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'''Rosel George Brown''' (March 15, 1926 – November 26, 1967) was an American ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://womensf.loa.org/rosel-george-brown/ |title=The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin |publisher=Library of America |year=2018 |isbn=9781598535853 |editor-last=Yaszek |editor-first=Lisa |language=English |chapter=Biographical Notes}}</ref>


==Biography==
'''Rosel George Brown''' was born on ], ] in New Orleans, Louisiana and died there on ] ]. She was a female ] writer during the sixties.
Born in ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clute |first=John |date=11 August 2018 |title=Brown, Rosel George |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brown_rosel_george |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction}}</ref> she lived in the city of her birth with her husband after concluding her formal education at ], where she majored in ancient ], and at the ] where she received her M.A. in Greek.<ref name=":0" /> Several of her books were dedicated to her husband ], who was a history professor at ].<ref name=":0" /> The couple had two children, a son born in 1954 and a daughter born in 1959. In addition to writing, she worked as a teacher and a welfare visitor in Louisiana.<ref name=":0" /> In 1959, she was nominated for the ] for best new author.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hugo Awards 1959 |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Hugo_Awards_1959 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database}}</ref> Her life and career were cut short when she died of ] at the age of 41 in 1967.<ref name=":0" /> The fourth ''] Anthology'' contains an obituary written by ],<ref name=":0" /> and ] dedicated her 1970 anthology ''Alchemy & Academe'' to Brown, along with several other people. Brown and McCaffrey had met at a ].


==Works== ==Works==
Brown's works were mainly written in the late 1950s to the mid-1960s and generally were favorably received by critics and readers. Her main novels are '']'' a.k.a. ''Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue'', and its sequel, ''The Waters of Centaurus'', which chronicle the life of Sybil Sue Blue, a female detective. ''The Waters of Centaurus'' was published after her death,<ref name=":0" /> and was copyrighted by her husband in 1970. She also collaborated on the novel ''Earthblood'' (1966) with ].


], reviewing ''Galactic Suburbia: Recovering Women's Science Fiction'' by ], notes that Yaszek's inclusion of Rosel George Brown is important viewing her, along with ], ], ], and ] as "significant 1950s talents now in danger of lapsing into obscurity."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Latham |first=Rob |date=2009 |editor-last= |editor-first= |title=Split-Level Futures |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25475223 |journal=Science Fiction Studies |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=172–175 |jstor=25475223 |issn=0091-7729}}</ref>
Rosel's works were mainly written throughout the sixties and are often considered to be ahead of their time by those who have read them. Her main novels are ''Sybil Sue Blue'' a.k.a ''Galactic Sybil Sue Blue'', and it's sequel ''Waters of Centaurus'' which are chronicle the life of Sybil Sue Blue, a female detective who lives in a '90s with Aliens. They were both printed around 1960 to 1970. In fact ''Waters of Centaurus'' was published only after her death by the executor of her will.


Her short stories appeared in ''], ], ]'' and elsewhere. A collection of Brown's short stories, entitled ''A Handful of Time'', was published by ] in 1963.
She also had one collaboration with ] called ''Earthblood''.


==Short stories==
''A handful of time'', was another work of hers, a collection of stories she published in magazines such as ] and ].
A list of some of Brown's short stories follows:
*"From an Unseen Censor", '']'', Sep. 1958
*"Hair-Raising Adventure", ''Star Science Fiction #5'', 1959
*"Virgin Ground", '']'', Feb. 1959
*"Lost in Translation", '']'', May 1959 <sup>H</sup>
*"Car Pool", '']'', Jul. 1959 <sup>H</sup>
*"Save Your Confederate Money, Boys", '']'', Nov. 1959 <sup>H</sup>
*"Flower Arrangement", '']'', Dec. 1959
*"Signs of the Times", '']'', Dec. 1959 <sup>H</sup>
*"David's Daddy", '']'', Jun. 1960
*"Step IV", '']'', Jun. 1960 <sup>H</sup>
*"There's Always a Way", '']'', Jul. 1960
*"A Little Human Contact", '']'', Apr. 1960 <sup>H</sup>
*"Just a Suggestion", '']'', Aug. 1960 <sup>H</sup>
*"Of All Possible Worlds", '']'', Feb. 1961 <sup>H</sup> (also republished in ''Rediscovery: science fiction by women (1958-1963)'')<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Freas |first1=Laura Brodian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1128274297 |title=Rediscovery: science fiction by women (1958-1963) |last2=Marcus |first2=Gideon |date=2019 |publisher=Journey Press |isbn=978-1-951320-00-3 |language=English |oclc=1128274297}}</ref>
*"Visiting Professor", '']'', Feb. 1961 <sup>H</sup>
*"The Ultimate Sin", '']'', Oct. 1961
*"And a Tooth", '']'', Aug. 1962
*"Fruiting Body", '']'', Aug. 1962 <sup>H</sup>
*"Smith's Revenge", original in ''A Handful of Time'' (1963) <sup>H</sup>
*"The Devaluation of the Symbol", original in ''A Handful of Time'' (1963) <sup>H</sup>
*"The Artist", '']'', May 1964


<sup>H</sup> collected in ''A Handful of Time''
==Short Stories==


== Novels ==
Besides publishing in ] and ] she published in ], ], and ]. A full list of her stories and publications are as follows,


* ''Earthblood'' (with ]) (1966)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Laumer |first1=Keith |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17415482 |title=Earthblood |last2=Brown |first2=Rosel George |date=1987 |isbn=978-0-671-65348-4 |language=English |oclc=17415482}}</ref>
"Signs of the Times," Amazing Stories, Dec. ]
* ''Sibyl Sue Blue'' series
** ''Sibyl Sue Blue'' (1966)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Rosel George |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1269505624 |title=Sibyl Sue Blue |date=2021 |publisher=Journey Press |isbn=978-1-951320-08-9 |language=English |oclc=1269505624}}</ref> - Also published as ''Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue'' (1968)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Rosel George |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2504650 |title=Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue |date=1968 |publisher=Berkley Pub. Corp. |location=New York |language=English |oclc=2504650}}</ref>
** ''Waters of Centaurus'' (published posthumously) (1970)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Rosel George |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2499946 |title=The waters of Centaurus |date=1970 |publisher=Lancer Books |location=New York |language=English |oclc=2499946}}</ref>


==External links==
"Step IV," Amazing Stories, Jun. ]
* {{Gutenberg author | id=34873 | name=Rosel George Brown}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Rosel George Brown}}
* {{Librivox author |id=954}}
* {{isfdb name|id=Rosel_George_Brown|name=Rosel George Brown}}


==References==
"The Artist," Amazing, May ]
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"David's Daddy," Fantastic, Jun. ]


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"There's Always a Way," Fantastic, Jul. ]
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"Visiting Professor," Fantastic, Feb. ]
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"And a Tooth," Fantastic, Aug. ]
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"Save Your Confederate Money, Boys," Fantastic Universe, Nov. ]
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"Lost in Translation," ], May ]
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"A Little Human Contact," ], Apr. ]
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"Just a Suggestion," ], Aug. ]
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"Of All Possible Worlds," ], Feb. ]

"The Ultimate Sin," ], Oct. ]

"Fruiting Body," ], Aug. ]

"From an Unseen Censor," Galaxy, Sep. ]

"Flower Arrangement," Galaxy, Dec. ]

"Hair-Raising Adventure," Star Science Fiction #5, ]

"Virgin Ground," Worlds of If, Feb. ]

"Car Pool," Worlds of If, Jul. ]

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American writer
Rosel George Brown c.1966

Rosel George Brown (March 15, 1926 – November 26, 1967) was an American science fiction author.

Biography

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she lived in the city of her birth with her husband after concluding her formal education at Sophie Newcomb College, where she majored in ancient Greek, and at the University of Minnesota where she received her M.A. in Greek. Several of her books were dedicated to her husband W. Burlie Brown, who was a history professor at Tulane University. The couple had two children, a son born in 1954 and a daughter born in 1959. In addition to writing, she worked as a teacher and a welfare visitor in Louisiana. In 1959, she was nominated for the Hugo Award for best new author. Her life and career were cut short when she died of lymphoma at the age of 41 in 1967. The fourth Nebula Award Anthology contains an obituary written by Daniel F. Galouye, and Anne McCaffrey dedicated her 1970 anthology Alchemy & Academe to Brown, along with several other people. Brown and McCaffrey had met at a Milford Writer's Workshop.

Works

Brown's works were mainly written in the late 1950s to the mid-1960s and generally were favorably received by critics and readers. Her main novels are Sibyl Sue Blue a.k.a. Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue, and its sequel, The Waters of Centaurus, which chronicle the life of Sybil Sue Blue, a female detective. The Waters of Centaurus was published after her death, and was copyrighted by her husband in 1970. She also collaborated on the novel Earthblood (1966) with Keith Laumer.

Rob Latham, reviewing Galactic Suburbia: Recovering Women's Science Fiction by Lisa Yaszek, notes that Yaszek's inclusion of Rosel George Brown is important viewing her, along with Margaret St. Clair, Zenna Henderson, Mildred Clingerman, and Doris Pitkin Buck as "significant 1950s talents now in danger of lapsing into obscurity."

Her short stories appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Fantastic Universe and elsewhere. A collection of Brown's short stories, entitled A Handful of Time, was published by Ballantine Books in 1963.

Short stories

A list of some of Brown's short stories follows:

collected in A Handful of Time

Novels

  • Earthblood (with Keith Laumer) (1966)
  • Sibyl Sue Blue series
    • Sibyl Sue Blue (1966) - Also published as Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue (1968)
    • Waters of Centaurus (published posthumously) (1970)

External links

References

  1. ^ Yaszek, Lisa, ed. (2018). "Biographical Notes". The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin. Library of America. ISBN 9781598535853.
  2. Clute, John (11 August 2018). "Brown, Rosel George". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  3. "Hugo Awards 1959". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  4. Latham, Rob (2009). "Split-Level Futures". Science Fiction Studies. 36 (1): 172–175. ISSN 0091-7729. JSTOR 25475223.
  5. Freas, Laura Brodian; Marcus, Gideon (2019). Rediscovery: science fiction by women (1958-1963). Journey Press. ISBN 978-1-951320-00-3. OCLC 1128274297.
  6. Laumer, Keith; Brown, Rosel George (1987). Earthblood. ISBN 978-0-671-65348-4. OCLC 17415482.
  7. Brown, Rosel George (2021). Sibyl Sue Blue. Journey Press. ISBN 978-1-951320-08-9. OCLC 1269505624.
  8. Brown, Rosel George (1968). Galactic Sibyl Sue Blue. New York: Berkley Pub. Corp. OCLC 2504650.
  9. Brown, Rosel George (1970). The waters of Centaurus. New York: Lancer Books. OCLC 2499946.
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