author
Walter Kubilius
1918–1993
An early science fiction fan turned prolific short-story writer, he helped shape the community around the genre as much as the fiction itself. Best known for magazine stories from the 1940s and early 1950s, he was also part of the influential Futurians circle.
3 Audiobooks
Galactic Ghost
by Walter Kubilius
Turn backward, o time!
by Walter Kubilius
Remember me, Kama!
by Walter Kubilius
About the author
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Walter Kubilius was an American science fiction writer and editor whose career grew out of early fandom. Sources agree that he was active in fan circles from the 1930s, helped organize the first Worldcon in 1939, and later became a member of the Futurians, the influential New York group that included several future genre leaders.
Kubilius is chiefly remembered for short fiction published in science fiction magazines between the early 1940s and early 1950s. He also used the name J. S. Klimaris, and his work appeared during the energetic pulp-and-digest era when the field was rapidly finding its voice.
What makes him especially interesting is how fully he belonged to the early science fiction world: not just as a writer, but as a fan, organizer, and editor. That combination places him among the people who helped build the culture of modern science fiction from the inside.