H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold

H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
Horace Leonard Gold (1914–1996) was an influential American science fiction writer and editor, best known for editing the magazine "Galaxy Science Fiction" from 1950 to 1961. His editorial work helped shape the genre by encouraging more sophisticated, socially conscious storytelling. Gold also wrote several novels and short stories, including "What Will They Think of Last?" and "The Old Die Rich." Despite struggling with agoraphobia and post-traumatic stress disorder after World War II, Gold left a lasting impact on science fiction with his innovative ideas and editorial direction.

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The roller coaster's string of cars, looking shopworn in their flaky blue and orange paint, crept toward the top of the incline, the ratcheted lift chain clanking with weary patience. In the front seat, a young couple held hands and prepared to scream. Two cars back, a heavy, round-shouldered, black-mustached man with a swarthy skin clenched his hands on the rail before him. A thin blond fellow... more...

If there was one thing Dr. Kalmar hated, and there were many, it was having a new assistant fresh from a medical school on Earth. They always wanted to change things. They never realized that a planet develops its own techniques to meet its own requirements, which are seldom similar to those of any other world. Dr. Kalmar never got along with his assistants and he didn't expect to get along with... more...

When Clocker Locke came into the Blue Ribbon, on 49th Street west of Broadway, he saw that nobody had told Doc Hawkins about his misfortune. Doc, a pub-crawling, non-practicing general practitioner who wrote a daily medical column for a local tabloid, was celebrating his release from the alcoholic ward, but his guests at the rear table of the restaurant weren't in any mood for celebration.... more...