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Dick Hetschel

A mid-century science fiction writer whose stories imagined moon missions, strange encounters, and other classic genre thrills. Little biographical information is easy to confirm, which gives the surviving work an extra air of mystery.

2 Audiobooks

Is That You Xeluchli?

Is That You Xeluchli?

by Dick Hetschel

First Stage: Moon

First Stage: Moon

by Dick Hetschel

About the author

Dick Hetschel is credited as the author of science fiction stories that appeared in the 1950s. Confirmed surviving works include First Stage: Moon, originally published in Worlds of If Science Fiction in December 1954, and The Better Egg, published in The Original Science Fiction Stories in January 1958.

Today, Hetschel's work remains accessible through archives and volunteer projects. Project Gutenberg lists First Stage: Moon, and LibriVox identifies Dick Hetschel as an author of science fiction short stories.

Beyond those publication records, reliable biographical details about the person behind the name are hard to verify from readily available sources. For readers, that means the stories themselves remain the clearest introduction: brisk, imaginative, and rooted in the adventurous spirit of early magazine science fiction.