author
F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
1915–2004
A mid-century science fiction writer with a sharp, witty touch, he built memorable stories out of big ideas and very human problems. His work appeared widely in the magazine boom of the 1950s, when clever speculative fiction was finding a huge audience.
18 Audiobooks
End as a World
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Delay in Transit
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Simple psiman
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
The Man Who Was Six
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Accidental Flight
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
The Music Master
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Growing Season
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Bolden's Pets
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Tangle Hold
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
The Impossible Voyage Home
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
The deadly ones
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Mezzerow Loves Company
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Forget Me Nearly
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Address: Centauri
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Second Landing
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Student Body
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
Big Ancestor
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
The assistant self
by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
About the author
Born in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1915, Floyd L. Wallace wrote as F. L. Wallace and was also credited at times as Floyd Wallace. He spent much of his life in California, studied at the University of Iowa and UCLA, and balanced his writing life with a career as a mechanical engineer.
He became known for science fiction and mystery, with much of his best-known work appearing in the 1950s. He published stories in major magazines of the period, especially Galaxy, and earned a reputation for combining wit, polish, and emotional insight with classic science-fiction ideas.
Wallace died in Tustin, California, in 2004. Though not as famous today as some of his contemporaries, he remains a rewarding discovery for listeners who enjoy smart, character-centered science fiction from the genre's magazine era.