thumb|Rosel George Brown c.1966

Rosel George Brown (March 15, 1926 – November 26, 1967) was an American science fiction author.

Biography

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she lived in the city of her birth with her husband after concluding her formal education at Sophie Newcomb College, where she majored in ancient Greek, and at the University of Minnesota where she received her M.A. in Greek. Her life and career were cut short when she died of lymphoma at the age of 41 in 1967.

Her short stories appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Fantastic Universe and elsewhere. A collection of Brown's short stories, entitled A Handful of Time, was published by Ballantine Books in 1963.

Short stories

A list of some of Brown's short stories follows:

  • "From an Unseen Censor", Galaxy, Sep. 1958
  • "Hair-Raising Adventure", Star Science Fiction #5, 1959
  • "Virgin Ground", Worlds of If, Feb. 1959
  • "Lost in Translation", Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1959 <sup>H</sup>
  • "Car Pool", Worlds of If, Jul. 1959 <sup>H</sup>
  • "Save Your Confederate Money, Boys", Fantastic Universe, Nov. 1959 <sup>H</sup>
  • "Flower Arrangement", Galaxy, Dec. 1959
  • "Signs of the Times", Amazing Stories, Dec. 1959 <sup>H</sup>
  • "David's Daddy", Fantastic, Jun. 1960
  • "Step IV", Amazing Stories, Jun. 1960 <sup>H</sup>
  • "There's Always a Way", Fantastic, Jul. 1960
  • "A Little Human Contact", Fantasy & Science Fiction, Apr. 1960 <sup>H</sup>
  • "Just a Suggestion", Fantasy & Science Fiction, Aug. 1960 <sup>H</sup>
  • "Of All Possible Worlds", Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb. 1961 <sup>H</sup> (also republished in Rediscovery: science fiction by women (1958-1963))
  • "Visiting Professor", Fantastic, Feb. 1961 <sup>H</sup>
  • "The Ultimate Sin", Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct. 1961
  • "And a Tooth", Fantastic, Aug. 1962
  • "Fruiting Body", Fantasy & Science Fiction, Aug. 1962 <sup>H</sup>
  • "Smith's Revenge", original in A Handful of Time (1963) <sup>H</sup>
  • "The Devaluation of the Symbol", original in A Handful of Time (1963) <sup>H</sup>
  • "The Artist", Amazing Stories, May 1964

<sup>H</sup> collected in A Handful of Time

Novels

  • Earthblood (with Keith Laumer) (1966)
  • Sibyl Sue Blue series
  • Sibyl Sue Blue (1966) - Also published as Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue (1968)
  • Waters of Centaurus (published posthumously) (1970)

References