In the October 1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, his story “Chaos, Co-Ordinated”, which was co-written with Robert A. Intermittently, he would publish other stories, but with little circulation. The first story he sold was called “Emergency Refueling” to a fellow Futurian named Frederick Pohl for Super Science Stories. He was nominated for three Nebula Awards, one for Best Novelette for “The Shipwrecked Hotel”, another for Best Novella for “A Style in Treason”, and another for “Black Easter” for Best Novel.ĭuring the 1940s, Blish published a lot of his stories in the few remaining pulp magazines that were in circulation. James won a Hugo Award for “A Case of Conscience” for Best Novel. Instead of finishing the program, he opted to write fiction full time. Following this, he went to Columbia University as a masters student of zoology. He was later discharged for refusing orders to clean out a grease trap in the year 1944. He was drafted into the Army, and served for a brief time as a medical laboratory technician. James attended Rutgers University, studying microbiology, and graduated in the year 1942. He is also the one credited with coining the term “gas giant” to refer to huge planetary bodies. He was married to writer Judith Ann Lawrence, his second wife, from the year 1968 until he died. He attended meetings of the Futurian Science Fiction Society in New York City during this time as well.įrom 1947 until they divorced in the year 1963, he was married to a fellow Futurian named Virigina Kidd. Using a hectograph, he self-published a fanzine called The Planeteer which ran for six issues. The Fate of the Phoenix (By:Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)Īuthor James Benjamin Blish was born at East Orange, New Jersey. Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (By:Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) The Price of the Phoenix (By:Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath) Star Trek: The New Voyages (By:Eleanor Arnason,Sondra Marshak,Myrna Culbreath)

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