George H. Scithers (1929–2010)
Author of Tales from the Spaceport Bar
About the Author
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Works by George H. Scithers
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 5, No. 10 [September 1981] (1981) — Editor — 18 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 2 [March-April 1978] (1978) — Editor — 16 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 1 [January-February 1978] (1978) — Editor — 15 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 4 [July-August 1978] (1978) — Editor — 15 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 5 [September-October 1978] (1978) — Editor — 14 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, No. 6 [November-December 1978] (1978) — Editor — 10 copies
Weird Tales Volume 61 Number 6, October-November 2006 — Editor — 6 copies
Not Stupid Enough 4 copies
Weird Tales Volume 61 Number 5, August-September 2006 — Editor — 3 copies
Weird Tales Volume 58 Number 3, Spring 2002 — Editor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 58 Number 4, Summer 2002 — Editor — 2 copies
Not Omnipotent Enough — Author — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 59 Number 3, Spring 2003 — Editor — 1 copy
Weird Tales Volume 57 Number 4, Summer 2001 — Editor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Scithers, George H.
- Legal name
- Scithers, George Harry
- Other names
- Würf, Karl
Scithers, George
Scithers, G. H.
Scithers, G. - Birthdate
- 1929-05-14
- Date of death
- 2010-04-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Place of death
- Rockville, Maryland, USA
- Places of residence
- Rockville, Maryland, USA
- Occupations
- editor
writer
publisher - Organizations
- Owlswick Press (owner)
Weird Tales
World Science Fiction Society
US Army - Awards and honors
- Hugo (Professional Editor, 1980)
Hugo (Professional Editor, 1978)
World Fantasy Award (Life Achievement, 2002)
Hugo Nominee (Professional Editor, 1979)
Hugo Nominee (Professional Editor, 1981)
Hugo Nominee (Professional Editor, 1982) (show all 8)
Hugo Nominee (Professional Editor, 1983)
Hugo Nominee (Professional Editor, 1985)
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Statistics
- Works
- 136
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 1,712
- Popularity
- #14,992
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 13
- ISBNs
- 53
- Languages
- 1
In addition to an editorial from Asimov, letters to the editor, artwork, a puzzle and some brief book reviews, the fiction content is:
•18 • The Last Full Measure • shortstory by George Alec Effinger
•29 • Pièce de Résistance • shortstory by Jesse Bone
•37 • A Choice of Weapons • shortstory by Michael Tennenbaum
•38 • Polly Plus • shortstory by Randall Garrett
•53 • $tar War$ • poem by John M. Ford
•54 • Wolf Tracks • poem by Donald Gaither
•58 • Guilt • novelette by James E. Gunn
•80 • Star Train • shortstory by Drew Mendelson
•88 • Born Again • shortstory by Sharon N. Farber (AKA S.N. Dyer)
•105 • Into the Cold Blackness of Type • poem by John M. Ford
•105 • First Time • poem by Jeffrey Haas
•108 • The Man Who Took the Fifth • shortstory by Michael Schimmel
•115 • Sun Burnt • poem by S. Dale (Steven Utley)
•117 • A Child of Penzance • novelette by Tony Sarowitz
•137 • Lipidleggin' • [LaNague Federation] • shortstory by F. Paul Wilson
•146 • Singularity • novella by Mildred Downey Broxon
Some of these stories and all the poems were borderline fluff. On the other hand a few such as 'Guilt' by James Gunn have something to really chew on and think about - just as relevant today as it was 45 years ago when published. 'Star Train' by Drew Mendelson was a very good far far future story. This issue also has the first published science fiction story by Sharon Farber who became a frequent contributor to Asimov's and other magazines over the years. Her story was a vampire story of all things. Overall the fiction here was pretty decent. I thought the final story, the novella 'Singularity' was the most science-fictiony of these stories, and it was also my favorite. The author was the vice-president of the SFWA at the time.… (more)