Chad Oliver

Chad Oliver was an American anthropologist, novelist, writer and university teacher (1928–1993). He was born at Cincinnati and died at Austin.

Also recorded as Symmes Chadwick Oliver.

Chad Oliver in brief

Born
1928
Died
1993
Known for
anthropologist, novelist, writer and university teacher
Place of birth
Cincinnati
Contents

Catalogued works

51 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1913 to 1999.

Unearthly Neighbors. Alien Stories. Stories of Cosmonauts. Planet Stories. Superhuman Stories. The Winds of Time. Another Kind. Mists of Dawn. Transfusion. Zwerversbloed. Blood's a rover. Any More at Home Like You? Let Me Live in a House. The Wolf Is My Brother. The Cannibal Owl. Broken Eagle. Shadows in the Sun. The Shores of Another Sea. Giants in the Dust. Ghost Town. Far from This Earth and Other Stories. A Star Above It and Other Stories. The Wind Blows Free. Artifact. Again, Dangerous Visions, dated 1972. Histoires de Surhommes. Worlds of when. Laughing Space. Great Science Fiction, dated 1985. Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3. Faszination der Science Fiction. Science Fiction A to Z. The Bradbury Chronicles. Three To The Highest Power. Creations. Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 (1954). The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK. 3 to the Highest Power. Another World. Cannibal Owl. The discovery of humanity. Ecology and cultural continuity as contributing factors in the social organization of the Plains Indians. The edge of forever. Far from This Earth and Other Stories (Nesfa's Choice) (Nesfa's Choice). A Star Above It and Other Stories (Nesfa's Choice). Wolf Is My Brother. Winds of Time. Mists of Dawn, etc. June Morning: Lake Orta, dated 1913, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1913.789. Descending Stairway (Treppenabgang), dated 1999, chromogenic print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.824. Pentaptych, dated 1961, mezzotint and engraving on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1967.269.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Chapter 3. Chad Oliver, All Tomorrow's Cultures, 2022. Chad Oliver:, All Tomorrow's Cultures, 2021. Scientifically Valid and Artistically True: Chad Oliver, Anthropology, and Anthropological SF, Science Fiction Studies, 2004.

Digitised editions and texts

7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Mists of Dawn (1952) — Internet Archive. Lady Killer — Internet Archive. Artifact — Internet Archive. the wolf is my brother (1967) — Internet Archive. SHADOWS IN THE SUN (1954) — Internet Archive. Analog : science fiction/science fact (1981) — Internet Archive. The Wolf is my Brothers (1967) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1928Chad Oliver born at Cincinnati.
  2. 1952Mists of Dawn digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1954SHADOWS IN THE SUN digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1967the wolf is my brother digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1981Analog : science fiction/science fact digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1993Chad Oliver died at Austin.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Chad Oliver”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q726865: Chad Oliver

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