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William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.
Feb 14, 2010 · William Tenn, who wrote satirical science fiction at a time when few writers in the genre displayed a sense of humor, died at his home in Pittsburgh on Feb. 7. He was 89. His death was...
Jan 17, 2021 · In the early days of my website, I reviewed two volumes by William Tenn–his sole novel Of Men and Monsters (1968) and his collection The Human Angle (1956). Of All Possible Worlds (1955) is his first published collection.
Tenn is best-known. William Tenn is the pseudonym of Philip Klass. He was born in London on May 9, 1920, and emigrated to the United States with his parents before his second birthday. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
From the first, Tenn was one of the genre's very few genuinely comic, genuinely incisive writers of short fiction, sharper and more mature than Fredric Brown and less self-indulgent in his Satirical take on the modern world than Robert Sheckley.
Feb 8, 2010 · In the 1950s and 1960s, William Tenn stood with pioneers like Theodore Sturgeon in creating vivid scenarios of mind-blowing alien worlds in novels and stories that illuminated emotional,...
William Tenn has 265 books on Goodreads with 22421 ratings. William Tenn’s most popular book is Of Men and Monsters.
Feb 7, 2010 · William Tenn, the pen name of Phillip Klass, died at home on today at the age of 89. Tenn was named Author Emeritus by SFWA in 1999. Primarily known for his humorous short stories and essays, he wrote only two novels both published in 1968.
William Tenn was the penname of London -born Philip Klass who moved to the US as a child. He began writing in 1945 after being discharged from the Army, and his first story, "Alexander the Bait," was published a year later.
Aug 1, 2001 · Here Comes Civilization: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume II, edited by James A. Mann and Mary C. Tabasko, celebrates the achievement of a preeminent SF author of the 1950s.
- William Tenn, Mary C. Tabasko
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