Doris P. Buck

Doris Pitkin Buck (January 3, 1898^[1]-December 4, 1980^[2][3]) was an American science fiction author.

Born in New York City, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1920 and Columbia University with a master's degree in 1925.^[3] She was a stage actress before marrying Richard Buck. She taught English at Ohio State University and was a founding member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.^[3]

She published numerous science fiction stories and poems, many of them in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her story "The Little Blue Weeds of Spring" from the June 1966 issue was a nominee on the first ballot for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.^[4] Her story "Why They Mobbed the White House" appeared in Damon Knight's anthology Orbit 3 (1968). Her story "The Giberel" appeared in Robert Silverberg's anthology New Dimensions 1 (1971) and reappeared in Lloyd Biggle, Jr.'s Nebula Award Stories 7 (1972). Her story "Cacophony in Pink and Ochre" is one of the stories slated to appear in Harlan Ellison's unpublished anthology The Last Dangerous Visions.

Buck died at age 82 of a pulmonary embolism.^[2] Her final publication was the poem "Travel Tip", published posthumously in the June 1981 issue of F&SF.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Doris Pitkin Buck - Summary Bibliography". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2109. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Doris P(itkin) Buck." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 31 July 2011.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Davin, Eric Leif (2006). Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction 1926–1965. Lexington Books. p. 373. ISBN 073911266X. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZoNDebTvUnsC. 
4. ^ "Bibliography: The Little Blue Weeds of Spring". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?53900. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 

External links

• Doris P. Buck at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database