author
Donald Colvin
A little-known science fiction writer whose surviving work has a lively, pulpy charm. Donald Colvin published stories in the early 1950s, including pieces that later became available through Project Gutenberg and LibriVox.
2 Audiobooks
Half past Alligator
by Donald Colvin
The Celestial Hammerlock
by Donald Colvin
About the author
Donald Colvin appears to have been an early-1950s science fiction author whose work was published in magazine form before later entering the public domain. Two of the stories most clearly tied to his name are The Celestial Hammerlock, first published in Galaxy Science Fiction in October 1951, and Half Past Alligator, published in Galaxy Science Fiction in September 1953.
Because so little biographical information is readily available from reliable sources, the person behind the byline remains somewhat obscure. What does come through in the surviving fiction is a taste for classic mid-century speculative storytelling: brisk pacing, strange worlds, and ideas-driven plots with a playful edge.
Today, Colvin's work is easiest to find through public-domain and volunteer-reading archives such as Project Gutenberg and LibriVox, which have helped preserve these stories for modern listeners and readers.