Neil R. Jones
American writer (1909-1988) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 78
Neil Ronald Jones was an American writer who worked for the state of New York. His first story, "The Death's Head Meteor," was published in Air Wonder Stories in 1930, possibly recording the first use of "astronaut" in fiction.
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"The Planet of the Double Sun," the second entry in the Professor Jameson series, was the cover story in the February 1932 issue of Amazing Stories
"Time's Mausoleum," the fifth Professor Jameson story, was cover-featured on the December 1933 issue of Amazing Stories
"The Music-Monsters" was the last Professor Jameson story to be published in Amazing Stories, taking the cover of the April 1938 issue
Jones's novelette, "The Asteroid of Death," the first installment in his Durna Rangue series, was the cover story in the Fall 1931 issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly
Jones's final Durna Rangue story, "The Citadel in Space," was published in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1951, but has never been reprintedAbout this person
He also pioneered cyborg and robotic characters, and is credited with inspiring the modern idea of cryonics. Most of his stories fit into a "future history" like that of Robert A. Heinlein or Cordwainer Smith, well before either of them used this convention in their fiction.
