James Gunn (author)
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James E. Gunn (Born 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American Science Fiction author, editor, scholar, and anthologist. His work from the 1960s and 70s is considered his most significant fiction, though his Road to Science Fiction collections are considered his most significant scholarly books.
Gunn is based at the University of Kansas, where he served as the university's director of public relations and as a professor of English, specializing in science fiction and fiction writing. He is now a professor emeritus and director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, which awards the annual John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award at the Campbell Conference in Lawrence, Kansas, every July.
Most notable works:
- This Fortress World (1955)
- The Joy Makers (1961)
- The Immortals (1964)
- The Listeners (1972)
Official biography
[James Gunn's official bio page]Further reading
- James E. Gunn (2004) The Listeners Benbella Books ISBN (Carl Sagan stated about The Listeners: "One of the very best fictional portrayals of contact with extraterrestrial intelligence ever written.")
Trivia
In 1996, Gunn wrote a novelization of the episode "The Joy Machine" by Theodore Sturgeon.
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