Homer Eon Flint

American writer

Homer Eon Flint (born as Homer Eon Flindt; 1888 –1924) was an American writer of pulp science fiction novels and short stories.

He began working as a scenarist for silent films in 1912 (reportedly at his wife's insistence).^[1] In 1918, he published "The Planeteer" in All-Story Weekly. His "Dr. Kinney" stories were reprinted by Ace Books in 1965, and with Austin Hall he co-wrote the novel The Blind Spot.

He died in 1924^{[date missing]} under mysterious circumstances, his body found at the bottom of a canyon^[where?] underneath a stolen taxi.^[2]

His son was Max Hugh Flindt (1915–2004), the co-founder of The Ancient Astronaut Society. With Otto Binder, he co-authored Mankind – Child of the Stars in 1974.^{[citation needed]} He also had a daughter, Bonnie Palmer.^[3]

Works

(from the Internet Speculative Fiction Database)

Novels

• The Blind Spot (1921) with Austin Hall

Story collections

• The Lord of Death and The Queen of Life (1965)
• The Devolutionist and The Emancipatrix (1965)
• The Interplanetary Adventures of Dr. Kinney (2008)

Serials

• Out of the Moon (1924)

Short fiction

• "The Planeteer" (1918)
• "The King of Conserve Island" (1918)
• "The Man in the Moon" (1919)
• "The Lord of Death" (1919)
• "The Queen of Life" (1919)
• "The Greater Miracle" (1920)
• "The Devolutionist" (1921)
• "The Emancipatrix" (1921)
• "The Nth Man" (1928), adapted in 1957 as the AIP feature film The Amazing Colossal Man

Career Retrospective

• The 26th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack: Homer Eon Flint, edited, annotated & introduced, with individual story introductions and much biographical content and unpublished fiction, by Vella Munn, (Wildside Press 2015, omnibus, ebook) - over 500,000 words of fiction
  • A Note from the Publisher, John Gregory Betancourt, (in) *
    • Excerpt: "Decades later his oldest granddaughter, Vella Munn, has penned introductions to his unpublished short stories and added photographs and memories of the young author’s life. She has also written a biography of his life—the story of his passions, intellect, and creativity. It’s also a search for the truth behind his violent end."
  • Grandfather Lost: The Story of Homer Eon Flint, Vella Munn, (ar) * - 38300 words; biography, basically a book in its own right, with copious letters and black-and-white photographs.
  • "The Planetary Pirate," (nv) *
  • "The Planeteer," (na) All-Story Weekly March 9, 1918 - 38300 words
  • "The Man in the Moon," (nv) All-Story Weekly Oct. 04 1919
  • "The Nth Man," (na) Amazing Stories Quarterly Spring 1928 - 37200 words
  • The Blind Spot (with Austin Hall), (n) Argosy All-Story Weekly May 14, 1921 (+5) / Prime Press 1951 - 105500 words, read online at Project Gutenberg
  • The Devolutionist & The Emancipatrix, Ace 1965 (c, pb) - 66000 words, read online at Project Gutenberg
    • "The Devolutionist," (na) Argosy All-Story Weekly July 23, 1921
    • "The Emancipatrix," (na) Argosy All-Story Weekly Sep. 03 1921
  • "The Greater Miracle," (ss) All-Story Weekly April 24, 1920
  • The Lord of Death & The Queen of Life, Ace 1965 (c, pb) - 47300 words, read online at Project Gutenberg
    • "The Lord of Death," (na) All-Story Weekly May 10, 1919
    • "The Queen of Life," (na) All-Story Weekly Aug. 16 1919
  • Unpublished fiction:
  • "Buy a Liberty Bomb!" (ss) *
  • "The Flying Bloodhound," (ss) *
  • "Golden Web Claim," (nv) *
  • "Luck," (ss) *
  • "The Stain in the Table," (ss) *
  • Steal Me If You Can, (novel) * - 61200 words
  • "No Fool," (ss) *
  • "The Breaker Mends," (ss) *
  • "The Man Who Took Paris," (ss) *
  • "The Perfect Curiosity," (ss) *
  • "The Peacock Vest," (ss) *
  • The Missing Mondays, (novel) Argosy Allstory Weekly Jan. 20 1923 (+1) - 41200 words
  • The Money-Miler, (novel) Flynn's Weekly Oct. 04 1924 (+2) - 48800 words

References

1. Munn, Vella (March 19, 2001). Homer Eon Flint: A Legacy. Strange Horizons. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
2. Science Fiction Pioneer Homer Eon Flint Gets Second Chance at Publishing Career, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 15 Jan 2012; retrieved 17 July 2020
3. Flindt obituary, Mercury News

External links

• Homer Eon Flint at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Works by Homer Eon Flint at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Homer Eon Flint at Internet Archive
• Works by Homer Eon Flint at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)