James Blish
Author · 1921–1975

James Blish

James Blish was an American science fiction and fantasy author (1921–1975). Born in East Orange.

Our catalogue lists 7 books by James Blish, mostly classic fantasy, Victorian science fiction and demon fiction. The most-read is Black Easter (1968). 6 titles are free to read on Project Gutenberg, and 1 has free LibriVox audiobooks.

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Biography

Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942–1944 as a medical technician in the U.S. Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company. His first published story appeared in 1940, and his writing career progressed until he gave up his job to become a professional writer. He married literary agent Virginia Kidd in 1947. He worked for the Tobacco Institute from 1962-1968. In 1968, he emigrated to England. Between 1967 and his death in 1975, he became the first author to write short story collections based on the TV series Star Trek. In total, he wrote 11 volumes of short stories adapted from episodes of the series, as well as an original novel, Spock Must Die! in 1970. He died midway through writing Star Trek 12; his second wife, J. A. Lawrence, completed the book, and later completed the adaptations in the volume Mudd's Angels.

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