Robert J. Leman (1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American science fiction and horror short story author, most associated with ''

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''. He was not published until he was 45, but had been a member of

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before that. His best-known story is "

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," which has often been reprinted and which was nominated for the

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of 1980. It was adapted for an episode of ''

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'', directed by and starring

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. All of Leman's published stories—including the previously unpublished "How Dobbstown Was Saved", which was to have appeared in the Harlan Ellison anthology ''

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''—are collected in the volume ''Feesters in the Lake and Other Stories'' (Seattle: Midnight House, 2002. ). His story "Instructions" was reprinted in chapbook form in 2001 by

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Several of Leman's stories were translated, illustrated and published in the Polish monthly science fiction magazine '' Fantastyka'' in 1990, with a short introductory note from the author. Leman graduated from the

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with a degree in political science after he returned from service in Europe, as a field artillery officer, during World War II.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leman, Bob 1922 births 2006 deaths American horror writers American science fiction writers American short story writers The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people American male short story writers University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni United States Army personnel of World War II Chapbook writers United States Army officers 20th-century American male writers