Theodore Cogswell

Theodore Cogswell, (10 March 1918 - 3 February 1987), was an American science fiction author. His first published short story, The Spectre General in the magazine Astounding (June 1952), was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Navy reinvigorates the Empire. Cogswell wrote nearly 40 science fiction stories, most in the lighthearted vein as his first, and was co-author of a novel in the Star Trek franchise.

Cogswell was also the editor of the longrunning "fanzine for pros", Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies, a collection of which was published in 1993. In this, writers and editors discussed their and each others' works.

During the Spanish Civil War he served as an ambulance driver on the Republican side.

Selected Bibliography

• The Wall Around the World (1962) (short stories)
• The Third Eye (1968) (short stories)
• Spock, Messiah! (1976) (Star Trek novel with Charles A. Spano, Jr.)
• The Friggin Falcon (1981) (poem)
• PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies (1993)

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