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The works of Ross Rocklynne Born on February 21,1913 in Ohio,married to Frances Rosenthol in 1941 but was divorced in 1947,and died on October 1988 in Los Angeles CO,CA. Ross Rocklynne (real name, Ross Louis Rocklin) was one of the early pulp fans (co-founder of cincinadi fandom) was a writer who was able to move along with flow and published repeatedly. Ross Rocklynne attended the first Science Fiction convention in 1939 in New York City as a semi-pro writer who just published his first story in 1934," Iron Man" Over the next 40 years, Ross Rocklynne made the transition from pulp writer, with a vivid imagination,to an accomplished Science Fiction modern writer.Rocklynne then left for over a decade and came back in 1968 writing several great stories, such as "Ching Wich" The great Science Fiction, Chad Oliver, said of Rocklynne, "Ross Rocklynne was one of the important authors of Science Fiction's middle years...never the less a capable story teller. He was a major creator of Science Fiction of the past, but he was also one of those who pointed the way ahead."