Tom Godwin





Tom Godwin

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born
in The United States
January 01, 1915

died
January 01, 1980

gender
male

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About this author

Tom Godwin (1915–1980) was a science fiction author. Godwin published three novels and thirty short stories. His controversial hard SF short story "The Cold Equations" is a notable in the mid-1950s science fiction genre. He also had three novels published, but these stayed more firmly in John W. Campbell's preferred styles and are less notable. Graduated from Bay Village High School in Bay Village, Ohio.



Average rating: 4.22 · 2,400 ratings · 208 reviews · 40 distinct works · Similar authors
The Survivors
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1958 — 30 editions
The Cold Equations and Othe...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
Space Prison and Other Works
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010
The Space Barbarians
3.07 of 5 stars 3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1964 — 3 editions
The Nothing Equation [Sci F...
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1957 — 7 editions
Cry from a Far Planet
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1951 — 10 editions
And Devious the Line of Duty
2.83 of 5 stars 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
The Helpful Hand of God
2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010
Terra Nova Science Fiction ...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970
Beyond Another Sun
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1971
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