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Raymond Z. Gallun

Born

in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, The United States

March 22, 1911

Died

April 02, 1994

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Aka William Callahan, Arthur Allport.

Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an early science fiction writer.

Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He lived a drifter's existence, working a multitude of jobs around the world in the years leading up to World War II. He sold many popular stories to pulp magazines in the 1930s. "Old Faithful" (1934) was his first noted story. "The Gentle Brain" was published in "Science Fiction Quarterly" under the pseudonym Arthur Allport. Another of his pseudonyms was William Callahan.
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	A First Glimpse And Other Science Fiction Classics 3.82 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Planet Strappers 3.10 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1961 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eden Cycle 4.02 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Wall 3.35 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1942 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 25th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Raymond Z. Gallun 3.72 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asteroid of Fear 3.17 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun 3.54 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stamped Caution 3.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People Minus X 3.15 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1957 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Pill 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Luxury whose quiet swiftness bestowed a sense of power, wielded casually as some lesser god might do.”
― Raymond Z. Gallun, The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun

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“Why It had exposed itself thus erect, I don't know. Maybe fear of being hunted confused It, or It trusted the long range for safety, or It didn't need secrecy anymore, and wanted – in Its assurance of power? – to peer around. But of such a multiple Question”
― Raymond Z. Gallun, A First Glimpse And Other Science Fiction Classics

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“Why It had exposed itself thus erect, I don't know. Maybe fear of being hunted confused It, or It trusted the long range for safety, or It didn't need secrecy anymore, and wanted – in Its assurance of power? – to peer around. But of such a multiple Question Mark, who could say?”
― Raymond Z. Gallun, A First Glimpse And Other Science Fiction Classics

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