Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer
Laumer c. 1966
Laumer c. 1966
Born(1925-06-09)June 9, 1925
Syracuse, New York, United States[1]
DiedJanuary 23, 1993(1993-01-23) (aged 67)
OccupationNovelist, short story author
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksBolo, Retief
Laumer's novel Worlds of the Imperium was serialized in Fantastic in 1961.
Laumer's "The Yillian Way", a "Retief" story, took the cover of the January 1962 issue of If
Laumer's novel A Trace of Memory was serialized in Amazing Stories in 1962.
Laumer's "Cocoon" was the cover story for the December 1962 issue of Fantastic
Laumer's novelette "End as a Hero" took the cover of the June 1963 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction

John Keith Laumer ((1925-06-09)June 9, 1925 – (1993-01-23)January 23, 1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service.[2] His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Laumer's The Other Side of Time).[3] Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer.

  1. ^ "Summary Bibliography: Keith Laumer". isfdb.org.
  2. ^ Reginald, Robert (2009). Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. Wildside Press. ISBN 9781434478580.
  3. ^ Paul S. Ritz, "Remembering March Laumer," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 44 No. 1 (Spring 2000), p. 11.