James Benjamin Blish (East Orange, New Jersey, May 23, 1921 – Henley-on-Thames, July 30, 1975) was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. Blish also wrote literary criticism of science fiction using the pen-name William Atheling Jr.
In the late 1930s to the early 1940s, Blish was a member of the Futurians.
Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942–1944 as a medical technician in the U.S. Army. Aft...
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Date of birth:
- May 23, 1921
Date of death:
- 1975 (age 53 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- Arthur Merlyn,
- James Benjamin Blish,
- William Atheling,
- William Atheling, Jr.
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