Winston K. Marks (1915–1979)

This is a short story collection by a largely unknown SF author Winston K. Marks, published in the 1950s. It is quite an interesting read on two levels: first, as nice, naïve SF stories and second, as a way to see how views evolve in just about 60 years.
It is astonishing that a ‘progressive’ writer is blind to his own prejustice regarding non-whites, women, gender roles etc. It makes you think, what will astonish readers of modern SF in another half-century.
THE WATER EATER (1953), while show more cleaning a kitchen, a man crates something unexpected. 4/5
UNBEGOTTEN CHILD (1953), an unusual view on the cause of cancer. 5/5
...SO THEY BAKED A CAKE (1954), Einstein twins from POV of a nihilistic journalist. 2/5
BACKLASH (1954), crashed aliens give perfect home servants to humanity, what are their motives? 4/5
TABBY (1954), alien fly invades the Earth, but that’s just a first step. 5/5
BREEDER REACTION (1954), cosmetics with ‘atomic’ effects. 4/5
FORSYTE'S RETREAT (1954), multidimensional hotel’s manager. 2/5
MATE IN TWO MOVES (1954), what if love is a virus? 4/5
THE TEST COLONY (1954), first contact – a perfect case of prejustices. 5/5
BROWN JOHN'S BODY (1955), talking rats. 3/5
THE MIND DIGGER (1958), a young genius tries to perfect himself. 4/5
THE DEADLY DAUGHTERS (1958), a satire about feminist usurpation of the USA. 4/5 show less

This was my first time to read anything by Marks. His stories are imaginative and have just the right mix of dialog and description. Many of his stories have a surprise twist at the end.