author

Murray Leinster

1896–1975

A prolific pioneer of science fiction, he helped shape the genre with fast-moving stories full of big ideas, practical ingenuity, and a sense that ordinary people could outthink extraordinary problems.

73 Audiobooks

Island honor

by Murray Leinster

The Forgotten Planet

by Murray Leinster

The Aliens

by Murray Leinster

From beyond the stars

by Murray Leinster

Third Planet

by Murray Leinster

The Pirates of Ersatz

by Murray Leinster

Sand Doom

by Murray Leinster

Exploration Team

by Murray Leinster

The Machine That Saved The World

by Murray Leinster

Space Tug

by Murray Leinster

The last space ship

by Murray Leinster

Operation: Outer Space

by Murray Leinster

The nameless something

by Murray Leinster

If You Was a Moklin

by Murray Leinster

Nightmare Planet

by Murray Leinster

Talents, Incorporated

by Murray Leinster

The gadget had a ghost

by Murray Leinster

Planet explorer

by Murray Leinster

The Red Dust

by Murray Leinster

The gallery gods

by Murray Leinster

The Leader

by Murray Leinster

The Runaway Skyscraper

by Murray Leinster

Med Ship Man

by Murray Leinster

The seven temporary moons

by Murray Leinster

The Mad Planet

by Murray Leinster

Pariah Planet

by Murray Leinster

This World Is Taboo

by Murray Leinster

Creatures of the Abyss

by Murray Leinster

Invasion

by Murray Leinster

Space Platform

by Murray Leinster

Doctor

by Murray Leinster

The Wailing Asteroid

by Murray Leinster

Operation Terror

by Murray Leinster

Attention Saint Patrick

by Murray Leinster

Morale: A Story of the War of 1941-43

by Murray Leinster

A Matter of Importance

by Murray Leinster

Second landing

by Murray Leinster

Nobody saw the ship

by Murray Leinster

Planet of Dread

by Murray Leinster

Space-Can

by Murray Leinster

The Fifth-Dimension Tube

by Murray Leinster

White spot

by Murray Leinster

Men into space

by Murray Leinster

The Other Now

by Murray Leinster

The Ambulance Made Two Trips

by Murray Leinster

Regulations

by Murray Leinster

The grandfathers' war

by Murray Leinster

The Sentimentalists

by Murray Leinster

The manless worlds

by Murray Leinster

The Invaders

by Murray Leinster

Ribbon in the sky

by Murray Leinster

The ghost planet

by Murray Leinster

Be young again!

by Murray Leinster

The boomerang circuit

by Murray Leinster

The hate disease

by Murray Leinster

Med Service

by Murray Leinster

The Devil of East Lupton, Vermont

by Murray Leinster

A Thousand Degrees Below Zero

by Murray Leinster

The disciplinary circuit

by Murray Leinster

The deadly dust

by Murray Leinster

Juju

by Murray Leinster

Scrimshaw

by Murray Leinster

Planet of Sand

by Murray Leinster

Sam, This Is You

by Murray Leinster

The swamp was upside down

by Murray Leinster

The Vault

by Murray Leinster

The Gregory circle

by Murray Leinster

Critical difference

by Murray Leinster

Grist

by Murray Leinster

Pink Ears

by Murray Leinster

The Silver Menace

by Murray Leinster

Skit-tree planet

by Murray Leinster

Manners and Customs of the Thrid

by Murray Leinster

About the author

Writing as Murray Leinster, William Fitzgerald Jenkins was an American author whose career stretched across much of the 20th century. Born in 1896 and active from the pulp-magazine era onward, he became known for science fiction, adventure, and speculative tales that blended imagination with a brisk, readable style.

He produced an enormous body of work, including novels, short stories, scripts, and radio material. Among science fiction readers he is especially remembered for influential stories such as "First Contact," and for the way his fiction explored technology, communication, and survival without losing its human touch.

Leinster’s work helped bridge early pulp storytelling and later modern science fiction. Even now, his stories stand out for their clear pacing, inventive premises, and confidence that clever thinking can meet the unknown.