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Murray Leinster

Overview

  • Born
    June 16, 1896 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  • Died
    June 8, 1975 · Gloucester, Virginia, USA
  • Birth name
    William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Biography

  • Murray Leinster was born on June 16, 1896 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was a writer, known for Murder Will Out (1930), Lights Out (1946) and Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939). He was married to Mary Mandola. He died on June 8, 1975 in Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

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  • Spouse
      Mary Mandola(1921 - ?)

Trivia

  • Social Security records give birth year as 1895.
  • Invented the front-projection system which superseded rear-projection

Quotes

  • It was a symptom of the insanity of human beings in a cosmos obviously designed for them to live in, but which they industriously prepare to make unlivable.
  • It isn't illegal to buy an artist's work for peanuts and sell it again at any price one can get. But it is an outrage!
  • Facts are facts! And if they're impossible, they're still facts!
  • I've never noticed that being nonsensical keeps things from happening. Don't you ever read about politics?
  • There is never a rational reason for a man to rejoice that a certain pretty girl exists and that he has found her. The experience, however, is universal.

Salary

  • The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1970) - $4,000

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