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Alfred Coppel

Lifespan
1921 – 2004
Nationality
American
Active
1948 – 1956
Works held
23

Alfred Coppel (1921–2004) flew fighters in the Second World War and brought that hard-edged sensibility to a prolific run of 1950s science fiction, much of it shadowed by nuclear anxiety. He later became a best-selling author of thrillers and historical novels, but his pulp-era SF remains a vivid record of the atomic age's fears and energies.

The works

  1. 1956
    Cover of The Hills of Home The Hills of Home
  2. 1955
    Cover of Touch the sky Touch the sky
  3. 1954
    Cover of Community Property Community Property
  4. 1953
    Cover of Preview of Peril Preview of Peril Cover of The Flight of the Eagle The Flight of the Eagle Cover of The Invader The Invader Cover of The Peacemaker The Peacemaker Cover of Turning Point Turning Point Cover of Turnover Point Turnover Point
  5. 1952
    Cover of Double Standard Double Standard
  6. 1951
    Cover of Task to Luna Task to Luna Cover of Tydore's Gift Tydore's Gift Cover of Wreck Off Triton Wreck Off Triton
  7. 1950
    Cover of The First Man on the Moon The First Man on the Moon Cover of The Last Two Alive! The Last Two Alive! Cover of The Rebel of Valkyr The Rebel of Valkyr Cover of The terror The terror Cover of Warrior-Maid of Mars Warrior-Maid of Mars
  8. 1949
    Cover of Captain Midas Captain Midas Cover of Flight From Time Flight From Time Cover of Runaway Runaway Cover of The Starbusters The Starbusters
  9. 1948
    Cover of Jinx Ship to the Rescue Jinx Ship to the Rescue

Wrote across

1940s1950s

Recurring themes

Space OperaFirst ContactPost-ApocalypticHard SFPsychic PowersMilitary SFSocial SFAdventure

Kindred authors shared themes

George O. SmithMurray LeinsterNelson S. BondRandall GarrettRobert Moore WilliamsRobert SilverbergStephen MarloweAlan Edward Nourse

Contemporaries writing in the same era

George O. SmithStephen MarloweRandall GarrettNelson S. BondBryce WaltonRobert SilverbergMurray LeinsterH. Beam PiperAlan Edward NourseWinston K. Marks

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