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William Oberfield

Nationality
American
Active
1947 – 1951
Works held
4

William Oberfield published science-fiction short stories in the mid-century magazines, several later reprinted in anthologies of vintage SF. Little is recorded of his life beyond the bibliography; he is one of the many capable contributors who filled the magazines of the period.

The works

  1. 1951
    Cover of Poison Planet Poison Planet Cover of They Reached for the Moon They Reached for the Moon
  2. 1950
    Cover of The Enormous Word The Enormous Word
  3. 1947
    Cover of Escape From Pluto Escape From Pluto

Wrote across

1940s1950s

Recurring themes

Space OperaFirst ContactPost-ApocalypticHard SFAdventure

Kindred authors shared themes

Alfred CoppelBryce WaltonEdmond HamiltonFrederik PohlGarrett Putman ServissGeorge O. SmithH. B. FyfeJerome Bixby

Contemporaries writing in the same era

George O. SmithStephen MarloweRandall GarrettNelson S. BondBryce WaltonRobert SilverbergMurray LeinsterH. Beam PiperAlan Edward NourseAlfred Coppel

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