Raymond J. Healy
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Raymond John Healy was a pioneering American
anthologist who edited four science fiction
anthologies from 1946 to 1955, two with J. Francis McComas
. The first, Adventures in Time and Space
(1946, with McComas as coeditor) is generally recognized as the finest early anthology from the Golden Age of Science Fiction
.
United States
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anthologist who edited four science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
anthologies from 1946 to 1955, two with J. Francis McComas
J. Francis McComas
Jesse Francis McComas was an American science fiction editor. McComas wrote several stories on his own in the 1950s using both his own name and the pseudonym Webb Marlowe....
. The first, Adventures in Time and Space
Adventures in time and space
Adventures in Time and Space was an anthology of science fiction stories edited by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas and published in 1946. When it was re-released in 1975 by Ballantine Books, Analog book reviewer Lester del Rey referred to it as a book he often gave to people in order to...
(1946, with McComas as coeditor) is generally recognized as the finest early anthology from the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Golden Age of Science Fiction
The first Golden Age of Science Fiction — often recognized as the period from the late 1930s through the 1950s — was an era during which the science fiction genre gained wide public attention and many classic science fiction stories were published...
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