Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 – April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer.

"The Gentle Brain" was published in "Science Fiction Quarterly" under the pseudonym Arthur Allport.

[3]Gallun died of a heart attack at his home in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, New York, on April 2, 1994.

[4] A posthumous autobiography, Starclimber, authored in part by Gallun and completed by Jeffrey M. Elliot, was published in September 2007.

There is an extensive interview with Gallun about his life and career in Eric Leif Davin's Pioneers of Wonder.