author
H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
1914–1996
A pioneering science-fiction editor and writer, he helped make Galaxy Science Fiction one of the genre’s most influential magazines. His sharp, socially aware stories—including “Trouble with Water” and “The Old Die Rich”—show the wit and imagination behind his editorial vision.
9 Audiobooks
Grifters' Asteroid
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
No Charge for Alterations
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
The Enormous Room
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold, Robert W. Krepps
The Old Die Rich
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
Never Come Midnight
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
At the Post
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
Bodyguard
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
Someone to watch over me
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold, Floyd C. Gale
Menace of the Mists
by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
About the author
Born in Montreal in 1914, Horace Leonard Gold moved to the United States with his family at age two and became known professionally as H. L. Gold. He began publishing science fiction in the 1930s and also wrote briefly for DC Comics.
Gold is best remembered for editing Galaxy Science Fiction during the postwar science-fiction boom. He encouraged stories that explored social issues and everyday human problems alongside imaginative ideas, helping give the magazine a distinctive voice. He also edited Beyond Fantasy Fiction and several Galaxy anthologies.
His writing included the collections The Old Die Rich and stories such as “Trouble with Water.” After serving in the Pacific during World War II, Gold developed severe agoraphobia that affected much of his later life. He died in Laguna Hills, California, in 1996.