The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey

By Fred Nadis

Book Overview

Now in paperback, the rollicking, critically acclaimed true story of the legendary writer and editor who ruled over America's sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural pulp journals in the mid-twentieth century: Ray Palmer.

"Palmer could not have asked for a more sympathetic chronicler, or a better one, than Fred Nadis. His prose and his pronouncements are everything Palmer's practically never were: restrained, nuanced, intelligently considered. Nadis has a great story, and he relates it exquisitely." --Jerome Clark, Fortean Times

"Fred Nadis's insightful biography demonstrates that Palmer is significant as well as intriguing." --The Washington Post

"One of science fiction's greatest gadflies gets his due in this lively and entertaining biography." --Publishers Weekly

"Lucidly written and unfailingly lively, The Man from Mars is a biography worthy of its subject." --Fate magazine

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399168842
• ISBN13: 9780399168840
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher