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Banks, Raymond E

(1918-1996) US businessman who began writing with the fantasy story "The Sad Room" for Esquire in November 1946, billed as that Slick magazine's "discovery of the month"; he began again with "Never Trust an Intellectual" for Dynamic Science Fiction in June 1953, publishing at least 30 additional stories in the next decade. His novels are Sex-dominated Planetary Romances or Space Operas, all as by Ralph Burch (for various vts see Checklist below). They include Lust of the Swampmen (1978), Lust in Space (1978) and Duplicate Lovers (1980). [JC]

Raymond Eugene Banks

born Missouri: 8 November 1918

died Los Angeles, California: 3 August 1996

works

• Lust of the Swampmen (Encino, California: Encounter Books/Traveler's Tales, 1978) as by Ralph Burch [pb/]
  • Daryk: Skull Keep of the Primal Clan (Encino, California: Orchid Publishing Co/Castle Books, 1978) as Banks [vt of the above: pb/]
  • The Savage Princess (Encino, California: World-Wide Publishing/Hustler, 1980) as Banks [dos: vt of the above: pb/]
• Lust in Space (Encino, California: Encounter Books/Traveler's Tales, 1978) as by Ralph Burch [pb/]
  • Ultimate Transform (Encino, California: Orchid Publishing Co/Castle Books, 1978) as Ramond [sic] Banks [vt of the above: pb/Paul Stinson]
  • The Moon Rapers (Encino, California: World-Wide Publishing/Hustler, 1980) as Ramond [sic] Banks [vt of the above: pb/Steven Hofheimer]
• Duplicate Lovers (Encino, California: World-Wide Publishing/Hustler, 1980) as by Ralph Burch [pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
Accessed 01:16 am on 19 April 2024.
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