Changes: Mack Reynolds

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Template:Realworld Mack Reynolds (11 November 1917 – 30 January 1983; age 65), was born as Dallas McCord Reynolds.

As an pulp science fiction magazine author, he was published in Galaxy and Worlds of if. Popular in the 1960s, his stories were often set in utopian societies and had reformist themes. He was the first to write an original novel based on the TOS TV show that came out in hard cover and written for a young adult audience.

Reynolds was born in Corcoran, California. After his parents moved to Baltimore with him, they became active Marxists in the Socialist Labor Party. In the Second World War, Reynolds trained to be a Marine, but ended up in the US Army. In the 1950s, Reynolds lived in many different countries around the world, including some in Eastern Europe and Northern Africa, Japan and Mexico. Around this time Reynolds left the Socialist Labor Party. It has been suggested that his hard-left political background influenced his fiction writing, laden as it is with revolutionary ideas, and utopias. This is in contrast to one of the other earlier novelizers, James Blish who held more right wing views. He died in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1983 after cancer surgery.

He wrote under numerous pen names, some of them variations of his birthname, others like Todd Harding, Mark Mallory and Bob Belmont, completely different. A compilation of his work, The Best of Mack Reynolds, was published in 1976.

Writing credits

Star Trek novels

TOS: Mission to Horatius

First Star Trek tie-In hardcover novel

Partial list of non-Star Trek novels

The Case of the Little Green Men
Mercenary from Tomorrow
The Earth War
Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes
Space Pioneer
Planetary Agent X
Dawnman Planet
Of Godlike Power
After Some Tomorrow
Home Sweet Home 2010 A.D.
Chaos in Lagrangia

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+'''Mack Reynolds''' {{born|11|November|1917|died|30|January|1983}}, was born as '''Dallas McCord Reynolds'''.
-'''Mack Reynolds''' was born '''Dallas McCord Reynolds''' in Corcoran, California, {{datelink|11|November|1917}}. He lived primarily in [[Mexico]] from the 1950s until his [[death]] in San Luis Potosi, {{datelink|30|January|1983}}.
-As an pulp science fiction [[magazine]] author, he was published in ''{{w|Galaxy Science Fiction|Galaxy}}'' and ''{{w|Worlds of if}}''. Popular in the '60s, his stories were often set in Utopian societies and had reformist themes. He was the first to write an original novel based on the [[TOS]] TV show that came out in hard cover and written for a young adult audience.
+As an pulp science fiction magazine author, he was published in ''{{w|Galaxy Science Fiction|Galaxy}}'' and ''{{w|If (magazine)|Worlds of if}}''. Popular in the 1960s, his stories were often set in utopian societies and had reformist themes. He was the first to write an original novel based on the [[TOS]] TV show that came out in hard cover and written for a young adult audience.
+Reynolds was born in Corcoran, California. After his parents moved to Baltimore with him, they became active Marxists in the Socialist Labor Party. In the Second World War, Reynolds trained to be a Marine, but ended up in the US Army. In the 1950s, Reynolds lived in many different countries around the world, including some in Eastern Europe and Northern Africa, Japan and Mexico. Around this time Reynolds left the Socialist Labor Party. It has been suggested that his hard-left political background influenced his fiction writing, laden as it is with revolutionary ideas, and utopias. This is in contrast to one of the other earlier novelizers, [[James Blish]] who held more right wing views. He died in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1983 after cancer surgery.
-===Writing Credits===
+He wrote under numerous pen names, some of them variations of his birthname, others like Todd Harding, Mark Mallory and Bob Belmont, completely different. A compilation of his work, ''The Best of Mack Reynolds'', was published in 1976.
+=== Writing credits ===
 ;''Star Trek'' novels
 * [[Pocket TOS|TOS]]: ''[[Mission to Horatius]]''
 : First ''Star Trek'' tie-In hardcover novel
-;Incomplete List of non-''Star Trek'' novels
+;Partial list of non-''Star Trek'' novels
-* ''The Case of the Little Green Men''
+*''The Case of the Little Green Men''
-* ''Mercenary from Tomorrow''
+*''Mercenary from Tomorrow''
-* ''The Earth War''
+*''The Earth War''
-* ''Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes''
+*''Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes''
-* ''Space Pioneer''
+*''Space Pioneer''
 * ''Planetary Agent X''
 * ''Dawnman Planet''
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 * ''Chaos in Lagrangia''
-==External links==
+== External links ==
-*{{wikipedia}}
+* {{wikipedia}}
+* {{sf-encyc|reynolds_mack}}
+* {{NCwiki}}
-[[Category:Star Trek authors|Reynolds, Mack]]
+[[Category:Star Trek novel authors|Reynolds, Mack]]