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MIKAL 15 Cyril’s first solo work was “King Cole of Pluto” and it was published in May of 1940. He had other short fiction stories that includes “The Marching Morons,” “The Altar at Midnight,” “Gomez,” The Little Black Bag” and “Ms. Found in a Chinese fortune Cookie.” “ The Little Black Bag” was also a television series. A lot of his works were collaborations. His best novels came from teaming up with Frederick Pohl. Space Merchants found its place in science fictions hall of fame. Space Merchants creates a realistic picture of the future.** **His solo work was also remarkable. Kornbluth’s novels showed a turn to soft science (social and psychological) for the first time. Cyril is probably one of the sci- fi genre’s most unsung writers. He published when he was fifteen. He had a tragic death at the young age of thirty-five. Even though he didn’t have a very long career like others authors he still left behind an impressive body of work.
 * Cyril M. Kornbluth was born in 1923 in New York City. As a teen he became a part of the furitians club, which included Pohl, Asimov,and Merril. He served in the army during World War II. After Kornbluth discharged he continued his studies at the University of Chicago. Kornbluth started writing at the age of fifteen. He had many pen- names. Some of the names were [[image:D-237a.jpg width="147" height="217" align="right"]]Cecil Corwin, S.D. Gottesman and Jordan Park.

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