George Gordon Hastings

George Gordon Hastings was an American author best known for The First American King (1905). The book has drawn lasting interest from readers of early speculative fiction because it imagines a dramatic reshaping of American politics and power.

Modern reference works on science fiction have noted him chiefly for that novel rather than for a large surviving body of famous work. That gives him a somewhat mysterious place in literary history: not a household name, but a writer whose single notable book still stands out for its unusual premise.

Because reliable biographical information about him is limited, many personal details about his life are unclear in easily available sources. What can be said with confidence is that his name remains tied to an early, curious example of American speculative storytelling.