(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, January 14, 2016 ) Hollywood, CA -- Hollywood, CA – L. Ron Hubbard's famous published "Typewriter in the Sky" 75 years ago in December 1940 in one of the issues of Unknown Fantasy Fiction. To recognize this monumental literary event, James Sullos, President Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., offers his sincerest congratulations on the diamond anniversary. He made a presentation at the L. Ron Hubbard Library in Hollywood, CA on Tuesday, December 22nd to commemorate this historic event.
Sullos presented a plaque to the John Goodwin, the Galaxy Press President, which read, "Congratulations to L. Ron Hubbard on the 75th anniversary of Typewriter in the Sky. What literary and creative genius to have the featured antagonist modify the author's storyline to become the protagonist. Edgar Rice Burroughs and Mr. Hubbard are pulp fiction legends. Their personal interchanges spoke fondly of their respective talents. May both of their legacies continue to survive over the centuries."
"Typerwriter in the Sky" is one of Hubbard's significant works. As part of the book the authors Mike Resnick and Robert J. Sawyer, who wrote "Resnick at Large", state, "Typewriter in the Sky" is an example of what is termed as "Recursive Science Fiction" — a subgenre that is science fiction about science fiction. The work is also listed in "Fantasy: The 100 Best Books," by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock. It's additionally listed in "Rivals of the Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy and Horror Stories from Weird Fiction Pulps," by Robert E. Weinberg and Stefan R. Dziemianowicz. Martin H. Greenberg writes that "Typewriter in the Sky" should be classed among stories published in Unknown which "still rank as some of the best fantasy produced in this century." The author, David Wingrove, noted in his "The Science Fiction Source Book", "His [Hubbard] best work is outstanding within the pulp tradition: ‘Typewriter in the Sky' is a fine fantasy about a man who gets trapped within a story written by a pulp writer." The authors Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James characterize the work as "The best of Hubbard's stories" and notes that it "is better seen as a rationalized fantasy."
One can acquire "Typewriter in the Sky" from from Galaxy Press, Amazon.com and BN.com in both print and digital formats.
L. Ron Hubbard was born on March 13, 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska. Producing over 15 million words of fiction during his writing career in five decades has made him one of pulp fiction's most prolific and celebrated writers. During the 1930's and 40's he wrote over 200 short stories, small novels and novels under his or any of his 15 different pen names. He produced new work at a rate of 100,000 words per month. His works span the different genres of adventure, science fiction, mysteries, fantasy and westerns. All his works can be found at Galaxy Press site. .
About Galaxy Press
Established in 2002 to meet the growing demand for the fiction works of bestselling author, L. Ron Hubbard, Galaxy Press is located in the Author Services, Inc. building on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It is the United States publisher and distributor for Mr. Hubbard's complete fiction library, including perennial and New York Times bestsellers such as Battlefield Earth, Mission Earth, Fear, Final Blackout and To the Stars.
