Otfrid von Hanstein

Otfrid von Hanstein (1869–1959) was a German actor and writer.

As a novelist, he was prolific in various genres; his best-known works in English-language translation are science fiction novels published in various magazines by Hugo Gernsback.

John Clute describes von Hanstein's science fiction as "technophilic and space-oriented, crude but competent".

[1] E. F. Bleiler reports that his SF novels were suppressed by the Nazi government.

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