James Blish

James Blish (* May 23, 1921 in East Orange, New Jersey; † 29 July 1975 Henley-on -Thames ) was an American science fiction writer and critic.

Life and career

Blish studied microbiology at the University of Columbia.

He was in New York at the Fangruppe The Futurians, which also included Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight and other SF writers.

His first short story published Blish 1940 ( Emergency Refueling ), the breakthrough, however, came only in the 1950s with its outstanding short stories, including Beep (1954 ) and A Work of Art (1956). He became one of the leading writers of the 1950s through the novel series Oakie and Pantropy. However, he also wrote action -oriented novels about Jack of Eagles (1952) and The Warriors of Day ( 1953).

His best known and most influential of the science fiction literary work is Cities in Flight (English: " The flying cities "), a (later) Summary of individual works "They Shall have stars ", "A Life for the Stars ," " Earthman Come Home "(engl.: " city between the planets " ) and" A Triumph of Time "aka " A Clash of Cymbals " ( listed in order of their action period), which is often referred to as the prototype of the genre of space opera.

His novel, A Case of Conscience 1958 was awarded the following year with the Hugo Award. His later works were, however, perhaps because of the occult themes, no great successes more. In the 1970s, Blish wrote rather second-rate entertainment literature, including titles for the Star Trek book series, which at this time was still of low quality.

Under the pseudonym William Atheling Jr. was Blish also known as an able critic of the SF. Under this name he published The Issue at Hand, a guide to writing not only of science fiction.

Works

The flying cities ( Cities in Flight )

  • Bridge to Eternity (also: Reaching for the Stars ), 1973, They Shall Have Stars (also: Year 2018! ), 1956
  • A Life for the Stars, A Life for the Stars, 1962
  • City between the planets (also: Erdmensch come home ), 1960, Earthman, Come Home, 1955
  • Triumph of Time, 1973, ISBN 3-453-30242-7, The Triumph of Time (also: A Clash of Cymbals ), 1958
  • The flying cities, 1985, ISBN 3-404-24073-1, Cities in Flight, 1970 ( anthology )

After Such Knowledge

  • The case of conscience, 1973, ISBN 3-453-31288-0, A Case of Conscience, 1958
  • Doctor Mirabilis, 1964
  • The warlock, 1974, Black Easter: Or Faust Aleph - Null, 1968
  • The day after the Last Judgment, 1974, ISBN 3-453-30285-0, The Day After Judgement, 1971
  • The Devil 's Day, 1985 ( anthology )
  • After Such Knowledge, 1985 ( anthology )

Star Trek

  • Enterprise 1 / Star Trek 1: The Unreal McCoy, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23730-0, Star Trek 1, 1967
  • Enterprise 2 / Star Trek 2: Criminal Planet Tantalus, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23731-9, Star Trek 2, 1968
  • Enterprise 3 / Star Trek 3: Spock runs amok, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23732-7, Star Trek 3, 1969
  • Enterprise 7 / Star Trek 12:! Spock Must Die, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23742-4, Spock Must Die, 1970 ( see instructions below )
  • Enterprise 4 / Star Trek 4: The silicone monsters, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23733-5, Star Trek 4, 1971
  • Enterprise 5 / Star Trek 5: The Asylum Planet, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23734-3, Star Trek 5, 1972
  • Enterprise 6 / Star Trek 6: The lights of Zetar, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23735-1, Star Trek 6, 1972
  • Enterprise 8 / 7 Star Trek: The Paradise Syndrome, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23737-8, Star Trek 7, 1972
  • Enterprise 9 / Star Trek 8: The Double, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23738-6, Star Trek 8, 1972
  • Enterprise 10 / 9 Star Trek: Return to Tomorrow, 1973, ISBN 3-442-23739-4, Star Trek 9, 1973
  • Enterprise 11 / Star Trek 10: A small private war, 1974, ISBN 3-442-23740-8, Star Trek 10, 1974
  • Enterprise 12/ 11 Star Trek: The Day of the Dove, 1975, ISBN 3-442-23741-6, Star Trek 11, 1975
  • The Enterprise in orbit / Star Trek 13: Far Beyond the Stars, 1978, ISBN 3-442-23600-2, Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Vol 1, 1977 ( with JA Lawrence)
  • Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Vol 2, 1991 ( with JA Lawrence)
  • Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Vol 3, 1991 ( with JA Lawrence)

The title before the slash refers to the German editions in Williams or Pabel -Verlag, respectively. The second title refers to the revisions in the Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag. Due to the restructuring of the publishing houses are differences in the numbering between the original English edition and the German edition. Therefore, for example, is one of the chronological 4th band as 7th and 12th volume of the German edition.

Each volume contains six to eight stories.

Single novels

  • The Psi- Man, 1960, ISBN 3-404-21175-8, Jack of Eagles, 1952
  • The mystery of Xotha, 1985, ISBN 3-442-23390-9, The Warriors of Day, 1953
  • The Prophet of Thrennen, 1967, Get Out of My Sky, 1957
  • BEFORE, 1958
  • The copied man, 1982, ISBN 3-404-21155-3, The Duplicated Man, 1959 ( with Robert AW Lowndes )
  • So Close to Home, 1961
  • The sign of lightning, 1963, The Star Dwellers, 1961
  • The daughter of the giants, 1963, Titan 's Daughter, 1961
  • The Night Shapes, 1962
  • Mission to the Heart Stars, 1965
  • Thousand billion happy people, 1970, ISBN 3-547-71349-8, A Torrent of Faces, 1967 ( with Norman L. Knight)
  • Welcome to Mars!, 1967
  • Giants in the Earth, 1968
  • The Vanished Jet 1968
  • Eventually, in 1974, ISBN 3-442-23179-5, Anywhen, 1971
  • The supernova, 1975, ISBN 3-442-23209-0, ... and All the Stars a Stage, 1971
  • Time of birds, 1974, ISBN 3-453-30258-3, Midsummer Century, 1972
  • The Time Agent, 1982, ISBN 3-442-23398-4, The Quincunx of Time, 1973

Story Collections

  • Also, they are people, 1962, The Seedling Stars, 1957
  • A handful of stars, 1974, ISBN 3-442-23186-8, Galactic Cluster, 1959
  • Worlds in space, 1987, ISBN 3-404-22107-9, Best Science Fiction Stories of James Blish, 1973
  • The Testament of Andros, 1977
  • The Best of James Blish, 1979
  • A Work of Art, 1993
  • A Dusk of Idols, 1996
  • In This World, or Another, 2003
  • Works of Art, 2008

Non-fiction

  • Tale That Wags the God, 1987
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