Joseph Harold ("Harry") Dockweiler (1920- August 1948) was a science-fiction author and literary agent. Dockweiler was best known by his pen name Dirk Wylie. Dockweiler was a member of The Futurians, a 1940s-era science-fiction fan community. [1]
Dockweiler attended Brooklyn Technical High School in the 1930s, where he became friends with fellow student Frederik Pohl. [2]
In 1934, a teen Dockweiler had a letter published in periodical Wonder Stories inquiring about "Science Fiction Week". [3] Both Dockweiler and Pohl dropped out of Brooklyn tech after their junior year. [4]
In 1937, Dockweiler published a fanzine titled Fantasy Mirror. [4] As an adult, Dockweiler wrote stories in collaboration with Frederik Pohl, Arnold Kummer Jr. and Cyril M. Kornbluth. [5] Dockweiler also used the pen names "Dennis Lavond" and "Elliott Whitney".
In 1937, Dockweiler joined the Committee for the Political Advancement of Science Fiction (CPASF), a left-wing group of Futurians who supported the views of fellow member John B. Michel. [6]
When the Futurians group fractured, Dockweiler and Pohl followed Michel and Donald Wollheim to form the East New York Science Fiction League. [2] In 1940, Dockweiler married fellow Futurian Rosalind "Roz" Cohen. [2] [4]
Dockweiler was drafted and served as a sergeant in a military police company in World War 2. He was stationed in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. [2] Dockweiler suffered a spine injury after jumping from a transport truck; he was evacuated from theater and spent two years in a Veterans Administration hospital. [4] While hospitalized, Dockweiler penned a letter to Amazing Stories in which he reported two instances of having witnessed an unidentified objects, in some cases rise from the ocean and returning to it. [7]
In 1947, Dockweiler and Pohl set up the "Dirk Wylie Literary Agency". [8] [9] In August 1948, Dockweiler died from tuberculosis of the spine. [2] After his death, Pohl and Rosalin continued to run the agency. [2]
Joseph Harold ("Harry") Dockweiler (1920- August 1948) was a science-fiction author and literary agent. Dockweiler was best known by his pen name Dirk Wylie. Dockweiler was a member of The Futurians, a 1940s-era science-fiction fan community. [1]
Dockweiler attended Brooklyn Technical High School in the 1930s, where he became friends with fellow student Frederik Pohl. [2]
In 1934, a teen Dockweiler had a letter published in periodical Wonder Stories inquiring about "Science Fiction Week". [3] Both Dockweiler and Pohl dropped out of Brooklyn tech after their junior year. [4]
In 1937, Dockweiler published a fanzine titled Fantasy Mirror. [4] As an adult, Dockweiler wrote stories in collaboration with Frederik Pohl, Arnold Kummer Jr. and Cyril M. Kornbluth. [5] Dockweiler also used the pen names "Dennis Lavond" and "Elliott Whitney".
In 1937, Dockweiler joined the Committee for the Political Advancement of Science Fiction (CPASF), a left-wing group of Futurians who supported the views of fellow member John B. Michel. [6]
When the Futurians group fractured, Dockweiler and Pohl followed Michel and Donald Wollheim to form the East New York Science Fiction League. [2] In 1940, Dockweiler married fellow Futurian Rosalind "Roz" Cohen. [2] [4]
Dockweiler was drafted and served as a sergeant in a military police company in World War 2. He was stationed in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. [2] Dockweiler suffered a spine injury after jumping from a transport truck; he was evacuated from theater and spent two years in a Veterans Administration hospital. [4] While hospitalized, Dockweiler penned a letter to Amazing Stories in which he reported two instances of having witnessed an unidentified objects, in some cases rise from the ocean and returning to it. [7]
In 1947, Dockweiler and Pohl set up the "Dirk Wylie Literary Agency". [8] [9] In August 1948, Dockweiler died from tuberculosis of the spine. [2] After his death, Pohl and Rosalin continued to run the agency. [2]