J. T. McIntosh


James Murdoch MacGregor was a Scottish journalist and author best known for writing science fiction under the pen name J.T. McIntosh.

Biography

Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, but living largely in Aberdeen, MacGregor used the pseudonym McIntosh as well as "H. J. Murdoch", "Gregory Francis", and "Stuart Winsor" for all his science fiction work, which was the majority of his literature, though he did publish books by his own name. His first story, "The Curfew Tolls", was published in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction during 1950, and his first novel, World Out of Mind, was published during 1953. He did not publish any work after 1980. He died on 22 July 2008.
Along with John Mather and Edith Dell, he is credited for the screenplay for the colour feature movie Satellite in the Sky.
During 2010 the National Library of Scotland purchased his literary papers and correspondence.

Critical reception

John Clute writes that "McIntosh never lost the vivid narrative skills that made him an interesting figure of 1950s sf, but his failure to challenge himself or his readers in his later career led to results that verged on mediocrity. His early work warrants revival".

Partial bibliography

Novels

World Out of Mind Born Leader One in Three Hundred The Fittest When the Ship Sank Incident Over the Pacific Two Hundred Years to Christmas The Iron Rain The Million Cities The Noman Way Out of Chaos Time for a Change

Short stories and serials

  • "The Curfew Tolls"
  • "Machine Made"
  • "Venus Mission"
  • "Then There Were Two"
  • "" ; adapted on the radio series X Minus One
  • "Katahut Said No"
  • "The ESP Worlds Part 1"
  • "The ESP Worlds Part 2"
  • "The Broken Record"
  • "Stitch in Time"
  • "The ESP Worlds Part 3"
  • "One in 300" used in One in Three Hundred
  • "Beggars All"
  • ""
  • ""
  • ""
  • "One in Three Hundred"
  • "War's Great Organ"
  • "The Happier Eden"
  • "One in a Thousand" ; used in One in Three Hundred
  • ""
  • "Divine Right"
  • "Beggars All"
  • "Talents"
  • "Relay Race"
  • "One in a Thousand"
  • "Something New Wanted... "
  • "One Too Many", used in One in Three Hundred
  • ""
  • "Uno su Trencento"
  • ""
  • "Live for Ever"
  • "Selection"
  • "Uno su Mille"
  • ""
  • "Eleventh Commandment"
  • "The Big Hop"
  • "Bluebird World"
  • "The Man Who Cried "Sheep!" "
  • "The Lady and the Bull Pt. 1"
  • "The Lady and the Bull Pt. 2"
  • "The Solomon Plan"
  • "The Deciding Factor"
  • "Safety Margin"
  • "Katahut Said No"
  • "Report on Earth"
  • "Tradition"
  • "Unit"
  • "The Sandmen"
  • "You Were Right, Joe"
  • "The Million Cities", expanded to novel, 1963
  • ""
  • ""
  • "Tenth Time Around"
  • "200 Years to Christmas"
  • "The Ship from Home"
  • "Immortality... for Some", expanded to Flight from Rebirth
  • "Tenth Time Round"
  • "Planet on Probation"
  • ""
  • ""
  • ""
  • "One into Two"
  • "The Stupid General"
  • ""
  • "Humanoid Sacrifice"
  • "Poor Planet"
  • ""
  • "The Sudden Silence"
  • ""
  • "Snow White and the Giants Part 1"
  • "Snow White and the Giants Part 2"
  • "Snow White and the Giants Part 3"
  • "Snow White and the Giants Part 4"
  • "Six Gates to Limbo Part 1"
  • "Six Gates to Limbo Part 2"
  • "The Real People"
  • "The World of God"