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 de James Blish
A Pair from Space: Giants in the Earth (aka Titan's Daughter) / We, the Marauders (aka Invaders from Earth)… (1965) 53 cópias
To Pay the Piper 9 cópias
Galerij der giganten 5 de beste science-fiction verhalen — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Watershed 7 cópias
Nor Iron Bars 6 cópias
Earth of Hours 6 cópias
Bridge 6 cópias
Himmelstorm : noveller av James Blish, Robert A. Heinlein og A. E. van Vogt ; presentert av Jon Bing og Tor ¿ge… (1974) — Autor — 5 cópias
King of the Hill 5 cópias
The Oath 4 cópias
Getting Along — Autor — 4 cópias
Statistician's Day {short story} 3 cópias
Sterren van Galaxy II 3 cópias
This Earth of Hours [novelette] 3 cópias
Sterren van Galaxy 3 cópias
Citadel of Thought 2 cópias
To love another [novelette] 2 cópias
Who's In Charge Here? 2 cópias
Against The Stone Beasts 2 cópias
The Masks 2 cópias
More Light {Short story} 2 cópias
Star Trek: Episódios da Série Clássica 1 exemplar(es)
Knock out 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek Reader, The HC - Book Club Edition 1 exemplar(es)
Siglo de pleno verano 1962 1 exemplar(es)
Doctor Miribilis 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Charlie's Law 1 exemplar(es)
Obsession [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
The Star Dweller 1 exemplar(es)
The Immunity Syndrome [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek XI 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek #1-5, Boxed Set 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek X 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek VIII 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek Reader II HC - Book Club Edition 1 exemplar(es)
Um caso de conscin̊cia 1 exemplar(es)
THE FROZEN YEAR 1st Ballantine 1957 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek 11 - 1975 edition 1 exemplar(es)
(Galaxia 15) Grupo galáctico 1 exemplar(es)
Kalki Vol. II, No. 3 (Whole Number 7) — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
The Bridge 1 exemplar(es)
Kalki Vol. II, No. 2 (Whole Number 6) — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
Kalki Vol. II, No. 1 (Whole Number 5) — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
Kalki Vol. II, No. 4 (Whole Number 8) — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek IX 1 exemplar(es)
Seven and Twelve 1 exemplar(es)
Kalki Vol. III, No. 1 (Whole Number 9) — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek Reader III HC - Book Club Edition 1 exemplar(es)
L'anello intorno al sole - Lascia questo cielo 1 exemplar(es)
The Return of the Archons [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
That Which Survives [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
Bequest Of The Angel 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Arena 1 exemplar(es)
The Gulch {short story} — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Sunken Universe {short story} 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek: The Great Adventures, 5 volumes in Slipcase, Includes Star Trek 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 1 exemplar(es)
Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (146):Tausend Milliarden glückliche Menschen - Planet der Träumer (1995) 1 exemplar(es)
The King in Yellow [A facsimile of the Blasphemous Play transcribed from James Blish's story "More Light" and bound by… 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Who Mourns for Adonis 1 exemplar(es)
Blackout In Cygni 1 exemplar(es)
7 opwindende sf-verhalen 1 exemplar(es)
Darkside Crossing [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The Real Thrill 1 exemplar(es)
The Shipwrecked Hotel 1 exemplar(es)
A Matter Of Energy 1 exemplar(es)
Emergancy Refueling 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek Lives! 2 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Tholian Web 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek - Bantam Episode - Immunity Syndrome 1 exemplar(es)
The Ultimate Computer [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
Return to Tomorrow [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
Elaan of Troyius [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
The Deadly Years [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
Metamorphosis [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
The Paradise Syndrome [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
The Changeling [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
Who Mourns for Adonais? [short fiction] 1 exemplar(es)
The Long Night of a Virginia Author 1 exemplar(es)
Startrek Lives! I & 2 (# 1 - 11 and Spock Must Die) 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek 9-12 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek 5-8 1 exemplar(es)
Star Trek 1-4 1 exemplar(es)
The Best Science Fiction Stories of James Blish 1 exemplar(es)
FYI 1 exemplar(es)
Bequest of the Angel 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Contribuinte — 1,877 cópias
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Contribuinte — 796 cópias
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contribuinte — 315 cópias
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology (1974) — Contribuinte — 72 cópias
The Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Masters (2011) — Autor — 60 cópias
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1996) — Contribuinte — 56 cópias
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Contribuinte, algumas edições — 35 cópias
The Best of Astounding: Classic Short Novels from the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1992) — Contribuinte — 22 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1972, Vol. 42, No. 4 (1972) — Contribuinte — 18 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1970, Vol. 39, No. 3 (1970) — Contribuinte — 18 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1971, Vol. 40, No. 1 (1971) — Contribuinte — 16 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXI, No. 3 (May 1968) (1968) — Contribuinte, algumas edições — 16 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1970, Vol. 38, No. 2 (1970) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1972, Vol. 43, No. 1 (1972) — Book Reviewer — 14 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1982, Vol. 63, No. 5 (1982) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1970, Vol. 39, No. 2 (1970) — algumas edições — 12 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Contribuinte — 9 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1956) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
The Profession of Science Fiction: SF Writers on Their Craft and Ideas (Insights) (1992) — Contribuinte — 6 cópias
Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1949 — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Autor, algumas edições — 2 cópias
Kalki : Studies in James Branch Cabell — Editor, algumas edições; Contribuinte, algumas edições — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Blish, James Benjamin
- Outros nomes
- Atheling, William, Jr.
- Data de nascimento
- 1921-05-23
- Data de falecimento
- 1975-07-30
- Local de enterro
- 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 - Ocupação
- science fiction writer
- Relacionamentos
- 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) - Premiações
- 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
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- Membros
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- Popularidade
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- Resenhas
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- ISBNs
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- Idiomas
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- Favorito
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