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Chester Whitehorn
1923–1996
A mid-century science fiction writer and editor, he is best remembered for "Coming of the Gods" and for his work shaping pulp-era magazines. His career touched several corners of popular publishing, from speculative fiction to celebrity and entertainment titles.
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Coming of the Gods
by Chester Whitehorn
About the author
Born in 1923 and deceased in 1996, Chester Whitehorn worked as both a writer and an editor in American popular publishing. He is credited as the author of the science fiction story Coming of the Gods, which first appeared in Planet Stories and was later preserved by Project Gutenberg.
Whitehorn also had an editorial role in pulp and digest science fiction. Reliable genre reference sources note that he edited Planet Stories for a stretch in the mid-1940s, and later edited the short-lived Science Fiction Digest in 1954.
The surviving record suggests a career that moved across different kinds of magazines rather than a long list of famous books. That mix of fiction writing and hands-on editorial work gives him a small but interesting place in the history of mid-century science fiction publishing.