E. C. Tubb (1919–2010)

Author of The Winds of Gath

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About the Author

E. C. Tubb was born in London on October 15, 1919. He wrote under about 65 pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt during his 60 years as a freelance writer. He mainly wrote science fiction novels including Moon Base, Alien Dust, The Space-Born, show more Death Is a Dream, and the series The Dumarest Saga or Dumarest of Terra in the United States. He died on September 10, 2010 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: E. Tubb, Tubb E.C, Tubb E C, Gregory Kern, Edwin C. Tubb, Edwin Charles Tubb

Also includes: Charles Grey (2), Volsted Gridban (1)

Disambiguation Notice:

E. C. Tubb has written under many pseudonyms, such as: Charles Grey, Volsted Gridban, Gill Hunt, Gregory Kern, King Lang, and Edward Thomson. although some are pseudonyms for collaborations with other authors.

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Works by E. C. Tubb

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The Winds of Gath (1967) 246 copies

Kalin (1969) 196 copies

Toyman (1969) 179 copies

Derai (1968) 159 copies

Veruchia (1973) 146 copies

Mayenne (1973) 143 copies

Jondelle (1973) 140 copies

Spectrum Of A Forgotten Sun (1976) 140 copies

The Jester at Scar (1970) 135 copies

Jack of Swords (1976) 135 copies

Nectar of Heaven (1981) 132 copies

Eloise (1975) 132 copies

Zenya (1974) 129 copies

Haven of Darkness (1977) 127 copies

Web of Sand (1979) 127 copies

Iduna's Universe (1979) 126 copies

The Quillian Sector (1978) 125 copies

Eye of the Zodiac (1975) 123 copies

Lallia (1971) 123 copies

Incident on Ath (1978) 122 copies

Prison of Night (1977) 121 copies

Earth is Heaven (1982) 118 copies

The Terra Data (1980) 118 copies

Breakaway (1975) 117 copies

Technos (1972) 116 copies

The Terridae (1981) 114 copies

World of Promise (1980) 113 copies

The Coming Event (1982) 106 copies

S.T.A.R. Flight (1969) 95 copies

Angado (1984) 87 copies

Fear That Man / Toyman (1969) — Author — 84 copies

Melome (1983) 84 copies

Symbol of Terra (1984) 80 copies

The Temple of Truth (1985) 78 copies

Collision Course (1975) 64 copies

Stardeath (1983) 60 copies

Moon base (1964) 55 copies

Derai / The Winds of Gath (Ace Double 89301) (1973) 53 copies

A Scatter of Stardust / Technos (1972) 53 copies

Alien Seed (Space 1999) (1975) 52 copies

Death Is a Dream / Computer War (1967) 52 copies

Century of the Manikin (1972) 52 copies

Cap Kennedy No. 1: GALAXY OF THE LOST (1973) 51 copies

Kalin / The Bane of Kanthos (1969) — Author — 51 copies

C.O.D. Mars / Alien Sea (1968) — Author — 50 copies

To Venus! To Venus! / The Jester at Scar (1970) — Author — 49 copies

Space: 1999 #9: Rogue Planet. (1976) 48 copies

The Return (1997) 48 copies

The Winds of Gath / Crisis on Cheiron (Ace Double H-27) (1967) — Contributor — 46 copies

Beyond the Galactic Lens (1975) 46 copies

The space-born (1956) 45 copies

Derai / The Singing Stones (Ace Double H-77) (1968) — Author — 44 copies

Lallia / Recoil (1971) — Author — 44 copies

Enemy Within the Skull (1960) 42 copies

Slave Ship From Sergan (1973) 42 copies

Seetee Alert! (1973) 41 copies

Cap Kennedy No. 3: MONSTER OF METELAZE (1973) 40 copies

The Man Who Japed / The Space-Born (1956) — Author — 38 copies

Pawn of the Omphalos (1980) 37 copies

Jewel of Jarhen (1974) 37 copies

Eater of Worlds (1974) 32 copies

Child of Earth (2008) 31 copies

The Galactiad (1983) 31 copies

Mechanical Monarch / Twice Upon a Time (Classic Ace Double, D-266) (1957) 31 copies

Ten From Tomorrow (1966) 30 copies

The Vampire: An Anthology (1963) — Contributor — 29 copies

Planet of Dread - Cap Kennedy #10 (1974) 28 copies

Earth Enslaved (1974) 28 copies

The Primitive (1977) 27 copies

Melome / Angado (1988) 25 copies

Earthfall (Space 1999) (1977) 25 copies

Mayenne / Jondelle (1981) 24 copies

The Gholan Gate (1974) 24 copies

Spawn of Laban (1974) 21 copies

A World Aflame (Cap Kennedy #13) (1974) 20 copies

The Ghosts of Epidoris (Cap Kennedy #14) (1975) 19 copies

Death Is a Dream (1968) 18 copies

Mimics of Dephene (1975) 17 copies

The Genetic Buccaneer (1974) 17 copies

A Scatter of Stardust (1976) 16 copies

Symbol of Terra / The Temple of Truth (1989) 15 copies

Alien Dust (1955) 11 copies

The Science-Fantasy Megapack: 25 Classic Tales from Fantasy Adventures (2013) 10 copies

Mirror of the Night (2003) 9 copies

Dumarest saga. Omnibus II: Kalin / Verousjka. (2002) 8 copies

Rückkehr zur Erde (1969) 7 copies

Atom-War on Mars (1959) 7 copies

World at Bay (1972) 6 copies

The E C Tubb Boxset (2016) 6 copies

Evane [short story] (1973) 6 copies

The Ming Vase [short fiction] (1963) 6 copies

The Best Science Fiction of E.C. Tubb (2003) 5 copies

C.O.D. Mars 5 copies

Die verbotene Stadt (1954) 5 copies

Destroyer of Worlds (2015) 5 copies

La macchina della fortuna - Urania 866 (1980) 5 copies

E.C. Tubb SF Gateway Omnibus (SF Gateway Omnibuses) (2014) 4 copies

The Devil His Due 4 copies

Stellar Assignment (1979) 4 copies

Cosmo profondo (1978) 4 copies

Child of Space (2015) 4 copies

The Last Day Of Summer [short story] (1955) 4 copies

Dumarest of Terra Omnibus 1: Gath, Derai, Toyman, Kalin (2005) 4 copies

Gath ; Derai ; De tiran van Toy (2002) 4 copies

The seekers [short fiction] (1965) 4 copies

The Captive (Linford Western Library) (2010) 4 copies

13 x Frankenstein wie er mordet und lacht (1971) 3 copies

Lucifer! 3 copies

Les Maîtres du hasard (1964) 3 copies

Nemici nell'infinito 3 copies

Fresh Guy (1958) 3 copies

The hell planet (1954) 3 copies

Jackpot 3 copies

Tomorrow: Science Fiction Mystery Tales (2011) 3 copies

La Planète de la mort (1986) 3 copies

The Wager: Science Fiction Mystery Tales (2011) 3 copies

Spaceship 13 (2016) 3 copies

Die interstellare Mission. Band 10 (1997) 3 copies

Secret Weapon and Other Stories (2020) 2 copies

Le cimetiere des reves 2 copies

Juventude Eterna 2 copies

L'aventurier des étoiles n°27 - La planète abandonnée 2 copies

Planetfall — Author — 2 copies

The Dying Tree (2016) 2 copies

The First Shot (2017) 2 copies

Star Haven: A Science Fiction Tale (2012) 2 copies

Das richtige Verhältnis [Erzählung] (1958) 2 copies

Poor Henry 2 copies

Le Primitif (1979) 2 copies

Authentic Science Fiction No. 71 (1956) 2 copies

Planetoid Disposals Ltd 2 copies

Space: 1999 Earthbound 2 copies

Nachtwache [Kurzgeschichte] (1956) 2 copies

The hand of havoc (1954) 2 copies

J Is For Jeanne 2 copies

TOMORROW a collection of science fiction mystery tales 2 copies

THE MING VASE a collection of classic science fiction short stories 2 copies

The resurrected man (1959) 2 copies

Death God's Doom (1999) 2 copies

Größer als die Unendlichkeit [Kurzgeschichte] (1960) 2 copies

Le missioni del Capitan Ken libero agente spaziale 2 copies

Project One (2016) 2 copies

THERE'S NO TOMORROW 1 copy

LEGAL EAGLE 1 copy

TIME TO KILL 1 copy

TIME AND AGAIN 1 copy

Face to Infinity [short story] (1976) 1 copy

Rouge Planet 1 copy

Breakway 1 copy

Space 1999: Alien Seed 1 copy

READ ME THIS RIDDLE 1 copy

Death Wears a White Face (Hale SF) (1979) 1 copy

Blood In The Mist 1 copy

ENEMY OF THE STATE a collection of classic sci-fi adventures 1 copy

THE WONDERFUL DAY a collection of science fiction mystery tales 1 copy

Indómito Planeta 1 copy

O Mundo em Perigo 1 copy

Colónias no espaço 1 copy

IRON HEAD a collection of science fiction mystery tales 1 copy

Enterprise 2115 1 copy

Earl Dumarest 4: Kalin (2016) 1 copy

LOGIC 1 copy

Terra Extra Nr. 158: Die Marskolonie (1967) 1 copy

WHEN HE DIED 1 copy

La Rébellion des Ohrms (1989) 1 copy

Alien Universe 1 copy

Accolade [short story] (1973) 1 copy

Le Navire étoile 1 copy

Enfant de la Terre (2011) 1 copy

Le temple de la verite (1992) 1 copy

L'aventurier des étoiles n°28 - Le cirque de Chen-Wei 1 copy

L'aventurier des étoiles n°26 - L'énigme du dormant 1 copy

Les terriens de l'espace-l'aventurier des étoiles n°25 de E.C.TUBB (1990) 1 copy

Nectar de paradis 1 copy

L'aventurier des étoiles n°23 - Terre promise (1990) 1 copy

Les Mystères d'Elysius (1990) 1 copy

Iduna 1 copy

Le Piège de sable (1989) 1 copy

L'aventurier des étoiles n°19 - Les naufragés de la déchirure (1989) 1 copy

Le spectre du soleil oublié-l'aventurier des etoiles n°15 de E.C.TUBB (1988) 1 copy

THE BEATIFIC SMILE 1 copy

Les colonnes de balhadorha (1988) 1 copy

L'oeil du zodiaque (1998) 1 copy

La proie du cyclan : L'aventurier des etoiles n°12 de E.C.TUBB (1988) 1 copy

L'aventurier des étoiles n°11 - La maison du serpent 1 copy

Complot sur technos (1987) 1 copy

Gato vėjai: moksliniai fantastiniai romanai 1 copy

Terra. Bd. 106. Saat der Vernichtung (1960) 1 copy

Terra. Nr. 46. Die Mars-Kolonie (1961) 1 copy

Der Holzwurm [Erzählung] (1962) 1 copy

Bewährung im All und andere Stories 1 copy

The Gholan Gate (1974) 1 copy

Um Império no Espaço 1 copy

FALLEN ANGEL 1 copy

DEATH-WISH 1 copy

Space: 1999 Year One (2020) 1 copy

Colónias no Espaço 1 copy

Die letzten Leichenbestatter [Kurzgeschichte] (1959) 1 copy

The Mutants Rebel 1 copy

Assignment New York (Gryphon Ganster Novel Series, 2) (1996) 1 copy

Wallpaper war [short fiction] 1 copy

Dying to live [short fiction] 1 copy

Quis custodiet [short fiction] 1 copy

The Dumarest eBook Collection (2012) 1 copy

Wettlauf der Zeit (1959) 1 copy

Only One Winner (2013) 1 copy

The Wonderful Day: Science Fiction Stories (2012) 1 copy

Kampf um das Geisterschiff 1 copy

Lazarus 1 copy

Fifty Days To Doom (Linford Mystery Library) (2010) 1 copy

Cristalli maledetti — Author — 1 copy

Without Bugles 1 copy

The Life Buyer (2006) 1 copy

The Eyes of Silence 1 copy

The Mechanical monarch (1958) 1 copy

The Sleeping City (2011) 1 copy

Prelude To A Work In Progress / Who's Who In The Universe. (1986) 1 copy

Cauldron of Violence (Linford Western) (2010) 1 copy

Random Sample [short story] (1976) 1 copy

Tubb E.C. (Edwin Charles Tubb) 1 copy

Food For Friendship — Author — 1 copy

Footsteps Of Angels (Linford Mystery Library) (2008) 1 copy

Pandora's Box (1996) 1 copy

Touch of reality [short fiction] (1958) 1 copy

The captain's dog [short fiction] 1 copy

Agent 1 copy

Secret Of The Towers (2008) 1 copy

The Green Helix (2009) 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction No. 73 1 copy

Training aid [short fiction] (1958) 1 copy

Sentimental journey [short fiction] 1 copy

Talk not at all [short fiction] (2016) 1 copy

Die Welt der Doppelgänger. Commander Scott Band 29 1 copy

Mondbasis Alpha I/Flucht ins All - Doppelband (1975) 1 copy

Earl Dumarest 27: Die Erde ist der Himmel (2020) 1 copy

Lallia (1971) 1 copy

Nati nello spazio 1 copy

Child of Space; The E. C. Tubb Boxset - 1 of 4 1 copy

Destroyer of Worlds; The E. C. Tubb Boxset - 2 of 4 1 copy

A Scatter of Stardust; The E. C. Tubb Boxset - 3 of 4 1 copy

Twelve from Tomorrow; The E. C. Tubb Boxset - 4 of 4 1 copy

Vindarnas planet 1 copy

Made to Be Broken [short story] (1973) 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction, #83 August 1957 1 copy

Juventude Eterna 1 copy

Urania 1004 - TERRORE NELL'IPERSPAZIO 1 copy

The Jester at Scar - To Venus! To Venus! 1 copy

Twelve from Tomorrow 1 copy

AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY 81 1 copy

Sag die Wahrheit [Kurzgeschichte] (1959) 1 copy

Ein scheckiges Pferd [Kurzgeschichte] (1960) 1 copy

Saturn Patrol 1ST Edition (1996) 1 copy

Cosmo profondo: Scalo su Logis, Il pianeta senza legge, Domani la Terra? 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly 66 (1955) 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 82 (1957) 1 copy

AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY NO 76 (1957) 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly 75 (1956) 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly. Number 67. March 15Th 1956. (1956) 1 copy

AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY NO 69 (1956) 1 copy

AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY NO 77 (1957) 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly 79 (1957) 1 copy

AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY NO 74 (1956) 1 copy

Toyman (New York: Ace Books, 1969) 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly 80 1 copy

Authentic Science Fiction Monthly 78 1 copy

Temple of Death (2013) 1 copy

The Gold Seekers (2016) 1 copy

The Scourge of the South (2016) 1 copy

Fluch der Unsterblichkeit. Band 14 1 copy

The Coming Event (New York: DAW Books, 1982) 1 copy

De Bracy's Drug (1953) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Flight or Fright (2018) — Contributor — 462 copies

The 1974 Annual World's Best SF (1974) — Contributor — 232 copies

9th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1964) — Contributor — 167 copies

11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1966) — Contributor — 116 copies

New Writings in SF-6 (1966) — Contributor — 110 copies

Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet (2018) — Contributor — 88 copies

Heroic Fantasy (1979) — Contributor — 88 copies

The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004) — Contributor — 86 copies

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy (1956) — Contributor — 80 copies

The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012) — Contributor — 70 copies

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume (1958) — Contributor — 69 copies

New Writings in SF-22 (1975) — Contributor — 55 copies

New Writings in SF-23 (1973) — Contributor; Contributor — 50 copies

The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1996) — Contributor — 44 copies

The Best of British SF 1 (1977) — Contributor — 39 copies

Weird Shadows From Beyond (1965) — Contributor — 35 copies

New Writings in SF-29 (1976) — Contributor — 34 copies

Dimension 4 (1964) — Contributor — 32 copies

New Writings in SF-28 (1976) — Contributor — 31 copies

Beyond Time: Classic Tales of Time Unwound (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Contributor — 31 copies

The Androids Are Coming (1979) — Contributor — 28 copies

Future Crimes (2021) — Contributor — 25 copies

New Writings in SF-30 (1977) — Contributor — 24 copies

The Collected Classical Stories and Classic Who Dunnits/boxed Set (2 volume set) (1996) — Contributor — 24 copies

Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the Void (2021) — Contributor — 19 copies

Drabble Project (1988) — Contributor — 17 copies

Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome (1996) — Contributor — 16 copies

Univers 03 (1975) — Contributor — 14 copies

Gateway to Tomorrow: A Science Fiction Anthology (1954) — Contributor — 13 copies

Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction: Vol. LXVIII, No. 5 (January 1962) (1961) — Contributor — 10 copies

Galaxy Science Fiction 1956 December, Vol. 13, No. 2 (1956) — Contributor — 9 copies

New Worlds SF 149, April 1965 — Contributor — 6 copies

ULLSTEIN 2000 SF STORIES 11 (1972) — Contributor — 5 copies

Infinity Science Fiction, April 1957 (1957) — Contributor — 4 copies

SF Impulse 6 (1966) — Contributor, some editions — 3 copies

Gateway To The Stars: A Science Fiction Anthology — Contributor — 2 copies

Science Fantasy 76 (1965) — Contributor — 2 copies

New Writings in SF - Special 3 (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Tubb, Edwin Charles
Other names: Allen, Stuart (pen name)
Bain, Ted (pen name)
Carey, Julian (pen name)
Cary, Julian (pen name)
Dale, Norman (pen name)
Gray, Charles (pen name) (show all 25)
Grey, Charles (pen name)
Godfrey, R.H. (pen name)
Gridban, Volstead (pen name)
Guthrie, Alan (pen name)
Holt, George (pen name)
Hunt, Gill (pen name)
Innes, Allen (pen name)
Kent, Gordon (pen name)
Kern, Gregory (pen name)
Lang, King (house name used by the Curtis Warren publishing house)
Maclean, Arthur (pen name)
Maddox, Carl (pen name)
Martyn, Phillip (pen name)
Shaw, Brian (pen name)
Sheldon, Roy (house name used by Hamilton & Co.)
Storm, Eric (pen name)
Thomson, Edward (pen name)
Weight, Frank (pen name)
West, Douglas (pen name)
Birthdate: 1919-10-15
Date of death: 2010-09-10
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Country (for map): England, UK
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Place of death: London, England, UK
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Occupations: novelist
Organizations: British Science Fiction Association (one of the founders)
Science Fiction Association (pre-WW2 association)
Disambiguation notice: E. C. Tubb has written under many pseudonyms, such as: Charles Grey, Volsted Gridban, Gill Hunt, Gregory Kern, King Lang, and Edward Thomson. although some are pseudonyms for collaborations with other authors.

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Mayenne & Jondelle (Dumarest of Terra #9 & 10) by E. C. Tubb

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Pawn of the Omphalos by E.C. Tubb

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The Terridae by E. C. Tubb

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Kalin: The Dumarest Saga Book 4 by E.C. Tubb

Dumarest rescues Kalin of Solis who can see into the future. Once again, their spaceship is disabled and they are dumped on an inhospitable planet and have to win free.

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