Noel Loomis (April 3, 1905 â September 7, 1969) was an American writer, principally of western, mystery and science-fiction. Born and raised in the American West, he was sufficiently familiar with that territory to write a useful history of the Wells Fargo company.
Personal life
Noel Loomis was born Noel Miller Loomis on April 3, 1905, in the Oklahoma Territory town of Wakita, in the Cherokee Strip, and raised in Texico, in the New Mexico Territory, and in the West Texas town of Slaton. In later life he lived in Decanso, in the San Diego, California, Back Country from 1956.
He married Dorothy Moore Green, who was also a writer, in 1945. There is evidence that he had a first wife named Johnie or Jonie, who was the mother of his children.
Career and honors
He also worked variously as a printer, newspaperman and editor.
Writings
Selected works.
Fiction
- Murder Goes to Press (1937)
- City of Glass (1942, Startling Stories, exp. 1955 by Columbia Publications)
- Iron Men (1945, Startling Stories)
- Electron Eat Electron (1946, Planet Stories)
- Mr. Zytztz Goes to Mars (1948, Pulp Magazine)
- Turnover Time (1949, Startling Stories)
- Rim of the Caprock (1952)
- The Buscadero (1953, bath gunsmoke)
- We Breathe For You (1953, Startling Stories)
- The Ultimate Planet (1949, Thrilling Wonder Stories)
- The Man With the Absolute Motion (1955, as by Silas Water)
- Short Cut to Red River (1958)
- Grandfather Out of the Past (1959)
Non-fiction
Media work
Source:
This production, starring Frank Sinatra and other well-known actors, by accounts an unusual production, has to date (2014) never been released on any of the usual portable media, e.g. VHS or DVD.
Other
Editing
Teaching
References
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