Star-begotten
Subtitle: a life lived in science fiction
By: James Gunn
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781476670263
Subjects: American Novelists; Biography
Description: "Hugo Award winning writer James Gunn (1923- ) has been called 'the last Golden Age author' of science fiction. In a career spanning almost 70 years, he has written 28 books and dozens of short stories and participated in the production of films, radio and television programs and comic books"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A title from H.G. Wells and a brush with greatness; title: An unlikely life, an unusual family and a quest for education; title: Called to service and romance, and more education; title: Back to college, stage magic, a wedding and the miracle of writing, and acceptance; title: Return to Lawrence, grad school, reading, writing and a baby; title: Junior editor in Racine, my first WorldCon and its revelation; title: Freelancing for a living, creating a career and "Another boy"; title: Lawrence once more (for good) and a life in academia; title: To the front of the classroom, editing for alumni, and writing for a chancellor; title: University relations, a university's centennial and rebellious students; title: Becoming a professor who teaches fiction writing and science fiction, and writes it; title: Teaching, research and service, and how science fiction serves them all; title: Retirement : old writers never die, they just go out of print; and sometimes receive awards and suffer losses; title: Family and the end, but maybe not just yet; title: Appendix A: Theodore Sturgeon collection; title: Appendix B: Publications.