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Manly Wade Wellman

Lifespan
1903 – 1986
Nationality
American
Active
1932 – 1958
Works held
8

Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986) drew deep on the folklore of the southern Appalachians to create some of American fantasy’s most distinctive work, above all the ‘Silver John’ stories, where a wandering balladeer meets the old magic of the hills. A prolific pulp contributor across science fiction, horror and mystery, and a serious regional historian, he won an Edgar and a World Fantasy Award and remains a touchstone for folk-horror.

The works

  1. 1958
    Cover of Half Around Pluto Half Around Pluto
  2. 1944
    Cover of Warrior of Two Worlds Warrior of Two Worlds
  3. 1942
    Cover of Venus Enslaved Venus Enslaved
  4. 1941
    Cover of The Devil's Asteroid The Devil's Asteroid
  5. 1940
    Cover of Bratton's Idea Bratton's Idea
  6. 1939
    Cover of Fearful Rock Fearful Rock
  7. 1937
    Cover of The Golgotha Dancers The Golgotha Dancers
  8. 1932
    Cover of The invading asteroid The invading asteroid

Wrote across

1930s1940s1950s

Recurring themes

Space OperaHorrorAdventureFirst ContactColonizationSocial SFHard SF

Kindred authors shared themes

Alan Edward NourseBryce WaltonClifford D. SimakF. L. WallaceFrank Belknap LongJames McKimmeyNelson S. BondPhilip K. Dick

Contemporaries writing in the same era

George O. SmithStephen MarloweNelson S. BondRandall GarrettVariousBryce WaltonRobert SilverbergMurray LeinsterH. Beam PiperRay Cummings

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