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Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles.
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science · American fiction writer (1896–1975) · novelist · screenwriter · inventor · writer · science fiction writer · also Murray Leinster, William Fitzgerald Jenkins, William Fitzgerald, Louisa Carter Lee, Will F. Jenkins, Fitzgerald Jenkins
Born 16 June 1896 · Died 8 June 1975 · Q550449
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Leinster's heirs sued Paramount Pictures over the film Star Trek: First Contact, claiming that it infringed their trademark in the term
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette for First Contact (1996).
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1975· 1 entry
Died 1975-06-08.
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Exploration Team (1956).
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1920· 1 entry
“Stories of the Hungry Country: The Case of the Dona Clotilde”
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1896· 1 entry
Born 1896-06-16.
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