Ted White

Writer

Forreaders of classic science fiction, fans of early cyberpunk precursors and post-apocalyptic fiction.
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The Profile

Ted White (born 1938) is an American science fiction author and fan writer, author of the Bob Tanner novels (Android Avenger / Born of Man and Machine and The Spawn of Death Machine). He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1968.

Author born in 1938; wrote Android Avenger (original title, 1965) and The Spawn of Death Machine (Bob Tanner cycle). Won the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Identified in reviews as a longtime participant in fandom and a music critic under the alias Dr. Progresso.

Reader Sotomayor finds Ted White's Bob Tanner novels ambitious and at times uneven. The work anticipates cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic themes. The reviewer highlights historical context (1965–1968) and praises the second novel's redemption of earlier shortcomings.

Notable Quotes

❝ indeed, it was 1965, and it anticipated themes that would later become central to the cyberpunk genre, as well as dystopian content that was certainly peculiar for the sixties;