Harry Bates was the first editor of Astounding Stories, from 1930-1933, when the magazine published unsophisticated space opera. As editor, Bates published some of his own stories, using the pen name Anthony Gilmore, but Gilmore's stories, most notably&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Hawk-Carse/dp/B004TRN8IG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Hawk Carse</a>, were as unsophisticated as the rest of what he published.