Lester del Rey (1915–1993)
Autor/a de Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales
Sobre l'autor
Nota de desambiguació:
(eng) Name is Lester del Rey (see Links), though the authorized Library of Congress name heading (with birth date 1915) is capitalized Lester Del Rey. He also wrote under the pen names John Alvarez, Marion Henry, Philip James, Charles Satterfield, Philip St. John, and Eric Van Lhin.
Crèdit de la imatge: By Dd- b.
Sèrie
Obres de Lester del Rey
The Monster 7 exemplars
Science Fiction Adventures February 1953 7 exemplars
The Day Is Done 6 exemplars
Space Science Fiction May 1953 5 exemplars
The Wings of Night 5 exemplars
Though Dreamers Die [short story] 4 exemplars
Science Fiction Adventures November 1952 4 exemplars
Hereafter, Inc. [short fiction] 4 exemplars
For I am a Jealous People — Autor — 4 exemplars
Natural Advantage [short story] 4 exemplars
Unto Him That Hath [novelette] 4 exemplars
Space Science Fiction September 1953 — Editor — 4 exemplars
Earthbound 3 exemplars
Space Science Fiction March 1953 3 exemplars
Kindness 3 exemplars
Science Fiction Adventures May 1953 3 exemplars
Instinct 3 exemplars
The Coppersmith 2 exemplars
"Lunar Landing" (in Early del Rey) 2 exemplars
"Fifth Freedom" (in Early del Rey) 2 exemplars
Spawning Ground 2 exemplars
Conditioned Reflex 2 exemplars
Vengeance Is Mine 2 exemplars
Unreasonable Facsimile 2 exemplars
Operation Distress 2 exemplars
Fool's Errand 2 exemplars
Space Science Fiction September 1952 2 exemplars
Fantastic Science Fiction Art 2 exemplars
"The One-Eyed Man" (in Early del Rey) 2 exemplars
Shadows of Empire 2 exemplars
And the Darkness 2 exemplars
Whom the Gods Love — Autor — 2 exemplars
Fantasy Fiction Magazine, June 1953 (Vol. 1, No. 2) — Editor — 2 exemplars
When the World Tottered 1 exemplars
Idealist 1 exemplars
Fairy Godmother {short story} 1 exemplars
The Keepers of the House 1 exemplars
51 Amazing Sci-Fi Short Stories 1 exemplars
The Dwindling Years 1 exemplars
Urania 0046 - SFERE DI FUOCO 1 exemplars
Fantasy Fiction - November 1953 - Vol. 1, No. 4 — Editor — 1 exemplars
The Best of Hal Clement 1 exemplars
Rockets Through Space 1 exemplars
Space Science Fiction Vol. 2 3 1 exemplars
The Years Draw Nigh 1 exemplars
The Course of Logic 1 exemplars
I Am Tomorrow 1 exemplars
Alien {short story} 1 exemplars
No Head for My Bier 1 exemplars
Psalm [poem] 1 exemplars
Lester del Rey Collection - Includes Dead Ringer, Let 'em Breathe Space, Pursuit, Victory, No Strings Attached, &… (2011) 1 exemplars
The Lester Del Rey Sci Fi Collection: 8 Science Fiction Classics by Lester Del Rey (with linked TOC) (2010) 1 exemplars
The Merchants of Venus 1 exemplars
PSICO SCACCO 1 exemplars
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1 1 exemplars
El amado rey de los dioses 1 exemplars
Razzi Interplanetari 1 exemplars
Superstition 1 exemplars
LESTER DEL REY - Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition): Badge of Infamy, The Sky Is Falling, Police Your Planet, Pursuit,… (2020) 1 exemplars
Early Del Ray 1 exemplars
Mars er målet 1 exemplars
(Nebulae 37) Y algunos eran humanos 1 exemplars
Omega And The Wolf-girl 1 exemplars
The Seat of Judgment 1 exemplars
Kindness 1 exemplars
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 4 1 exemplars
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 5 1 exemplars
Badge of Infamy & The Sky is Falling 1 exemplars
Little Jimmy 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Col·laborador — 1,899 exemplars
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Col·laborador — 1,867 exemplars
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Col·laborador — 909 exemplars
The Best of John W. Campbell (1976) — Editor, algunes edicions; Introducció, algunes edicions — 305 exemplars
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Col·laborador — 113 exemplars
The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3: Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. van Vogt, and Jack Vance (2001) — Col·laborador — 99 exemplars
Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1990) — Col·laborador — 91 exemplars
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Fourth Series (1984) — Col·laborador — 91 exemplars
Weird Vampire Tales: 30 Blood-Chilling Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1705) — Col·laborador — 88 exemplars
The Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Masters (2011) — Autor — 59 exemplars
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Third Series (1984) — Col·laborador — 51 exemplars
Children of Infinity: Original Science Fiction Stories for Young Readers (1973) — Col·laborador — 45 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 1 (January 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 36 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 2 (February 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 32 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 6 (June 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 32 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 11 (November 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 32 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 2 (February 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 12 (December 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 3 (March 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 10 (October 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 3 (March 1978) (1978) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 12 (December 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 4 (April 1978) (1978) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 4 (April 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 7 (July 1978) (1978) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 8 (August 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 7 (July 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 3 (March 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 8 (August 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 1 (January 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 1 (January 1978) (1978) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 7 (July 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 5 (May 1978) (1978) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 8 (August 1978) (1978) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 9 (September 1977) (1977) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 10 (October 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 7 (July 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 11 (November 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 5 (May 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 12 (December 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 5 (May 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 4 (April 1976) (1976) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 8 (August 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 9 (September 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1974, Vol. 46, No. 5 (1974) — Col·laborador — 20 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 11 (November 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCV, No. 6 (June 1975) (1975) — Col·laborador — 18 exemplars
Worlds of If Science Fiction 152, January/February 1971 (Vol. 20, No. 9) (1971) — Reviewer — 11 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1957, Vol. 12, No. 4 (1957) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
Worlds of If Science Fiction 153, March/April 1971 (Vol. 20, No. 10) (1971) — Reviewer — 9 exemplars
Worlds of If Science Fiction 156, September/October 1971 (Vol. 21, No. 1) (1971) — Reviewer — 8 exemplars
Out of This World Adventures, July 1950 — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Worlds of If Science Fiction 167, July/August 1973 (Vol. 21, No. 12) (1973) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Knapp, Leonard (birth name)
- Altres noms
- St. John, Philip
McCann, Edson (with Frederik Pohl)
Wright, Kenneth
Charles Satterfield (with Frederik Pohl)
van Lhin, Erik
Alvarez-del Rey, Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvo Enrico (mostra-les totes 7)
Smith Heathcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez-del-Rey de los Verdes, Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico - Data de naixement
- 1915-06-02
- Data de defunció
- 1993-05-10
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Saratoga, Minnesota, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- New York Hospital, New York, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Saratoga, Minnesota, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA
Red Bank, New Jersey, USA - Educació
- George Washington University
- Professions
- short order cook
office manager
editor
science fiction author - Relacions
- del Rey, Judy-Lynn (2nd wife 1971-1986)
- Organitzacions
- Trap Door Spiders
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Del Rey Books - Premis i honors
- SFWA Grand Master (1990)
E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1972) - Biografia breu
- According to his sister, his birth name was Leonard Knapp.
- Nota de desambiguació
- Name is Lester del Rey (see Links), though the authorized Library of Congress name heading (with birth date 1915) is capitalized Lester Del Rey. He also wrote under the pen names John Alvarez, Marion Henry, Philip James, Charles Satterfield, Philip St. John, and Eric Van Lhin.
Membres
Converses
SciFi Book -1970s? - Underwater Civililzation with Crystal powered force dome a Name that Book (març 2016)
Modern-Day Man Wins Ragnarok For Aesir a Name that Book (març 2012)
YA novel, from late 1970s, involves kids, time travel & dinos a Name that Book (maig 2009)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 177
- També de
- 142
- Membres
- 5,733
- Popularitat
- #4,305
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 88
- ISBN
- 274
- Llengües
- 11
- Preferit
- 7
It was, of course, the advertising industry that dominated the world in that novel. Here it’s an insurance company, simply called the Company. As Pohl explains in his afterword, “The Art and Agony of Collaboration”, Pohl’s conceptual inspiration for the story is that, rightly or wrongly, money guides peoples’ behavior. What if you had a system where someone made a profit mitigating the evils of life?
The Company is that someone, a single insurance company that came to dominate the world after the Short War (seemingly a nuclear exchange between the US and USSR). It not only writes policies for life insurance. It has food and medical policies too. And, as our hero Tom Willis would be happy to tell you, it’s eliminated war and want.
At least that’s what he’d say if you asked him when he arrives in Naples, Italy in the wake of a local war fought between that city and Sicily. The world has balkanized under the Company and only America has maintained something like its old size.
Willis is something of an unusual convert to the Company. And convert is the right word. He regards the Company as something like a sacred institution that has solved the worlds problems, run by incorruptible men including its sainted founder Carmody. Willis even has Company scripture he carries about, the Adjustor’s Handbook. But Willis didn’t always feel that way. In fact, after the early death from disease of his wife Marianna back in America, he publicly denounced the Company, vandalized some of its property, and was jailed only to be bailed out by one of Marianna’s relatives, Defoe who is the Company’s Chief Underwriter.
On arriving in Naples, Willis will meet Zorchi, a strange man who will play a prominent role in the story and who has become wealthy by staging grisly accidents that maim him so he can collect the insurance. He’ll also meet Rena dell’Angela, a beautiful local girl whom he will fall in love with.
Willis will learn, after meeting his new boss who heads the Naples office, that Company officials aren’t all creatures of virtue, competence, and incorruptibility. And he’ll also meet, through Rena (deemed uninsurable), anti-Company rebels who point out that not only has war not ceased under the Company’s rule but medical research and social mobility has stagnated.
That’s crazy talk as far as Willis is concerned, but he wants to talk the beautiful Rena out of her ideas before she comes to real harm. And, so, Willis finds himself embedded with the rebels in a story that will take us into the ancient catacombs under Rome to a gun battle in the ruins of Pompeii to the new medical catacombs, where the Company parks people with the promise to revive them at a future date when they can be cured,.
Pohl and del Rey don’t rig the political perspectives of the story. There are benefits to Company rule as well as downsides. Some of the rebels have crazy, dangerous plans. And those plans aren’t going to work out as expected. But then neither are the Company’s.
The novel ends on a rumination that no system of government is perfect, that eternal revolution seems to be humanity’s lot.
To be sure, at least one major plot twist was predictable, but, for the most part, this story takes some unexpected turns in both character and plot, a quick and enjoyable read
In Pohl’s and del Rey’s afterword, “Risk, But Not Preferred”, they talk about how their friendship survived their collaboration and how they annoyed each other with their very opposite approaches to writing. Del Rey liked to plot everything in advance, and Pohl liked to make it up as he went along.
They also talk about how a novelette they gave to H. L. Gold became this novel. Gold was running a novel contest for the magazine Beyond Fantasy Fiction. The deadline had passed, and Gold didn’t like any of the entries, so he proposed Pohl and del Rey turn their novelette into this novel. It was a guaranteed winner. It would become the one and only publication credit for Edson McCann.… (més)