Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for juvenile novels, like those that comprise the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books, edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.
Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction
Novels
Marooned on Mars (1951)
Rocket Jockey (1952) (as by Philip St. John)
Attack from Atlantis (1953)
Battle on Mercury (1953) (as by Eric van Lhin)
The Mysterious Planet (1953) (as by Kenneth Wright)
Rockets to Nowhere (1954) (as by Philip St. John)
Preferred Risk (1955) (as by Edson McCann)
Nerves (1956)
Police Your Planet (1956) (as by Eric van Lhin)
The Cave of Spears (1957)
Day of the Giants (1959)
Tunnel Through Time (1960)
The Eleventh Commandment (1962)
Outpost of Jupiter (1963)
The Sky Is Falling (1963)
The Runaway Robot (1965)
The Infinite Worlds of Maybe (1966)
Rocket from Infinity (1966)
The Scheme of Things (1966)
Siege Perilous (1966)
Prisoners of Space (1968)
The Man without a Planet (1969)
Pstalemate (1972)
Badge of Infamy (1973)
Weeping May Tarry (1978) (with Raymond F Jones)
Rocket Jockey (1952) (as by Philip St. John)
Attack from Atlantis (1953)
Battle on Mercury (1953) (as by Eric van Lhin)
The Mysterious Planet (1953) (as by Kenneth Wright)
Rockets to Nowhere (1954) (as by Philip St. John)
Preferred Risk (1955) (as by Edson McCann)
Nerves (1956)
Police Your Planet (1956) (as by Eric van Lhin)
The Cave of Spears (1957)
Day of the Giants (1959)
Tunnel Through Time (1960)
The Eleventh Commandment (1962)
Outpost of Jupiter (1963)
The Sky Is Falling (1963)
The Runaway Robot (1965)
The Infinite Worlds of Maybe (1966)
Rocket from Infinity (1966)
The Scheme of Things (1966)
Siege Perilous (1966)
Prisoners of Space (1968)
The Man without a Planet (1969)
Pstalemate (1972)
Badge of Infamy (1973)
Weeping May Tarry (1978) (with Raymond F Jones)
Omnibus
Collections
And Some Were Human (1948)
Robots and Changelings (1958)
Mortals and Monsters (1965)
Gods and Golems (1973)
Early Del Rey (1975)
The Early Del Rey Volume 2 (1976)
The Best of Lester Del Rey (1978)
Robots and Magic (2010)
The Lester Del Rey Sci Fi Collection (2010)
Bonus Sci-Fi Anthology -- 12 Masterpieces From Golden Era (2012) (with Walter Bupp, H B Fyfe, Randall Garrett and Alan E Nourse)
Robots and Changelings (1958)
Mortals and Monsters (1965)
Gods and Golems (1973)
Early Del Rey (1975)
The Early Del Rey Volume 2 (1976)
The Best of Lester Del Rey (1978)
Robots and Magic (2010)
The Lester Del Rey Sci Fi Collection (2010)
Bonus Sci-Fi Anthology -- 12 Masterpieces From Golden Era (2012) (with Walter Bupp, H B Fyfe, Randall Garrett and Alan E Nourse)
Novellas
Anything (1939)
Done Without Eagles (1940)
Fifth Freedom (1943)
The Renegade (1943)
Kindness (1944)
The One-Eyed Man (1945)
Shadows of Empire (1950)
The Wind between the Worlds (1951)
Superstition (1954)
Alien (1955)
The Keepers of the House (1955)
Mine Host, Mine Adversary (1959)
A Code for Sam (1966)
Done Without Eagles (1940)
Fifth Freedom (1943)
The Renegade (1943)
Kindness (1944)
The One-Eyed Man (1945)
Shadows of Empire (1950)
The Wind between the Worlds (1951)
Superstition (1954)
Alien (1955)
The Keepers of the House (1955)
Mine Host, Mine Adversary (1959)
A Code for Sam (1966)
Series contributed to
Black Cat Weekly
4. Black Cat Weekly #4 (2021) (with Todhunter Ballard, Edwin Balmer, John Boyd, Hal Charles, Paul Di Filippo, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, William MacHarg, Frank Lovell Nelson and Meg Opperman)
11. Black Cat Weekly #11 (2021) (with Eando Binder, Zenieth Brown, Hal Charles, Dale Clark, Lester Dent, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Randall Garrett, Murray Leinster and Robert Silverberg)
12. Black Cat Weekly #12 (2021) (with John Gregory Betancourt, Shelly Dickson Carr, Paul Chadwick, Hal Charles, John S Glasby, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, Kris Neville, Frederik Pohl and Frank M Robinson)
21. Black Cat Weekly #21 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Eve Fisher, Hulbert Footner, David Hagerty, Malcolm Jameson, Murray Leinster, Tom Marcinko, Larry Tritten and Edgar Wallace)
22. Black Cat Weekly #22 (2022) (with Michael Bracken, Max Brand, Hal Charles, Hulbert Footner, Malcolm Jameson, Frank Kane, Charlotte Morganti, Eric Rutter and Larry Tritten)
23. Black Cat Weekly #23 (2022) (with James H Beard, Hulbert Footner, Frank Kane, Rufus King, Laird Long, Michael Allan Mallory, Larry Tritten, Cynthia Ward and Richard Wilson)
25. Black Cat Weekly #25 (2022) (with Nick Carter, Hal Charles, Judith Green, Lange Lewis, David Marusek, Fletcher Pratt, Larry Tritten, Joseph S Walker and Richard Wilson)
26. Black Cat Weekly #26 (2022) (with Eando Binder, James Holding, Dorothy B Hughes, Holly Wade Matter, John Shepphird, Jerry Sohl, Cynthia Ward and Stephen Wasylyk)
27. Black Cat Weekly #27 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Mildred Davis, James Gunn, Nalo Hopkinson, Day Keene, Steve Liskow, Larry Tritten, Cathy Wiley and Richard Wilson)
28. Black Cat Weekly #28 (2022) (with Linda D Addison, Bruce Arthurs, Hal Charles, Mildred Davis, Elizabeth Elwood, Randall Garrett, Larry Niven and Leslie Perri)
33. Black Cat Weekly #33 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Patricia Dusenbury, Mel Gilden, Greg Herren, Malcolm Jameson, Edison Marshall, Nancy Jane Moore and Larry Tritten)
35. Black Cat Weekly #35 (2022) (with Christopher B Booth, Hal Charles, Eve Fisher, Mel Gilden, Malcolm Jameson, Henry Kuttner, Fred Saberhagen, Sarah R Shaber, Michael Swanwick and W C Turtle)
36. Black Cat Weekly #36 (2022) (with Percy James Brebner, Hal Charles, P Djèlí Clark, Hulbert Footner, Rog Phillips, Mary Saums, H K Slade and George O Smith)
38. Black Cat Weekly #38 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Michael Ehart, John M Floyd, Saul Golubcow, John W Campbell Jr, Otis Adelbert Kline, Laird Long, Nisi Shawl and W C Tuttle)
41. Black Cat Weekly #41 (2022) (with Pat H Broeske, Hal Charles, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Malcolm Jameson, Frank Belknap Long, M A Monnin, G G Pendarves and Amy Wolf)
42. Black Cat Weekly #42 (2022) (with Clifford Ball, Maurice Broaddus, Hal Charles, Charles John Harper, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Dorothy Quick, A L Sirois, George O Smith and Manly Wade Wellman)
4. Black Cat Weekly #4 (2021) (with Todhunter Ballard, Edwin Balmer, John Boyd, Hal Charles, Paul Di Filippo, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, William MacHarg, Frank Lovell Nelson and Meg Opperman)
11. Black Cat Weekly #11 (2021) (with Eando Binder, Zenieth Brown, Hal Charles, Dale Clark, Lester Dent, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Randall Garrett, Murray Leinster and Robert Silverberg)
12. Black Cat Weekly #12 (2021) (with John Gregory Betancourt, Shelly Dickson Carr, Paul Chadwick, Hal Charles, John S Glasby, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, Kris Neville, Frederik Pohl and Frank M Robinson)
21. Black Cat Weekly #21 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Eve Fisher, Hulbert Footner, David Hagerty, Malcolm Jameson, Murray Leinster, Tom Marcinko, Larry Tritten and Edgar Wallace)
22. Black Cat Weekly #22 (2022) (with Michael Bracken, Max Brand, Hal Charles, Hulbert Footner, Malcolm Jameson, Frank Kane, Charlotte Morganti, Eric Rutter and Larry Tritten)
23. Black Cat Weekly #23 (2022) (with James H Beard, Hulbert Footner, Frank Kane, Rufus King, Laird Long, Michael Allan Mallory, Larry Tritten, Cynthia Ward and Richard Wilson)
25. Black Cat Weekly #25 (2022) (with Nick Carter, Hal Charles, Judith Green, Lange Lewis, David Marusek, Fletcher Pratt, Larry Tritten, Joseph S Walker and Richard Wilson)
26. Black Cat Weekly #26 (2022) (with Eando Binder, James Holding, Dorothy B Hughes, Holly Wade Matter, John Shepphird, Jerry Sohl, Cynthia Ward and Stephen Wasylyk)
27. Black Cat Weekly #27 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Mildred Davis, James Gunn, Nalo Hopkinson, Day Keene, Steve Liskow, Larry Tritten, Cathy Wiley and Richard Wilson)
28. Black Cat Weekly #28 (2022) (with Linda D Addison, Bruce Arthurs, Hal Charles, Mildred Davis, Elizabeth Elwood, Randall Garrett, Larry Niven and Leslie Perri)
33. Black Cat Weekly #33 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Patricia Dusenbury, Mel Gilden, Greg Herren, Malcolm Jameson, Edison Marshall, Nancy Jane Moore and Larry Tritten)
35. Black Cat Weekly #35 (2022) (with Christopher B Booth, Hal Charles, Eve Fisher, Mel Gilden, Malcolm Jameson, Henry Kuttner, Fred Saberhagen, Sarah R Shaber, Michael Swanwick and W C Turtle)
36. Black Cat Weekly #36 (2022) (with Percy James Brebner, Hal Charles, P Djèlí Clark, Hulbert Footner, Rog Phillips, Mary Saums, H K Slade and George O Smith)
38. Black Cat Weekly #38 (2022) (with Hal Charles, Michael Ehart, John M Floyd, Saul Golubcow, John W Campbell Jr, Otis Adelbert Kline, Laird Long, Nisi Shawl and W C Tuttle)
41. Black Cat Weekly #41 (2022) (with Pat H Broeske, Hal Charles, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Malcolm Jameson, Frank Belknap Long, M A Monnin, G G Pendarves and Amy Wolf)
42. Black Cat Weekly #42 (2022) (with Clifford Ball, Maurice Broaddus, Hal Charles, Charles John Harper, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Dorothy Quick, A L Sirois, George O Smith and Manly Wade Wellman)
Anthologies edited
The Year After Tomorrow (1954) (with Carl Carmer and Cecile Matschat)
Best Science Fiction of the Year Fourth Annual Collection (1977)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: 5th Annual Edition (1977)
Once upon a Time (1991) (with Risa Kessler)
Best Science Fiction of the Year Fourth Annual Collection (1977)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: 5th Annual Edition (1977)
Once upon a Time (1991) (with Risa Kessler)
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Lester del Rey
The Other Worlds (1941)
Things (1951)
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963)
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1 (1970)
3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1972)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2A (1973)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
The Great SF Stories One (1979)
The Great SF Stories Two (1979)
Classic Science Fiction (1979)
The Great SF Stories 3 (1980)
The Great SF Stories 4 (1980)
The Great SF Stories 6 (1981)
The Great SF Stories 7 (1982)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (1989)
Robots (1989)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
My Favorite Science Fiction Story (1999)
Things (1951)
Novelets of Science Fiction (1963)
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1 (1970)
3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1972)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2A (1973)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
The Great SF Stories One (1979)
The Great SF Stories Two (1979)
Classic Science Fiction (1979)
The Great SF Stories 3 (1980)
The Great SF Stories 4 (1980)
The Great SF Stories 6 (1981)
The Great SF Stories 7 (1982)
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (1989)
Robots (1989)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
My Favorite Science Fiction Story (1999)
Short stories
| I am Tomorrow | |||
| Mind of Tomorrow | |||
| Helen O'Loy (1938) | |||
| The Day Is Done (1939) | |||
| Dark Mission (1940) | |||
| The Pipes of Pan (1940) | |||
| The Smallest God (1940) | |||
| Hereafter, Inc. (1941) | |||
| Nerves [short story] (1942) | |||
| The Wings of Night (1942) | |||
| Though Dreamers Die (1944) | |||
| Into Thy Hands (1945) | |||
| Instinct (1952) | |||
| Evensong (1967) |
Lester del Rey recommends

The Broken Lands (1968)
(Empire of the East, book 1)
Fred Saberhagen
"There are few writers who can do justice to a really rich set of characters and backgrounds, and Saberhagen has already proved he is one of the best."

Over the River and Through the Woods (1996)
Clifford D Simak
"I always loved his stories, short or long. He made me love them -and the rural America of his childhood - as much as he did."
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