High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Horace Leonard Gold (April 26, 1914, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - February 21, 1996, Laguna Hills, California, U.S.A.) was a science fiction writer and editor. Born in Canada, Gold moved to the United States at the age of two. He was most noted for bringing an innovative and fresh approach to science fiction while he was the editor of Galaxy Science Fiction, and also wrote briefly for DC Comics.