# Mike Ashley (escritor)

Michael Raymond Donald Ashley (Southall, Middlesex; 1 de octubre de 1948) es un historiador, bibliógrafo, escritor, crítico y editor de ciencia ficción, misterio y fantasía británico.
Es el editor de la extensa serie de antologías de relatos cortos Mammoth Book, cada una de las cuales se centra en torno a un tema en particular en el género del misterio, la fantasía o la ciencia ficción. Ashley se centra especialmente en las revistas de ficción y ha escrito una historia de varios volúmenes sobre el tema titulada History of the Science Fiction Magazine y un estudio de las revistas de ficción británicas, The Age of the Storytellers.
Es autor de la novela The Enchantresses (1998), junto a Vera Chapman. Ha colaborado en numerosas obras de referencia, como The Encyclopedia of Fantasy o The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Escribió los libros para las exposiciones de The British Library Taking Liberties en 2008 y Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It en 2011. Publicó los fanzines Plinth, ...And Behold, Cushi Came, Monolith, Saliromania y Xeron.
En 2002 recibió el Premio Pilgrim (actualmente «SFRA Award for Lifetime Contributions to SF Scholarship»), que otorga desde 1970 la Science Fiction Research Association, y en 2003 el Premio Edgar por The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction. Ganó el Premio Nova en 1991, el Bram Stoker for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction en 1995, fue elegido para el First Fandom Hall of Fame en 2008 y recibió el Sam Moskowitz Archive Award en 2014.

## Obras
### Serie Mammoth Book

* The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
* The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (1993)
* The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (1995)
* The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997)
* The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (1997)
* The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998)
* The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends (1998)
* The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens (1998) El primer título estadounidense de British Monarchs
* The Mammoth Book of Men o' War (1999)
* The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999). Publicado en Estados Unidos como The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II
* The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honor (2000)
* The Mammoth Book of Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000)
* The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001)
* The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak (2001). Publicado en Estados Unidos como The Mammoth Book of Sea Battles (2001)
* The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (Volumen 2) (2001). Publicado en Estados Unidos como The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits
* The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001)
* The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002)
* The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction (2002)
* The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (2002)
* The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (2003)
* The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (2004)
* The Mammoth Book of Sorcerer's Tales (2004)
* The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (2005)
* The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures (2005) (con Eric Brown)
* The Mammoth Book of King Arthur (2005)
* The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection (2005). Publicado en Estados Unidos como The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunnits (2005)
* The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy: Fourth All-New Collection(2005). Publicado en Estados Unidos como The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy
* The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006)
* The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits (2006)
* The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries (2006)
* The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits (2007)
* The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy (2008)
* The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009), criticado por presentar solo obras de hombres blancos.
* The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF (2013)

### Serie Smarties

* All the Incredible Facts You Ever Need to Know (1999). Posteriormente publicado en dos volúmenes: Wacky World (2001) y Hairy Humans (2001)
* Incredible Monsters (2000). Posteriormente publicado en dos volúmenes: Beautiful Beasties (2001) y Deadly Dinosaurs (2001)

### Serie sobre la historia de las revistas de ciencia ficción

Reimpresión de antologías con comentario
* The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part One: 1926–1935 (1974)
* The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part Two: 1936–1945 (1975)
* The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part Three: 1946–1955 (1976)
* The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part Four: 1956–1965 (1978)
Revisión y expansión como libros de referencia (sin los relatos)
* The Time Machines. The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 (2000)
* Transformations. The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 (2005)
* Gateways to Forever. The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007)

### Otros libros de referencia

* Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction (1977)
* Fantasy Readers' Guide No. 1: The John Spencer Fantasy Publications (1979)
* The Seven Wonders of the World (1979)
* Fantasy Readers' Guide No. 2: The File on Ramsey Campbell (1980)
* The Complete Index to Astounding/Analog (1981)
* The Writings of Barrington J. Bayley (1981)
* The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Lists (1982)
* Monthly Terrors (1985) (con Frank H. Parnell)
* Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines (1985) (con Marshall B. Tymn)
* Algernon Blackwood: A Bio-Bibliography (1987)*
* The Work of William F. Temple (1994)
* The Supernatural Index (1995) (con William G. Contento)
* The Life and Times of King Arthur (1996)
* British Monarchs (1998). Publicado en Estados Unidos como The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens. Posteriormente editado y retitulado A Brief History of British Kings and Queens (2002)
* Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of Algernon Blackwood (2001). Publicado en Estados Unidos como Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life.
* The Gernsback Days: The Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911–1936 (2004) (con Robert A. W. Lowndes)
* The Age of the Story Tellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880–1950 (2006)
* Taking Liberties (2008)
* Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It (2011)

### Antologías arturianas

* The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1990)
* The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Time of King Arthur (1992)
* The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
* Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996). Also published as Quest for the Holy Grail (1997).
* The Chronicles of the Round Table (1997). Also published as Tales of the Round Table (1997).

### Otras antologías o colecciones sobre autores

* Souls in Metal: an Anthology of Robot Futures (1977)
* Weird Legacies (1977)
* SF Choice '77 (1977)
* The Best of British SF in 2 volumes (1977)
* Mrs. Gaskell's Tales of Mystery and Horror (1978)
* Jewels of Wonder (1981)
* Algernon Blackwood's Tales of the Supernatural (1983)
* Crypt of Cthulhu #62 (1989). Edición especial dedicada a Robert A. W. Lowndes.
* Robert E. Howard's World of Heroes (1989)
* The Magic Mirror: Lost Supernatural and Mystery Stories by Algernon Blackwood (1989)
* When Spirits Talk (1990)
* The Giant Book of Myths and Legends (1995)
* Classical Stories (1996). Revisada y ampliada como The Giant Book of Heroic Adventure Stories (1997)
* Classical Whodunnits: Murder And Mystery from Ancient Greece And Rome (1996)
* Space Stories (1996). Publicada en Estados Unidos como The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1997)
* Fantasy Stories (1996). Publicada en Estados Unidos como The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997)
* Shakespearean Whodunnits (1997)
* Shakespearean Detectives (1998)
* Royal Whodunnits: Tales of Right, Royal Murder And Mystery (1999)
* Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine (2000)
* A Haunting Beauty (2000). Colección de relatos de Charles Birkin.
* The Merriest Knight: The Collected Arthurian Tales of Theodore Goodridge Roberts (2001)
* The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections (2002). Colección de relatos de Arthur Porges.
* Thing of Darkness (2006). Colección de relatos de G. G. Pendarves compilada con John Pelan.
* Great American Ghost Stories (2008)
* Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008)
* Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy
* The Duel of Shadows: The Extraordinary Cases of Barnabas Hildreth (2011) por Vincent Cornier