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The Resource Twentieth-century American science-fiction writers, edited by David Cowart and Thomas L. Wymer ; foreword by Thomas M. Disch

Twentieth-century American science-fiction writers, edited by David Cowart and Thomas L. Wymer ; foreword by Thomas M. Disch

Contributor
Summary
Profiles approximately one hundred American science fiction authors who began writing between 1900 and 1970, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail; and includes eight essays on the genre and its fandom
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
2 volumes
Note
"A Bruccoli Clark book."
Contents
  • Ray Bradbury (1920- )
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930- ) --Fredric Brown (1906- )
  • A.J. Budrys (1931- )
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)
  • William S. Burroughs (1914- )
  • John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910-1971)
  • Hal Clement (1922- )
  • Ray Cummings (1887-1957)
  • Avram Davidson (1923- )
  • L. Sprague de Camp (1907- )
  • pt. 1. A-L: Poul Anderson (1926- )
  • Samuel R. Delany (1942- )
  • Lester del Rey (1915- )
  • Philip K. Dick (1928- )
  • Gordon Dickson (1923- )
  • Thomas M. Disch (1940- )
  • George Alec Effinger (1947- )
  • Harlan Ellison (1934- )
  • Philip Jose Farmer (1918- )
  • Jack Finney (1911- )
  • Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967)
  • Piers Anthony (1934- )
  • David Gerrold (1944- )
  • Mark S. Geston (1946- )
  • James E. Gunn (1923- ) --Joe Haldeman (1943- ) --Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)
  • Charles L. Harness (1915- ) --Harry Harrison (1925- )
  • Robert A. Heinlein (1907- )
  • Zenna Henderson (1917- )
  • Frank Herbert (1920- )
  • Damon Knight (1922- ) C.M. Kornbluth (1923-1958)
  • Henry Kuttner (1915-1958)
  • R.A. Lafferty (1914- )
  • Isaac Asimov (1920- )
  • Keith Laumer (1925- )
  • Ursula K. Le Guin (1929- )
  • Fritz Leiber (1910- )
  • Murray Leinster (1896-1975)
  • Jack London (1876-1916)
  • Alfred Bester (1913- ) --Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923- )
  • James Blish (1921-1975)
  • Anthony Boucher (1911-1968)
  • John Boyd (1919- )
  • Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
  • Larry Niven (1938- ) --William F. Nolan (1928- )
  • Andre Norton (1912- )
  • Alan E. Nourse (1928- )
  • Chad Oliver (1928- )
  • Edgar Pangborn (1909-1976)
  • Alexei Panshin (1940- )
  • H. Beam Piper (1904-1964)
  • Frederik Pohl (1919- )
  • Mark Reynold (1917- )
  • Joanna Russ (1937
  • pt. 2. M-Z: John D. MacDonald (1916- )
  • )
  • Fred Saberhagen (1930- )
  • Pamela Sargent (1948- )
  • James H. Schmitz (1911- )
  • Robert Sheckley (1928- )
  • Robert Silverberg (1935- )
  • Clifford D. Simak (1904- )
  • Cordwainer Smith (1913-1966)
  • E.E. Smith (1890-1965)
  • George O. Smith (1911- )
  • Katherine Anne MacLean (1925- )
  • Norman Spinrad (1940- )
  • George R. Stewart (1865-1980)
  • Theodore Sturgeon (1919- )
  • William Tenn (1919- )
  • James Tiptree, Jr. (1915- )
  • Jack Vance (1916?- )
  • A.E. van Vogt (1912- )
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922- )
  • Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (1902-1935)
  • Kate Wilhelm (1928- )
  • Barry N. Malzberg (1939- )
  • Jack Williamson (1908- )
  • Gene Wolfe (1931- )
  • George Zebrowski (1945- )
  • Roger Zelazny (1937- )
  • Richard Matheson (1926- )
  • Anne McCaffrey (1926- )
  • Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923- )
  • Catherine L. Moore (1911- )
  • Ward Moore (1903-1978)
Isbn
9780810309180
Link
http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:nilrc_wcc&res_id=info:sid/gale:DLBC&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:article&rft.volume=8&rft.series=DLB
Instance
Label
Twentieth-century American science-fiction writers
Title
Twentieth-century American science-fiction writers
Statement of responsibility
edited by David Cowart and Thomas L. Wymer ; foreword by Thomas M. Disch
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Profiles approximately one hundred American science fiction authors who began writing between 1900 and 1970, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail; and includes eight essays on the genre and its fandom
Member of
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
813/.0876/09
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
  • PS374.S35
  • PN451
LC item number
  • T88
  • .D5 v.8 1981
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1947-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Cowart, David
  • Wymer, Thomas L
Series statement
Dictionary of literary biography
Series volume
v. 8
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Science fiction, American
  • Science fiction, American
  • Authors, American
  • Science-fiction américaine
  • Science-fiction américaine
  • Écrivains américains
  • Authors, American
  • Science fiction, American
  • Schrijvers
  • Science fiction
  • Amerikaans
  • Science-fiction américaine
  • Écrivains
  • Science-fiction
  • Littérature américaine
  • Science-fiction américaine
  • Écrivains américains
Label
Twentieth-century American science-fiction writers, edited by David Cowart and Thomas L. Wymer ; foreword by Thomas M. Disch
Link
http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:nilrc_wcc&res_id=info:sid/gale:DLBC&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:article&rft.volume=8&rft.series=DLB
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"A Bruccoli Clark book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. [325]-331 & "Cumulative index, volumes 1-8": v. 2, p. [335]-346)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Ray Bradbury (1920- )
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930- ) --Fredric Brown (1906- )
  • A.J. Budrys (1931- )
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)
  • William S. Burroughs (1914- )
  • John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910-1971)
  • Hal Clement (1922- )
  • Ray Cummings (1887-1957)
  • Avram Davidson (1923- )
  • L. Sprague de Camp (1907- )
  • pt. 1. A-L: Poul Anderson (1926- )
  • Samuel R. Delany (1942- )
  • Lester del Rey (1915- )
  • Philip K. Dick (1928- )
  • Gordon Dickson (1923- )
  • Thomas M. Disch (1940- )
  • George Alec Effinger (1947- )
  • Harlan Ellison (1934- )
  • Philip Jose Farmer (1918- )
  • Jack Finney (1911- )
  • Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967)
  • Piers Anthony (1934- )
  • David Gerrold (1944- )
  • Mark S. Geston (1946- )
  • James E. Gunn (1923- ) --Joe Haldeman (1943- ) --Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)
  • Charles L. Harness (1915- ) --Harry Harrison (1925- )
  • Robert A. Heinlein (1907- )
  • Zenna Henderson (1917- )
  • Frank Herbert (1920- )
  • Damon Knight (1922- ) C.M. Kornbluth (1923-1958)
  • Henry Kuttner (1915-1958)
  • R.A. Lafferty (1914- )
  • Isaac Asimov (1920- )
  • Keith Laumer (1925- )
  • Ursula K. Le Guin (1929- )
  • Fritz Leiber (1910- )
  • Murray Leinster (1896-1975)
  • Jack London (1876-1916)
  • Alfred Bester (1913- ) --Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923- )
  • James Blish (1921-1975)
  • Anthony Boucher (1911-1968)
  • John Boyd (1919- )
  • Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
  • Larry Niven (1938- ) --William F. Nolan (1928- )
  • Andre Norton (1912- )
  • Alan E. Nourse (1928- )
  • Chad Oliver (1928- )
  • Edgar Pangborn (1909-1976)
  • Alexei Panshin (1940- )
  • H. Beam Piper (1904-1964)
  • Frederik Pohl (1919- )
  • Mark Reynold (1917- )
  • Joanna Russ (1937
  • pt. 2. M-Z: John D. MacDonald (1916- )
  • )
  • Fred Saberhagen (1930- )
  • Pamela Sargent (1948- )
  • James H. Schmitz (1911- )
  • Robert Sheckley (1928- )
  • Robert Silverberg (1935- )
  • Clifford D. Simak (1904- )
  • Cordwainer Smith (1913-1966)
  • E.E. Smith (1890-1965)
  • George O. Smith (1911- )
  • Katherine Anne MacLean (1925- )
  • Norman Spinrad (1940- )
  • George R. Stewart (1865-1980)
  • Theodore Sturgeon (1919- )
  • William Tenn (1919- )
  • James Tiptree, Jr. (1915- )
  • Jack Vance (1916?- )
  • A.E. van Vogt (1912- )
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922- )
  • Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (1902-1935)
  • Kate Wilhelm (1928- )
  • Barry N. Malzberg (1939- )
  • Jack Williamson (1908- )
  • Gene Wolfe (1931- )
  • George Zebrowski (1945- )
  • Roger Zelazny (1937- )
  • Richard Matheson (1926- )
  • Anne McCaffrey (1926- )
  • Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923- )
  • Catherine L. Moore (1911- )
  • Ward Moore (1903-1978)
Control code
ocm07459559
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
2 volumes
Isbn
9780810309180
Lccn
81004182
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780810309180
  • (OCoLC)07459559
Label
Twentieth-century American science-fiction writers, edited by David Cowart and Thomas L. Wymer ; foreword by Thomas M. Disch
Link
http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:nilrc_wcc&res_id=info:sid/gale:DLBC&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:article&rft.volume=8&rft.series=DLB
Publication
Note
"A Bruccoli Clark book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. [325]-331 & "Cumulative index, volumes 1-8": v. 2, p. [335]-346)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Ray Bradbury (1920- )
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930- ) --Fredric Brown (1906- )
  • A.J. Budrys (1931- )
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)
  • William S. Burroughs (1914- )
  • John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910-1971)
  • Hal Clement (1922- )
  • Ray Cummings (1887-1957)
  • Avram Davidson (1923- )
  • L. Sprague de Camp (1907- )
  • pt. 1. A-L: Poul Anderson (1926- )
  • Samuel R. Delany (1942- )
  • Lester del Rey (1915- )
  • Philip K. Dick (1928- )
  • Gordon Dickson (1923- )
  • Thomas M. Disch (1940- )
  • George Alec Effinger (1947- )
  • Harlan Ellison (1934- )
  • Philip Jose Farmer (1918- )
  • Jack Finney (1911- )
  • Hugo Gernsback (1884-1967)
  • Piers Anthony (1934- )
  • David Gerrold (1944- )
  • Mark S. Geston (1946- )
  • James E. Gunn (1923- ) --Joe Haldeman (1943- ) --Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)
  • Charles L. Harness (1915- ) --Harry Harrison (1925- )
  • Robert A. Heinlein (1907- )
  • Zenna Henderson (1917- )
  • Frank Herbert (1920- )
  • Damon Knight (1922- ) C.M. Kornbluth (1923-1958)
  • Henry Kuttner (1915-1958)
  • R.A. Lafferty (1914- )
  • Isaac Asimov (1920- )
  • Keith Laumer (1925- )
  • Ursula K. Le Guin (1929- )
  • Fritz Leiber (1910- )
  • Murray Leinster (1896-1975)
  • Jack London (1876-1916)
  • Alfred Bester (1913- ) --Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923- )
  • James Blish (1921-1975)
  • Anthony Boucher (1911-1968)
  • John Boyd (1919- )
  • Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
  • Larry Niven (1938- ) --William F. Nolan (1928- )
  • Andre Norton (1912- )
  • Alan E. Nourse (1928- )
  • Chad Oliver (1928- )
  • Edgar Pangborn (1909-1976)
  • Alexei Panshin (1940- )
  • H. Beam Piper (1904-1964)
  • Frederik Pohl (1919- )
  • Mark Reynold (1917- )
  • Joanna Russ (1937
  • pt. 2. M-Z: John D. MacDonald (1916- )
  • )
  • Fred Saberhagen (1930- )
  • Pamela Sargent (1948- )
  • James H. Schmitz (1911- )
  • Robert Sheckley (1928- )
  • Robert Silverberg (1935- )
  • Clifford D. Simak (1904- )
  • Cordwainer Smith (1913-1966)
  • E.E. Smith (1890-1965)
  • George O. Smith (1911- )
  • Katherine Anne MacLean (1925- )
  • Norman Spinrad (1940- )
  • George R. Stewart (1865-1980)
  • Theodore Sturgeon (1919- )
  • William Tenn (1919- )
  • James Tiptree, Jr. (1915- )
  • Jack Vance (1916?- )
  • A.E. van Vogt (1912- )
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922- )
  • Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (1902-1935)
  • Kate Wilhelm (1928- )
  • Barry N. Malzberg (1939- )
  • Jack Williamson (1908- )
  • Gene Wolfe (1931- )
  • George Zebrowski (1945- )
  • Roger Zelazny (1937- )
  • Richard Matheson (1926- )
  • Anne McCaffrey (1926- )
  • Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923- )
  • Catherine L. Moore (1911- )
  • Ward Moore (1903-1978)
Control code
ocm07459559
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
2 volumes
Isbn
9780810309180
Lccn
81004182
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780810309180
  • (OCoLC)07459559

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