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David Mason

Lifespan
1924 – 1974
Nationality
American
Active
1955 – 1963
Works held
9

David Mason (1924–1974) began publishing in the SF magazines in 1955 and is best known for the sword-and-sorcery of Kavin’s World and its sequel, and for his final and most ambitious novel, The Deep Gods (1973), which drops a modern mind into a prehistoric body in a world shared by humans and dolphins. He was briefly married to the writer Katherine MacLean.

The works

  1. 1963
    Cover of Road Stop Road Stop Cover of Something Will Turn Up Something Will Turn Up
  2. 1958
    Cover of Farewell message Farewell message Cover of Pangborn's paradox Pangborn's paradox
  3. 1957
    Cover of Rockabye, Grady Rockabye, Grady Cover of The long question The long question
  4. 1956
    Cover of Garrity's Annuities Garrity's Annuities Cover of The Fool The Fool
  5. 1955
    Cover of Placebo Placebo

Wrote across

1950s1960s

Recurring themes

Social SFFirst ContactTime TravelColonizationHard SFArtificial IntelligenceHorror

Kindred authors shared themes

Clifford D. SimakFrank Belknap LongPhilip K. DickRobert SilverbergStephen MarloweAlan Edward NourseBryce WaltonCharles L. Fontenay

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterMack ReynoldsAlan Edward NourseH. Beam PiperRobert SilverbergFritz LeiberBryce WaltonCharles L. Fontenay

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