Hershman, Morris
Entry updated 18 November 2024. Tagged: Author.

(1926- ) US author who began to publish work of genre interest with "The Happy Traitor" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for June 1953; a handful of further SF Magazine stories followed.. His sf novel, Shareworld (1972; vt The Crash of 2086 1976), takes a Dystopian view of the stock market dominating the entire world and anticipates a final and definitive Crash. [JC]
Morris Hershman
born New York: 31 January 1926 [wrongly given as 1920 in Contemporary Authors and subsequently amended]
works
- Shareworld (New York: Walker Books, 1972) [hb/Frank R Paul]
- The Crash of 2086 (Canoga Park, California: Major Books, 1976) [vt of the above: pb/]
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