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James Gunn
(James E Gunn)
(1923 - 2020)James Gunn was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1923. He received his B.S. degree in journalism in 1947 after three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his M.A. in English in 1951, both from the University of Kansas. He also did graduate work in theater at KU and Northwestern.
Gunn started writing SF in 1948, was a full-time freelance writer for four years, and had nearly 100 stories published in magazines and books; most of them have been reprinted, some as many as a dozen times. He was the author of 26 books and the editor of 18; his master's thesis was serialized in a pulp magazine.
Gunn started writing SF in 1948, was a full-time freelance writer for four years, and had nearly 100 stories published in magazines and books; most of them have been reprinted, some as many as a dozen times. He was the author of 26 books and the editor of 18; his master's thesis was serialized in a pulp magazine.
Genres: Science Fiction, Mystery
Series
Transcendental Machine
0. Pilgrims to Transcendence (2020)
1. Transcendental (2013)
2. Transgalactic (2016)
3. Transformation (2017)
0. Pilgrims to Transcendence (2020)
1. Transcendental (2013)
2. Transgalactic (2016)
3. Transformation (2017)
Anthology series
Road to Science Fiction
1. The Road to Science Fiction 1 (1977)
2. The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1979)
3. The Road to Science Fiction 3 (1979)
4. The Road to Science Fiction 4 (1982)
5. The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
6. The Road to Science Fiction 6 (1998)
1. The Road to Science Fiction 1 (1977)
2. The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1979)
3. The Road to Science Fiction 3 (1979)
4. The Road to Science Fiction 4 (1982)
5. The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
6. The Road to Science Fiction 6 (1998)
Novels
Star Bridge (1955) (with Jack Williamson)
This Fortress World (1955)
The Burning (1972)
The Listeners (1972)
The Magicians (1976)
Kampus (1977)
The Dreamers (1980)
aka The Mind Master
Tiger! Tiger! (1984)
Crisis! (1986)
The Millennium Blues (2000)
Gift from the Stars (2005)
This Fortress World (1955)
The Burning (1972)
The Listeners (1972)
The Magicians (1976)
Kampus (1977)
The Dreamers (1980)
aka The Mind Master
Tiger! Tiger! (1984)
Crisis! (1986)
The Millennium Blues (2000)
Gift from the Stars (2005)
Collections
Station in Space (1958)
The Joy Makers (1961)
The Immortals (1962)
Future Imperfect (1964)
The Witching Hour (1970)
Breaking Point (1972)
Some Dreams Are Nightmares (1974)
Human Voices (1999)
The Unpublished Gunn (2020)
The Joy Makers (1961)
The Immortals (1962)
Future Imperfect (1964)
The Witching Hour (1970)
Breaking Point (1972)
Some Dreams Are Nightmares (1974)
Human Voices (1999)
The Unpublished Gunn (2020)
Anthologies edited
The Best of Astounding (1992)
Reading Science Fiction (2018) (with Marleen Barr and Matthew Candelaria)
Reading Science Fiction (2018) (with Marleen Barr and Matthew Candelaria)
Novellas and Short Stories
Non fiction
Isaac Asimov (1968)
Alternate Worlds (1975)
The Science of Science Fiction Writing (1988)
The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1988)
Inside Science Fiction (1992)
All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger (1998) (with Lloyd Kaufman)
Paratexts (2013)
Star-Begotten (2017)
Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis (2018)
Talks with the Masters (2018) (with Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke and George Zebrowski)
Alternate Worlds (1975)
The Science of Science Fiction Writing (1988)
The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1988)
Inside Science Fiction (1992)
All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger (1998) (with Lloyd Kaufman)
Paratexts (2013)
Star-Begotten (2017)
Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis (2018)
Talks with the Masters (2018) (with Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke and George Zebrowski)
Omnibus editions
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by James Gunn
Best Tales of Terror (1962)
Nebula Award Stories 4 (1968)
Best SF: 1972 (1973)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6
Into the Unknown (1973)
Space Opera (1974)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
The End of Summer (1979)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Afterlives (1986)
Nebula Award Stories 4 (1968)
Best SF: 1972 (1973)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6
Into the Unknown (1973)
Space Opera (1974)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
The End of Summer (1979)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Afterlives (1986)
Short stories
| The Misogynist (1952) | |||
| Breaking Point [short story] (1953) | |||
| Feeding Time (1955) | |||
| New Blood (1955) | |||
| The Listeners [short story] (1968) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Kindergarten (1970) | |||
| The Old Folks (1972) | |||
| Fault (1975) | |||
| End of the World (1984) | |||
| Man of the Hour (1984) | |||
| Mother of the Year (1985) | |||
| Touch of the Match (1985) | |||
| Will of the Wisp (1985) | |||
| Out of My Head (1986) |
Awards
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James Gunn recommends
Over the River and Through the Woods (1996)
Clifford D Simak
"Without Simak, science fiction would have been without its most humane element, its most humane spokesman for the wisdom of the ordinary person and the value of life lived close to the land."
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