Padgett, Lewis

pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore

Key Work: "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (1943)

Peake, Mervyn

Key Work: 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.

Key Works of Science Fiction:

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

Pohl, Frederik

The Golden Age and The Modern Era

Key Works:

• 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

Pratt, Fletcher

Goldern Age

Key Work (with L. Sprague de Camp): The Incomplete Enchanter (1941)