PERSON@1 -LRB- December NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 -- March NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@4 -RRB- was an MISC@1 novelist , short story writer , and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre .

PERSON@1 -LRB- December NUMBER@1 NUMBER@2 -- March NUMBER@3 NUMBER@4 -RRB- was an MISC@1 writer .
