Randall Garrett
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Gordon Randall Phillip David Garrett[2] (December 16, 1927 – December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about men from Earth disrupting a peaceful agrarian civilization on an alien planet.[citation needed]
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Born | (1927-12-16)December 16, 1927 Lexington, Missouri[1] |
Died | December 31, 1987(1987-12-31) (aged 60) |
Pen name | David Gordon, John Gordon, Darrel T. Langart, Alexander Blade, Richard Greer, Ivar Jorgensen, Clyde Mitchell, Leonard G. Spencer, S. M. Tenneshaw, Gerald Vance |
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | Science fiction and Fantasy |
Notable awards | Sidewise Award for Alternate History Special Achievement Award, 1999 (posthumous) |
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