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W. Bradford Martin
A little-known pulp-era science fiction writer, W. Bradford Martin is remembered for the novella Spoilers of the Spaceways, published in Planet Stories in 1953. His work carries the fast-moving, high-stakes feel that made mid-century magazine science fiction so much fun to read.
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Spoilers of the Spaceways
by W. Bradford Martin
About the author
Very little confirmed biographical information about W. Bradford Martin appears to be publicly available. What can be verified is that he wrote "Spoilers of the Spaceways," a science fiction novella published in Planet Stories in 1953, and that the work has later been preserved and reissued through public-domain and cataloging sites.
That scarcity of background has made Martin one of many intriguing, half-hidden names from the pulp magazine era. Even with only a small surviving record, his work offers a glimpse into the energetic style of 1950s science fiction, when short novels and magazine stories introduced readers to strange worlds, dangerous experiments, and big speculative ideas.
For listeners who enjoy rediscovering forgotten authors, Martin's appeal is part literary and part historical: he represents the broad field of writers who helped fill the pages of classic genre magazines, even if their personal stories were not well documented.