Editing Eando Binder

{{short description|American duo of sci-fi authors}}
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{{Infobox writer
|name=Earl Andrew Binder<br />and Otto Binder
|pseudonym=Eando Binder
|birth_date=1904, 1911
|birth_place=United States
|death_date=
|death_place=United States
|language=English
|genre=[[Science fiction]]
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}}

'''Eando Binder''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɪ|n|d|ər}}) is a [[pen name]] used by two mid-20th-century [[science fiction]] authors, '''Earl Andrew Binder''' (1904–1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary Bibliography: Earl Binder |url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?329 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.isfdb.org}}</ref> and his brother '''[[Otto Binder]]''' (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 (short story)|I, Robot]]".{{cn|date=May 2022}}

==Overview==
By 1939, Otto had taken over all of the writing, leaving Earl to act as his [[literary agent]].<ref>Otto Binder, [http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0256503202/writers_binder.htm Autobiographical afterword to "I, Robot"], from the January 1939 issue of ''[[Amazing Stories]]'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050829093254/http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0256503202/writers_binder.htm |date=August 29, 2005 }}</ref> Under his own name, Otto wrote for the [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]] line of [[comic books]] published by [[Fawcett Comics]] (1941–1953) and the [[Superman]] line for [[Detective Comics]] (1948–1969), as well as numerous other publishers, with credited stories numbering over 4400.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/writer/name/Otto%20Binder/sort/alpha/|title=GCD :: Story Search Results|website=www.comics.org|access-date=July 10, 2018}}</ref> The pen-name Eando Binder is also credited with over 160 comic book stories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/writer/name/Eando%20Binder/sort/alpha/|title = GCD :: Story Search Results}}</ref>

Otto Binder was born in Chicago and moved to New York in 1936. He worked as a [[literary agent]] for [[Otis Adelbert Kline]] 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.<ref name=OttoObit>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/492936683/?terms=%22eando%20binder%22&match=1 "Otto Binder, 63, Writer in Science-Fiction Field," ''The Record,'' Hackensack, New Jersey, October 16, 1974, image 48]</ref> Otto Binder attended [[Crane College]] in Chicago and told ''Amazing Stories'' he was once "an amateur chemist with a home laboratory."<ref name=MeetThe>"Meet the Authors," ''Amazing Stories,'' June 1938, page 7</ref>

He wrote comic-book scripts, novels, and magazine articles. His books included ''Riddles of Astronomy, Careers in Space,'' and ''Mankind, Child of the Stars.''<ref name=OttoObit/>

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.<ref name=OttoObit/>

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.<ref name=OttoObit/>

Earl Binder worked as a mechanical parts inspector for a "large industrial concern" during the 1930s.<ref name=MeetThe/>

==Bibliography==
[[File:Wonder stories 193502.jpg|thumb|right|Binder's ''The Robot Aliens'' was the cover story in the February 1935 issue of ''Wonder Stories'']]
[[File:Science Fiction June 1939.jpg|thumb|right|The Binder novelette ''Where Eternity Ends'' was cover-featured on the June 1939 issue of ''[[Future Science Fiction and Science Fiction Stories|Science Fiction]]'', illustrated by [[Frank R. Paul]]]]

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==Novels==
* ''The Double Man''
* ''Secret of the Red Spot''
* ''Five Steps to Tomorrow''
* ''The Cancer Machine''
* ''Menace of the Saucers'' (1969)
* ''Night of the Saucers'' (1971)
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* The First Martian, ''[[Amazing Stories]]'', Oct 1932
* Set your Course by the Stars, ''[[Astounding Stories]]'', May 1935
* The Time Entity, ''Astounding Stories'', Oct 1936
* Conquest of Life, ''[[Wonder Stories|Thrilling Wonder Stories]]'', Aug 1937 (Anton York)
* Via Etherline, ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', Oct 1937 ([[Puzzle of the Space Pyramids|Via]])
* Queen of the Skies, ''Astounding Stories'', Nov 1937
* 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 (short story)|I, Robot]]", ''[[Amazing Stories]]'', 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]]'', Sep 1939
* ''[[Lords of Creation]]'', ''[[Argosy (magazine)|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]]'', 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, ''[[Fantastic Adventures]]'', 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]]'' #28, 1955
* ''[[Captain Video and His Video Rangers|Captain Video]]'', [[Fawcett Comics|Fawcett]], 1951
* Adam Link — Robot, [[Paperback Library]], 1965 (Adam Link)
* Anton York, Immortal, Belmont, 1965 (Anton York)
* ''[[Puzzle of the Space Pyramids]]'', [[Curtis Publishing Company|Curtis]], 1971 (reprinting the ''Via'' stories)
* Get off my world!, Curtis, 1971 (reprinting ''One Thousand Miles Below'')
* All in Good Time, ''[[Signs and Wonders]]'', 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 ==
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==External links==
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*The Internet Speculative Fiction Database has individual entries for [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Earl_Binder Earl] and [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Otto_Binder Otto].
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667816/ The Outer Limits] Teleplay based on Eando Binders story I, Robot at imdb
*[http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/binder_eando Article at the SF Encyclopaedia]
* {{Gutenberg author | id=33710| name=Eando Binder}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Eando Binder}}
* {{Internet Archive author |name=Otto Binder}}
* {{Librivox author |id=1275}}

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