Raymond A. Palmer

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Raymond Arthur Palmer , also Ray Alfred or Ray Palmer (born August 1, 1910 Milwaukee , † August 15, 1977 Portage , Wisconsin ), was an influential American writer and editor of science fiction .

Between 1938 and 1949 he edited Amazing Stories , then brought out Fate magazine, as well as Mystic , Search and Flying Saucers . He also published various works on spiritualism such as Oahspe. A New Bible and about UFOs like The Coming of the Saucers (together with Kenneth Arnold ). Palmer continued to write numerous stories in the fantasy and science fiction genre, which often appeared under pseudonyms .

In addition to Hugo Gernsback , Palmer created one of the first SF fan clubs, the Science Correspondence Club , whose first event took place in early 1930. The magazine The Comet , later renamed Cosmology , served as the club organ .

In the 1940s he supported Richard Sharpe Shaver's dubious theses , which became known as Shaverism , which provoked the sharp criticism of Forrest J. Ackerman , who saw it as a general damage to the genre of science fiction.

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If two years of publication are given for the original editions, the first is that of the first edition and the second that of the first edition (as a book).

Novels
  • Cosmos (1930, 2015, with numerous other authors, Palmer wrote Chapter 10: Conference at Copernicus )
  • Doorway to Hell (1942, as Frank Patton)
  • King of the Dinosaurs (1945, as JW Pelkie)
  • I Flew in a Flying Saucer (1951, as Captain AVG and Ray Palmer)
  • The Vengeance of Martin Brand (1942, as GH Irwin, 2005)
Short stories
  • The Time Ray of Jandra (1930)
  • The Man Who Invaded Time (1932)
  • Dimension Doom (1933)
  • Escape from Antarctica (1933)
  • The Girl from Venus (1933, as Rae Winters)
  • The Vortex World (1934)
  • The Return to Venus (1934, as Rae Winters)
  • The Time Tragedy (1934)
  • Three from the Test-Tube (1935)
  • The Symphony of Death (1935)
  • Matter Is Conserved (1938)
  • Catalyst Planet (1938)
  • Outlaw of Space (1938, as Wallace Quitman)
  • The Blinding Ray (1938, as AR Steber)
  • Polar Prison (1938, as Morris J. Steele)
  • Pioneer - 1957! (1939, as Henry Gade)
  • The Phantom Enemy (1939, as Morris J. Steele)
  • The Scientists Revolt (1939, with Edgar Rice Burroughs )
  • Liners of Space (1939, as Henry Gade)
  • Black World (1940, 2006)
  • When the Gods Make War (1940, as AR Steber)
  • Lone Wolf of Space (1941, with Joseph J. Millard as AR Steber)
  • The Invincible Crime-Buster (1941, as Henry Gade)
  • Mystery of the Martian Pendulum (1941, with John Russell Fearn , as Thornton Ayre and AR Steber)
  • The Test Tube Girl (1942, as Frank Patton)
  • A Patriot Never Dies (1943, as Frank Patton)
  • Jewels of the Toad (1943, as Frank Patton)
  • War Worker 17 (1943, as Frank Patton)
  • Weapon for a WAC (1944, as Sgt. Morris J. Steele)
  • Moon of Double Trouble (1945, as AR Steber)
  • The Martian's Masterpiece (1945, as Morris J. Steele)
  • Strange Offspring (1946)
  • Toka and the Man Bats (1946, as JW Pelkie)
  • Toka Fights the Big Cats (1947, as JW Pelkie)
  • In the Sphere of Time (1948, as JW Pelkie)
  • Mahaffey's Mystery (1950, also as Frank Patton)
  • The Justice of Martin Brand (1950, as GH Irwin)
  • Eye of the Temptress (1951)
  • Red Coral (1951)
  • Mr. Yellow Jacket (1951)
  • The Hell Ship (1952)
  • Diagnosis (1953)
  • New Moon (1953)
  • I'll Tell My Big Brother (1953)
  • The Hidden Kingdom (1953)
  • The Devil's Empire (1954)
  • The Atomic Age ...... Sex Murders (1955)
  • Jonah and the Venus Whale (1955)
  • The Metal Emperor (1955)
  • The Shaver Mystery: No. 2: The Rescue of Atlantis and Lemuria by the Flying Saucers (1956, with Richard S. Shaver)
Non-fiction
  • The Coming of the Saucers. A Documentary Report on Sky Objects That Have Mystified the World (1952, with Kenneth Arnold )

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personal data
SURNAME Palmer, Raymond A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palmer, Raymond Arthur (full name); Palmer, Ray (alternative spelling); Palmer, RA (alternative spelling); Palmer, Raymond (alternative spelling); Bell, George (pseudonym); G., Captain AV (pseudonym); Gade, Henry (pen name); Irwin, GH (pseudonym); Patton, Frank (pseudonym); Pelkie, JW (pseudonym); Quitman, Wallace (pseudonym); Steber, Rap AR (pseudonym); Steele, Morris J. (pseudonym); Steele, Sgt. Morris J. (pseudonym); Webster, Robert N. (pen name); Winters, Rae (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1910
DATE OF DEATH 15th August 1977