- Author: Don Wilcox Author Record # 872
- Legal Name: Wilcox, Cleo Eldon
- Birthplace: Lucas, Kansas, USA
- Birthdate: 29 August 1905
- Deathdate: 9 March 2000
- Language: English
- Webpages: authorwars.com, SFE
- Used These Alternate Names: Buzz-Bolt Atomcracker, Alexander Blade, Cleo Eldon, Max Overton (I), Miles Shelton
- Note: According to Clute and Nicholl's The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the author's given name was Cleo Eldon Knox, and according to Tuck's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Wilcox did post-graduate work in journalism and drama. According to his daughter, neither of these facts are correct. According to her: He was born 8-29-1905 in Lucas, KS. and passed away 3-09-2000, also in Lucas. Spent many years in Chicago when he did teach at Northwestern, and also years in N.Y. He had attended University of Kansas where he studied Sociology, (not journalism or drama.) He also authored young adult books (Joe Sunpool, Basketball Star,) did a series of Captain Video tv drama, and recently his Whispering Gorilla was reprinted (with its unauthorized sequel The Return of the Whispering Gorilla) by David A. Reed, published by Gryphon Books, 1999. Best known for his Ebbtide Jones series.
- Author Tags: science fiction (4), 1944 retro hugo nominee candidate (2), generation ship (1)
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Fiction Series
- The Best of Don Wilcox
- 1 The Best of Don Wilcox: Volume I (2016) [C]
- 2 The Best of Don Wilcox: Volume II (2017) [C]
- The Whispering Gorilla
- 1 The Whispering Gorilla (1940) [SF]
- The Whispering Gorilla / Return of the Whispering Gorilla (1998) [O/1,2] with David V. Reed
- The Whispering Gorilla (unknown) [O/1,2+1N] with David V. Reed and unknown [only as by Alexander Blade and David V. Reed and Don Wilcox]
-
Disciples of Destiny (1942)
only appeared as:
- Serializations:
- Disciples of Destiny (Part 1 of 2) (1942)
- Disciples of Destiny (Part 2 of 2) (1942)
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Craig's Book (1943)
also appeared as:
- Serializations:
- Craig's Book (Complete Novel) (1943)
-
Princess of the Sea (1947)
also appeared as:
- Serializations:
- Princess of the Sea (Complete Novel) (1947)
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Desert of the Damned (1947)
only appeared as:
- Serializations:
- Desert of the Damned (Complete Novel) (1947)
-
The Eye of the World (1949)
also appeared as:
- Serializations:
- The Eye of the World (Part 1 of 2) (1949) [as by Alexander Blade]
- The Eye of the World (Part 2 of 2) (1949) [as by Alexander Blade]
- Craig's Book / Edge of the Knife (2012) [O] with H. Beam Piper
- The Giants of Mogo (2009)
- The Ice Queen (2009)
- The Serpent River (2016)
- Ben Gleed
- Ben Gleed, King of Speed (1939)
- The Iron Men of Super City (1941)
- The Fiend of New London (1942)
- Ebbtide Jones
- Whirlpool in Space (1939) [only as by Miles Shelton]
- The Girl in the Whirlpool (1940) [also as by Miles Shelton]
- Ebbtide Jones' Atom Constrictor (1941) [only as by Miles Shelton]
- Ebbtide Jones on the Warpath (1942) [only as by Miles Shelton]
- Lester Allison
- Slave Raiders from Mercury (1940)
- Battering Rams of Space (1941)
- Earth Stealers (1943)
- Mogo
- The Giants of Mogo (1947)
- The Mad Monster of Mogo (1952)
- Ray Lattimer
- Wives in Duplicate (1939)
- When the Moon Died (1939)
- The Pit of Death (1939)
- Dictator of Peace (1939)
- The Gift of Magic (1940) [also as by Miles Shelton]
- The Robot Peril (1940)
- Let War Gods Clash! (1940)
- Mirrors of Madness (1940)
- Mystery of the Mind Machine (1940)
- Champlin Fights the Purple God (1940)
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The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years (1940)
also appeared as:
- Variant: The Voyage That Lasted Six Hundred Years (1940)
- The Invisible Wheel of Death (1941)
- Secret of the Stone Doll (1941)
- Invisible Raiders of Venus (1941)
- 3 Eyes in the Dark (1941)
- The Lost Race Comes Back (1941)
- Secret League of Six (1941)
- Taxi to Jupiter (1941)
- Queen of the Living Puppets (1941)
- The Man from the Future (1941)
- The Stevedore of Jupiter (1941)
- Mr. Eee Conducts a Tour (1941)
- The Deadly Yappers (1942) [only as by Max Overton (I)]
- Rainbow of Death (1942)
- Bull Moose of Babylon (1942)
- Dwellers of the Deep (1942)
- The Perfect Trap (1942) [only as by Miles Shelton]
-
Mademoiselle Butterfly (1942)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Mademoiselle Butterfly! (1942)
- The Man Who Turned to Smoke (1942)
- The Eagle Man (1942)
- An Angel with Four Faces (1942)
- Robotcycle for Two (1942) [only as by Max Overton (I)]
- The Hollow Planet (1942)
- The Leopard Girl (1942)
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Chariot of Death (1943)
only appeared as:
- Serializations:
- Chariot of Death (Complete Novel) (1943)
- The Ice Queen (1943)
- The Great Brain Panic (1943)
- World of the Paper Dolls (1943)
- Fair Exchange (1944) [only as by Miles Shelton]
- Magnetic Miss Meteor (1944)
- Man from the Magic River (1944)
- Cats of Kadenza (1944)
- Invasion Dust (1944)
- The Sapphire Enchantress (1945) [only as by Cleo Eldon]
- Woman's Island (1945) [only as by Miles Shelton]
- Taggart's Terrible Turban (1945)
- The Devil's Pigs (1945)
- The Singing Skulls (1945)
- The Scarlet Swordsmen (1945)
- The Voice from Venus (1945)
- The Serpent Has Five Fangs (1945)
- The Land of Big Blue Apples (1946)
- March of the Mercury Men (1946)
- The Red Door (1946)
- Great Gods and Little Termites (1946)
- Confessions of a Mechanical Man (1947) [only as by Buzz-Bolt Atomcracker]
- The Secret of Sutter's Lake (1947)
- The Kettle in the Pit (1947)
- The Ocean Den of Mercury (1948) [only as by Miles Shelton]
- Secret of the Serpent (1948)
- The Rikits of Mars (1948)
- The Lavender Vine of Death (1948)
- The Iron Men of Venus (1952)
- Queen of the Floating Island (1952)
- The Battle of the Howling Hatchet (1952)
- Fifty Thousand Nuggets (1952)
- The Man Nobody Knew (1952)
- Too Old to Die (1952)
- Mars Invites You (1952)
- Orphan of Space (1952)
- The Slave Maker (1952)
- Tombot! (1954)
- The Fires of Kessa (1956)
- Graygortch (1957)
- The Serpent River (1957)
- The Smallest Moon (1964)
- Visit the Yo-Yo Falls (1989)
- Blueflow (1992)
- Meet the Authors (Amazing Stories, December 1939) (1939) with Frances Garfield and Manly Wade Wellman
- Introducing the Author: Don Wilcox (1940)
-
Meet the Authors: Don Wilcox (1941)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Don Wilcox on Don Wilcox (1941)
- An Author Speaks (1942)
- Some Echoes from the Windy City (1989)
- Some Echoes from the Windy City (excerpt) (1996)
- An Interview with Don Wilcox (1989) by Mike Ashley