John M. Faucette
John M. Faucette | |
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Born | 1943 |
Died | January 2003 |
John M. Faucette (September 15, 1943–2003) was an African-American science-fiction author. He published five novels (four of them in the 1960s)[1] and one short story. At the time of his death he had seven unpublished novels in various states of completion. Two of his novels; Crown of Infinity and Age of Ruin, were published in the popular Ace Doubles series.
Faucette was born and raised in Harlem and lived there for twenty-six years. He graduated from Bronx High School of Science and majored in chemistry at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn before studying filmmaking, screenplay, and short-story writing at New York University's School of Continuing Education.[2]
Faucette died of a heart attack in 2003.
All I have ever wanted was to be a writer. Unfortunately, the editors have decreed otherwise. But 'if it doesn't kill you....' The years of rejection have forced me to walk in paths and directions I probably would not have if I'd been successful, to probe the limits of my ability and find a way past them and to look at things with an ever more critical and creative eye. The best is yet to come.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]Published
[edit]- Crown of Infinity (1968)
- Siege of Earth (1971)
- The Warriors of Terra (Belmont Books, 1970)
- The Age of Ruin (1968)
- Disco Hustle (Holloway House, 1978)
- The Secret - AIM Magazine (1999)
- Messenger of God - AIM Magazine (2001)
- Pets - Artemis Magazine (2001)
- Black Science Fiction (2002) Publisher: Macro Publishing Group (May 15, 2002) ISBN 0-7414-1004-4, 437 pages.
Unpublished
[edit]- Earth Will be Avenged
- The Gypsy Dick
- The Tan Argus III Interstellar Chess Tournament
- Sex Death
- Tell My People
- Homo Cosmos
- The Ghettoes of Hell
Notes
[edit]- ^ Rodger Turner, Webmaster (1981-04-12). "In Memoriam 2003". The SF Site. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "Internet Book List: Author Information: John Faucette". Iblist.com. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "lrcpubs.com". lrcpubs.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
References
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[edit]- 1943 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- African-American novelists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- People from Harlem
- Writers from Manhattan
- American male short story writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- 20th-century African-American writers
- 21st-century African-American writers
- African-American male writers