James Blish
- Arthur Merlyn
- William Atheling, Jr.
- Arthur Lloyd Merlyn
- John MacDougal
- Arthur Merlin
- James Benjamin Blish
- Donald Laverty
- Sort Name
- Blish, James
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1921-05-23
- Place of birth
- East Orange
- Date of death
- 1975-07-30
- Place of death
- Henley-on-Thames
Wikipedia
James Benjamin Blish (May 23, 1921 – July 30, 1975) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels and his series of Star Trek novelizations written with his wife, J. A. Lawrence. His novel A Case of Conscience won the Hugo Award. He is credited with creating the term "gas giant" to refer to large planetary bodies.
His first published stories appeared in Super Science Stories and Amazing Stories.
Blish wrote literary criticism of science fiction using the pen name William Atheling Jr. His other pen names included Donald Laverty, John MacDougal, and Arthur Lloyd Merlyn.
Annotation
US SF and F writer.
Series
A Torrent of Faces
After Such Knowledge
Cities in Flight
Heart Stars
Pantropy
Star Trek UniverseLast modified: 2023-03-27 (revision #131200)
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- James Blish wrote Der kopierte Mann
- James Blish wrote Auf Titan
- James Blish wrote Der Psi-Mann
- James Blish wrote Pieps
- James Blish wrote Blackout in Cygni
- James Blish wrote Spock Must Die!
- James Blish is/was a collaborator on Robert A. W. Lowndes(US SF writer)
- James Blish wrote Jack of Eagles
- James Blish wrote Doctor Mirabilis
- James Blish wrote Faust Aleph-Null
- James Blish wrote Beep
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- 2024-02-23