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Jesse F. Bone

Lifespan
1916 – 2006
Nationality
American
Active
1957 – 1963
Works held
16

Jesse F. Bone (1916–2006) was a professor of veterinary medicine at Oregon State University who wrote science fiction on the side. His debut, ‘Triggerman’ (1958), earned a Hugo nomination, and The Lani People features an interplanetary veterinarian, his professional expertise lending his fiction an unusual authenticity. He wrote five novels and a dozen stories alongside respected veterinary textbooks.

The works

  1. 1963
    Cover of For service rendered For service rendered Cover of On the Fourth Planet On the Fourth Planet
  2. 1962
    Cover of Founding Father Founding Father Cover of Pandemic Pandemic Cover of The Lani People The Lani People
  3. 1961
    Cover of Weapon Weapon
  4. 1960
    Cover of Cultural Exchange Cultural Exchange Cover of Noble Redman Noble Redman Cover of The Issahar Artifacts The Issahar Artifacts Cover of The missionary The missionary Cover of To Choke an Ocean To Choke an Ocean
  5. 1959
    Cover of A Question of Courage A Question of Courage Cover of Insidekick Insidekick
  6. 1958
    Cover of A Prize for Edie A Prize for Edie Cover of Assassin Assassin
  7. 1957
    Cover of Survival Type Survival Type

Wrote across

1950s1960s

Recurring themes

First ContactColonizationSocial SFSpace OperaMilitary SFPost-ApocalypticPsychic PowersHard SF

Kindred authors shared themes

Alfred CoppelBryce WaltonGeorge O. SmithH. B. FyfeH. Beam PiperJim HarmonMurray LeinsterNelson S. Bond

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterMack ReynoldsAlan Edward NourseH. Beam PiperRobert SilverbergFritz LeiberBryce WaltonCharles L. Fontenay

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