author
Frederic Arnold Kummer
1913–1990
A pulp-era science fiction writer from Baltimore, he built a brief but lively career in magazine SF and was also active in early fandom. His stories mix space adventure, strange inventions, and the fast-moving energy of the late 1930s pulps.
4 Audiobooks
Star Pirate
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
Satellite of Fear
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
Pied Piper of Mars
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
Sargasso of the Stars
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
About the author
Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. was an American science fiction writer born in 1913 and the son of author and screenwriter Frederic Arnold Kummer, Sr. Sources on speculative fiction history describe him as part of early Baltimore fandom as well as a contributor to the pulp magazines.
His genre career was short but memorable. Reference sources note that he began publishing work of genre interest in the 1930s, wrote science fiction stories for pulp magazines around 1938 to 1940, and sometimes published under variant forms of his first name; at least one story appeared under the name Martin Vaeh.
He is remembered mainly for his place in early science fiction magazine culture: both as a writer of energetic pulp fiction and as a fan involved in the formative years of organized SF fandom. He died in 1990.