![]() ![]() He loved writing historical fiction set in late Victorian and Edwardian England. In the mystery field, his Grandfather Rastin stories appeared formany years in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Among his enduring science fiction creations were the Interplanetary Relations Bureau and the Cultural Survey, both featured in novels and magazine stories. ![]() The Tunesmith was recently chosen for an anthology of stories to be entitled, Masterpiece: The Century’s Best Science Fiction. It literally changed the course of their lives. Such notables as songwriter Jimmy Webb and novelist Orson Scott Card have written of the tremendous impact that his early story, The Tunesmith had on them in their youths. ![]() His stories frequently used musical and artistic themes. He was celebrated in science fiction circles as the author whointroduced aesthetics into a literature known for its scientific and technological complications. Biggle’s science fiction and mystery stories have received international acclaim. He began writing professionally in 1955, and became a full-time writer with the publication of his novel, All the Colors of Darkness, in 1963, a profession that he followed until his death.īoth Dr. Biggle taught at the University of Michigan and at Eastern Michigan University in the 1950’s. Degree with High Distinction from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and M.M. He received a shrapnel wound in his leg, near the Elbe River at the end of the war, which left him disabled for life.Īfter the war, Dr. During WWII he served as Communications Sergeant in a rifle company of the 102nd Infantry Division, and was wounded in action, twice. D., musician, author, and internationally known oral historian died September 12, 2002, after a twenty-year battle with leukemia and cancer. ![]()
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