Roman Frederick Starzl

Roman Frederick Starzl (1899 – 1976) was an American author. He was the father of Thomas Starzl. His writing is largely forgotten now, but he was called a "master" by the pioneer of space opera E. E. Smith. Starzl's Interplanetary Flying Patrol, in "The Hornets of Space," may have influenced Smith's Triplanetary Patrol, later Galactic Patrol.

References

* Starzl's [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?R._F._Starzl entry] in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
* … in the [http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2000/d61.htm#A3711 Locus Magazine Chronological List]
* … in the [http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/isfac/d121.htm#A4400 Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections]
* [http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20000611starzl2.asp Post-gazette.com]
*Listed as a favorite in E. E. Smith's "The Epic of Space," in [http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/anth/t58.htm#A610 Of Worlds Beyond: The Science of Science Fiction Writing]