F. Orlin Tremaine

Who was F. Orlin Tremaine?

F. Orlin Tremaine was an American science fiction editor and author.

Prior to editing Astounding, Tremaine worked as an editor on several magazines, including Brain Power and True Story. In addition, he published short stories under the pseudonym Orlin Frederick.

Tremaine became the second editor of Astounding Science Fiction in 1933 following the magazine's purchase by Street and Smith when William Clayton went bankrupt. Tremaine remained editor until 1937, during which time he bought such important stories as H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time, apparently without reading them. Tremaine p[ermitted both tales to be severely abridged and edited by copyeditors, although Lovecraft complained vociferously only about the former