Educated at Princeton University, Cummings served as an assistant to Thomas Edison for five years, before embarking on a career in writing. His first novel, The Shadow Girl appeared in 1921. As a writer of primarily science-fiction, Cummings produced some 750 novels and short stories. Most of his stories appeared in the pulp science-fiction magazines such as Amazing Stories and Astonishing Stories during the 1930's and 1940's. He is perhaps best remembered for his novel The Girl in the Golden Atom (1922), which has become a science-fiction classic. His other works include The Man Who Mastered Time (1924), Explorers Into Infinity (1927), Beyond the Stars (1928), The Snow Girl (1929), The Sea Girl (1930), The Exile of Time (1931) and The Insect Invasion (1932). |
