FAIRMAN, Paul W.

(1916-1977)

   US editor and writer in several genres, including crime stories and erotica. His first published sf story was "No Teeth for the Tiger" for AMZ in 1950, and for some years thereafter he was a regular contributor to the ZIFF-DAVIS magazines under his own name, the pseudonyms Robert Lee and Mallory Storm, and various house pseudonyms, including E.K. JARVIS, Clee GARSON and Paul LOHRMAN; he also published books as by F.W.Paul (see below). He was the first editor of IF, Mar-Nov 1952, but departed after 4 issues to join the Ziff-Davis staff. He left Ziff-Davis in 1954 but returned in Dec 1955 and became editor of AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC from May 1956, a position he held until Sep 1958. He launched the short-lived DREAM WORLD in 1957. He was the principal user of the Ivar JORGENSEN pseudonym, publishing under that name Ten from Infinity (1963; vt The Deadly Sky 1970; vt Ten Deadly Men 1975), Rest in Agony (1963; vt rev 1967 as PWF;The Diabolist 1973 as PWF) and Whom the Gods Would Slay (1951 Fantastic Adventures; 1968). Two of his magazine stories were filmed: "Deadly City" (1953 If as Jorgensen) as TARGET EARTH! (1954) and "The Cosmic Frame" (1953 AMZ) as Invasion of the Saucer Men (1955; vt Invasion of the Hell Creatures). Several of his books were novelizations of tv scripts, including The World Grabbers * (1964), based on an episode from One Step Beyond, and City under the Sea * (1965), based on the film City under the Sea (1965; vt War Gods of the Deep). Other books issued under his own name were the sf novel I, the Machine (1968) and the horror-story collection The Doomsday Exhibit (coll 1971). He wrote one pseudonymous novel in collaboration with Milton LESSER, The Golden Ape (1957 AMZ as "Quest of the Golden Ape" as by Adam CHASE and Ivar Jorgensen; 1959 as by Chase).PWF wrote several juvenile novels based on outlines by Lester DEL REY and published under del Rey's byline, including The Runaway Robot (1965), Tunnel through Time (1966), Siege Perilous (1966; vt The Man without a Planet 1969) and Prisoners of Space (1968). Rocket from Infinity (1966), The Infinite Worlds of Maybe (1966) and The Scheme of Things (1966) may also have been by PWF but have not been acknowledged as such. He wrote one juvenile, The Forgetful Robot (1968), under his own name.

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   Other works: A Study in Terror * (1966; vt Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper 1967 UK) as by Ellery Queen; The Frankenstein Wheel (1972); The Girl With Something Extra* (1973), a tv tie.As by F.W.Paul: novels in the Man from S.T.U.D. sequence: The Orgy at Madame Dracula's (1968) (\#2), Sock it to me, Zombie! (1968) (\#3), Rape is a No-No (1969) (\#6), The Planned Planethood Caper (1969) (\#7) and The Lay of the Land (1969) (\#8), with \#s 2,3 and 8 assembled as The Man from S.T.U.D. vs the Mafia (omni 1972).

   See also: UNDER THE SEA.