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Robert Donald Locke
A mid-century American science fiction writer, he brought a sharp pulp-era imagination to stories of matter transmission, parallel worlds, and uneasy transformations. Though not widely known today, his work still turns up in classic magazine archives and Project Gutenberg editions.
4 Audiobooks
Milk Run
by Robert Donald Locke
G-r-r-r...!
by Robert Donald Locke
Next Door, Next World
by Robert Donald Locke
Deepfreeze
by Robert Donald Locke
About the author
Robert Donald Locke was an American writer of science fiction, born on May 24, 1919, and died on January 21, 2010. Reliable reference sources identify him as a U.S. author who served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and began publishing science fiction in the early 1950s.
His first genre story appears to have been "Demotion," published in Astounding Science-Fiction in September 1952. Over the rest of that decade and into 1961, he published about a dozen short works in magazines such as Imagination, Thrilling Wonder, Fantastic Universe, and Analog. He also used the pseudonym Roger Arcot, including for The Timeless Man.
Readers who enjoy classic pulp science fiction may know him from stories like Deepfreeze, Milk Run, G-r-r-r...!, and Next Door, Next World, several of which later became available through Project Gutenberg. His fiction is remembered for energetic concepts and a taste for strange, idea-driven plots, including identity puzzles, rejuvenation, and parallel-world adventures.