Nelson S. Bond

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on November 23, 1908, Nelson S. Bond became one of the most recognizable magazine science-fiction and fantasy writers of the 1930s and 1940s. Reliable reference sources describe him as remarkably prolific, with work that ranged far beyond short fiction into books, articles, and scripts for radio, television, and theater.

He is especially remembered for energetic, entertaining storytelling and for popular series characters such as Lancelot Biggs. His first big breakthrough, Mr. Mergenthwirker’s Lobblies, helped establish his name, and his fiction appeared in many of the leading pulp venues of the era.

Bond remained an admired figure in the genre long after the pulp years. In 1998, he was named SFWA’s Author Emeritus, a fitting honor for a writer whose long career connected early magazine science fiction with later generations of readers and fans. He died on November 4, 2006, in Roanoke, Virginia.