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C.M. Kornbluth

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Original name:
Cyril M. Kornbluth
Born:
1923, New York, N.Y., U.S.
Died:
March 21, 1958, Waverly, N.Y. (aged 35)
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C.M. Kornbluth (born 1923, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 21, 1958, Waverly, N.Y.) was an American writer whose science-fiction stories reflect a dark, acerbic view of the future. Kornbluth published science-fiction stories as a teenager. Called the Futurians, he and other young writers, including Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl (his frequent coauthor), composed and edited most of the tales in such sci-fi magazines as Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories. Extremely prolific, Kornbluth wrote under almost 20 pseudonyms, including S.D. Gottesman, Cecil Corwin, Simon Eisner, Jordan Park, and Cyril Judd (a joint pseudonym with Judith Merril). After army service during ...(100 of 250 words)

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