Joseph Paul Martino

Born in Warren, Ohio, on July 16, 1931, Joseph Paul Martino was an American writer, research scientist, and science-policy thinker. Reference sources on speculative fiction identify him as a science-fiction author, while other biographical sources describe a parallel career in research and technological forecasting.

Martino published science fiction in magazines including Analog, Worlds of If, and Galaxy, and he is often associated with works such as Pushbutton War. Beyond fiction, he wrote nonfiction books including Technological Forecasting for Decision Making and Science Funding, reflecting his long-standing interest in how scientific and technological choices affect the future.

He died on July 29, 2022, in Lima, Ohio, at age 91. Later remembrances from the Libertarian Futurist Society described him as a prolific writer, speaker, policy expert, and Prometheus Awards judge, highlighting the unusual breadth of a career that bridged engineering, futurism, and speculative fiction.