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Wilbur S. Peacock
1911–1979
A fast-moving pulp writer and editor, he helped shape the lively, adventurous spirit of mid-century science fiction magazines. He also worked in television, bringing that same brisk storytelling energy to westerns and anthology shows.
7 Audiobooks
Destination—Death
by Wilbur S. Peacock
The Victory of Klon
by Wilbur S. Peacock
Planet of No-Return
by Wilbur S. Peacock
Prey of the Space Falcon
by Wilbur S. Peacock
Chimera World
by Wilbur S. Peacock
The Thing of Venus
by Wilbur S. Peacock
Spider Men of Gharr
by Wilbur S. Peacock
About the author
Wilbur S. Peacock was an American writer, screenwriter, and magazine editor best known for pulp fiction and science fiction. Sources available here identify him as Wilbur Scott Peacock, born in 1915 and died in 1979, and show that he wrote under several names, including John Peter Drummond, W. S. Peacock, and W. Scott Peacock.
He is especially associated with Planet Stories, where he served as a sub-editor during the 1940s. Reference sources also connect him with earlier work for Jungle Stories, and later readers have remembered him for energetic space-adventure tales such as Prey of the Space Falcon, Planet of No-Return, Destination—Death, and The Thing of Venus.
Peacock’s career reached beyond magazines. Film and television databases credit him as a writer for programs including The Cisco Kid, The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, and Screen Directors Playhouse, showing how comfortably he moved from pulp pages to screen storytelling.