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Murray Leinster

Lifespan
1896 – 1975
Nationality
American
Active
1919 – 1963
Works held
49

Murray Leinster (1896–1975), pen name of Will F. Jenkins, wrote science fiction across half a century with such reliable craft that he was known as 'the Dean of Science Fiction'. His 1945 story 'First Contact' gave the genre one of its central scenarios and its very name for it; his 1946 'A Logic Named Joe' anticipated the personal computer and something very like the internet with startling accuracy. A working professional to his bones, he sold to the pulps, the slicks and the digests alike.

The works

  1. 1963
    Cover of Manners and Customs of the Thrid Manners and Customs of the Thrid Cover of Med Ship Man Med Ship Man Cover of The hate disease The hate disease Cover of Third Planet Third Planet
  2. 1962
    Cover of Operation Terror Operation Terror Cover of Planet of Dread Planet of Dread Cover of Talents, Incorporated Talents, Incorporated Cover of The Leader The Leader
  3. 1961
    Cover of Creatures of the Abyss Creatures of the Abyss Cover of Doctor Doctor Cover of This World Is Taboo This World Is Taboo
  4. 1960
    Cover of Attention Saint Patrick Attention Saint Patrick Cover of The Ambulance Made Two Trips The Ambulance Made Two Trips Cover of The Wailing Asteroid The Wailing Asteroid
  5. 1959
    Cover of A Matter of Importance A Matter of Importance Cover of The Aliens The Aliens Cover of The Pirates of Ersatz The Pirates of Ersatz
  6. 1957
    Cover of Med Service Med Service Cover of Planet explorer Planet explorer Cover of Ribbon in the sky Ribbon in the sky Cover of The Invaders The Invaders Cover of The Machine That Saved The World The Machine That Saved The World Cover of The grandfathers' war The grandfathers' war
  7. 1956
    Cover of Exploration Team Exploration Team Cover of The swamp was upside down The swamp was upside down
  8. 1955
    Cover of Sam, This Is You Sam, This Is You Cover of Sand Doom Sand Doom Cover of Scrimshaw Scrimshaw Cover of White spot White spot
  9. 1954
    Cover of Operation: Outer Space Operation: Outer Space
  10. 1953
    Cover of Space Platform Space Platform Cover of Space Tug Space Tug Cover of The Forgotten Planet The Forgotten Planet Cover of The Sentimentalists The Sentimentalists
  11. 1951
    Cover of If You Was a Moklin If You Was a Moklin Cover of The Other Now The Other Now
  12. 1950
    Cover of Be young again! Be young again!
  13. 1949
    Cover of The last space ship The last space ship Cover of This star shall be free This star shall be free
  14. 1948
    Cover of Planet of Sand Planet of Sand
  15. 1941
    Cover of Morale: A Story of the War of 1941-43 Morale: A Story of the War of 1941-43
  16. 1933
    Cover of Invasion Invasion
  17. 1928
    Cover of The strange people The strange people
  18. 1927
    Cover of The Red Dust The Red Dust
  19. 1923
    Cover of Nightmare Planet Nightmare Planet
  20. 1920
    Cover of The Mad Planet The Mad Planet
  21. 1919
    Cover of A Thousand Degrees Below Zero A Thousand Degrees Below Zero Cover of The Runaway Skyscraper The Runaway Skyscraper Cover of The Silver Menace The Silver Menace

Wrote across

1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s

Recurring themes

Space OperaColonizationFirst ContactHard SFSocial SFAdventureMilitary SFPost-Apocalyptic

Kindred authors shared themes

George O. SmithNelson S. BondRandall GarrettH. Beam PiperJim HarmonRobert SilverbergStephen MarloweAlan Edward Nourse

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettGeorge O. SmithStephen MarloweVariousEdgar Rice BurroughsNelson S. BondBryce WaltonH. Beam PiperRay CummingsMack Reynolds

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