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A madman can be prevented from throwing on bomb on Earth—but what if he's in space? Introduction by John Betancourt.
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James Blish (1921–1975) was a novelist whose most popular works include Jack of Eagles and his Cities in Flight series, about people fleeing a declining Earth to seek new homes among the stars. He attended Rutgers University and received a bachelor of arts degree in microbiology before serving as a medical technician in World War II, and was an early member of the Futurians, a group of science fiction writers, fans, editors, and publishers. In 1959, Blish received the Hugo Award for his novel A Case of Conscience. He was also a prolific short fiction writer and a major contributor to the Star Trek saga, rewriting scripts into anthologies and producing original stories and screenplays.
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King of the Hill - James Blish
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
KING OF THE HILL by James Blish
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Copyright © 2022 by Wildside Press LLC.
Originally published in Infinity Science Fiction, November 1955.
Published by Wildside Press LLC.
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INTRODUCTION
My first encounter with James Blish’s work was through his Star Trek books where, in collaboration with his wife, he turned the scripts for the Saturday morning Star Trek cartoons into fiction. I remember really enjoying them at the time—though at age 11 or 12, I was hardly the most critical reader. When I was a little older, I dipped my toes into his adult fiction—starting with Cities in Flight, an Avon Books omnibus that combined the 4-book series into one hefty volume. Loved the first book, was less excited about the last three. I was still a teenager, so perhaps I missed something, but I never went back. I have long suspected I made a mistake not reading more of his novels, and perhaps rereading Cities in Flight in my older years.
He is credited with creating the term gas giant
to refer to large planetary bodies. So he has had a lasting influence on space science and astronomy.
James Benjamin Blish (1921–1975) was not just a science fiction
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