H. H. Holmes

Used as a pseudonym. See also: Anthony Boucher

gadget story n.	1942 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to the Morgue 51 The gadget stories were more interesting. They frequently made honest attempts at forecasting scientific developments. Atomic power, stratosphere exploration, the rocket flight that so absorbs Chantrelle, all the features that may revolutionize the second half of this century as thoroughly as radio and the airplane have transformed this half—all these became familiar, workable things. But the writers stopped there. Interest lay in the gadget itself. And science fiction was headed for a blind alley until the realization came that even science fiction must remain fiction, and fiction is basically about people, not subatomic blasters nor time warps.
usuform adj.	1943 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Q.U.R. in Astounding Science-Fiction Mar. 83/2 I’ve got it. Usuform. Quinby’s Usuform Robots. Q. U. R.