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Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 [1] – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin , S. D. Gottesman , Edward J. Bellin , Kenneth Falconer , Walter C. Davies , Simon Eisner , Jordan Park , Arthur Cooke , Paul Dennis Lavond , and Scott Mariner .
In the "Introduction" to The Best of C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl (Kornbluth's friend and collaborator) explains some of the inspiration to "The Marching Morons". The work was written after Pohl suggested that Kornbluth write a follow-up story that focuses on the future presented in the short story "The Little Black Bag". In contrast to the ...
Pages in category "Novels by Cyril M. Kornbluth" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
The Marching Morons (and Other Famous Science Fiction Stories) is a collection of stories by Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published in paperback by Ballantine Books in 1959. Ballantine reissued the collection in 1963. A Spanish translation, Desfile de Cretines, appeared in 1964. [1]
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction noted that the novel had wrongly been seen as "deficient" in comparison with Kornbluth's collaborative work, concluding that aspects of the Syndic government structure were "effective and even prophetic."
The writing team of Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth, both successful science fiction writers in their own right, produced some of the most acclaimed science fiction novels of the 1950s. They were both members of the Futurians. Their four science fiction novels were: The Space Merchants (1952) Search the Sky (1954)
"The Little Black Bag" is an award-winning science fiction novelette by American writer Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958), first published in the July 1950 edition of Astounding Science Fiction. It concerns a futuristic medical (doctor's) bag accidentally sent back in time several centuries to the present day, the ethics of such an occurrence ...