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Raymond Z. Gallun
Books and Stories
Raymond Z. Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in rural Wisconsin in 1910. He attended one year of college at the University of Wisconsin, then left to travel in Europe. He started writing science fiction in 1929; he attained widespread recognition with Old Faithful in 1934. Also wrote stories under the name William Callahan.
(Raymond Z. Gallun)
Along with John W. Campbell, he did as much as anyone to help science fiction evolve from crude pulp stories to interesting literature. He died in 1994. Select a novel or story title to see the inventions from that work:
A Menace in Miniature, Astounding Stories, 1937
Asteroid of Fear, Planet Stories, 1951
Atomic Fire, Amazing Stories, 1931
Brother Worlds, Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1951
Dawn of the Demigods, Planet Stories, 1954
Gears for Nemesis, Startling Stories, 1942
Hotel Cosmos, Astounding Science Fiction, 1938
Mad Robot, Astounding Science Fiction, 1936
Magician of Dream Valley, Astounding Science Fiction, 1938
Masson's Secret, Astounding Science-Fiction, 1939
Old Faithful, Astounding, 1934
Revolt of the Star Men, Wonder Stories Quarterly, 1932
Seeds of the Dusk, Astounding Stories, 1937
Space Flotsam, Astounding Science Fiction, 1934
The Achilles Heel, Amazing Stories, 1940
The Lunar Chrysalis, Amazing Stories, 1931
The Planet Strappers, Pyramid Books, 1961
The Scarab, Astounding Stories, 1936
The Space Dwellers, Wonder Stories, 1929
Waves of Compulsion, Wonder Stories, 1932
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