1972 novels). Other notable novels include The Lincoln Hunters (1958), in which time-travelers from an oppressive future society seek to record Abraham Lincoln's "lost speech" of May 19, 1856. It contains a vivid description of Lincoln and his time, seen through the eyes of a future American who feels that Lincoln and his time compare very favorably with the traveler's own. The Long Loud Silence (1952) is a post-apocalypse story in which the eastern third of the United States is quarantined as the result of an atomic and bacteriological attack. Damon Knight called it "a phenomenally good book; in its own terms, it comes as near perfection as makes no difference." Much of Tucker's short fiction was collected in The Best of Wilson Tucker (Timescape, 1982; ). Tucker's habit of using the names of friends for minor characters in his fiction led to the literary term "tuckerization" or "tuckerism(s)". For example, Tucker named a character after Lee Hoffman in his novel The Long Loud Silence, after Robert Bloch in The Lincoln Hunters, and after Walt Willis in Wild Talent. Selected works Novels Charles Home mysteries (five, 1946 to 1951) The Chinese Doll (1946) The City in the Sea (1951) The Long Loud Silence (1952) The Time Masters (1953, revised 1971) Wild Talent (1954) (aka Man from Tomorrow, 1955 ) Time: X (1955) Time Bomb (1955) (aka Tomorrow Plus X) The Lincoln Hunters (1958) To the Tombaugh Station (1960) A Procession of the Damned (1965) The Year of the Quiet Sun (1970) This Witch (1971) Ice and Iron (1974) Resurrection Days (1981) Stories The Princess of Detroit, Future Science Fiction (June 1942) The Planet King (1959) The Best of Wilson Tucker (Timescape, 1982) (collection) Nonfiction The Neo-Fan's Guide To Science Fiction Fandom (eight editions, 1955 to 1996) See also Tuckerization References External links Wilson Tucker home page Wilson Bob Tucker – Author and Fan, with photo gallery of Tucker and page images of Tucker's fanzine Le Zombie Obituary by John Clute in The Independent Obituary at Science Fiction Writers of America Wilson Tucker at Library of Congress Authorities — with 25 catalog records 1914 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American novelists American science fiction writers American male novelists American mystery writers Hugo Award-winning fan writers Writers from Bloomington, Illinois Projectionists Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees Stagehands People from Deer Creek, Illinois 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Illinois