Tom Godwin (writer) - Citizendia

Tom Godwin (1915–1980) was a science fiction author. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Note that this Partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction even if they predate or did not work in that genre Godwin published three novels and thirty short stories. His controversial hard SF short story "The Cold Equations" is a notable in the mid-1950s science fiction genre. Hard science fiction is a category of Science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail or on scientific accuracy or on both " The Cold Equations " is a Science fiction short story by Tom Godwin, first published in Astounding Magazine in 1954 He also had three novels published, but these stayed more firmly in John W. Campbell's preferred styles and are less notable. John Wood Campbell Jr (June 8 1910 – July 11 1971 was an important Science fiction editor and writer

Novels

Ragnarok series:

The Survivors (Gnome Press, 1958) a. The Survivors is a Science fiction novel by author Tom Godwin. Gnome Press was an American small-press Publishing company primarily known for publishing many Science fiction classics Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. k. a. Space Prison (Pyramid Books, 1960)
The Space Barbarians (Pyramid Books, 1964)

Others:

Beyond Another Sun (Curtis, 1971)

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Pyramid Books was a Paperback publishing company founded in 1949 by William Jovanovich with Almat Magazine Publishers ( Alfred R Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pyramid Books was a Paperback publishing company founded in 1949 by William Jovanovich with Almat Magazine Publishers ( Alfred R Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works

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