Cyril M. Kornbluth

"Kenneth Falconer" redirects here. For the British mathematician, see Kenneth Falconer (mathematician).

Cyril M. Kornbluth
Kornbluth c. 1955
Kornbluth c. 1955
Born(1923-07-02)July 2, 1923
New York City, United States
DiedMarch 21, 1958(1958-03-21) (aged 34)
Levittown, New York, United States
Pen nameCecil Corwin
S.D. Gottesman
Edward J. Bellin
Kenneth Falconer
Walter C. Davies
Simon Eisner
Jordan Park
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story author
  • editor
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
GenreScience fiction
SpouseMary Byers
An early Kornbluth novelette, "The Core", was the cover story for the April 1942 issue of Future. It carried the "S. D. Gottesman" byline, a pseudonym Kornbluth used mainly for collaborations with Frederik Pohl or Robert A. W. Lowndes
The opening installment of Mars Child, by Kornbluth and Judith Merril, took the cover of the May 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction
A year later, the first installment of Gravy Planet (The Space Merchants), by Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl, was also cover-featured on Galaxy
Another Kornbluth-Merril collaboration, the novelette "Sea-Change", was the cover story for the second issue of Dynamic Science Fiction in 1953. It has apparently never been reprinted.
Another Kornbluth-Pohl collaboration, Gladiator-at-Law, took the cover of the June 1954 Galaxy Science Fiction in 1954, illustrated by Ed Emshwiller
The last Kornbluth-Pohl sf novel, "Wolfbane", was serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1957, with a cover illustration by Wally Wood.

Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923[1] – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, Walter C. Davies, Simon Eisner, Jordan Park, Arthur Cooke, Paul Dennis Lavond, and Scott Mariner.[2]

  1. ^ Rich, p. 16 et passim.
  2. ^ Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter (1995). "Kornbluth, C.M.". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St Martin's Griffin. p. 677. ISBN 0-312-09618-6.