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P. Schuyler Miller

ピー・シュイラー・ミラー

Pī Shuyarā Mirā

Aliases: Peter Schuyler Miller

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1912-02-21 （Troy, New York）
Died
1974-10-13 （Blennerhassett Island, West Virginia） age 62
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Mohawk Valley, New York → Schenectady, New York → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Career

Occupations
Author, Critic, Technical writer, Amateur archaeologist
Active Years
1930-1974
Affiliations
New York State Archaeological Association
Memberships
New York State Archaeological Association

Education

Union College
Chemistry
Degree: M.S.
Country: United States
Received M.S. in chemistry

Awards

Hugo Award
1963
Work: Book Reviews
Category: 特別賞（書籍レビュー）
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Genus Homo

1941 Science Fiction

A novel about human evolution, co-authored with L. Sprague de Camp.

Human evolution

The Titan

1934 Science Fiction

Novelette later collected in The Titan.

SpaceMonsters

Tetrahedra of Space

1931 Science Fiction

Novelette cover story in Wonder Stories November 1931.

Space structures

Bibliography

  • The Red Plague
  • Dust of Destruction
  • Through the Vibrations
  • Cleon of Yzdral
  • The Man from Mars
  • The Arrhenius Horror
  • Tetrahedra of Space
  • Red Spot on Jupiter
  • Duel on the Asteroid
  • Forgotten
  • Red Flame of Venus
  • Jeremiah Jones, Alchemist
  • Alicia in Blunderland
  • The Atom Smasher
  • The Pool of Life
  • The Titan
  • The People of the Arrow
  • The Chrysalis
  • The Sands of Time
  • Coils of Time
  • Pleasure Trove
  • Spawn
  • In the Good Old Summertime
  • Living Isotopes
  • The Flayed Wolf
  • Old Man Mulligan
  • Trouble on Tantalus
  • Bird Walk
  • Over the River
  • The Facts of Life
  • Smugglers of the Moon
  • The Frog
  • The Cave
  • John Cawder's Wife
  • The Hounds of Kalimar
  • Gleeps
  • Fricassee in Four Dimensions
  • As Never Was
  • Cuckoo
  • Plane and Fancy
  • Ship-in-a-Bottle
  • Ghost
  • The Thing on Outer Shoal
  • Daydream
  • Status Quondam
  • For Analysis

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Pulp SF styleCritical insight
Recurring Motifs
ArchaeologyScience

Legacy

Popular pulp SF writer and long-time book reviewer for Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog), winning a special Hugo Award. Passionate amateur archaeologist whose collection forms a memorial library.

Museums

  • Carnegie Museum Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Archives

  • P. Schuyler Miller Memorial Library, Edward O'Neill Research Center
  • Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Trivia

  • Lifelong interest in Iroquois Indians, amateur archaeologist.
  • Created map and career outline for Robert E. Howard's Conan stories with John D. Clark.