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Getting To Know "The Man From Mars"

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Before "Star Wars," we had "Star Trek." 

Before "Star Trek," we had flying saucers to think about… and worry about appearing in real life. 

Chalk that worry up as a success for one Ray Palmer. 

As a writer and editor on some of the country's premier fantasy and science fiction publications, he cranked out a lot of influential material in the mid-20th century. 

Author Fred Nadis tells Palmer's story in "The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Journey."    
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.