Professor James E. Gunn
James E.
Gunn, M.A.
is an American science fiction author, editor, scholar, and anthologist.
Jim’s work from the 1960s and 70s is considered his most significant
fiction, and his
Road to Science Fiction collections are considered his
most important scholarly books. He won a Hugo Award for a nonfiction
book in 1983 for
Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction. He
was named the 2007 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
He is Professor Emeritus of English, and the Director of the
Center for the Study of Science Fiction, both at the University of
Kansas.
The Center for
the Study of Science Fiction awards the annual John W. Campbell
Memorial Award for best novel and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
at the Campbell Conference in Lawrence, Kansas, every July.
Jim served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, after which he
attended the University of Kansas, earning a Bachelor of Science in
Journalism in 1947 and a Masters of Arts in English in 1951. He went
on to become a faculty member of the University of Kansas, where he
served as the university’s director of public relations and as a
professor of English, specializing in science fiction and fiction
writing.
He served as President of the Science Fiction Writers of America from
1971 to 1972 and was President of the Science Fiction Research
Association
from 1980 to 1982.
Jim’s books include
The Joy Makers,
The Joy Machine,
The Immortals,
The Magicians,
The Science of Science Fiction Writing,
The Listeners,
Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction,
The Road to Science Fiction: Volume 2: From Wells to
Heinlein,
Breaking Point,
This Fortress World,
The Road to Science Fiction: Volume 4: From Here to Forever,
and
Gift From The Stars.
Listen to his
The Cave of Night.
Visit his
Facebook page.
Read his
Goodreads profile,
LinkedIn profile, and his
Wikipedia profile.
