Charles Nuetzel


Charles Alexander Nuetzel is an American author and publisher, primarily of science fiction, thrillers, and erotica. He has written as Charles Nuetzel and numerous pseudonyms, including Mark Allen, Blake Andrews, Albert Augustus Jr., Jack Belmont, Alex Blake, Fredric Blake, J. D. Blake, Rex Charles, John Davidson, Carson Davis, Fred Davis, Jay Davis, Jack Donaldson, Charles English, Frank Ewing, Don Franklin, Donald Franklyn, George Frederics, Howard Jackson, Fritz Jantzen, David Johnson, Hal Lambert, Frank MacDonald, Fred MacDonald, Alec Rivere, Stu Rivers, Jack Turner, Jay West, and Rita Wilde.

Biography

Nuetzel was born November 10, 1934 in San Francisco, California, one of twin sons of commercial artist Albert Augustus Nuetzel and Betty Nuetzel. His twin brother, Albert Augustus Nuetzel, Jr., died two days after birth. The family moved to Southern California when Nuetzel was eight. He was pointed in the way of his future career through early interest in Edgar Rice Burroughs and later a chance meeting with Ray Bradbury, which resulted in his acquaintance with the man who would become his agent, Forrest J. Ackerman. He attended San Fernando Valley State College for one semester and subsequently worked in various professions, including pop singer and film technician. In 1962, Nuetzel married Brigitte Marianne Winter.

Literary career

Nuetzel was active literarily for eleven years, from 1960-1971, and again briefly from 2006-2008, when Borgo Press, an imprint of Wildside Press, reissued much of his backfile along with a number of previously unpublished or new works, and 2012-2015, when many of his works were reissued through Haldolen Press.
From 1960 onward, Nuetzel began publishing short stories and novels under numerous pseudonyms, as well as under his own name. A self-styled hack author, he aspired to be a pulp writer, only to be informed that pulp was dead, and sleazy erotica was the current equivalent; much of his early work was directed to that market, and many of his stories in general have a more or less pronounced erotic overtone. Many of the books he wrote or packaged bore cover images produced by his father Albert Nuetzel, or Nuetzell, as he was often credited.
His first published science fiction story was "A Very Cultured Taste". His best-known works in that genre include his Edgar Rice Burroughs-influenced planetary romances, all originally published in 1969; Warriors of Noomas, Raiders of Noomas, Swordsman of Vistar, and The Slaves of Lomooro, the Lost Race novel Lost City of the Damned, the future-sex novel Lovers: 2017, the dystopian film tie-in Queen of Blood, and the satirical short story collection Images of Tomorrow.
Nuetzel also worked as an agent, editor, packager, and publisher. He helped found the paperback publisher Powell Books, and edited its science fiction imprint ; he was also established his own firm, NAC Publications. Both lines included some of his own works, often issued under pen names. By 1971, when Nuetzel retired from writing, he had published over 70 novels and over 100 short stories.
Many of his scattered or obscurely published stories and novels were reissued, some as e-books, starting in 2006, along with some previously unpublished and original works. His autobiography, Pocketbook Writer: Confessions of Commercial Hack, appeared in 2008.

Noomas series

  • Raiders of Noomas
  • Warriors of Noomas
  • Slavegirl of Noomas
  • Conquest of Noomas
  • ''Torlo Hannis of Noomas''

    Other novels

  • Lost City of the Damned
  • Love Me to Death
  • Softly as I Kill You
  • Two Timing Tart
  • Blues for a Dead Lover
  • Motel Mistress
  • One Hundred Dollar Call-Girl
  • Sex Is My Business
  • Tropic of Passion
  • Jungle Nymph ; revised as The Ersatz
  • Nobody Loves a Tramp
  • Sex Queen
  • Murder Times 4
  • Never In Her Arms
  • Sex on Fire ; as Gold Lust
  • Bikini Girl
  • Parley in Passion
  • Queen of Blood
  • Star Bitch
  • Blowout!
  • Born to Be Loved
  • Hollywood Mysteries
  • Krista
  • The Slaves of Lomooro
  • Swordmen of Vistar
  • Adapt or Die
  • Last Call for the Stars
  • Bodies 4 Sale
  • Syndicate Woman
  • The Body Merchants
  • One Summer of Love
  • The Epic Dialogs of Mhyo: An Adult Fairy Tale
  • The Sex Cult Murders
  • Murder Most Terrible
  • Jean
  • "Amazon Gold Fever"
  • Any One Can Die suspense thriller
  • Operation: Double Cross
  • Midnight Lovers
  • The Casting Couchers
  • Hollywood Nymph
  • ''Long Dead Road''

    Collections

  • Images of Tomorrow
  • Jungle Jungle
  • Dimensions: Stores of the Past, Present, and Future
  • The Ersatz and The Talisman: Two Tales of an Uncertain Future
  • Fluff
  • Mistress of the Damned and Death in her Arms
  • Tropic of Passion & Amazon Gold Fever: Two Tales of Jungle Adventure
  • Master of the House
  • The Homo Sap Plus Four
  • Lost Worlds of Charles Neutzel
  • Love Me To Death
  • Merchants of Death
  • Show-Biz Craze
  • Show-Biz Gangland Style
  • 3 New Dimensional Worlds
  • 2 Westerns + 1
  • Vegas Last Laugh Plus One
  • Wanton Lovers
  • Night Games
  • Hollywood After Midnight
  • ''Ten Science Fiction Nightmares''

    Short stories

  • "A Very Cultured Taste"
  • "Drink Deep of Revenge"
  • "Plague of the Past"
  • "Planet of the Love Feast"
  • "Shark Bait"
  • "The End of a Town"
  • "The Stand-Off"
  • "The Witch of Hollywood"
  • "Party Business"
  • "The Stand In"
  • "The Casting Couch"
  • "Frozen Smiles and Glad Hands
  • "Vegas Last Laugh"
  • "Guided Tour"
  • "Hunger Pangs"
  • "The Good Doctor"
  • "The Homo Sap"
  • "Word to the Wise"
  • "Count Down to Doom"
  • "Garcia’s Mistress"
  • "The World That WOMB Made"
  • "Images of Man"
  • "Mission of Mercy"
  • "Royal Lesson"
  • "The Judgment"
  • "Jungle Goddess"
  • "Jungle Safari"
  • "The Nova Incident"
  • "A Day for Dying"
  • "Amazon Gold Fever"
  • "The Talisman"
  • "Beneficiaries"
  • "Far Side of Paradise"
  • "Master of the House"
  • "Mission of Mercy"
  • "Those Who Watch"

    Nonfiction

  • Whodunit? Hollywood style and True Stories of Scandal and Hollywood Mysteries )
  • Pocketbook Writer: Confessions of Commercial Hack
  • Egomania: Essays & Other Writings
  • ''Seven Days in Maui: A Photo Essay Revealed''

    Anthologies edited

  • ''If This Goes On''