Ray Cummings

Ray Cummings (1887-1957) was a pioneering American science fiction writer often credited as one of the founding fathers of the genre. A former personal assistant to Thomas Edison, Cummings began publishing science fiction stories in the early 20th century, blending scientific ideas with imaginative speculation. His most famous work, The Girl in the Golden Atom (1922), helped establish core tropes of early sci-fi. Over his prolific career, he published dozens of novels and stories in pulp magazines such as Argosy and Amazing Stories. Known for his vivid imagination and sense of cosmic scale, Cummings left a lasting mark on the evolution of speculative fiction.