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Murray Leinster (/ ˈ l ɛ n s t ər /) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.
Murray Leinster. Two miles of American front had gone dead. And on two lone infantrymen, lost in the menace of the fog-gas and the tanks, depended the outcome of the war of 1932. The persistent, oily smell of fog-gas was everywhere, even in the little pill-box.
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Born on June 16, 1896, Will F. Jenkins, often writing as Murray Leinster, was among the most prominent writers of science fiction for nearly fifty years. He began with The Runaway Skyscraper, which appeared in 1919 when he was in his early twenties.
Leinster's first book, Murder Madness (May-August 1930 Astounding; 1931), though featuring a Mad Scientist who wishes to rule the world through the use of a deadly Drug, was not titled so as to address any sf market (then still nascent in America), and is presented, typically, as a mystery adventure; it is, however, certainly sf – and is only ...
Aug 12, 2011 · Will F. Jenkins, known to science fiction fans by his penname Murray Leinster, was among the most prolific American writers of the 20th century. "The Dean of Science Fiction," as he was...
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Murray Leinster was the nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins. He was born in Norfolk, VA on June 16, 1896. During World War I, he served with the Committee of Public Information and the United States Army (1917-1918). Following the war, Leinster became a free-lance writer.
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William Fitzgerald Jenkins. Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history. He wrote and published over 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays. An author whose career spanned the first six ...
