author
Fred Sheinbaum
A little-known science fiction writer from the pulp-magazine era, remembered today through a handful of mid-century stories that still circulate online. His work has a lean, classic magazine feel, with "Filthy Rich" among the best-known pieces preserved for modern readers.
1 Audiobook
Filthy Rich
by Fred Sheinbaum
About the author
Fred Sheinbaum appears to have been a science fiction writer whose published work survives mainly through magazine fiction and later digital archives. Reliable catalog sources and Project Gutenberg records connect him with stories including Filthy Rich and material from Worlds of If Science Fiction, suggesting he was active in the 1950s pulp and digest-magazine world.
Very little biographical information about his life is readily available in standard reference sources, which makes him one of those authors known more by the stories than by a public personal history. That said, the continued preservation of his fiction in library listings, reader databases, and public-domain ebook collections has helped keep his name in circulation for readers interested in classic speculative fiction.
For listeners who enjoy rediscovering overlooked writers, Sheinbaum offers a glimpse of the fast-moving, idea-driven science fiction magazine culture of the mid-20th century.