James Blish (1921–1975)
Autor(a) de A Case of Conscience
About the Author
James Benjamin Blish was born on May 23, 1921 in East Orange, N.J. Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942 - 1944 as a medical technician in the United States Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. His first mostrar mais published story appeared in 1940, and his writing career progressed until he gave up his job to become a professional writer. From 1962 to 1968, he worked for the Tobacco Institute. Between 1967 and his death from lung cancer in 1975, Blish wrote authorized short story collections based upon the 1960s TV series Star Trek. He wrote 11 volumes adapting episodes of the series. He died midway through writing Star Trek 12. Perhaps Blish's most famous works were the "Okies" stories, known collectively as Cities in Flight, published in the science-fiction digest magazine Astounding Science Fiction. Some of James Blish's other works include The Vanished Jet, And All the Stars a Stage, The Quincunx of Time, and Flight of Eagles. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por James Blish
A Pair from Space: Giants in the Earth (aka Titan's Daughter) / We, the Marauders (aka Invaders from Earth)… (1965) 53 exemplares
To Pay the Piper 9 exemplares
Watershed 7 exemplares
Galerij der giganten 5 de beste science-fiction verhalen — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Bridge 6 exemplares
Earth of Hours 6 exemplares
Nor Iron Bars 6 exemplares
Himmelstorm : noveller av James Blish, Robert A. Heinlein og A. E. van Vogt ; presentert av Jon Bing og Tor ¿ge… (1974) — Autor — 5 exemplares
King of the Hill 5 exemplares
Getting Along — Autor — 4 exemplares
The Oath 4 exemplares
This Earth of Hours [novelette] 3 exemplares
Statistician's Day {short story} 3 exemplares
Sterren van Galaxy 3 exemplares
Sterren van Galaxy II 3 exemplares
Who's In Charge Here? 2 exemplares
Sept nouvelles science-fictions : 7 short stories 2 exemplares
To love another [novelette] 2 exemplares
Against The Stone Beasts 2 exemplares
The Masks 2 exemplares
Citadel of Thought 2 exemplares
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Journey to Babel 2 exemplares
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - The Savage Curtain 2 exemplares
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Where No Man 2 exemplares
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Galileo Seven 2 exemplares
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Little Girls 2 exemplares
More Light {Short story} 2 exemplares
Skånes ortnamn. Serie A, D. 22, Bebyggelsenamn, Västra Göinge härad med Hässleholms stad 2 exemplares
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - The Unreal McCoy 2 exemplares
Star Trek X 1 exemplar
The Bridge 1 exemplar
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Charlie's Law 1 exemplar
Star Trek #1-5, Boxed Set 1 exemplar
Star Trek VIII 1 exemplar
Star Trek XI 1 exemplar
The Immunity Syndrome [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Seven and Twelve 1 exemplar
Star Trek IX 1 exemplar
Kalki Vol. II, No. 4 (Whole Number 8) — Editor — 1 exemplar
The Star Dweller 1 exemplar
Star Trek Reader, The HC - Book Club Edition 1 exemplar
Kalki Vol. II, No. 2 (Whole Number 6) — Editor — 1 exemplar
Kalki Vol. II, No. 3 (Whole Number 7) — Editor — 1 exemplar
Kalki Vol. III, No. 1 (Whole Number 9) — Editor — 1 exemplar
Star Trek 11 - 1975 edition 1 exemplar
Star Trek Reader II HC - Book Club Edition 1 exemplar
Star Trek Reader III HC - Book Club Edition 1 exemplar
Um caso de conscin̊cia 1 exemplar
(Galaxia 15) Grupo galáctico 1 exemplar
THE FROZEN YEAR 1st Ballantine 1957 1 exemplar
Knock out 1 exemplar
Star Trek: Episódios da Série Clássica 1 exemplar
Kalki Vol. II, No. 1 (Whole Number 5) — Editor — 1 exemplar
Siglo de pleno verano 1962 1 exemplar
Doctor Miribilis 1 exemplar
Obsession [short fiction] 1 exemplar
The Return of the Archons [short fiction] 1 exemplar
That Which Survives [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Bequest Of The Angel 1 exemplar
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Arena 1 exemplar
The Gulch {short story} — Autor — 1 exemplar
Sunken Universe {short story} 1 exemplar
Star Trek: The Great Adventures, 5 volumes in Slipcase, Includes Star Trek 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 1 exemplar
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (146):Tausend Milliarden glückliche Menschen - Planet der Träumer (1995) 1 exemplar
Blackout In Cygni 1 exemplar
7 opwindende sf-verhalen 1 exemplar
Darkside Crossing [short story] 1 exemplar
The Real Thrill 1 exemplar
The Shipwrecked Hotel 1 exemplar
A Matter Of Energy 1 exemplar
Emergancy Refueling 1 exemplar
Star Trek Lives! 2 1 exemplar
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Tholian Web 1 exemplar
The Ultimate Computer [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Return to Tomorrow [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Elaan of Troyius [short fiction] 1 exemplar
The Deadly Years [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Metamorphosis [short fiction] 1 exemplar
The Paradise Syndrome [short fiction] 1 exemplar
The Changeling [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Who Mourns for Adonais? [short fiction] 1 exemplar
The Long Night of a Virginia Author 1 exemplar
Star Trek 9-12 1 exemplar
Star Trek 5-8 1 exemplar
Star Trek 1-4 1 exemplar
FYI 1 exemplar
Bequest of the Angel 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Contribuidor — 1,878 exemplares
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Contribuidor — 797 exemplares
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contribuidor — 315 exemplares
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (1980) — Contribuidor — 172 exemplares
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology (1974) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
The Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Masters (2011) — Autor — 60 exemplares
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1996) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 35 exemplares
The Best of Astounding: Classic Short Novels from the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1992) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1972, Vol. 42, No. 4 (1972) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1970, Vol. 39, No. 3 (1970) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1971, Vol. 40, No. 1 (1971) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXI, No. 3 (May 1968) (1968) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 16 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1970, Vol. 38, No. 2 (1970) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1972, Vol. 43, No. 1 (1972) — Book Reviewer — 14 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1982, Vol. 63, No. 5 (1982) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1970, Vol. 39, No. 2 (1970) — algumas edições — 12 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1956) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on Their Craft and Ideas (Insights) (1992) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
No Room for Man: Population and the Future Through Science-Fiction (1979) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1949 — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Autor, algumas edições — 2 exemplares
Kalki : Studies in James Branch Cabell — Editor, algumas edições; Contribuidor, algumas edições — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Blish, James Benjamin
- Outros nomes
- Atheling, William, Jr.
- Data de nascimento
- 1921-05-23
- Data de falecimento
- 1975-07-30
- Localização do túmulo
- St Cross Churchyard, Holywell, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- East Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Causa da morte
- lung cancer
- Locais de residência
- Milford, Pennsylvania, USA
Alexandria, Virginia, USA - Educação
- Rutgers University
Columbia University - Ocupações
- science fiction writer
- Relações
- Lawrence, Judith Ann (wife, 1964-1975)
Kidd, Virginia (wife, 1947-1963) - Organizações
- Futurians
United States Army
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (co-founder) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Guest of honor, Eastercon, UK (1970)
Creation of the James Blish award for Criticism (1977)
Elected to Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2002)
Membros
Discussions
Black Easter from Centipede Press em Fine Press Forum (Fevereiro 2022)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 257
- Also by
- 138
- Membros
- 21,841
- Popularidade
- #984
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 383
- ISBN
- 463
- Línguas
- 15
- Marcado como favorito
- 17