author
1923–1991
Best known for the offbeat science-fiction story Gangway for Homer, this little-known writer left behind a very small body of published work that still catches readers with its pulpy energy and strange charm.

by George R. Hahn
George R. Hahn was an American science-fiction writer active in the pulp-magazine era. The easiest confirmed trace of his work today is Gangway for Homer, a novella preserved by Project Gutenberg from its original appearance in Science Fiction Quarterly in Spring 1942.
Reliable biographical details about him are scarce. A family-history record indexed online lists a George R. Hahn born in 1922 and deceased in 1991, which appears to match the dates provided here, but I could not confirm fuller life details such as birthplace, education, or a broader publication history from strong primary sources.
That lack of documentation makes Hahn a fairly mysterious figure, but it also gives his surviving fiction a certain appeal. He stands as one of the many pulp-era authors whose work outlived their public profile, remembered mainly through the stories themselves.