (pollution) catastrophe.
Crunch and Des was adapted for a syndicated TV series (37 episodes, 1955-1956) starring Forrest Tucker and Sandy Kenyon and filmed in Bermuda. Forrest Tucker ( February 12, 1919 - October 25, 1986) was an American Actor in both movies and Television Sandy Kenyon (born Sanford Klein on August 5, 1922 in New York City, U Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Novels

Heavy Laden (1928)
Gladiator (1930) - one of the main inspirations for Superman and Spider-Man. Gladiator is an American Science fiction Novel first published in 1930 and written by Philip Wylie. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The Murderer Invisible (1931)
The Savage Gentleman (1932)
When Worlds Collide (1933) (with Edwin Balmer) - Earth is destroyed in a collision with the rogue planet Bronson Alpha, with about a year of warning enabling a small group of survivors to build a spacecraft and escape to the rogue planet's moon, Bronson Beta. When Worlds Collide is a 1933 Science fiction novel co-written by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, who also authored the sequel Filmed, with major changes to the story, as When Worlds Collide (1951). When Worlds Collide is a 1951 Science fiction film based on the 1932 novel co-written by Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian
After Worlds Collide (1934) (with Edwin Balmer) - Continues the story of When Worlds Collide, with both exploration of Bronson Beta and conflict with other groups of survivors.
The Golden Hoard (1934)
An April Afternoon (1938)
Night Unto Night (1944)
The Paradise Crater (1945)
Opus 21 (1949)
The Disappearance (1951) - An unexplained cosmic "blink" splits humanity along gender lines into two divergent timelines: from the men's perspective, all the women disappear and from the women's, all men vanish. The novel explores issues of gender role and sexual identity. Interestingly, it offers an empowered view of liberated women and a depressing dystopia of an all male world. Wylie's setting allows him to investigate the role of homosexuality in situations where no gender alternative exists. Clearly its assumptions are now dated. (Those interested in Frank Herbert's The White Plague (1982) or Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (1985) may find The Disappearance an interesting early discussion of the similar issues. Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American The White Plague (1982 is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian Writer. The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart in )
The Smuggled Atom Bomb (1951)
Tomorrow! (1954) - Nuclear war story centering around the atomic bombing of two fictional Midwest cities adjacent to each other in the mid-1950s; one has an effective Civil Defense program, the other does not. Civil defense or civil defence (see spelling differences) is an effort to prepare Civilians for Military attack
The Answer (1955)
They Both Were Naked (1962)
Triumph (1963) - Nuclear war story involving a worst-case USA/USSR "spasm war" where both sides empty their arsenals into each other with extensive use of "dirty" bombs to maximize casualties, resulting in the main characters (in a very deep bomb shelter) being the only survivors in the entire Northern Hemisphere.
The Spy Who Spoke Porpoise (1969) - the President of the United States learns that there is a category of CIA files, code named Zed, to which he is not allowed access.
The End of the Dream (1972) - foresees a dark future where America slides into ecological catastrophe.

Short stories

"Seeing New York by Kiddie Car" (1926)
"Jungle Journey" (1945)
"Blunder" (1946)
"An Epistle to the Thessalonians" (1950)
"Philadelphia Phase" (1951)
"The Answer" (1955)

Non-fiction

A Generation of Vipers (1942)
An Essay on Morals (1947)
The Magic Animal (1968)

Essays/Articles

"Predictions: 2001 A. D. " (1956)

Works about him

Orlean, Susan. The Orchid Thief. New York: Random House, 1998.

References

^ Orlean. Page 140.

External links

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