WRITER

Murray Leinster

1896 - 1975

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Murray Leinster () was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murray Leinster has received more than 228,077 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Murray Leinster is the 4,027th most popular writer (down from 3,632nd in 2019), the 5,263rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,835th in 2019) and the 431st most popular American Writer.

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Notable Works

Operation
Incorrect title. See Operation: Outer Space elsewhere in the list of Leinster titles.
Operation Terror
Before the Golden Age
American Science fiction
Part one 1920 to 1930 -- Part two 1931 -- The man who evolved / Edmond Hamilton -- The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones -- Submicroscopic / Capt. S.P. Meek -- Awlo of Ulm / Capt. S.P. Meek -- Tetrahedra of space / P. Schuyler Miller -- The world of the red Sun / Clifford D. Simak -- Part three 1932 -- Tumithak of the corridors / Charles R. Tanner -- The Moon era / Jack Williamson -- Part four 1933 -- The man who awoke / Laurence Manning -- Tumithak in Shawm / Capt. Charles R. Tanner -- Part five 1934 -- Colossus / Donald Wandrei -- Born of the Sun / Jack Williamson -- Sidewise in time / Murray Leinster -- Old Faithful / Raymond Z. Gallun -- Part six 1935 -- The parasite planet / Stanley G. Weinbaum -- Proxima Centauri / Murray Leinster -- The accursed galaxy / Edmond Hamilton -- Part seven 1936 -- He who shrank / Henry Hasse -- The human pets of Mars / Leslie Frances Stone -- The brain stealers of Mars / John W. Campbell, Jr. -- Devolution / Edmond Hamilton -- Big game / Isaac Asimov -- Part eight 1937 -- Other eyes watching / John W. Campbell, Jr. -- Minus planet / John D. Clark -- Past, present, and future / Nat Schachner -- Part nine 1938 -- The men and the mirror / Ross Rocklynne.
The Hugo Winners
American Science fiction, Science fiction, Hugo awards
An Anthology of Hugo award winners. The highest prize in Sci-Fi. Each of these stories, by different authors, was voted as the best novella/short story of a particular year. Asimov was also the editor or something. I have read it and loved it. Science Fiction at it's best. Contains: 13th Convention (1955)-19th Convention (1961). The darfsteller / Walter M. Miller, Jr. -- Allamagoosa / Eric Frank Russell -- Exploration team / Murray Leinster -- The star / Arthur C. Clarke -- Or all the seas with oysters / Avram Davidson -- The big front yard / Clifford D. Simak -- The hell-bound train / Robert Bloch -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The longest voyage / Poul Anderson --
This World Is Taboo
Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Space Tug

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Murray Leinster ranks 4,027 out of 7,302Before him are Eno Raud, Syd Field, Boualem Sansal, Elbert Hubbard, Dagmar Lange, and José Cadalso. After him are Anita Brookner, Katherine Paterson, Bernardus Silvestris, Gabrielle Wittkop, Russell Banks, and Rémy Belleau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Murray Leinster ranks 165Before him are Robert E. Sherwood, Friedrich Waismann, Ulises Saucedo, Joan Lindsay, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Lilia Skala. After him are Edward Arthur Milne, William Gopallawa, Robert Gerhard, Franz Blücher, Peter Cheyney, and Lado Gudiashvili. Among people deceased in 1975, Murray Leinster ranks 147Before him are Kyusaku Ogino, Mary Ure, Victor Marijnen, Gary Thain, Willy Böckl, and Louis Jordan. After him are George Marshall, Charles Journet, Morgan Taylor, Dave Alexander, Knut Kroon, and Niginho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Murray Leinster ranks 5,263 out of 20,380Before him are Elbert Hubbard (1856), Jessica Drake (1974), Jean Hagen (1923), Hal Roach (1892), Eric Johnson (1954), and Mae Jemison (1956). After him are Joan Mitchell (1925), Elmo Lincoln (1889), Taraji P. Henson (1970), Kid Ory (1886), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), and Toni Braxton (1967).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Murray Leinster ranks 431Before him are Ralph Ellison (1914), Tad Williams (1957), Melissa Mathison (1950), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Syd Field (1935), and Elbert Hubbard (1856). After him are Russell Banks (1940), V. C. Andrews (1923), Bret Harte (1836), James Redfield (1950), E. B. White (1899), and Gary Chapman (1938).