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There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with ... everything has a beginning and an end. But some men aren't sane; thus it isn't always so! And It Comes Out Here by Lester del Rey, that\\u2019s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Lester del Rey was an interesting fellow. He often told people his real name was Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey. But his sister confirmed that his name was in fact Leonard Knapp. He told people his father was a poor sharecropper but that\\u2019s not true either. It seems Lester del Rey was destined to become a great storyteller.

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He was born in 1915, some say he was born in Clydesdale, Minnesota, but I looked and looked and couldn\\u2019t find Clydesdale, Minnesota. Wonder if that was made up too? His mother died shortly after he was born, his father hired a woman to care for him and his older sister, eventually marrying the woman. But she didn\\u2019t able to connect with young Lester, actually Leonard.

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In 1931, at the age of 16, he moved by himself to Washington D.C. to attend George Washington University on a scholarship. He didn\\u2019t stay long. For the next two years he supported himself doing a variety of odd jobs and writing poetry. He sold 20 poems to various publications before coming to the realization that poetry was not his thing.

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In 1938 he wrote a science fiction short story on a dare from a friend after he criticized the work of a professional writer. He wrote \\u201cThe Faithful\\u201d in one day and submitted it to Astounding Science Fiction magazine. Eight days later he got a check in the mail and his professional writing career had begun. By the way, you will hear \\u201cThe Faithful\\u201d in a future episode.

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Let\\u2019s open the pages of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in February 1951, turn to page 62 for And It Comes Out Here by Lester del Rey\\u2026

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In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The whole fighting fleet of the United Nations is caught in Kreynborg's marvelous, unique trap. Invasion by Murray Leinster.\\xa0That\\u2019s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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