ABCs of Science Fiction #1

Question: Who were the most important (i.e., the most prolific and/or dominant by some other criterion) science fiction writers of the period 1926-1950?

Answers:






A

Anderson, Poul
Arthur, Robert
Asimov, Isaac
Ayre, Thorton (John Russell Fearn)

B

Bates, Harry
Bester, Alfred
Beynon, John (John Beynon Harris)
Bindr, Eando (Earl Andrew Binder and Otto Binder)
Blish, James
Bloch, Robert
Bond, Nelson
Boucher, Anthony (William Anthony Parker White)
Brackett, Leigh
Bradbury, Ray
Breuer, Miles J.
Brown, Fredric
Burkes, Arthur J.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice

C

Cabot, John York (David Wright O'Brien)
Campbell, John W., Jr.
Cartmill, Cleve
Chandler, A. Bertram
Clarke, Arthur C.
Clement, Hal (Harry Clement Stubbs)
Coblentz, Stanton A.
Corwin, Cecil (Cyril Kornbluth)
Cummings, Raymond K.

D

de Camp, L. Sprague
del Rey, Lester
Derluth, August
Dunsany, Lord (Edward John Morton Drax Plunkett)

E

Edmonds, Paul (Henry Kuttner)
Ernst, Paul

F

Farley, Ralph Milne (Roger Sherman Hoar)
Fearn, John Russell
Fyfe, Horace B.

G

Gallun, Raymond Z.
Geier, Chester S.
Gold, Horace Leonard
Gottesman, S. D. (Cyril Kornbluth)

H

Hamilton, Edmond
Harris, John Beynon
Hasse, Henry
Heinlein, Robert A.
Howard, Robert E.
Hubbard, L. Ron
Hull, Edna Mayne

I

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J

Jacobi, Carl
Jameson, Malcolm
Jones, Neil R.
Jones, Raymond F.

K

Keller, David H.
Knight, Damon
Kornbluth, Cyril
Kummer, Frederic Arnold, Jr.
Kuttner, Henry

L

Leiber, Fritz, Jr.
Leinster, Murray
Livingston, Berkeley
Long, Frank Belknap, Jr.
Lovecraft, Howard Phillips

M

MacCreigh, James (Frederik Pohl)
McDonald, John D.
Merril, Judith
Merritt, Abraham
Merwin, Sam, Jr.
Miller, P. Schuyler
Moore, Catherine L.

N

Neville, Kris
Nolan, Philip Francis

O

O'Brien, David Wright
O'Donnell, Lawrence (C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner)

P

Padgett, Lewis (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore)
Phillips, Rog
Pratt, Fletcher

Q

Quick, Dorothy
Quinn, Seabury

R

Repp, Ed Earl
Reynolds, Mack
Richardson, Robert S.
Rocklynne, Ross
Russell, Eric Frank

S

Schachner, Nathan
Simak, Clifford D.
Smith, Clark Ashton
Smith, Edward Elmer
Smith, George O.
St. Clair, Margaret
Sturgeon, Theodore

T

Tenn, William (Philip Klass)

U

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V

Vance, Jack
van Vogt, Alfred E.
Vincent, Harl (H. V. Schoepflin)

W

Wells, Herbert George
Williams, Robert Moore
Williamson, Jack

X

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Y

Yerxa, Leroy

Z

Zagat, Arthur Leo





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Source: D. B. Day, Index to the Science-Fiction Magazines, 1926-1950, Perri Press, Portland, Oregon, 1952.

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