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Daniel R. Gilgannon
A mid-century science fiction writer best known for the tense novella Stopwatch on the World, he paired big-stakes ideas with a brisk, pulp-era sense of urgency.
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Stopwatch on the world
by Daniel R. Gilgannon
About the author
Daniel R. Gilgannon is associated with classic magazine science fiction of the early 1950s. His best-known work, Stopwatch on the World, appeared in Science Fiction Quarterly in May 1951 and has since been preserved by Project Gutenberg, helping new readers discover it long after its original pulp publication.
Available records also suggest a life that reached beyond writing. Obituary and memorial listings identify him as born in 1916 and died in 2009, and describe him as a longtime teacher and principal in New York with deep ties to the Catholic community.
For listeners who enjoy vintage speculative fiction, Gilgannon’s work offers the appeal of an earlier era: looming global danger, high-pressure decision-making, and the kind of bold premise that classic pulp magazines loved to run with.