author
Murray Leinster
1896–1975
Best known for brisk, idea-packed science fiction, this prolific American storyteller helped shape classic genre themes long before many of them became standard. Writing under a pen name, he produced an enormous body of fiction and is still remembered for influential stories such as "First Contact" and "Sidewise in Time."
67 Audiobooks
The Runaway Skyscraper
by Murray Leinster
The last space ship
by Murray Leinster
White spot
by Murray Leinster
The Aliens
by Murray Leinster
Morale: A Story of the War of 1941-43
by Murray Leinster
Exploration Team
by Murray Leinster
Med Ship Man
by Murray Leinster
The Wailing Asteroid
by Murray Leinster
The Red Dust
by Murray Leinster
The grandfathers' war
by Murray Leinster
Nobody saw the ship
by Murray Leinster
If You Was a Moklin
by Murray Leinster
The Sentimentalists
by Murray Leinster
Space Platform
by Murray Leinster
Med Service
by Murray Leinster
The swamp was upside down
by Murray Leinster
Ribbon in the sky
by Murray Leinster
The Mad Planet
by Murray Leinster
Creatures of the Abyss
by Murray Leinster
The hate disease
by Murray Leinster
Invasion
by Murray Leinster
Planet explorer
by Murray Leinster
Planet of Sand
by Murray Leinster
Island honor
by Murray Leinster
Third Planet
by Murray Leinster
Operation Terror
by Murray Leinster
Grist
by Murray Leinster
The Leader
by Murray Leinster
The Pirates of Ersatz
by Murray Leinster
Men into space
by Murray Leinster
Doctor
by Murray Leinster
The Other Now
by Murray Leinster
The Vault
by Murray Leinster
Pariah Planet
by Murray Leinster
The gallery gods
by Murray Leinster
Be young again!
by Murray Leinster
Sam, This Is You
by Murray Leinster
Manners and Customs of the Thrid
by Murray Leinster
Critical difference
by Murray Leinster
Attention Saint Patrick
by Murray Leinster
Juju
by Murray Leinster
Talents, Incorporated
by Murray Leinster
Operation: Outer Space
by Murray Leinster
The Silver Menace
by Murray Leinster
This World Is Taboo
by Murray Leinster
Scrimshaw
by Murray Leinster
Planet of Dread
by Murray Leinster
A Thousand Degrees Below Zero
by Murray Leinster
The Forgotten Planet
by Murray Leinster
A Matter of Importance
by Murray Leinster
The Invaders
by Murray Leinster
Pink Ears
by Murray Leinster
Space Tug
by Murray Leinster
The Machine That Saved The World
by Murray Leinster
Nightmare Planet
by Murray Leinster
The Fifth-Dimension Tube
by Murray Leinster
The Ambulance Made Two Trips
by Murray Leinster
Sand Doom
by Murray Leinster
The hand of God
by Murray Leinster
The murderer
by Murray Leinster
The trap
by Murray Leinster
Maehoe
by Murray Leinster
This star shall be free
by Murray Leinster
The strange people
by Murray Leinster
The skipper knows best
by Murray Leinster
Boots : a story of the sierra of Peru
by Murray Leinster
Dames
by Murray Leinster
About the author
Born William Fitzgerald Jenkins on June 16, 1896, in Norfolk, Virginia, he wrote as Murray Leinster and became one of the most productive pulp-era American authors. Over the course of his career he published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, along with novels, scripts, and other fiction, building a reputation for clear storytelling and big speculative ideas.
He is especially associated with science fiction, though he also wrote in several other popular genres. Among his best-known works are "First Contact" and "Sidewise in Time," stories often noted for their lasting influence on later science fiction, including ideas connected with first-contact diplomacy and alternate history.
Leinster continued publishing for decades and remained a familiar name to magazine readers through the mid-20th century. He died on June 8, 1975, and his work still stands as a lively link to the adventurous, fast-moving world of classic American science fiction.