Emil Petaja

Emil Petaja

Emil Petaja (1915–2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of books and articles on various subjects. Though he wrote science fiction, fantasy, horror stories, detective fiction, and poetry, Petaja considered his work part of an older tradition of "weird fiction." Petaja was also a small press publisher. In 1995, he was named the first ever Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Of Finnish descent, Petaja's best known works are a series of science fiction novels based on the Kalevala, the Finnish verse epic. Petaja's series brought him readers from around the world, while his particular mythological approach to science fiction has been discussed in scholarly publications. and included in related anthologies.

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Updated 07/30/2024
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Series by Emil Petaja

The Green Planet (2 books)
The Cosmic Kalevala (4 books)

Speculative Fiction Books

(The Cosmic Kalevala (omnibus editions) #2 / 2)
1979 | science fiction
(The Cosmic Kalevala (omnibus editions) #1 / 2)
1979 | science fiction
1972 | science fiction
1971 | science fiction, short stories
1970 | science fiction
1969 | science fiction
1969 | science fiction
(The Green Planet #2 / 2)
1968 | science fiction
1968 | science fiction
1968 | science fiction
(The Cosmic Kalevala #4 / 4)
1967 | science fiction
(The Cosmic Kalevala #3 / 4)
1967 | science fiction
(The Green Planet #1 / 2)
1967 | science fiction
(The Cosmic Kalevala #2 / 4)
1966 | science fiction
(The Cosmic Kalevala #1 / 4)
1966 | science fiction
1965 | science fiction
1965 | science fiction

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