author
Harl Vincent
1893–1968
A mechanical engineer who became a familiar name in early science-fiction magazines, this prolific pulp-era writer helped fill the genre with cosmic adventure, strange worlds, and brisk, imaginative storytelling. His stories appeared regularly in magazines such as Amazing Stories and Astounding during the genre’s formative years.
5 Audiobooks
Lunar Station
by Harl Vincent
Vulcan's Workshop
by Harl Vincent
Wanderer of Infinity
by Harl Vincent
Creatures of Vibration
by Harl Vincent
The Copper-Clad World
by Harl Vincent
About the author
Writing under the name Harl Vincent, Harold Vincent Schoepflin was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1893 and built a career as both an engineer and a science-fiction writer. That blend of practical engineering know-how and big speculative ideas gave his fiction an energetic, gadget-minded feel that fit perfectly with the fast-moving pulp magazines of the late 1920s and 1930s.
His breakthrough came with "The Golden Girl of Munan," published in Amazing Stories in 1928. From there he became a regular presence in early science-fiction magazines, contributing a large body of short fiction and serials that helped shape the adventurous style readers came to expect from the era.
Though he is less widely known today than some of his contemporaries, Harl Vincent remains an appealing figure from the early days of American science fiction: a dependable storyteller, a prolific magazine author, and part of the generation that helped turn science fiction into a popular magazine genre. He died in Los Angeles in 1968.