author
Lloyd Palmer
A little-known pulp-era science fiction writer, remembered today for a fast-moving planetary adventure first published in Planet Stories in 1952. His work has stayed in circulation through Project Gutenberg and other online archives, giving new readers a window into mid-century magazine SF.
1 Audiobook
The Bloodhounds of Zirth
by Lloyd Palmer
About the author
Very little biographical information about Lloyd Palmer is easy to confirm from reliable online sources. What can be verified is that he wrote The Bloodhounds of Zirth, a science-fiction story published in Planet Stories in May 1952.
That story has had an afterlife well beyond its original magazine appearance. It is listed by Project Gutenberg, the Online Books Page, and other archival sources, which suggests that Palmer's name has endured mainly through this surviving pulp-era work rather than through a widely documented public career.
Because trustworthy biographical details are scarce, Palmer remains something of a mystery figure. For readers, that can be part of the appeal: his fiction arrives from the rich world of 1950s magazine science fiction, even if the man behind it is only faintly visible today.