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James Blish
James Benjamin Blish (23 May 1921 – 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.
Blish was born at East Orange, New Jersey. In the late 1930s to the early 1940s, Blish was a...
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A Case of Conscience
A Case of Conscience is a science fiction novel by James Blish, first published in 1958. It is the story of a Jesuit who investigates an alien race that has no religion; they are completely without any concept of God, an afterlife, or the idea of...
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- 2276
Black Easter
Black Easter is a Nebula Award-nominated fantasy novel by James Blish in which an arms dealer hires a black magician to unleash all the Demons of Hell on earth for a single day. It was first published in 1968. The sequel is The Day After Judgment....
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- 1968
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- 1968
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Spock Must Die!
Spock Must Die! (ISBN 0-553-24634-8) is a Star Trek novel by James Blish released in 1970. It was published by Bantam Books. It is notable as the first of hundreds of original novels aimed at adult readers to be based upon the Star Trek franchise....
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The Quincunx of Time
The Quincunx of Time is a short science fiction novel by James Blish. It is an extended version of a short story entitled "Beep", published by Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in 1954. The novel form was first published in 1973.
Late in the 21st...
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- 1973
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- Oct 1973
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- 9615
Surface Tension
Surface Tension is a science fiction short story by James Blish originally published in 1952.
Humans crash on a distant planet which is earthlike but completely water-covered; their ship is too damaged to take off, nor do they have sufficient...
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- 1952
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The Seedling Stars
The Seedling Stars is a 1957 collection of science fiction short stories by James Blish. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1957 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories all concern adapting humans to alien environments. The stories all...
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- 1956
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- 1957
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- 21844
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Get out of my Sky
Get out of my Sky is a 1957 science fiction novella by James Blish. It was first published by the magazine Astounding Science Fiction in January and February 1957. The story is about two planets Home and Rathe whose inhabitants are in contact and...
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- 1957
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A Style in Treason
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Cities in Flight
Cities in Flight is an omnibus volume of four novels written by James Blish, originally published between 1955 and 1962, which became known over time collectively as the 'Okie' novels. The novels feature entire cities that are able to fly through...
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- 1970
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- 27777
Aux hommes, les étoiles
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La terre est une idée
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Villes nomades
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Semailles humaines
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L'oeil de Saturne
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Dusk of Idols
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