Hawkins, Willard E
Entry updated 18 November 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1887-1970) US editor and author who began to publish work of genre interest with "The Dead Man's Tale" for Weird Tales in 1923, and whose Castaways of Plenty: A Parable of our Times (1935) is an anti-capitalist Satire set in the Near Future. He continued to publish stories until 1952, the most notable of these perhaps being Look to the Stars (October 1950 Imagination; 2012 dos). [JC/MA]
Willard E Hawkins
born Fairplay, Colorado: 27 September 1887
died Craig, Colorado: 17 April 1970
works
- Castaways of Plenty: A Parable of our Times (New York: Basic Books, 1935) [hb/]
- Look to the Stars (Medford, Oregon: Armchair Fiction, 2012) [dos: first appeared October 1950 Imagination: pb/]
- Scratch One Asteroid (Medford, Oregon: Armchair Fiction, 2015) [dos: first appeared November 1952 Amazing Stories: pb/Allen Anderson]
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