John Boyd (author)
John Boyd was the main literary name of Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, an American science fiction author, born in Atlanta, Georgia. His best known work is his first science fiction novel, The Last Starship From Earth, published in 1968. Boyd wrote eleven science fiction novels, five other novels, and one biography. The majority of his novels were published by US publisher Weybright & Talley, with later ones appearing from science fiction publishers.
Science fiction novels
The Last Starship From Earth The Pollinators of Eden The Rakehells of Heaven Weybright & Talley, Gollancz, Bantam, Pan, Penguin Sex and the High Command Weybright & Talley, BantamThe Organ Bank Farm Weybright & Talley, BantamThe Doomsday Gene Weybright & TalleyThe I. Q. Merchant Weybright & TalleyThe Gorgon Festival Weybright & Talley, BantamAndromeda Gun Berkley Putnam, BerkleyBarnard's Planet Berkley Putnam, BerkleyThe Girl with the Jade Green Eyes Viking, PenguinOther novels
The Slave Stealer historical novel set during the US slavery period.Scarborough Hall Berkley. Ghost story involving the slavery period.Short fiction
- "The Girl and the Dolphin"
Nonfiction books
Behind Every Bush: Treason or Patriotism? . Concerning the House Committee on Un-American Activities, of which Ichord served as chairman after its change of name to the House Internal Security Committee.Nonfiction
- "What It Means To Write Science Fiction"