Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, Jr. (born 1931) is an American science fiction writer. He was the son of astronomers Dean B. McLaughlin and Laura Elizabeth Hill Mclaughlin. His best-known work is "

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" (1968), which was nominated for both the

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and Nebula Award for Best Novella. It concerns a late-20th century fighter plane which travels through time, and tries to contend with World War I aircraft. Other works include '' Dawn'' (1980), a novel inspired by

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's " Nightfall". He has a novella, "Tenbrook of Mars," in the July/August 2008 issue of ''

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''.

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