Talk:James E. Gunn

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Untitled[edit]

In the introduction to the 1984 hardback Crown edition of The Joy Makers, George Zebrowski states that "The Joy Makers was an original paperback published in 1961".
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Frosty (talk • contribs) 19:42, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Date of birth[edit]

I found at least two sources that say he was born on 12 July 1923. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.117.7.28 (talk) 00:58, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eaton Award[edit]

I deleted the 1992 Eaton Award for lifetime achievement. The Eaton Award, estab. 1979, was revamped as a life achievement award in 2008. The Locus Index to SF Awards does not list any Eaton Award for Gunn [ref name=SFAwards] and for Eaton Award lists no award that year.[1]

One official Eaton Awards page is entirely silent about the pre-2008 version.[2] Is there another page?

--P64 (talk) 23:10, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

~~emergency save http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/bio.htm listerner six novelettes publishers SFFHOF --P64 (talk) 21:50, 16 July 2015 (UTC)~~ obsolete/resolved following further work on the article next day --P64 (talk) 18:27, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame[edit]

As someone inserted three weeks ago without link or source [3], Gunn is one new member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame for 2015, evidently announced five weeks ago [4] [5] [6] although the official website remains silent [7]. --P64 (talk) 22:07, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Using only the earliest announcement I added basic prose coverage. --P64 (talk) 01:41, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

Gunn wrote an excellent history of sf, which I borrowed from a library years ago, lots of juicy vignettes & inside stuff from rubbing elbows with 'golden age' authors. I can't remember the title, and I don't believe it was anything as blasé as 'The History of...'. Maybe some of you are familiar with it. Best overview of the genre I have seen, and I've read a few. rags (talk) 01:47, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind! I'm sure it was Alternate Worlds. rags (talk) 15:35, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography[edit]

I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates for books and articles, as well as tables for organising short stories, poems and/or book reviews. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. ISBNs and other persistent identifiers, where available, are commented out, but still available for reference. This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 06:48, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Dreamers: 1980, not 1981[edit]

I have the Methuen edition and it has an original copyright date of 1980. 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:35E0:BC3:3473:BF10 (talk) 14:03, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]