James Henry Schmitz was an American science fiction writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents.
Schmitz with his dog.
Schmitz's "The Second Night of Summer", part of his "Agent of Vega" series, was the cover story in the third issue of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950
Schmitz's novelette "Captives of the Thieve-Star" was the cover story in the May 1951 issue of Planet Stories
The first installment of Schmitz's novella "The Ties of Earth" took the cover of the November 1955 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction
Unknown was an American pulp fantasy fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1943 by Street & Smith, and edited by John W. Campbell. Unknown was a companion to Street & Smith's science fiction pulp, Astounding Science Fiction, which was also edited by Campbell at the time; many authors and illustrators contributed to both magazines. The leading fantasy magazine in the 1930s was Weird Tales, which focused on shock and horror. Campbell wanted to publish a fantasy magazine with more finesse and humor than Weird Tales, and put his plans into action when Eric Frank Russell sent him the manuscript of his novel Sinister Barrier, about aliens who own the human race. Unknown's first issue appeared in March 1939; in addition to Sinister Barrier, it included H. L. Gold's "Trouble With Water", a humorous fantasy about a New Yorker who meets a water gnome. Gold's story was the first of many in Unknown to combine commonplace reality with the fantastic.
The first issue of Unknown Cover art by H. W. Scott
Cover for the February 1942 issue – an example of the more dignified cover layout that was adopted in July 1940
Illustration by Edd Cartier for L. Ron Hubbard's "Fear" (July 1940)
