Pseudonyms:


Who is who, and why do they do it? Early writers of pulp science fiction use pseudonyms for a variety of reasons. There are three main types, which are the collaborative pseudonym, the floating pseudonym, and house names. A collaborative pseudonym is one that stands for two or more authors who work collectively on a story. Thus, Robert Randall represents Robert Silverburg and Randall Garrett. These pseudonyms will not always be this easy to spot, as S. D. Gottesman can represent Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl collectively, or Kornbluth by himself. A floating pseodonym is one that is available to anyone who wants to use it. Ivar Jorgensen is a one that is taken up by a number of authors. A house name is a variation of a floating pseudonym, where a publishing company will often use such a name to cover the fact that there are two contributions by the same author. Another reason might be that the contributor does not want others to know he or she has stories published in a certain magazine.

Bennett, Gertrude Barrows


Francis Stephens

Binder, Earl Andrew

(Earl and Otto Binder collaborated until the mid 1930's when Earl retired)
Eando Binder
John Coleridge
Gordon A. Giles

Binder, Otto Oscar


Eando Binder
John Coleridge

Bloch, Robert


Wilson Kane

Campbell, John


Don A. Stewart
Arthur McCann

Ellison, Harlan


Ivar Jorgenson
Cortwainer Bird
Ellis Hart
Lee Archer
Clyde Mitchell
E.K. Jarvis

Faust, Frederick

Max Brand
George Challis
George Owen Baxter

Garrett, Randall


David Gordon
Leonard G. Spencer
Ivar Jorgenson
Alexander Blade
Walter Bupp
Ralph Burke
Richard Greer
Darrel T. Langart
Seaton Mckettrig
Clyde Mitchel
Mark Phillips
Robert Randall
S. M. Tenneshaw
Gerald Vance

Hamilton, Edmund Moore


Brett Sterling
Alexander Blade
Hugh Davidson
S.M. Tenneshaw
Robert Wentworth

Kornbluth, Cyril


S. D. Gottesman Cosmic Science Fiction-- Vol. 1, Num. 3
Cecil Corwin Cosmic Science Fiction-- Vol. 1, Num. 3
Kenneth Falconer
Gabriel Barclay
Arthur Cooke
Simon Eisner
Cyril Judd
Paul Dennis Lavond
Martin Pearson Cosmic Science Fiction--Vol. 1, Num. 2
Will Garth
Peter Horn
Kelvin Kent
Lawrence O'Donnell

Lesser, Milton


Darius John Granger
C. H. Thames
Adam Chase (with Paul Fairman)
S. M. Tenneshaw
Stephen Marlowe

Mavor, Elenor

(editor Amazing Stories)
Omar Gohagen

McIlwain, David

(British)
C. E. Maine

Michel, John


Hugh Raymond Cosmic Science Fiction-- Vol. 1, Num. 3
E. J. Bellen
Edward Bellen

Samachson, Joseph


William Morrison

Silverberg, Robert


Leonard G. Spencer (though this was used by others as well, such as Randall Garrett)
Ivar Jorgenson (also used by Harlan Ellison, Randall Garrett, Paul Fairman)
Calvin M. Knox
Robert Randall (with Randall Garrett)
Dirk Clinton
Dan Malcolm
Alex Merriman
Eric Rodman
Richard F. Watson
Ralph Burke
S. M. Tenneshaw

Slesar, Henry


O. H. Leslie

Tillotson, Joe

(cover artist)
Robert Fuquar

Wilson, Richard


Ivar Jorgensen
Edward Halibut

Wollheim, Donald


Martin Pearson
Lawrence Woods
Verne Gordon
Braxton Wells
Willy the Wisp

Wyndam, John


John Beynon
John Beynon Harris

Youd, C. S.

(British)
John Christopher

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