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Irving W. Lande
Best known for the mid-century science fiction story Slingshot, this little-documented writer left behind a tense, fast-moving tale of space warfare and Cold War anxiety. Even with only a small surviving bibliography, the work still feels like a vivid snapshot of classic pulp-era SF.
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Slingshot
by Irving W. Lande
About the author
Irving W. Lande appears to be a lightly documented American science fiction writer whose best-known surviving work is Slingshot. Reliable online bibliography sources list only a small number of works under his name, which suggests a brief or very limited publishing record.
Slingshot first appeared in Analog (Astounding) in November 1955 and was later made widely available through Project Gutenberg. The story blends military action, psychological strain, and early space-combat imagination, giving it the brisk, high-stakes feel many readers enjoy in 1950s pulp science fiction.
Very little confirmed biographical information about Lande seems to be available in major public reference sources, so most attention today centers on the fiction itself rather than on the author's life. For readers browsing older speculative fiction, that air of mystery is part of the appeal.