author
Ivar Jorgensen
A shared science-fiction pen name from the pulp-magazine era, this byline appeared on brisk, imaginative stories in magazines like Amazing, Fantastic, and If. It’s most closely linked with editor and writer Paul W. Fairman, though several other authors also published under it.
3 Audiobooks
Ozymandias
by Ivar Jorgensen
Mystery at Mesa Flat
by Ivar Jorgensen
Meeting at the Summit
by Ivar Jorgensen
About the author
Used as a house name in mid-20th-century science fiction, Ivar Jorgensen was not a single, easily defined authorial identity. The name appeared in Ziff-Davis magazines including Amazing Stories and Fantastic, and later in If, Imagination, and Imaginative Tales. Because it was shared, bibliographies under the name can include work by more than one writer.
The byline is especially associated with Paul W. Fairman, an editor and prolific author who wrote in several genres under his own name and under pseudonyms. Some well-known stories published as Ivar Jorgensen have been attributed to Fairman, including "Deadly City," which was later adapted for film.
For readers today, the name captures a very specific moment in paperback and magazine science fiction: fast-moving ideas, punchy storytelling, and the collaborative, sometimes anonymous world of pulp publishing.