Philip Klass wrote numerous science fiction short stories under the pen name William Tenn. He frequently employed satire and humor in his tales of time travel, futuristic technology, and alien contact.
Klass was born in London, England, on May 9, 1920, and moved to New York City with his family as an infant. He served as a combat engineer in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II, and worked as a technical writer and editor after his discharge in 1945.
He submitted stories under numerous pen names, and achieved fame with the pseudonym William Tenn. His first science fiction story, Alexander the Bait, saw print in the pages of the Astounding Science Fiction pulp magazine in 1946, while he was employed by Bell Labs. Astounding also published his next story, the satirical tale of a futuristic Christmas gift gone wrong, Child’s Play, in 1947.
Over the next two decades Tenn wrote...
Klass was born in London, England, on May 9, 1920, and moved to New York City with his family as an infant. He served as a combat engineer in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II, and worked as a technical writer and editor after his discharge in 1945.
He submitted stories under numerous pen names, and achieved fame with the pseudonym William Tenn. His first science fiction story, Alexander the Bait, saw print in the pages of the Astounding Science Fiction pulp magazine in 1946, while he was employed by Bell Labs. Astounding also published his next story, the satirical tale of a futuristic Christmas gift gone wrong, Child’s Play, in 1947.
Over the next two decades Tenn wrote...
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