author
Gerald Vance
A byline from the pulp science-fiction era, this name was shared by several writers rather than one easily pinned-down author. The stories linked to it carry the fast, imaginative spirit of mid-century magazine SF.
4 Audiobooks
Equation of Doom
by Gerald Vance
Monsoons of Death
by Gerald Vance
Larson's Luck
by Gerald Vance
Vital Ingredient
by Gerald Vance
About the author
"Gerald Vance" was a Ziff-Davis house name used in science-fiction magazines from the 1940s into the 1950s. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, it was used at different times by several authors, including William P. McGivern, Chester S. Geier, Rog Phillips, Randall Garrett with Robert Silverberg, and Henry Slesar.
That makes this byline a little unusual: instead of pointing to one clear literary biography, it represents a shared magazine identity from the pulp era. Some stories published as Gerald Vance have uncertain authorship, which is part of what makes the name interesting to science-fiction readers and collectors today.
Books and reprints associated with the name include We, the Machine, Conception: Zero, and Too Many Worlds. If you enjoy classic magazine SF, Gerald Vance is best approached as a window into the collaborative, fast-moving world of mid-century genre publishing.