Piers Anthony Papers 1951-1978

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Piers Anthony Papers 1951-1978

Papers of the British American author, science fiction and fantasy novelist. Born Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob in England in 1934. Includes correspondence with editors, fans, and other authors (1960-1969); and writings, including typescript draft and manuscript short stories and novels. Correspondents of interest include Poul Andersen, Isaac Asimov, Lloyd Biggle, Terry Carr, Robert Coulson, Samuel R. Delany, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Margroff, Andre Norton, Andrew J. Offutt, Alexei Panshin, Frederik Pohl, Norman Spinrad, and Roger Zelazny.

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Andre Norton ( Alice Mary Norton ) was born February 7, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio. After an early career as a children’s librarian, Andre Norton turned to full-time writing as her profession, publishing her first novel in 1934 . She legally changed her name to Andre Norton believing that readers of science fiction and fantasy would accept that name better than Alice Mary Norton. She also wrote under the pen names Andrew North and Allen Weston. Her first science fiction n...

Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992

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Anthony, Piers Archives.

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Piers Anthony (born Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob in Oxford, England, in 1934) is an American novelist. Anthony's family came to the United States when he was four years old; he graduated from Goddard College in Vermont, served in the United States Army (1957-1959), and became a citizen in his twenties. While in the army he was editor and cartoonist for the battalion newspaper, and in the early 1960s he turned to writing full-time. He is one of the most prolific science fiction and...

McCaffrey, Anne, 1926-2011

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Biggle, Lloyd, Jr., 1923-2002

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Andersen, Poul

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Zelazny, Roger

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Delany, Samuel R., 1942-

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Samuel R. Delany, born April 1, 1942, in New York City, is an author, editor, professor, and literary critic, noted for his work in the science fiction genre. Delaney's writing is often characterized by his interest in gender, sexual orientation, race, and social issues. Delany identified as a gay black male, but for twelve years, he remained married to the poet Marilyn Hacker, whom he met in high school. During their marriage, the couple raised a daughter and co-edited a short-lived magazine...

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Carr, Terry.

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Offutt, Andrew J.

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Pohl, Frederik

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American novelist, author, editor. From the guide to the Frederik Pohl Papers, 1917-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

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