Robert Park Mills (1920−1986) was an American crime- and
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
magazine editor and literary agent.
Mills was the managing editor of ''
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' beginning in 1948 and ''
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' from its inception in 1949; he took over as editor upon the resignation of
Anthony Boucher in 1958; while ''EQMM'' was sold by publishers Mercury Press in 1958 to B. G. Davis, Mills briefly remained on staff there during the transition and continued to edit ''
Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine'' till its folding. From 1957-1958, he also served as editor of ''
Venture Science Fiction Magazine'', and ''
Bestseller Mystery Magazine'' till it folded in 1961. Under Mills, ''F&SF'' won three
Hugo Awards
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for best magazine (in 1959, 1960 and 1963). He also edited several "Best of" volumes based on the contents of ''F&SF'' among other anthologies. He was succeeded as editor by
Avram Davidson in 1962 and became a literary agent. As an agent, he represented
James Baldwin
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,
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century, and directed her own dance company for ma ...
,
Harlen Ellison,
Richard Fariña, Ted Gottfried, James Gunn, and M. D. Post, among others.
References
External links
Robert Park Mills Papersat the
Harry Ransom Center
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1920 births
1986 deaths
Literary agents
Science fiction editors