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Alfred Johannes Olsen (April 12, 1884– May 20, 1956), better known under his pen name Bob Olsen,[1] was an American science fiction writer.[2]

Bob Olsen c, 1929
Bob Olsen c, 1929

Biography


Olsen was the son of Norwegian immigrants and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended Brown University, and achieved a Phi Beta Kappa and a masters in science in 1908.[3] He later met his wife, Thula Crismon (1896–1957) in Salt Lake City, Utah while teaching science. He had five children, but one died at birth. His first son and first child was Bob Gillham Olsen, named after his father's pen name born 1919, his first daughter and second child was Zora Louise Olsen born 1923, their second daughter and third child was Joyzelle Kaza Olsen born in 1929, and their fourth child and second son was Kenneth Crimson Olsen born 1937.

He moved to California and started the Olsen Advertising Agency,[3] all the while writing stories for magazines like Amazing Stories.[4] He built a home in Beverly Hills. Olsen often wrote humorous science fiction in Amazing Stories, from 1927 to 1936. He was one of the first writers to use the phrase "space marine".[5] His large hobby granted him fame through the world of science fiction in his day, but that was not enough to support a family. Ray Bradbury, just a teenager at the time, visited Bob Olsen often for mentorship, friendship, as well as simply a sharing of ideas.[6]


Bibliography


Olsen's novelette Captain Brink of the Space Marines was the cover story in the November 1932 Amazing Stories
Olsen's novelette "Captain Brink of the Space Marines " was the cover story in the November 1932 Amazing Stories
Olsen's novelette The Space Marines and the Slavers was the cover story in the December 1936 Amazing Stories
Olsen's novelette "The Space Marines and the Slavers" was the cover story in the December 1936 Amazing Stories

Short stories



Poems



Other



References


  1. Nahin, P.J. (2016). Time Machine Tales: The Science Fiction Adventures and Philosophical Puzzles of Time Travel. Science and Fiction. Springer International Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 978-3-319-48864-6. Retrieved February 12, 2018. "Bob Olsen" was the pen-name for Alfred Johannes Olsen.
  2. Bleiler, E.F.; Bleiler, R. (1998). Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years : a Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines ... from 1926 Through 1936. PATA occasional papers series. Kent State University Press. pp. 312–317. ISBN 978-0-87338-604-3. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  3. Kappa, Phi Beta (1925). The Phi Beta Kappa Key: The Official Publication of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. Press of the Unionist-gazette Association. p. 713. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  4. Ashley, M.; Lowndes, R.A.W. (2004). The Gernsback Days: A Study of the Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911 to 1936. Wildside Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8095-1055-9. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  5. "Authors : Olsen, Bob : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. Ash, B. (1978). Who's who in science fiction. Taplinger Publishing Company. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-8008-8279-2. Retrieved February 12, 2018. Bob Olsen. An early pulp writer whose full name was Alfred Johannes Olsen Jr. He was born in the US in 1884. Olsen made his debut in Gemsback's Amazing in 1927 with 'The Four-Dimensional Roller-Press', the first of a series of amusing tales on the fourth dimension. He also wrote a number of mystery stories with a scientific slant. He died in 1956.




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