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Leonard Rubin
A little-known science fiction writer, he is best remembered for "Don't Look Now," a satirical speculative story first published in Galaxy Magazine in 1960 and later preserved by Project Gutenberg. Very little biographical information is readily available, which gives his work an especially pulpy, mysterious feel.
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Don't Look Now
by Leonard Rubin
About the author
Leonard Rubin appears to have been an American science fiction writer whose surviving public record is quite slim. The clearest trail points to his short story "Don't Look Now," which Project Gutenberg identifies as having originally appeared in Galaxy Magazine in the early 1960s.
That story seems to be the work he is most closely associated with today. Bookseller listings and public-domain catalog records consistently connect his name with "Don't Look Now," suggesting that, at least in currently accessible sources, it remains his best-known and possibly only widely circulated title.
Because reliable biographical sources are scarce, details about his life, career, and background are hard to confirm. What can be said with confidence is that his name survives through mid-century magazine science fiction, and through a story that continues to be rediscovered by readers of vintage speculative fiction.