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James E Gunn

(1923 - )

About James E Gunn

James Gunn is the author of 38 books, including The Joy Makers, Kampus, The Dreamers, and The Immortals. He has served as the president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and the Science Fiction Research Association. He has won Hugo, Pilgrim, and Eaton awards and has been a professor at the University of Kansas for 40 years. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas.

Novels

Star Bridge (1955) (with Jack Williamson)
This Fortress World (1955)
The Burning (1972)
The Listeners (1972)
The Magicians (1976)
Kampus (1977)
The Dreamers (1981)
aka The Mind Master
Tiger! Tiger! (1984)
Crisis! (1986)
The Millennium Blues (2000)
Gift from the Stars (2005)

Omnibus

The End of the Dreams (1975)

Collections

Station in Space (1958)
The Joy Makers (1961)
The Immortals (1962)
Future Imperfect (1964)
The Witching Hour (1970)
Breaking Point (1972)
Some Dreams Are Nightmares (1974)
Human Voices (1999)

Series contributed to

Nebula Award Stories
Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975)

Star Trek : The Original Series (with Theodore Sturgeon)
80. The Joy Machine (1996)

Anthology series

Road to Science Fiction
1. The Road to Science Fiction 1 (1996)
2. The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1996)
3. The Road to Science Fiction 3: From Heinlein to Here (1996)
4. The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever (1997)
5. The Road to Science Fiction 5: The British Way (1998)
6. The Road to Science Fiction 6: Around the World (1998)

Anthologies edited

The Best of Astounding: Classic Short Novels from the Golden Age of Science Fiction (1992)

Non fiction

Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction (1968) (see Isaac Asimov)
Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction (1975)
The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1988)
The Science of Science Fiction Writing (1988)
Inside Science Fiction: Essays on Fantastic Literature (1992)

Anthologies containing stories by James E Gunn

Best Tales of Terror (1962)
Nebula Award Stories 4 (1968)
Best SF: 1972 (1973)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6
Into the Unknown (1973)
Space Opera (1974)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Afterlives (1986)

Short stories

	The Misogynist (1952)
	Breaking Point (1953)
	Feeding Time (1955)
	New Blood (1955)
	The Listeners (1968)		Nebula (nominee)
	Kindergarten (1970)
	The Old Folks (1972)
	Fault (1975)
	End of the World (1984)
	Man of the Hour (1984)
	Mother of the Year (1985)
	Touch of the Match (1985)
	Will of the Wisp (1985)
	Out of My Head (1986)

Awards

	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1969) : The Listeners
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1973) : The Listeners

James E Gunn recommends

Over the River and Through the Woods (1995)
Clifford D Simak
"Without Simak, science fiction would have been without its most humane element, its most humane spokesman for the wisdom of the ordinary person and the value of life lived close to the land."

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