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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.
Awards: Nebula (2007) see all
Genres: Science Fiction
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)
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The Unpublished Gunn (2020)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The Unpublished Gunn (2020)
Novellas and Short Stories
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)
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)
Series contributed to
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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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