author
A. Earley
Known today for the short speculative story And It Was Good, this elusive writer left behind a compact but memorable piece of 1960s science fiction. Very little biographical information appears to survive, which gives the work an added air of mystery.
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And it was good
by A. Earley
About the author
A. Earley is a little-documented author associated with And It Was Good, a short work of speculative fiction first published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company in Amazing Stories in 1962. The story has continued to circulate through modern archival projects, including Project Gutenberg, which has helped keep the work accessible to new readers.
Because reliable biographical sources are scarce, there is not much that can be said with confidence about the person behind the name. What can be confirmed is the publication history of And It Was Good and its place in mid-20th-century magazine science fiction.
For readers, that scarcity is part of the appeal: the author remains mostly in the background, while the story itself stands at the center — a brief, thoughtful piece touching on war, compassion, and the hope of renewal.