Theodore Cogswell
Author
1918 – 1987
Who was Theodore Cogswell?
Theodore Rose Cogswell, was an American science fiction author. His first published short story, "The Spectre General" in the magazine Astounding, was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines holds the promise of reinvigorating a declining Galactic empire. Cogswell wrote nearly 40 science fiction stories, most in the same lighthearted vein as his first, and was co-author of a novel in the Star Trek franchise.
Cogswell was also the editor of the long-running "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 other's works.
During the Spanish Civil War, he served as an ambulance driver on the Republican side in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
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- Born
- Mar 10, 1918
Coatesville - Also known as
- Tevis Cogswell
- Cogswell Thomas
- Theodore Rose Cogswell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Feb 3, 1987
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on July 23, 2013
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