author
Edwin K. Sloat
1895–1986
A quiet but inventive pulp-era writer, he helped shape early science fiction with fast-moving tales of space travel, strange worlds, and cosmic danger. His stories capture the rough-and-ready excitement of magazine science fiction in the 1920s and 1930s.
2 Audiobooks
Loot of the Void
by Edwin K. Sloat
The Space Rover
by Edwin K. Sloat
About the author
Born in Denmark, Iowa, on March 1, 1895, Edwin K. Sloat wrote science fiction during the early pulp-magazine years, a period when the genre was still finding its voice. His work appeared in magazines such as Amazing Stories and Astounding Stories, and several of his stories, including The Space Rover and Loot of the Void, have remained accessible through public-domain archives.
Bibliographic sources identify his full name as Edwin Kirk Sloat and note that he died on August 9, 1986. He is remembered today mainly by readers of classic pulp fiction, who value his energetic storytelling and his place in the first generation of American magazine science fiction.
Although he is not as widely known as some of his contemporaries, his fiction offers a clear window into the bold, exploratory spirit of early genre publishing—full of planetary adventure, peril, and big speculative ideas.