article_title name birth_date
charles r. tanner
 charles r. tanner february 17 , 1896
charles r. tanner

charles r. tanner -lrb- february 17 , 1896 -- 9 january 1974 -rrb- was an american science fiction and fantasy author who wrote in the late 1930s and early 1940s .
tanner 's first short story was `` the color of space , '' published in `` science wonder stories '' in 1930 .
within a few years , he created his character tumithak , who featured in three stories published during tanner 's lifetime -lrb- `` tumithak of the corridors '' , `` tumithak in shawm '' , and `` tumithak and the towers of fire '' -rrb- and a fourth , `` tumithak and the ancient word '' , published posthumously in in 2005 .
