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Raymond Z. Gallun

Raymond Zinke Gallun was an American science fiction writer. Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He left college after one year and travelled in Europe, living a drifter's existence, working a multitude of jobs around the world in the years leading up to World War II.

He was among the stalwart group of early sci-fi pulp writers who popularized the genre. He sold many popular stories to pulp magazines in the 1930s. His first book, People Minus X, was published in 1957 by Simon & Schuster, followed by The Planet Strappers in 1961 (Pyramid). Gallun was honored with the I-CON Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985 at I-CON IV; the award was later renamed The Raymond Z. Gallun Award. A posthumous autobiography, Starclimber, authored in part by Gallun and completed by Jeffrey M. Elliot, was published in September 2007.
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Born March 22, 1911
Died April 2, 1994

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  • Cover of: Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s
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    First published in 1974 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Science fiction: the great years
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    Cover of edition sciencefictiongr0000pohl First published in 1973 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Before the Golden Age: Book 2
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    Cover of edition beforegoldenagev0000unse First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: People Minus X / Lest We Forget Thee, Earth

    First published in 1958 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Starclimber: the literary adventures and autobiography of Raymond Z. Gallun

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Faszination der Science Fiction

    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bioblast
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    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Eden Cycle
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    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Skyclimber

    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Starclimber: The Literary Adventures and Autobiography of Raymond Z. Gallun (Borgo Bioviews, No 1)

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: People minus X: a science-fiction novel

    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Science Fiction of the Forties
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  • Cover of: Planet strappers

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Born March 22, 1911
Died April 2, 1994

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American Science fiction, Science fiction, American Authors, Authors, american, Authorship, Biography, Biography, 20th century, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Free will and determinism, Science fiction, american, Science fiction, authorship

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  • OLID: OL2701716A

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Alternative names

  • Arthur Allport, William Callahan, E.V. Raymond, Dow Elstar.

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February 21, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author bio & photo
February 21, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import