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Horace L. Gold
American editor and author
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Horace Leonard Gold
- Pseudonym:
- Clyde Crane Campbell
- Died:
- Feb. 21, 1996, Laguna Hills, Calif., U.S. (aged 81)
Horace L. Gold (born April 29, 1914, Montreal, Que., Canada—died Feb. 21, 1996, Laguna Hills, Calif., U.S.) was a Canadian-born American science fiction editor and author who, as founder and editor of the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction, published many of the most prominent science fiction stories of the 1950s. Gold sold his first short story, “Inflexure,” to Astounding Stories in 1934 under the pseudonym Clyde Crane Campbell. He made his living writing short stories for “pulp” science fiction, mystery, and romance magazines and scripts for radio programs. From 1939 to 1941, he worked as assistant editor at the science fiction ...(100 of 389 words)