author

Bill Garson

1917–2000

A mid-century science fiction writer who published under the names Bill Garson, Vaseleos Garson, and Basilios Geovanes, he turned out brisk, imaginative stories for magazine readers. His work ranges from 1940s pulp adventures to the later novel Brother Earth.

6 Audiobooks

Acid Bath

Acid Bath

by Bill Garson

The Shadow-Gods

The Shadow-Gods

by Bill Garson

Prodigal Weapon

Prodigal Weapon

by Bill Garson

Test For the Pearl

Test For the Pearl

by Bill Garson

One Against the Stars

One Against the Stars

by Bill Garson

About the author

Bill Garson was a US science fiction writer, identified in reference sources as William J. Garson. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that he began publishing genre work with "One Against the Stars" in Planet Stories in summer 1944 and was moderately active during the 1940s.

He also wrote under the alternate names Vaseleos Garson and Basilios Geovanes. Project Gutenberg lists stories including Acid Bath, The Shadow-Gods, Test for the Pearl, The Little Pets of Arkkhan, Prodigal Weapon, and One Against the Stars, which gives a good sense of his blend of space adventure and classic pulp-era ideas.

Later in his career, he published the science fiction novel Brother Earth in 1974. Reliable public sources are quite sparse on his personal life, so most of what can be confirmed today comes from bibliographic and genre reference listings rather than detailed biographical accounts.