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L. J. Stecher Jr.
1918–1988
A mid-century American science fiction writer, he published sharp, imaginative stories under the names L. J. Stecher and L. J. Stecher Jr. His work belongs to the classic magazine era of sci-fi, with many stories still widely read today through Project Gutenberg and other archives.
9 Audiobooks
Man in a Sewing Machine
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
When You Giffle...
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
A Matter of Taste
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
Perfect Answer
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
Cakewalk to Gloryanna
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
Man in a Quandary
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
Upstarts
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
Garth and the Visitor
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
An Elephant for the Prinkip
by L. J. Stecher Jr.
About the author
Known to science fiction readers as L. J. Stecher and L. J. Stecher Jr., he also published under the name Joseph Wesley. Reliable catalog and reference sources connect those names, and Project Gutenberg lists a substantial group of his short works, including Man in a Sewing Machine, Perfect Answer, A Matter of Taste, and An Elephant for the Prinkip.
His fiction is tied to the lively American science fiction magazine scene of the 1950s and early 1960s. The surviving stories suggest a writer drawn to classic genre pleasures: space travel, first contact, strange technology, and the ways ordinary people react when the universe becomes a little less predictable.
Some sources disagree on his birth year, with library-style records listing 1918–1988 and a grave record listing a 1919 birth. Because of that mismatch, it's safest to say he died in 1988 and is remembered chiefly for his short science fiction published under his Stecher bylines.