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.


(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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