James Blish

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James Blish was an influential American science fiction author and critic, best known for his "Cities in Flight" series and for helping shape mid-20th-century science fiction through both his fiction and literary analysis.

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instanceOf human
literary critic
science fiction writer
awardReceived Hugo Award for Best Novel
birthName James Blish self-linksurface differs
surface form: James Benjamin Blish
causeOfDeath lung cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-05-23
dateOfDeath 1975-07-30
educatedAt Columbia University
Rutgers University
employer Bantam Books
Science fiction magazines (various)
fieldOfWork hard science fiction
science fiction criticism
theology in science fiction
genre fantasy
literary criticism
science fiction
influenced mid-20th-century science fiction
science fiction criticism
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Futurians
movement Golden Age of Science Fiction
surface form: Golden Age of science fiction

New Wave science fiction
name James Blish self-link
notableIdea spindizzy anti-gravity drive (in Cities in Flight)
notableWork A Case of Conscience
A Case of Conscience (Hugo Award–winning novel)
Black Easter
Cities in Flight
Star Trek episode adaptations
The Day After Judgment
occupation literary critic
science fiction author
writer
placeOfBirth East Orange, New Jersey, United States
surface form: East Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
placeOfDeath Henley-on-Thames
surface form: Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
pseudonym William Atheling Jr.
residence England
New York City
series Cities in Flight
spouse Virginia Kidd
wrote A Case of Conscience
Black Easter
Cities in Flight
surface form: Cities in Flight series

Star Trek episode adaptations
surface form: Star Trek: The Original Series episode adaptations

The Day After Judgment
critical essays as William Atheling Jr.

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