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William Gerken

A science fiction writer active in the late 1950s, he is remembered today through classic pulp-era stories that have been preserved by Project Gutenberg and LibriVox.

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by William Gerken

About the author

William Gerken was a science fiction writer whose published work is associated with the late 1950s. Modern reader archives and audiobook catalogs continue to keep his stories in circulation, which suggests a small but lasting place in mid-century genre fiction.

Reliable biographical detail about his life appears to be scarce in the sources available here. What can be confirmed is his connection to science fiction and the continued availability of his work through public-domain and audiobook platforms, where his stories are still being discovered by new listeners and readers.