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Roy Hutchins
Best known for the science-fiction story The Nostalgia Gene, this elusive writer left behind a small but memorable footprint in mid-century magazine SF. Even with few biographical details firmly documented, the surviving work still stands out for its clever premise and reflective tone.
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The Nostalgia Gene
by Roy Hutchins
About the author
Roy Hutchins is a hard-to-trace author whose best-known work is The Nostalgia Gene, a science-fiction story published in Galaxy Science Fiction in November 1954. The story later found new readers through Project Gutenberg, which credits it to Hutchins and notes its original magazine appearance.
Available catalog records found during this search point to a very small known bibliography, with The Nostalgia Gene appearing as the only clearly documented title under his name in major public listings. That makes him one of those intriguing pulp-era writers who may have published little, or whose career details were only lightly preserved.
What remains easy to appreciate is the story itself: a time-travel tale built around longing for an earlier age, and the emotional pull of nostalgia. For readers who enjoy classic magazine science fiction, Hutchins is a reminder that even a single surviving story can earn a lasting place on the shelf.