Murray Leinster
Subtitle: the life and works
By: Billee J. Stallings and Jo-an J. Evans ; foreword by James Gunn
Contributors: Evans, Jo-an J., 1938-
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780786465040
Subjects: American Science fiction; History and criticism; American Authors; Biography
Description: "Will F. Jenkins, known to science fiction fans by his penname Murray Leinster, was among the most prolific American writers of the 20th century. This biography chronicles Leinster's private and literary life from his first writings and early pulp magazines, through the golden age of science fiction in the 1930s through the 1950s, to his death in 1975"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: The Dean revisited by James Gunn; title: Preface; title: The beginning: 1909; title: A southern family; title: The early days: 1910-1920; title: Entering science fiction: 1919-1921; title: Marriage: the 1920s; title: The 1930s; title: The New York years: the 1940s; title: The 1950s; title: The 1960s; title: After Mary's death; title: On writing; title: Appendix A. "a logic named Joe"; title: Appendix B. "to build a robot brain".