James Gunn

Star-Begotten

A Life Lived in Science Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

Hugo Award winning writer James Gunn (1923-2020) has been called "the last Golden Age author" of science fiction. In a career of almost 70 years, he wrote or edited 45 books and more than 100 short stories and participated in the production of films, radio and television programs and comic books.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781476670263
• ISBN-10: 1476670269
• Artikelnr.: 47778938

Autorenporträt

The late James Gunn was emeritus professor of English at the University of Kansas and the author or editor of 45 books and 100+ short stories. A former president of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Science Fiction Research Association, he received their lifetime awards and induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction: A Title from H.G. Wells and a Brush with Greatness
One: An Unlikely Life, an Unusual Family and a Quest for Education
Two: Called to Service and Romance-and More Education
Three: Back to College, Stage Magic, a Wedding and the Miracle
of Writing-and Acceptance
Four: Return to Lawrence, Grad School, Reading, Writing and a Baby
Five: Junior Editor in Racine, My First WorldCon and Its Revelation
Six: Freelancing for a Living, Creating a Career and "Another Boy"
Seven: Lawrence Once More (for Good) and a Life in Academia
Eight: To the Front of the Classroom, Editing for Alumni and
Writing for a Chancellor
Nine: University Relations, a University's Centennial and Rebellious
Students
Ten: Becoming a Professor Who Teaches Fiction Writing and Science
Fiction-and Writes It
Eleven: Teaching, Research and Service, and How Science Fiction
Serves Them All
Twelve: Retirement: Old Writers Never Die-They Just Go Out
Print; and Sometimes Receive Awards and Suffer Losses
Thirteen: Family and the End-But Maybe Not Just Yet
Appendix A: Speech Given at the Donation of the Theodore Sturgeon
Papers at Kansas University
Appendix B: Publications
Index