Padgett, Lewis
pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore
Many of the Padgett stories were written primarily by Kuttner
The couple also wrote under the Lawrence O'Donnell pseudonym

Recommended Reading: "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (1943)

Peake, Mervyn
1911-68
British writer and artist born in China

Recommended Reading: The Gormenghast Trilogy (1946-59)

• Titus Groan
• Gormenghast
• Titus Alone

Poe, Edgar Allen
1809-1849

American Romantic and gothic writer; considered the father of both the short story and the detective story. Poe's best and best known stories are horror or detective fiction, but he did contribute to science fiction.

Recommended Readings in Science Fiction:

• "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" which deals with the quasi- scientific theory of mesmerism
• The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym (1836), a novel about a sea voyage into the unknown with science fiction trappings

Pohl, Frederik
1919--
American writer, editor, and agent
Member of the Futurians

Recommended Readings:

• Space Merchants (with Cyril Kornbluth, 1953)
• Man Plus (1976), a Hugo winner
• Gateway (1977), the Hugo and Nebula winning first novel in a series about the Heechee

Pournelle, Jerry
1933--
American
undergraduate degree in engineering and PhD in psychology from the University of Washington

Recommended Reading: The Mote in God's Eye (with Larry Niven, 1974)

Pratt, Fletcher
1897-1956
American writer and historian

Recommended Reading: The Incomplete Enchanter (with L. Sprague de Camp, 1941)