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.
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.
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.
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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
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
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