Mack Reynolds

Mack Reynolds, born Dallas McCord Reynolds in Corcoran, California, on November 11, 1917, was an American science fiction writer whose work often centered on social and economic systems. He wrote under several pen names and became known for fiction that mixed adventure with arguments about how societies organize power, wealth, and opportunity.

Reference works on science fiction describe him as a major magazine-era writer, especially active from the 1950s into the 1970s. His stories frequently examined utopias, class structures, development, and political change, often with a satirical or openly didactic style. Among the works especially associated with him are the North Africa stories beginning with Black Man's Burden and the Joe Mauser novels such as Mercenary from Tomorrow.

He died on January 30, 1983. Readers still return to his fiction for its mix of fast storytelling and sharp speculation about economics, ideology, and the future of everyday life.