Nelson S. Bond

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1908, Nelson S. Bond became one of the best-known magazine writers in early science fiction and fantasy. He sold fiction to major pulp magazines from the 1930s on, and his career stretched far beyond short stories into novels, magazine features, and work for radio, television, and the theater.

Bond was especially admired for his energetic storytelling and sense of fun. Sources describe him as the author of more than 250 short stories, and his long career also included work as a rare-book dealer and philatelic writer. In 1998, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him Author Emeritus in recognition of his lifetime contribution to the field.

He died in 2006 at age 97, leaving behind a body of work that connects the golden age of pulp adventure with later generations of fantasy and science-fiction readers. For audiobook listeners, he offers a window into an earlier style of imaginative fiction: brisk, inventive, and full of wonder.