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Sci Fi Focus   >   Encyclopedia   >   James Blish
James Blish (1921-1975) was an American science fiction and fantasy author.

Although best known for his own original novels, Blish was also the first author to write novelizations of *STAR TREK TOS*.


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The Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories

By Lester del Rey, James Blish, Philip K. Dick, John Gregory Betancourt & Randall Garrett

Wildside Press
Released: 2011-02-09
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):

UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor
CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany
EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds
ONE-SHOT, by James Blish
SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder
ZEN, by Jerome Bixby
LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond
SENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderson
THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, by J. F. Bone
THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, by Ben Bova
YEAR OF THE BIG THAW, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS, by Fredric Brown
HAPPY ENDING, by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds
LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, by Nelson Bond
RIYA’S FOUNDLING, by Algis Budrys
ACCIDENTAL DEATH, by Peter Baily
AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C. C. MacApp
DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey
THE CRYSTAL CRYPT, by Philip K. Dick
THE JUPITER WEAPON, by Charles L. Fontenay
THE MAN WHO HATED MARS, by Randall Garrett
NAVY DAY, by Harry Harrison
THE JUDAS VALLEY, by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett
NATIVE SON, by T. D. Hamm
JUBILEE, by Richard A. Lupoff
FINAL CALL, by John Gregory Betancourt

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Cities in Flight

By James Blish

Overlook TP
Released: 2004-10-26
Paperback (608 pages)

Cities in Flight
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Long out of print, the science fiction masterpiece by Hugo Award-winning writer James Blish

Originally published in four volumes nearlyfifty years ago, Cities in Flight brings together the famed "Okie novels" of science fiction master James Blish. Named after the migrant workers of America's Dust Bowl, these novels convey Blish's "history of the future," a brilliant and bleak look at a world where cities roam the Galaxy looking for work and a sustainable way of life.

In the first novel, They Shall Have Stars, man has thoroughly explored the Solar System, yet the dream of going even further seems to have died in all but one man. His battle to realize his dream results in two momentous discoveries anti-gravity and the secret of immortality. In A Life for the Stars, it is centuries later and antigravity generations have enabled whole cities to lift off the surface of the earth to become galactic wanderers. In Earthman, Come Home, the nomadic cities revert to barbarism and marauding rogue cities begin to pose a threat to all civilized worlds. In the final novel, The Triumph of Time, historyrepeats itself as the cities once again journey back in to space making a terrifying discovery which could destroy the entire Universe. A serious andhaunting vision of our world and its limits, Cities in Flight marks the return to print of one of science fiction's most inimitable writers.

A Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club

Science Fiction Collection 001

By Harry Harrison, Robert H. Wilson, G.L. Vandenburg, Fritz Leiber & Graph Waldeyer

AcmehomeBooks
Released: 2011-03-31
Kindle Edition (152 pages)

Science Fiction Collection 001
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Ten otherworldly stories, hand-picked by the contributers to LibriVox.org.
This is the first in the series.

- The 4-D Doodlerby Graph Waldeyer– Even scientists can have a very bad day...
- Bread Overhead by Fritz Leiber – The quest for a "light and fluffy" loaf has run amok.
- Image of the Gods by Alan Edward Nourse – Sometimes gods strive to be as good as those who serve them.
- Martian V.F.W. by G L Vandenburg –
- One Shot by James Blish –
- Out Around Rigel by Robert H. Wilson –
- Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum –
- The Repairman by Harry Harrison –
- Toy Shop by Harry Harrison –
- Warning from the Stars by Ron Cocking –

"Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today -- but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all."
- Isaac Asimov

Flights of Eagles (NESFA's Choice)

By James Blish

NESFA Press
Hardcover (454 pages)

Flights of Eagles (NESFA s Choice)
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A Case of Conscience (Del Rey Impact)

By James Blish

Del Rey
Released: 2000-09-05
Paperback (256 pages)

A Case of Conscience (Del Rey Impact)
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  • ISBN13: 9780345438355
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Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief.

Confronted with a profound scientific riddle and ethical quandary, Father Ruiz-Sanchez soon finds himself torn between the teachings of his faith, the teachings of his science, and the inner promptings of his humanity. There is only one solution: He must accept an ancient and unforgivable heresy--and risk the futures of both worlds . . .

The Star Trek Reader I

By James Blish

E P Dutton
Hardcover (422 pages)

The Star Trek Reader I
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James Blish was a science fiction writer who wrote over 27 novels, most notably the Cities in Flight series, and A Case of Conscience, for which he won a Hugo Award. He also was a highly respected critic, and his criticism in collected in the books The Issue at Hand, and More Issues at Hand, (published under the pen name of William Atheling, Jr.). Using the original scripts, which sometimes differed from the final filmed episode, Blish turned each episode of the original Star Trek into a short story, which were collected into anthologies and published as paperback originals. The Star Trek Reader collects three of these anthologies: Star Trek 2, Star Trek 3, and Star Trek 8. The episodes present include The City on the Edge of Forever; Arena; A Taste of Armageddon; Tomorrow Is Yesterday; Errand of Mercy; Court-Martial; Operation--Annihilate!; Space Seed; The Trouble With Tribbles; The Last Gunfight; The Doomsday Machine; Assignment: Earth; Mirror, Mirror; Friday's Child; Amok Time; Spock's Brain; The Enemy Within; Catspaw; Where No Man Has Gone Before; Wolf in the Fold; and For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky.

Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Vol. 1 - The 25th-Anniversary Editions

By James Blish

Spectra
Released: 1991-08-01
Paperback (656 pages)

Star Trek: The Classic Episodes, Vol. 1 - The 25th-Anniversary Editions
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Features 27 stories adapted from Star Trek's landmark first season.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame - Volume (2) (ii) Two B (2b) (iib): The Martian Way; Earthman, Come Home; Rogue Moon; Specter General; The Machine Stops; The Midas Plague; Witches of Karres; E for Effort; In Hiding; The Big Front Yard; The Moon Moth

By Isaac Asimov, Algis Budrys, E. M. Forster, James H. Schmitz & Wilmar H. Shiras

Avon
Paperback (559 pages)

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame - Volume (2) (ii) Two B (2b) (iib): The Martian Way; Earthman, Come Home; Rogue Moon; Specter General; The Machine Stops; The Midas Plague; Witches of Karres; E for Effort; In Hiding; The Big Front Yard; The Moon Moth
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Stories included: * The Martian Way by Isaac Asimov - novella * Earthman, Come Home by James Blish - novelette * Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys - novella * The Specter General by Theodore R. Cogswell - novella * The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster - novelette * The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl - novella * The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz - novelette * E for Effort by T. L. Sherred - novelette * In Hiding by Wilmar H. Shiras - novelette * The Big Front Yard by Clifford D. Simak - novella * The Moon Moth by Jack Vance - novella

Best Science Fiction Stories

By James Blish

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The Oxford Book of Science Fiction

By Shippey Tom (editor) A.E. Van Vogt H.G. Wells William Gibson David Brin Arthur C. Clarke Frederick Pohl James Blish Bruce Sterling et al

Oxford University Press
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