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Runaway
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- GenresShort Stories
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Joseph Samachson
41 books1 followerPseudonym:
William Morrison
Joseph Samachson was born to David and Anna Samachson on October 13, 1906 in Trenton, New Jersey. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale at the age of 23. He was an Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois.
He wrote books for young people and
He also wrote a number of science fiction works (under the pseudonym William Morrison), including two novels published in Startling Stories. He wrote the 1937 pulp title Murder of a Professor and short stories for a number of magazines, including Money from Heaven (1942).[2] He also penned a couple of Captain Future pulp novels c.1941-1942 (under the house name "Brett Sterling"), and had work appear in the science fiction magazine Galaxy.
He is believed to have begun working for DC Comics in late 1942, working on comics scripts for characters notably including Batman. He also wrote scripts for comics and characters including Sandman, Green Arrow, Airwave and Robotman, as well as "a string of 17 science-fiction stories in 1955 and 1956".
With his wife Dorothy Samachson, he wrote about theater ("Let's Meet the Theatre" and "The Dramatic Story of the Theatre"), music ("Masters of Music" and The Fabulous World of Opera), ballet, archeology (Good Digging) and a number of other titles, including Rome, a Rand McNally "Cities of the World" title.
William Morrison
Joseph Samachson was born to David and Anna Samachson on October 13, 1906 in Trenton, New Jersey. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale at the age of 23. He was an Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois.
He wrote books for young people and
He also wrote a number of science fiction works (under the pseudonym William Morrison), including two novels published in Startling Stories. He wrote the 1937 pulp title Murder of a Professor and short stories for a number of magazines, including Money from Heaven (1942).[2] He also penned a couple of Captain Future pulp novels c.1941-1942 (under the house name "Brett Sterling"), and had work appear in the science fiction magazine Galaxy.
He is believed to have begun working for DC Comics in late 1942, working on comics scripts for characters notably including Batman. He also wrote scripts for comics and characters including Sandman, Green Arrow, Airwave and Robotman, as well as "a string of 17 science-fiction stories in 1955 and 1956".
With his wife Dorothy Samachson, he wrote about theater ("Let's Meet the Theatre" and "The Dramatic Story of the Theatre"), music ("Masters of Music" and The Fabulous World of Opera), ballet, archeology (Good Digging) and a number of other titles, including Rome, a Rand McNally "Cities of the World" title.
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October 3, 2025
Well the ending saved the story.
I was thinking it's not that great a story, just an average story of a kid trying to stowaway on a spaceship.
But then...that was the point of the isn't it.
And then as it got closer to the end I was preparing myself for an anticlimactic ending. I mean, where else could the story go at this point.
Yeah, I should have known better. After all, at one point I was confused about where Plato was born. And just where were his parents?
Lol. Guess I'm no detective.
I was thinking it's not that great a story, just an average story of a kid trying to stowaway on a spaceship.
But then...that was the point of the isn't it.
And then as it got closer to the end I was preparing myself for an anticlimactic ending. I mean, where else could the story go at this point.
Yeah, I should have known better. After all, at one point I was confused about where Plato was born. And just where were his parents?
Lol. Guess I'm no detective.
July 6, 2021
Sci fi short.
William Morrison writing as Joseph samachson? Suitable for teens and adults. A young male runs away from school, seeking adventure and learns secrets about himself.
William Morrison writing as Joseph samachson? Suitable for teens and adults. A young male runs away from school, seeking adventure and learns secrets about himself.
January 24, 2016
Ten-year-old Plato (he hates that name) dreams of going into space. He reads stories of Comets Carson pursuing Rogue Rogan and wants to do just that. He's sure he can and decides to runaway from school and stowaway on a spaceship. He has it all planned out...
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