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E. F. Bleiler
Everett Franklin Bleiler (April 30, 1920 – June 13, 2010) was an American editor, bibliographer, and scholar of science fiction, detective fiction, and fantasy literature. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he co-edited the first "year's best" series of science fiction anthologies, and his '' Checklist of Fantastic Literature'' has been called "the foundation of modern SF bibliography". Among his other scholarly works are two Hugo Award–nominated volumes concerning early science fiction—'' Science-Fiction: The Early Years'' and '' Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years''John Clute, "Bleiler, E(verett) F(ranklin)" in ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' by Clute and Peter Nicholls (Orbit, 1993), pp. 134–35.—and the massive ''Guide to Supernatural Fiction''. Bleiler worked at Dover Publications from 1955, becoming executive vice-president of the company from 1967 until he left in 1977; he then worked for Charles Scribner's Sons until 1987. He edited a number of ghost st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Gernsback Years
''Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years'' is a 1998 reference work covering the history of English-language science fiction magazines from 1926 to 1936, comprising 1,835 individual stories by more than 500 different authors across a total of 345 issues from 14 magazines. It was written by E. F. Bleiler with the assistance of his son Richard Bleiler, a follow-up to their previous '' Science-Fiction: The Early Years'' (1990). The book received positive reviews, with critics commending its comprehensiveness and level of detail. Reviewers found it to live up to the standards set by its predecessor. Several critics described it as indispensable; science fiction scholars James E. Gunn and Gary Westfahl both commented that their own previous research would have been greatly aided by the book, had it been available to them. Creation ''Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years'' was conceived of as a follow-up to E. F. Bleiler's previous bibliographical reference works, ''The Guide to Supern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2023. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
