Charles V. De Vet

Charles Vincent De Vet was born in Fayette, Michigan, on October 28, 1911. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Ferris State College in 1938, studied at the University of Michigan, and worked as a schoolteacher before joining the U.S. Postal Service, where he remained until retiring in 1968.

De Vet’s first science fiction story, “The Unexpected Weapon,” appeared in Amazing Stories in 1950. He went on to publish more than fifty short stories, many exploring alien societies, human adaptability, and the uneasy possibilities of the future. With Katherine MacLean, he wrote “Second Game,” later expanded as Cosmic Checkmate, which was nominated for the 1959 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. His other novel was Special Feature. De Vet died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 5, 1997.