George H. Scithers
George H. Scithers | |
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Born | May 14, 1929 |
Died | April 19, 2010 | (aged 80)
Occupation | Editor |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Science fiction |
Notable works | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales |
Notable awards | Hugo Award (1978, 1980) Best Professional Editor Hugo Award (1964, 1968) Best Fanzine World Fantasy Award (2002) Life Achievement World Fantasy Award (1992) Special Award |
George H. Scithers (May 14, 1929 – April 19, 2010) was an American science fiction
A long-time member of the
Biography
Career
Scithers' first published fiction, the story "Faithful Messenger", appeared in
In 1963, Scithers chaired
In 1973, Scithers founded Owlswick Press, a small independent publishing company. In 1976, Owlswick published Scithers' book (under the pseudonym Karl Würf), To Serve Man: A Cookbook for People (including recipes for "Boiled Leg of Man", "Texas Chili with Cowboy", and "Person Kebabs").
In 1977, he was named the first editor for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (IASFM).[6] He remained in that position until 1982 and won two more Hugo Awards for his work there.[3] After leaving IASFM, Scithers took the helm at Amazing Stories and edited that magazine until 1986.
In 1988, he worked with John Gregory Betancourt and Darrell Schweitzer to re-establish Weird Tales, the magazine that had introduced one of his earliest interests, Conan the Barbarian, to the world.[7] In 1992, he and Schweitzer won a World Fantasy Award for their work on Weird Tales.[8]
In 2001, Scithers was the fan guest of honor at the Worldcon, Millennium Philcon.[9]
At the 2002 World Fantasy Convention in Minneapolis, both Scithers and Forrest J Ackerman won the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Awards.[8]
Personal life
Scithers served in the Korean War with the United States Army. He was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers.[10][11] He was also very fond of owls and trains.[citation needed] He resided in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania where Weird Tales was edited in his basement, followed by Rockville, Maryland.[citation needed]
Death
Scithers died April 19, 2010, two days after suffering a heart attack.[12]
Bibliography
Anthologies
- Astronauts and Androids: Asimov's Choice (1977)
- Black Holes and Bug-eyed Monsters: Asimov's Choice (1977)
- Comets and Computers: Asimov's Choice (1978)
- Dark Stars and Dragons: Asimov's Choice (1978)
- Extraterrestrials and Eclipses: Asimov's Choice (1978)
- Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction (1978) with Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov's Adventures of Science Fiction (1980) with Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction (1979)
- Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction (198 ko 0)
- Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (1981)
- Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1986) with Darrell Schweitzer
- Another Round at the Spaceport Bar (1989) with Darrell Schweitzer
- Cat Tales#1 (2007)[13]
- Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction (2008)[14]
Non-fiction
- Con-Committee Chairman's Guide (1965)
- The Conan Swordbook (1969) with L. Sprague de Camp
- The Conan Grimoire (1972) with L. Sprague de Camp
- To Serve Man: A Cookbook for People (1976)
- On Writing Science Fiction (The Editors Strike Back!) (1981) with Darrell Schweitzer and John M. Ford
References
- ^ Segal, Stephen H. (January 9, 2009). "Weird Tales—2008 year in review". Weird Tales. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ a b Coulson, Robert (1978). "Windycon 5 Program Book" (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Locus Publications. "Hugo Nominees List". Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ World Science Fiction Society. "The Long List of World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons)". Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ Tim Illingworth (2000). "retyped Con-Committee Chairman's Guide". Retrieved February 8, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ John O'Neill. "A Brief History of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ "History". Weird Tales. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ a b World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ Darrell Schweitzer. "About George H. Scithers: Four Hugos, His Innate Wickedness, Woof, and All That". Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ Scithers, George. "George Scithers," in "Editorial: In Memories Yet Green by Isaac Asimov, George Scithers, Kathleen Moloney, Shawna McCarthy, Gardner Dozois, and Sheila Williams," Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2007, p. 4.
- ^ Glyer, Mike. "Martin Gardner Dies," on File 770: Mike Glyer's news of science fiction fandom (blog), May 25, 2010.
- ^ Locus (April 19, 2010). "George Scithers, 1929 - 2010". Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ISBN 978-0809573219.
- ISBN 978-1434409126.
External links
- George H. Scithers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- George H. Scithers at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd edition
- About George Scithers by World Science Fiction Convention