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M. C. Pease

A mid-20th-century American science fiction writer, he published inventive short fiction and also worked in mathematics. His unusual mix of speculative storytelling and technical expertise gives his work a distinctive flavor.

3 Audiobooks

Generals Help Themselves

Generals Help Themselves

by M. C. Pease

This One Problem

This One Problem

by M. C. Pease

The Way of Decision

The Way of Decision

by M. C. Pease

About the author

Known as M. C. Pease in print, Marshall Carleton Pease III was an American science fiction author born in 1920 and died in 2001. Reliable catalog and library sources identify him as a writer of science fiction short stories, and also note that he published a mathematics book on matrix algebra.

His fiction appeared in the 1940s and 1950s, and he is still remembered by genre readers for concise, idea-driven stories from that era. Although he is not one of the best-known names in science fiction, his work has stayed in circulation through archives, reprints, and public-domain collections.

What makes him especially interesting is the combination of literary and technical interests. That blend of science fiction and mathematics helps explain why his stories can feel both imaginative and sharply logical.