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Paul W. Fairman

Lifespan
1909 – 1977
Nationality
American
Active
1953 – 1963
Works held
6

Paul W. Fairman (1909–1977) was a busy writer and editor across science fiction, mystery and more. He was the founding editor of If, then edited Amazing Stories and Fantastic from 1955 to 1958, and later managed Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. His own stories, some, like ‘Deadly City’, filmed, appeared under a swarm of pseudonyms. A consummate professional of the magazine trade.

The works

  1. 1963
    Cover of Ten From Infinity Ten From Infinity
  2. 1957
    Cover of Quest of the Golden Ape Quest of the Golden Ape
  3. 1956
    Cover of Dalrymple's Equation Dalrymple's Equation Cover of The Beasts in the Void The Beasts in the Void Cover of Traitor's Choice Traitor's Choice
  4. 1953
    Cover of Deadly City Deadly City

Wrote across

1950s1960s

Recurring themes

First ContactSpace OperaArtificial IntelligencePost-ApocalypticSocial SFLost WorldAdventure

Kindred authors shared themes

Basil WellsRaymond Z. GallunStephen MarloweBryce WaltonCharles A. StearnsFox B. HoldenFrederik PohlHenry Hasse

Contemporaries writing in the same era

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

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