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A mid-century science fiction writer with a taste for identity, immortality, and parallel worlds, Robert Donald Locke brought inventive twists to the pulp-magazine era. He also wrote under the pseudonym Roger Arcot, including the novel The Timeless Man.

by Robert Donald Locke

by Robert Donald Locke

by Robert Donald Locke

by Robert Donald Locke
Robert Donald Locke was an American science fiction author who served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He began publishing genre fiction with “Demotion” in Astounding Science-Fiction in September 1952, and went on to publish roughly a dozen stories in science fiction magazines through 1961.
His work often explored striking speculative ideas, including matter transmission, identity, rejuvenation, immortality, and parallel worlds. Among his better-known works are Deepfreeze, Next Door, Next World, and The Timeless Man, the latter published under the name Roger Arcot.