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James Blish

American author and critic
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Also known as: James Benjamin Blish, William Atheling, Jr.
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In full:
James Benjamin Blish
Pseudonym:
William Atheling, Jr.
Born:
May 23, 1921, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Died:
July 30, 1975, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (aged 54)
Awards And Honors:
Hugo Award (1959)
Notable Works:
“A Case of Conscience”
“Black Easter; or, Faust Aleph-Null”
Cities in Flight
“Doctor Mirabilis”
“Earthman, Come Home”
“Emergency Refueling”
“The Day After Judgement”
“They Shall Have Stars”
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James Blish (born May 23, 1921, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.—died July 30, 1975, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England) was an American author and critic of science fiction best known for the Cities in Flight series (1950–62) and the novel A Case of Conscience (1958). His work, which often examined philosophical ideas, was part of the more sophisticated science fiction that arose in the 1950s. Blish had been a fan of science fiction since his childhood, and his first short story, “Emergency Refueling,” was published in Super Science Stories in 1940. He received a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Rutgers University in ...(100 of 572 words)

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