Back in the 1950s at the dawn of science fiction, writers were turning out wildly imaginative stories for the pulp magazines. Robert Silverberg, writing as David Osborne, estimates he wrote over a million words in one year.
Here are three more exciting stories from those heady days from the pioneers of science fiction: Aliens from Space by David Osborne, The Man with Three Eyes by E. L. Arch, and Conquest of Earth by Manly Banister.
David Osborne is the author or co-author of five nonfiction books: Laboratories of Democracy; Reinventing Government, a New York Times bestseller; Banishing Bureaucracy; The Reinventor's Fieldbook; and The Price of Government. He has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, and many other publications. Osborne is currently a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, directing the Reinventing America's Schools Project. He lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Manly Banister (1914–1986) was an amateur publisher, writer, and artist. He was a regular contributor to science fiction fanzines, and his short stories were published in a number of pulp magazines of the 1950s and 1960s, including Weird Tales, Astounding Science Fiction, Fantastic, Thrilling Wonder Tales, and others. He also published a number of books on bookbinding and book making.
Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.