FYFE, H(orace) B(owne)

(1918-)

   US writer whose first sf story, "Locked Out", appeared in ASF in 1940 but who became active, mainly with stories in ASF, only after WWII army service. By 1967, when he became inactive, he had published nearly 60 stories. His Bureau of Slick Tricks tales (ASF 1948-52) are typical of John W. CAMPBELL's need for stories in which humans inevitably outwitthick-skulled (often bureaucratic) ALIENS. In his novel, D-99 (fixup 1962), which continues the series, Department 99 of the Terran governmenthas the job of finagling citizens out of jams on other planets and flummoxing thicker species. The tone is fortunately light.

   JC