List of science fiction editors
Science fiction has been shaped as a literary genre by both
science fiction authors and
science fiction editors.
See also*
Jim Baen, former editor at
Ace Books and
Tor Books, founded
Baen Books*
Jeff Berkwits, editor at
Amazing Stories*
Kyril Bonfiglioli, editor of
Science Fantasy magazine
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Anthony Boucher, (1911-1968), editor of the
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*
Ben Bova, (born 1932), successor to Campbell at
Analog, later became fiction editor of
Omni Magazine*
Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999), editor of
Sword and Sorceress anthologies and
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine*
Charles N. Brown, editor of
Locus magazine (NB: Locus carries news, not fiction)
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Howard Browne, former editor of
Amazing Stories*
John W. Campbell Jr., (1910-1971), editor of
Analog Science Fiction magazine
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John Carnell, aka E. J. Carnell or Ted Carnell, edited
New Worlds for its first 18 years, also
Science Fantasy and subsequently the anthology series
New Writings in Science Fiction until his death.
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Terry Carr, (1937-1987), former editor at
Ace Books, founder of
Ace Specials line, noted anthologist, editor of original anthology series
Universe*
Lin Carter, (1930-1988), fantasy anthologist, editor at Ballantine Books
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Groff Conklin, (1904-1968) noted anthologist
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Kathryn Cramer, noted anthologist
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Jack Dann (born 1945), anthologist, consulting editor for
Tor Books*
Ellen Datlow, editor at
Omni,
Event Horizon,
SCIFICTION,
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and several other anthologies; consulting editor for Tor Books
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Avram Davidson, (1923-1993), editor of the
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*
Lester del Rey, (1915-1993), noted anthologist and author, co-founded
Del Rey Books*
Judy-Lynn del Rey, (1943-1986), editor, noted anthologist, co-founded
Del Rey Books*
August Derleth, (1909-1971),
H. P. Lovecraft's
literary executor, and founder of
Arkham House*
T. E. Dikty, (1920-1991)
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Tom Doherty, former publisher of
Ace Books, founder and publisher of
Tor Books*
Gardner Dozois, (born 1947), editor,
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine,
1985-
2004*
Claire Eddy, senior editor at
Tor Books*
Harlan Ellison, (born 1934), editor of
Dangerous Visions anthologies
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Roger Elwood, (born 1933), who produced so many paperback original anthologies in the 1970s that he saturated the anthology market for several years.
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Andreas Eschbach*
Paul W. Fairman, former editor of
Amazing Stories*
Edward L. Ferman, former editor of the
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*
Eric Flint, (born 1947)
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James Frenkel, editor at Dell Books, later founder and publisher of Blue Jay Books; later editor at
Tor Books (1987-present)
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David S. Garrett*
Hugo Gernsback, (1884-1967), editor of
Amazing Stories magazine
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Vic Ghidalia*
H. L. Gold, (1914-1996), editor of
Galaxy magazine
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Cele Goldsmith Lalli, editor of
Amazing Stories and
Fantastic magazines
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Charles L. Grant, (born 1942), horror anthologist
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Martin Harry Greenberg, (born 1942), prolific anthologist
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Eileen Gunn, (born 1945), editor/publisher of the "
Infinite Matrix"
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Marcus Hammerschmitt*
David G. Hartwell, (born 1942), noted anthologist; SF editor at several book lines including Berkley, Pocket Books, and Arbor House/William Morrow; now a senior editor at
Tor Books*
John-Henri Holmberg, Swedish editor, translator, critic, and fan
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Robert Hoskins*
Toni Jerrman, editor of influential
Finnish Science fiction magazine
Tähtivaeltaja*
Karl Johanson, editor of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine,
Canada http://www.neo-opsis.ca/
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Jak Koke, (born 1964), fantasy author and managing editor of
Per Aspera Press*
Damon Knight, (1922-2002), editor of the
Orbit series of original anthologies
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Edward E. Kramer, (born 1961), noted anthologist and author
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Péter Kuczka, (1923-1999),
Hungarian, editor of
Galaktika from 1972-1995, the "Father of the Hungarian Sci-Fi"
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Warren Lapine, editor and publisher of
Absolute Magnitude and DNA Publications
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Kurd Laßwitz*
Stanisław Lem, (1921-2006)
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Leo Margulies, (1900-1975)
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Shawna McCarthy, editor of
Realms of Fantasy, one-time editor of
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1983-1986
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J. Francis McComas, co-founding editor of
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction*
Beth Meacham, editor at
Ace Books 1981-1984; a senior editor at
Tor Books, 1984-present
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Judith Merril, (1923-1997), edited the increasingly eclectic "Best SF" anthologies in the 1960s
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Jim Minz, former editor at
Tor Books, now at
Del Rey Books*
Betsy Mitchell, former editor at
Baen Books and
Warner Aspect, now head of
Del Rey Books*
Michael Moorcock, (born 1939), editor of
New Worlds magazine in the
1960s, instigator of the so-called "New Wave"
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden, (born 1959), manager of science fiction at
Tor Books; noted anthologist
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden, (born 1956), former managing editor and now consulting editor at
Tor Books*
Raimo Nikkonen, editor of major
Finnish Science fiction magazine
Portti*
Sharyn November, editor of
Firebird Books*
Raymond A. Palmer,
Amazing editor in the 1930s and 1940s; influential in the popularization of the
UFO phenomenon
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Frederik Pohl, (born 1919), edited
Galaxy and
If magazines, and the
Star Science Fiction series of original anthologies
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Byron C. Preiss, (1952-2005)
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David Pringle*
Bill Pronzini*
Arthur W. Saha, (
1923-
1999), fantasy anthologist
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Karl-Herbert Scheer*
Stanley Schmidt, (born 1944), editor of
Analog, 1977 to present.
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George H. Scithers, (born 1929), initial editor of
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1976-1981; editor
Amazing Stories, mid-1980s
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Yoshihiro Shiozawa, editor of
S-F Magazine 1996-
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Robert Silverberg, (born 1935)
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Jason Sizemore, editor of
Apex Digest*
T. O'Conor Sloane,
Amazing Stories editor in the 1930s
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Jonathan Strahan, (
1964-), anthologist
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Roy Torgeson*
Gordon Van Gelder, editor specializing in SF at St. Martin's Press, 1989-1997; editor (since
1997) and publisher (since
2000) of
Fantasy and Science Fiction*
Sheila Williams, editor,
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine,
2004-
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Terri Windling (born 1958), editor at
Ace Books, later consulting editor for
Tor Books, fantasy anthologist
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Donald A. Wollheim, (1914-1990), editor at
Ace Books, later the founder of
DAW Books*
Ted White, editor of
Fantastic and
Amazing Stories*
Jane Yolen, editor of "Jane Yolen Books" at Harcourt Brace; fantasy anthologist
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List of science fiction authors*
List of fantasy authors*
List of horror fiction authors*
Science fiction fandom*
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