Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster was the pen name of American author William Fitzgerald Jenkins, who was one of the most prolific and beloved pulp science fiction writers. His 1945 story First Contact is one of the most influential science fiction stories ever written, posing the question of how two mutually suspicious species could avoid destroying each other. He won the Hugo Award for The Exploration Team.
Works
- First ContactClassic first contact story between humanity and advanced alien civilization
- The Other Side of HereScience fiction exploring alternate dimensions and parallel reality crossings
- The Pirates of ZanSpace opera adventure with pirates, treasure, and interstellar intrigue
- The Forgotten PlanetScience fiction discovering lost civilization on isolated planet
- Colonial SurveySpace opera following survey team colonizing and mapping frontier