Roger D. Aycock

Born in Floyd County, Georgia, on December 6, 1914, Roger D. Aycock spent his life in and around Rome, Georgia. He wrote mainly under the pseudonym Roger Dee, and also used other bylines including John Starr and Rodzer Di.

His science fiction began appearing in magazines in 1949, and he became a prolific contributor during the 1950s. Over the course of his career, he published more than fifty stories, many of them in the great era of pulp and digest science fiction magazines, building a reputation for lively plots and memorable speculative ideas.

Aycock remained associated with science fiction readers through reprints and public-domain editions of his stories long after his main publishing years had ended. He died on April 5, 2004, at his home in Rome, Georgia, leaving behind a body of work that still speaks to readers who enjoy classic short science fiction.