Mack Reynolds

Mack Reynolds was an American science fiction author whose career flourished from the 1950s through the 1970s. Born Dallas McCord Reynolds in Corcoran, California, he published novels and short fiction that often blended adventure with thoughtful examinations of society, power, work, and the future.

His notable works include The Case of the Little Green Men, the Joe Mauser stories, the Homer Crawford series, and the Hugo-nominated novella Status Quo. Reynolds also wrote Mission to Horatius, published in 1968—the first original novel based on the Star Trek television series.

Reynolds continued writing into the 1980s and died in 1983. His work remains distinctive for combining fast-moving science fiction with bold ideas about how people might organize—and change—their world.