tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post1020944135363238124..comments2024-03-28T19:49:24.277-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: Another Old Ace Double: The Sun Smasher, by Edmond Hamilton/Starhaven, by “Ivar Jorgenson” (Robert Silverberg)Rich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-52315788488646120862018-02-04T10:18:41.489-08:002018-02-04T10:18:41.489-08:00Seems there was speculation about Ivar Jorgenson e...Seems there was speculation about Ivar Jorgenson even back in 1951. From the December 1951 Fantastic Adventures editorial by L.E. Shaffer:<br /><br />"In the June 1951 issue of FANTASTIC <br />X ADVENTURES, we introduced Ivar <br />Jorgensen a3 the author of the lead story <br />"Whom the Gods Would Slay". This <br />marked Ivar's first appearance in pub- <br />lished fiction. The response was overwhelm- <br />ing. His story proved to be one of the <br />most popular novels we had ever published <br />—and, for a new author, Jorgensen received <br />almost unprecedented recognition. <br /><br />HOWEVER, much to our surprise, soon <br />afterward a rumor got started that <br />Ivar Jorgensen was just another pen-name <br />for Milton Lesser, or Paul Fairman, or <br />Don Wilcox, or William Tenn— to name <br />just a few. As a matter of fact, even now <br />— after all these months and the publica- <br />tion of several other Jorgensen stories — <br />there is still a heated controversy going on <br />among our readers regarding his actuality. <br />(See "The Reader's Page" this issue.) <br /><br />SINCE WE can't possibly produce Ivar <br />in the flesh to each and every one of <br />our more than 100,000 readers — we are re- <br />producing below a photograph just received <br />from him, taken on his brother's farm in <br />Iowa. New to our field, Ivar is enjoying <br />hugely the reports of his non-existence, and <br />has captioned the photograph himself, a <br />la Mark Twain."<br /><br />His bio in the June 1951 issue does not quite fit with Paul Fairman, so maybe there really _was_ an Ivar Jorgenson, and his name was later used as a house name.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.com