Eando Binder is a pen name used by two mid-20th-century

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

authors, Earl Andrew Binder (1904–1965) and his brother

Otto Binder Otto Oscar Binder (; August 26, 1911 – October 13, 1974) was an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books and stories, and comic books. He is best known as the co-creator of Supergirl and for his many scripts for '' Captain Ma ...

(1911–1974). The name is derived from their first initials ''(E and O Binder).'' Under the Eando name, the Binders wrote some published science fiction, including stories featuring a heroic robot named Adam Link. The first Adam Link story, published in 1939, is titled '' I, Robot''. By 1939, Otto had taken over all of the writing, leaving Earl to act as his literary agent. Under his own name, Otto wrote for the Captain Marvel line of comic books published by

Fawcett Comics Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel, the alter ego of ...

(1941–1953) and the Superman line for Detective Comics (1948–1969), as well as numerous other publishers, with credited stories numbering over 4400. The pen-name Eando Binder is also credited with over 160 comic book stories. Otto Binder was born in Chicago and moved to New York in 1936. He worked as a literary agent for

Otis Adelbert Kline Otis Adelbert Kline (July 1, 1891 – October 24, 1946) born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was a songwriter, an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine ''Weird Tales''. Kline was an ...

for a year, then became a free-lance writer. He sold his first story in 1930 and 129 more during the next decade. He lived in Englewood, New Jersey, from 1944 until he moved to Chestertown in 1968."Otto Binder, 63, Writer in Science-Fiction Field," ''The Record,'' Hackensack, New Jersey, October 16, 1974, image 48
/ref> Otto Binder attended

Crane College Malcolm X College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, is a two-year college located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded as Crane Junior College in 1911 and was the first of the City Colleges. Crane ceased operations at ...

in Chicago and told ''Amazing Stories'' he was once "an amateur chemist with a home laboratory.""Meet the Authors," ''Amazing Stories,'' June 1938, page 7 He wrote comic-book scripts, novels, and magazine articles. His books included ''Riddles of Astronomy, Careers in Space,'' and ''Mankind, Child of the Stars.'' He was a member of the Journal of American Literature, the American Rocket Society, the American Interplanetary Society, the National Space Flight Association, and the Aerospace Writers Association. He died October 14, 1974, and was survived by his wife, Ione; a brother, Jack, and two sisters, Marie Hackstock of Chicago and Teresa Samuelson of Estes Park, Colorado. Earl Binder worked as a mechanical parts inspector for a "large industrial concern" during the 1930s.

Novels

* ''The Double Man'' * ''The Impossible World'' * ''Secret of the Red Spot'' * ''Five Steps to Tomorrow'' * ''The Cancer Machine'' * ''The Three Eternals'' * ''Where Eternity Ends'' * ''Lords of Creation'' (1949) * ''Enslaved Brains'' (1965) * ''Menace of the Saucers'' (1969) * ''Get Off My World'' (1971) * ''Night of the Saucers'' (1971) * ''Puzzle of the Space Pyramids'' (1971) * ''The Mind from Outer Space'' (1972)

Bibliography

* The First Martian, ''

Amazing Stories ''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances ...

'', Oct 1932 * Set your Course by the Stars, ''

Astounding Stories ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...

'', May 1935 * The Time Entity, ''

'', Oct 1936 * Conquest of Life, ''

Thrilling Wonder Stories ''Wonder Stories'' was an early American science fiction magazine which was published under several titles from 1929 to 1955. It was founded by Hugo Gernsback in 1929 after he had lost control of his first science fiction magazine, ''Amazing Stor ...

'', Aug 1937 (Anton York) * Via Etherline, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Oct 1937 ( Via) * Life Eternal, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Feb 1938 (Anton York) * Via Asteroid, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Feb 1938 (Via) * Via Death, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Aug 1938 (Via) * I, Robot, ''

'', Jan 1939 (Adam Link) * The Impossible World, ''Startling Stories'', Mar 1939 (reprinted in ''The Impossible World'') * Where Eternity Ends (complete novel), ''Science Fiction'', Jun 1939 * The Trial of Adam Link, ''Amazing Stories'', Jul 1939 (Adam Link) * The Man Who Saw Too Late, ''

Fantastic Adventures ''Fantastic Adventures'' was an American pulp fantasy and science fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1953 by Ziff-Davis. It was initially edited by Raymond A. Palmer, who was also the editor of ''Amazing Stories'', Ziff-Davis's other scien ...

'', Sep 1939 * '' Lords of Creation'', '' Argosy'', Sep 1939, serialized in six parts, book publication 1949 * Via Venus, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Oct 1939 (Via) * The Three Eternals, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Dec 1939 (Anton York) * One Thousand Miles Below, ''

Planet Stories ''Planet Stories'' was an American pulp science fiction magazine, published by Fiction House between 1939 and 1955. It featured interplanetary adventures, both in space and on some other planets, and was initially focused on a young readershi ...

'', Winter 1940 (reprinted as ''Get off my World!'') * Adam Link in Business, ''Amazing Stories'', Jan 1940 (Adam Link) * Via Pyramid, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Jan 1940 (Via) * Adam Link's Vengeance, ''Amazing Stories'', Feb 1940 (Adam Link) * Son of the Stars, '' Famous Fantastic Mysteries'', Feb 1940 * Via Sun, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Mar 1940 (Via) * Adam Link, Robot Detective, ''Amazing Stories'', May 1940 (Adam Link) * Adam Link, Champion Athlete, ''Amazing Stories'', Jul 1940 (Adam Link) * The Secret of Anton York, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Aug 1940 (Anton York) * Via Mercury, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Oct 1940 (Via) * Via Catacombs, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Nov 1940 (Via) * Via Intelligence, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Dec 1940 (Via) * The Teacher from Mars, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Feb 1941 * Wanderer of Little Land, ''

'', Jun 1941 (Little People) * Via Jupiter, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Feb 1942 (Via) * Adam Link Saves the World, ''Amazing Stories'', Apr 1942 (Adam Link) * Enslaved Brains, ''Fantastic Story Quarterly'', Winter 1951 * Iron Man, ''

Future Science Fiction ''Future Science Fiction'' and ''Science Fiction Stories'' were two American science fiction magazines that were published under various names between 1939 and 1943 and again from 1950 to 1960. Both publications were edited by Charles Hornig fo ...

'' #28, 1955 *

Captain Video ''Captain Video and His Video Rangers'' is an American science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and was the first series of its genre on American television. The series aired between June 27, 1949, and Apri ...

, Fawcett, 1951 * Adam Link — Robot,

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, 1965 (Adam Link) * Anton York, Immortal, Belmont, 1965 (Anton York) * Puzzle of the Space Pyramids,

Curtis Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin from the Old French ''curteis'' ( Modern French ''courtois'') which derived from the Spanish Cortés (of which Cortez is a variation) and the Portuguese and Ga ...

, 1971 (reprinting the ''Via'' stories) * Get off my world!, Curtis, 1971 (reprinting ''One Thousand Miles Below'') * All in Good Time, ''

Signs and Wonders Signs and wonders refers to experiences that are perceived to be miraculous as being normative in the modern Christian experience, and is a phrase associated with groups that are a part of modern charismatic movements and Pentecostalism. This ...

'', ed. Roger Elwood, Revell, 1972 * The Mind from Outer Space, Curtis Books, 1972 * Any Resemblance to Magic, The Long Night of Waiting, ed. Roger Elwood, Aurora, 1974 * Better Dumb Than Dead, Journey to Another Star and Other Stories, ed. Roger Elwood, Lerner, 1974 * The Missing World, The Missing World and Other Stories, ed. Roger Elwood, Lerner, 1974 * The Avengers Battle The Earth-Wrecker, A Bantam Book, 1967

References

External links

*The Internet Speculative Fiction Database has individual entries fo
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The Outer Limits
Teleplay based on Eando Binders story I, Robot at imdb
Article at the SF Encyclopaedia
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