Christopher Priest was born on July 14, 1943, in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. He’s written several novels that won various awards, especially the one given by the British Science Fiction Association.

James Edwin Gunn was born on July 12, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri. An English professor at the University of Kansas, he also used to teach science fiction. He’s never been a very prolific writer but he’s appreciated, also for his articles and essays. Some of his stories were adapted for the television, in particular the TV show “The Immortal”.

Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, this was his real name, was born on July 11, 1913 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As an expert of Chinese politics, he wrote a number of important essays. As a fiction writer, he’s best known as Cordwainer Smith and his science fiction stories that belong to the fictional universe of the Instrumentality of Man.

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, this was his full name, was born on July 10, 1903, in the village of Dorridge, England. John Wyndham is famous especially for his novels: “The Day of the Triffids” (1951), “The Kraken Wakes” (1953), “Re-Birth” or “The Chrysalids” (1955) and “The Midwich Cuckoos” (1957).

Cyril Kornbluth was born July 2, 1923 in Inwood, an area of ​​Manhattan, New York. During his short career as a science fiction writer, ended by a heart attack, he became famous for stories such as “The Marching Morons” and the novels written with Frederik Pohl such as “The Space Merchants”.