author
Wyman Guin
1915–1989
A science fiction writer with a scientist’s eye and an advertiser’s feel for sharp ideas, he is best remembered for stories that mixed medicine, psychology, and social speculation. His best-known work, Beyond Bedlam, helped make him a memorable voice in 1950s magazine science fiction.
2 Audiobooks
Volpla
by Wyman Guin
Beyond Bedlam
by Wyman Guin
About the author
Born in Wanette, Oklahoma, Wyman Woods Guin (1915–1989) worked as a pharmacologist and later as an advertising executive before becoming known as a science fiction writer. He began publishing fiction in 1950, sometimes using the pseudonym Norman Menasco.
He drew notice quickly with Beyond Bedlam, a novella first published in Galaxy Science Fiction, and became especially associated with the magazine era of mid-century science fiction. His background in science shows in the way his fiction explores the mind, the body, and the pressures of modern society.
Guin wrote both short fiction and novels, including The Standing Joy and the collection later known as Living Way Out/Beyond Bedlam. Though not as widely known as some of his contemporaries, he remains of interest to readers who enjoy thoughtful, idea-driven science fiction from the genre’s classic magazine period.