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Lester del Rey

(Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey)

(1915 - 1993)

aka Edson McCann, Philip St. John, Eric van Lhin, Kenneth Wright

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.

Awards: Nebula (1991) see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy

Series

Moon
   Step To the Stars (1954)
   Mission To the Moon (1956)
   Moon of Mutiny (1961)

Selected Short Stories of Lester del Rey
1. War and Space (2009)
2. Robots and Magic (2010)

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)

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)
   The Lester Del Rey Sci Fi Collection (2010)
   Bonus Sci-Fi Anthology -- 12 Masterpieces From Golden Era (2012) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Anything (1939)
   Done Without Eagles (1940)
   Lunar Landing (1942)
   The Wings of Night (1942)
   Fifth Freedom (1943)
   The Renegade (1943)
   Kindness (1944)
   The One-Eyed Man (1945)
   Shadows of Empire (1950)
   The Wind between the Worlds (1951)
   Unto Him That Hath (1952)
   No Strings Attached (1954)
   Superstition (1954)
   Alien (1955)
   The Keepers of the House (1955)
   Mine Host, Mine Adversary (1959)
   Boiling Point (1964)
   A Code for Sam (1966)
   Evensong (1967)

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)

Series contributed to

Masters of Science Fiction
7. Tha Band Played On and Other Tales (2013)

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Lester del Rey

Black Cat Weekly #160 (2024)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 160)

Black Cat Weekly #151 (2024)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 151)

Black Cat Weekly #152 (2024)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 152)

More books

Awards

1991 Grand Master Award

Award nominations

	2018 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Nerves
	2014 Retro Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Helen O'Loy
	2014 Retro Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Faithful
	1996 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Into Thy Hands

Lester del Rey recommends

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."

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."

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