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M. I. Mayfield

A little-known science fiction writer who left behind a strikingly cerebral short story, remembered for blending letters, ideas, and quiet satire. The surviving record is slim, which gives the work an almost hidden-classic feel.

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On Handling the Data

On Handling the Data

by M. I. Mayfield

About the author

M. I. Mayfield is a notably obscure science fiction author whose documented work is very limited. The clearest verified title connected to the name is On Handling the Data, a short science fiction piece that Project Gutenberg and Simon & Schuster both list under M. I. Mayfield.

Project Gutenberg notes that On Handling the Data was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction in September 1959. The story is presented as a series of letters and centers on scientific research, misread evidence, and the uneasy overlap between human judgment and data, giving it a thoughtful mid-century science-fiction tone.

Beyond that publication, reliable biographical details are hard to confirm from readily available sources. No trustworthy source found in this search provided a fuller public biography or a confirmed portrait, so Mayfield remains one of those authors known more through a single intriguing story than through a well-documented life.