author
Norman Arkawy
1927–2004
A mid-century science fiction writer with a sharp eye for gadgetry, social pressure, and the strange side effects of new technology. His stories often turn familiar futures into sly, unsettling thought experiments.
5 Audiobooks
Selling Point
by Norman Arkawy
Peace
by Norman Arkawy, Stanley Henig
Night Court
by Norman Arkawy
The forerunners
by Norman Arkawy, Stanley Henig
Once a first wife
by Norman Arkawy
About the author
Norman Arkawy was an American science fiction writer born on August 5, 1927, and he died on January 11, 2004. Surviving reference sources about him are sparse, but he is consistently identified as a mid-20th-century SF author, and some of his work has remained available through public-domain and volunteer audio projects.
His fiction appeared in the 1950s, and he is especially noted for short stories such as Selling Point and Night Court. He also collaborated with Stanley Henig on stories including The Forerunners and Peace, suggesting a writer interested in classic magazine-era science fiction built around bold premises and clever reversals.
Because detailed biographical records are limited, Arkawy is best remembered today through the stories themselves: brisk, idea-driven tales from the pulp-and-digest era, where robots, telepathy, performance, and social satire all had room to collide.