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Ted White (1) (1938–2026)

Author of Phoenix Prime

For other authors named Ted White, see the disambiguation page.

145+ Works 1,339 Members 12 Reviews

Series

Works by Ted White

Phoenix Prime (1966) 97 copies, 1 review
The Altar on Asconel / Android Avenger (1965) — Author — 66 copies
The Sorceress of Qar (1969) 59 copies, 1 review
The spawn of the death machine (1968) 53 copies, 1 review
Sideslip (1968) 47 copies
The Jewels of Elsewhen (1967) 44 copies, 1 review
Star Wolf! (1971) 41 copies, 1 review
By Furies Possessed (1970) 35 copies
Captain America: The Great Gold Steal (1968) 33 copies, 2 reviews
The Best from Fantastic (1973) 23 copies
The Best from Amazing Stories (1976) — Editor; Contributor — 23 copies
Android Avenger (1965) 11 copies, 1 review
Fantastic. No. 181 (July 1974) (1974) — Editor — 11 copies
Fantastic. No. 170 (August 1972) (1972) — Editor — 8 copies
Fantastic. No. 195 (June 1977) (1977) — Editor; Contributor — 8 copies
Fantastic. No. 192 (August 1976) (1976) — Editor — 8 copies
Fantastic. No. 186 (June 1975) (1975) — Editor — 8 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 47, No. 2 [August 1973] (1973) — Editor — 7 copies
Fantastic. No. 180 (May 1974) (1974) — Editor — 7 copies, 1 review
Fantastic. No. 154 (December 1969) (1969) — Editor — 7 copies
Fantastic. No. 194 (February 1977) (1977) — Editor — 7 copies
Fantastic. No. 155 (February 1970) (1970) — Editor — 7 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 51, No. 2 [January 1978] (1978) — Editor; Contributor — 7 copies
Fantastic. No. 167 (February 1972) (1972) — Editor — 7 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 49, No. 3 [November 1975] (1975) — Editor — 7 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 49, No. 2 [September 1975] (1975) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 157 (June 1970) (1970) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 169 (June 1972) (1972) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 172 (December 1972) (1972) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 196 (September 1977) (1977) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 190 (February 1976) (1976) — Editor — 6 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 47, No. 6 [April 1974] (1974) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 199 (July 1978) (1978) — Editor — 6 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 49, No. 1 [July 1975] (1975) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 159 (October 1970) (1970) — Editor — 6 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 43, No. 4 [November 1969] (1969) — Editor — 6 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 43, No. 5 [January 1970] (1969) — Editor — 6 copies
Fantastic. No. 177 (November 1973) (1973) — Editor — 6 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 46, No. 4 [November 1972] (1972) — Editor — 6 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 48, No. 6 [May 1975] (1975) — Editor — 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 48, No. 2 [August 1974] (1974) — Editor — 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 48, No. 1 [June 1974] (1974) — Editor — 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 47, No. 5 [February 1974] (1974) — Editor — 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 45, No. 4 [November 1971] (1971) — Editor — 5 copies
Fantastic. No. 198 (April 1978) (1978) — Editor — 5 copies
Fantastic. No. 158 (August 1970) — Editor — 5 copies
Trouble on Project Ceres (1971) 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 50, No. 5 [July 1977] (1977) — Editor — 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 43, No. 1 [May 1969] (1969) — Editor — 5 copies
Fantastic. No. 197 (December 1977) (1977) — Editor — 5 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 50, No. 2 [September 1976] (1976) — Editor — 4 copies
No Time Like Tomorrow (2018) 4 copies
Fantastic. No. 151 (June 1969) (1969) — Editor — 4 copies
Heavy Metal, August 1980, Vol. 4, No. 5 (1980) — Editor — 4 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 48, No. 5 [March 1975] (1975) — Editor — 4 copies
Fantastic. No. 182 (September 1974) — Editor — 4 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 50, No. 4 [March 1977] (1977) — Editor — 4 copies
Fantastic. No. 156 (April 1970) (1970) — Editor — 4 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 45, No. 5 [January 1972] (1972) — Editor — 4 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 47, No. 1 [June 1973] (1973) — Editor — 4 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 44, No. 1 [May 1970] (1970) — Editor — 3 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 51, No. 4 [August 1978] (1978) — Editor — 3 copies
Grandes Relatos De Ciencia Ficcion (1979) 3 copies, 1 review
Fantastic. No. 161 (February 1971) — Editor — 3 copies
Fantastic. No. 153 (October 1969) — Editor — 3 copies
Systems of Romance 2 copies, 1 review
Amazing Stories Vol. 51, No. 1 [October 1977] (1977) — Editor; Contributor — 2 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 47, No. 4 [December 1973] (1973) — Editor — 2 copies
Amazing Stories Vol. 51, No. 3 [May 1978] (1978) — Editor — 2 copies
It could be anywhere (1969) 1 copy
Wolf quest 1 copy
Menace of the Saucers (1969) 1 copy
Fantastic. No. 150 (April 1969) — Editor — 1 copy
Doc Phoenix 1 copy

Associated Works

The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009) — Contributor — 172 copies
And walk now gently through the fire, and other science fiction stories (1972) — Contributor — 77 copies, 2 reviews
"Corpse on the Imjin" and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library) (2012) — Contributor — 72 copies, 1 review
The Best American Mystery Stories : 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 60 copies, 3 reviews
"50 Girls 50" and Other Stories (2013) — Contributor — 59 copies, 1 review
’Tain’t the Meat– It’s the Humanity!: And Other Stories (2013) — Contributor — 52 copies, 2 reviews
Spawn of Mars and Other Stories (2015) — Contributor — 42 copies
Child Of Tomorrow: And Other Stories (2013) — Contributor — 41 copies
Sucker Bait And Other Stories (2014) — Contributor — 41 copies
Welcome to Dystopia: 45 Visions of What Lies Ahead (2017) — Contributor — 39 copies, 6 reviews
Bomb Run and Other Stories (2014) — Contributor — 38 copies
Forty Whacks And Other Stories (The EC Comics Library) (2015) — Contributor — 25 copies
Terror Train And Other Stories (2020) — Contributor — 22 copies
Demon Kind (11-in-1) (1973) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Gifts of Asti, and other stories of science fiction (1975) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Comics Journal #235 (2001) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Comics Journal #100 (1985) — Contributor — 5 copies
The Comics Journal #98 (1985) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Comics Journal #97 (1985) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Comics Journal #99 (1985) — Contributor — 2 copies
Science Fiction Eye #07, August 1990 — Contributor — 1 copy
Fantastic. No. 206 (April 1980) — Contributor — 1 copy

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15 reviews
Ted White’s Captain America: The Great Gold Steal represents one of Marvel Comics’ first forays into licensing its characters for different mediums. The story blends a retelling of Captain America’s comic exploits with a new story in which Cap battles against gold thieves attempting to rip off the Federal Reserve. Unlike Captain America’s comic book exploits, which often involved battles against larger-than-life supervillains or commentary on the changing nature of American society show more and where the nation falls short in applying the dream, this story generally fits the mold of other action-adventure novels of the late 1960s, specifically the work of Ian Fleming. The gold thieves may have laser weapons à la the early James Bond novels and films, but that’s the most fantastic element of the story.

What’s most interesting is how this story differs from the comics of the time. White alters Captain America’s origin story, expanding it and focusing more on DNA manipulation and the insertion of steel reinforcements into Steve Rogers’s bones rather than the vita rays and special chemicals, though White also adds references to LSD (pgs. 20-25). While Marvel Comics would challenge the Comics Code Authority in 1971 to allow for the discussion of drugs in comics, at the time of this novel’s publication in 1968 any mention of drugs was still forbidden. White also refers to narcotics in describing a knock-out chemical (pg. 85) and in one character’s analogy describing her life of crime (pg. 101).

In establishing the pattern of comic book characters rejecting their comic book origins when translated to another medium, White has Captain America say, “I may wear a fancy uniform, but I cannot see through walls, stop bullets with my skin, or do any of those other comic-book things. My strength, my powers of recuperation, my reflexes – they’re all superior, but they’re not superhuman” (pg. 70). Part of this dialogue may also serve as a parting shot at Captain America’s fellow World War II superhero, Superman, and his publishers at DC. For most of the novel, Captain America battles smart criminals like those in Ocean’s 11, though White does include the Red Skull at the end. His description of the big reveal is relatively brief and the Skull primarily works to link this back with the Cold War spy stories of the era (pgs. 115-117). Interestingly, the novel keeps the comic books’ practice of including editor’s notes referencing stories in other issues (pgs. 31, 35 [in this one, Stan Lee incorrectly lists the issue in which the Avengers discover Cap as no. 3 rather than no. 4], 76). This gives the novel an odd tone, as if White is both trying to tell a story that no comic book could while also including elements unique to the medium. Modern readers may find it dated, but it’s just as interesting as classic comics from the Silver Age!
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Worth picking up for David R.Bunch's "In the Land that Aimed at Forever", a hyperbolic, clumsy, wildly inventive and skinbreakingly gutfelt little fable of a robot kingdom where the people worship their own perpetuity as enjoined by their exploiters, and an android hero of the revolution is done away with in a heroic yet macabre fashion, and the sky--I imagine--is orange-purple-brown.
Antología a cargo de Ted White, ‘Grandes relatos de ciencia ficción’ (The Best of Amazing Stories, 1973) contiene más cuentos buenos que malos, en mi opinión. Es una recopilación que roza un nivel muy alto, a excepción del relato de Poul Anderson, escritor con el que nunca he podido, hasta ahora.

Los cambios se efectúan gratis (1953), de Horace L. Gold, del escritor, y también editor de la revista Galaxy Science Fiction, nos ofrece una interesante historia ambientada en un mundo show more descubierto hace poco, todavía con escasa población, donde hay igual número de hombres que de mujeres, y al que llega un joven doctor desde la superpoblada Tierra para ayudar. Sin embargo, no puede aceptar lo que se está haciendo en el planeta, ya que si alguien desea algo que no debe, se le somete a un tratamiento especial y se le asigna un trabajo con el que estará más que contento. Igualmente se puede cambiar el físico a voluntad. Gran relato.

El agente aumentado (I-C-A-BEM) (1961), de Jack Vance. Trata sobre un agente de una rama especial de la CIA que es caracterizado como cierto personaje importante de un país africano. Su misión es eliminar al original y hacerse pasar por él, ya que dicho país ha tenido acceso a armas peligrosísimas, y sólo le falta la ayuda de rusos o chinos. Buen relato, quizás algo largo.

El inadaptado (1963), de Roger Zelazny. El coronel Jackson se revela contra sus superiores sin motivo aparente. También empiezan a sucederle hechos extraños e incoherentes. Todo quedará aclarado al final del relato, del que no se puede comentar nada. Buen relato.

La dote de los Angyar (1964), de Ursula K. Le Guin. Planeta Fomalhaut II. Como si de un cuento o leyenda se tratara, se nos narra la odisea de una joven de la raza de los Angyar, de piel tostada y cabellos rubios, en busca del collar que perteneció a su familia, para de esta forma obtener el prestigio para su esposo e hija. Obra maestra de Le Guin.

La prueba para la obtención de colocación (1964), de Keith Laumer. Mart Maldon desea terminar de sacarse el título de Microtrónica, pero el Sistema se lo impide poniéndole múltiples trabas. Ah, pero Maldon es muy listo. Estupendo relato, al principio con notas kafkianas, pero después más aventurero y creo que humorístico.

El cuerno del tiempo, el cazador (1968), de Poul Anderson. Al grano, ni siquiera lo terminé. No quise perder el tiempo con una historia en la que nunca llegué a entrar.

Phoenix (1963), de Ted White y Marion Zimmer Bradley. Todo comienza cuando la novia de Max descubre a este envuelto totalmente en llamas. Y este no será su único poder. Buen relato.

El vidente bribón (1962), James H. Schmitz. Todo gira en torno a una especie de hipnotista y maestro del disfraz que intenta hacerse con cierta tecnología. ¿Quién será? No está mal.
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Lots of fun. Maybe not great Literature, and lots of typos, and the blurb & cover a bit overly enthusiastic. But, interesting characters, thought-provoking premise, Sense of Wonder, and What If. I will consider more by the authors.

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Works
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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