| | 19,550 (34,720) | 525 | 957 |  (3.59) | 17 | 0 | James Benjamin Blish was born on May 23, 1921 in East Orange, N.J. Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942 - 1944 as a medical technician in the United States Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. His first published story appeared in 1940, and his writing career progressed until he gave up his job to become a professional writer. From 1962 to 1968, he worked for the Tobacco Institute. Between 1967 and his death from lung cancer in 1975, Blish wrote authorized short story collections based upon the 1960s TV series Star Trek. He wrote 11 volumes adapting episodes of the series. He died midway through writing Star Trek 12. Perhaps Blish's most famous works were the "Okies" stories, known collectively as Cities in Flight, published in the science-fiction digest magazine Astounding Science Fiction. Some of James Blish's other works include The Vanished Jet, And All the Stars a Stage, The Quincunx of Time, and Flight of Eagles. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from A Case of Conscience … (more) |
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James Blish has 2 past events. (show)  Great Novels of the 22nd Century: Case of Conscience Join us for a reading group discussion of Case of Conscience by James Blish! Left Bank Books Father Ruiz-Sanchez, a priest and scientist, is sent to Lithia, where he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason, which makes them incapable of faith or belief. Parking: Lots one block north and one block east; street parking (meters free after 7pm)
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Location: Street: Left Bank Books Additional: 399 N. Euclid Ave. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63108 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Star Base Andromeda Book Discussion NuVibe, Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 6:30pm Star Base Andromeda is a Lincoln science fiction, fantasy, horror and action/adventure club, which holds weekly meetings in downtown Lincoln. Approximately every six weeks, we hold a Book Discussion meeting, for which all attendees are encouraged to have read the same book for group discussion. Our book selection for January 22, 2013, is "A Case of Conscience", the classic science fiction novel by James Blish. SBA meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend and participate. Please help us continue to get free use of NuVibe's meeting room by helping us meet our quota of $25 worth of food purchases from the entire group for this evening. A Case of Conscience (cannellfan)… (more)
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