About the Author

Paul W. Fairman (1916-1977) was an writer and editor of both science fiction and mystery stories. In 1952 he was the founding editor of If, and later was the editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic magazines. He wrote numerous short stories and over a dozen novels. A number of his works were published using the pseudonym Ivar Jorgensen which he later shared with Randall Garrett. Several of his stories and novels were made into movies or served as the basis for television scripts.