James Blish

James Blish (born May 23, 1921, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.—died July 30, 1975, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England) was an American author and critic of science fiction best known for the Cities in Flight series (1950–62) and the novel A Case of Conscience (1958). His work, which often examined philosophical ideas, was part of the more sophisticated science fiction that arose in the 1950s. Blish had been a fan of science fiction since his childhood, and...