Background
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
His best known work is his first science fiction novel, The Last Starship from Earth, published in 1968. Boyd wrote eleven science fiction novels, five other novels, and one biography. The majority of his novels were published by United States publisher Weybright & Talley, with later ones appearing from San Francisco publishers.
He died on June 8, 2013.
The Last Starship from Earth (1968, Weybright & Talley) The Pollinators of Eden (1969, Weybright & Talley 1971, France: as Louisiana Planète Fleur, published by Denoël, series: Présence du Futur #140) The Rakehells of Heaven (1969) Weybright & Talley, Gollancz, Bantam, Pan, Penguin Sex and the High Command (1970) Weybright & Talley, Bantam The Organ Bank Farm (1970) Weybright & Talley, Bantam The Doomsday Gene (1972) Weybright & Talley The I. Q. Merchant (1972) Weybright & Talley The Gorgon Festival (1972) Weybright & Talley, Bantam Andromeda Gun (1974) Berkley Putnam, Berkley Barnard"s Planet (1975) Berkley Putnam, Berkley The Girl with the Jade Green Eyes (1978) Viking, Penguin "What lieutenant Means To Write Science Fiction" (in Science Fiction: The Academic Awakening (ed Willis East McNelly) (College English Association, 1974) Boyd has written on science fiction, giving a definition of the genre as ".. storytelling, usually imaginative as distinct from realistic fiction, which poses the effects of current or extrapolated scientific discoveries, or a single discovery, on the behavior of individuals society.".
Behind Every Bush: Treason or Patriotism?.