Background
Source: Wikipedia
Wyman Woods Guin (March 1, 1915 – February 19, 1989) was an American pharmacologist and advertising executive best known for writing science fiction. Born in Wanette, Oklahoma, he published his first story "Trigger Tide" in 1950 under the pseudonym Norman Menasco. Guin gained attention the following year with his novella "Beyond Bedlam" in Galaxy Science Fiction, for which he is best remembered. He published one novel, The Standing Joy, in 1969.
