author
Neil Goble
A U.S. Air Force officer turned technical writer, he brought a practical, clear-eyed sensibility to science fiction. Best known for the short story "Master of None," he also wrote a Tokyo-set speculative novel and a study of Isaac Asimov.
1 Audiobook
Master of None
by Neil Goble
About the author
Born in Oklahoma City in 1933, Lloyd Neil Goble wrote both fiction and nonfiction. Reliable reference sources describe him as a U.S. Air Force officer and technical author who moved into science fiction publishing in the early 1960s.
His best-known story is Master of None, first published in Analog in February 1962 and later preserved in public-domain archives and audiobook catalogs. He also wrote the novel Condition Green: Tokyo (1967), a borderline science-fiction thriller, and Asimov Analyzed (1972), a book-length study of Isaac Asimov.
Goble died on December 25, 1997. While he is not a widely famous name, his work still has a place in classic science fiction history for its blend of genre ideas, technical background, and straightforward storytelling.