Ice City of the Gorgon & When the World Tottered

Chester S. Geier is the author behind the collection Science Fiction Gems. He's a writer with a knack for finding and sharing excellent science fiction stories.

Richard S. Shaver wrote pulp science fiction and horror, often exploring unusual theories. His works include the "Horror Gems" series, "Ice City of the Gorgon," and "Lost Continents and the Hollow Earth," which ties into his famous "Shaver Mystery.

Lester del Rey was born Leonard Knapp in Saratoga, Minnesota, the son of poor sharecroppers of partly Spanish ancestry. His mother died shortly after his birth, and he managed to complete high school and two years at George Washington University before dropping out for economic reasons. He started publishing stories in pulp magazines in the late 1930s. He was closely associated Astounding Science Fiction, then the leading science fiction magazine. In 1935, his first wife was killed in a car ac...