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Larry Offenbecker
1913–2011
Best known for the science-fiction novel Mutiny, this mid-century writer published fast-moving adventure fiction that still finds readers through Project Gutenberg. He lived a long life that stretched from 1913 to 2011, leaving behind at least one memorable tale of rebellion in deep space.
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Mutiny
by Larry Offenbecker
About the author
Larry Offenbecker was an American author remembered today mainly for Mutiny, a science-fiction novel that first appeared in Planet Stories in 1945 and is now available through Project Gutenberg. The story mixes space travel, command conflict, and survival drama, giving a good sense of the brisk, high-stakes pulp fiction readers enjoyed in the mid-20th century.
Reliable biographical details are limited, but an obituary for Lawrence "Larry" K. Offenbecker reports that he was born on February 5, 1913, in Austria-Hungary and died on June 6, 2011, at age 98. Because so little confirmed information is easily available, his work speaks loudest: Mutiny remains a small but interesting piece of classic science fiction history.
For listeners who enjoy vintage speculative fiction, Offenbecker offers a snapshot of an earlier era of magazine storytelling—direct, imaginative, and built to keep the plot moving.