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	DEL REY, Lester - personal data
		Del Rey kept controversy attached to himself as though it were a shadow.
		While he had limited success in writing for the SF pulps in the late 1930s and early 1940s, del Rey was able to land a job with the prestigious Scott Meredith literary agency in the late 40s.
		Lester's marriages were several and unfortunate: the first two ended in divorce, his third wife, Evelyn, was killed in a car wreck (Jan 28, 1970), and his fourth marriage to Judy-Lynn Benjamin ended with her death in 1986.
	www.gwillick.com /Spacelight/delrey.html (376 words)

	Lester del Rey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey at Minicon 8 in 1974
		Del Rey was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers.
		Del Rey himself was the model for the Emmanuel Rubin character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lester_del_Rey (311 words)

	Lester del Rey
		Lester del Rey was born in Saratoga, Minnesota in 1915 as Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heathcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez-del Rey y de los Verdes.
		Del Rey’s writing career started off, like a handful of other writers, when he became disgusted with the low quality of many of the science fiction stories published in his day and protested that even he could write a better story.
		Judy-Lynn del Rey, an associate editor at Galaxy Science Fiction (a position she had taken over from del Rey), switched to Ballantine Books in 1973 (del Rey followed her) where she garnered increasing respect and attention as many of the books/authors under her charge rose to the bestseller list.
	www.nndb.com /people/208/000085950 (769 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lester del Rey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1986, she was posthumously awarded the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, but Lester del Rey declined the award in her name, saying that she would have objected to the award being given to her just because she had recently died.
		Lester del Rey (a contraction of his real name, Ramon Alvarez del Rey) wrote of his early years in extensive autobiographical commentary to his collection, The Early Del Rey (l975).
		Del Rey was editor and assistant editor of Space SF, Fantasy magazine, SF Adventures, Rocket Stories, and others.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lester-del-Rey (459 words)

	AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Born in Minnesota, del Rey never knew his mother, who died shortly after his birth.
		Del Rey wrote mainly juvenile SF, historical, and non-fiction.
		Del Rey was awarded the title of SFWA Grand Master in l99l.
	www.scifi.com /scifiction/classics/classics_archive/delrey/delrey_bio.html (268 words)

	Disposable Lit: The Early Del Rey, Volume 2
		To most readers of my generation, "Del Rey" isn't a person; it's the name of Ballantine's science fiction publishing arm, and if the name "Lester Del Rey" means anything, it's as the editor of said line, along with his wife.
		Del Rey never did get called up (which may have been explained in Volume 1, which I don't have), but he did work in aircraft construction, and the wartime fervor invades almost every story.
		The stories themselves are fair-to-middling; Del Rey, while a serviceable writer (and better than many of his contemporary contributors), seems like a slightly lesser version of Asimov, probably a result of the same tutoring from John W. Campbell which molded both their styles.
	www.coldfusionvideo.com /book/earlydelrey2.html (564 words)

	lester del rey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		And one of these was Lester del Rey, and that is what this present book review is about.
		del Rey always stuck to the points and ideas that brought us to Science Fiction in the first place, and that is that there is something else just over the next fence, or around the next curve in the road.
		Lester del Rey's genius will live on in the minds of the reader long after they put this book down.
	www.penguincomics.net /Book_Reviews/lester%20del%20rey.html (542 words)

	More Dust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lester Del Rey was a frequent guest on the Long John show.
		Curtis Henderson and I debated Del Rey and Isaac Asimov on cryonics.
		Del Rey claimed that freezing causes too much damage to patients to work, regardless of future rapair capabilities.
	www.cryonet.org /cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=9946 (220 words)

	Virtual Marginalia: Review of del Rey, Lester
		In my opinion, Lester del Rey is the most underrated (and under-read) founder of contemporary American science fiction.
		He is far better known as an editor than as a writer, but his stories are creative and his writing is very tight, and he routinely combines politics with personal stories in ways that are insightful and entertaining.
		The ending is satisfying although a bit abrupt, and like most SF authors of his era, Del Rey’s female characters are ill-defined and plastic.
	www.papaya-palace.com /katbooks/archives/000537.html (616 words)

	Ace Double Reviews 61
		Lester Del Rey is one of the interesting cases.
		Much more importantly, he was very influential in the 70s and 80s as an editor for Ballantine, and the Ballantine imprint Del Rey was named jointly after he and his wife Judy Lynn.
		In particular, Lester Del Rey discovered Terry Brooks's The Sword of Shannara, edited it rigorously, and made it a bestseller.
	www.sff.net /people/Richard.Horton/aced61.htm (1365 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Lester del Rey
		Bio: Lester del Rey (a contraction of his real name, Ramon Alvarez del Rey) wrote of his early years in extensive autobiographical commentary to his collection, THE EARLY DEL REY (l975).
		Del Rey also contributed to Street&Smith's fantasy companion to ASTOUNDING, UNKNOWN WORLDS, and in l947 sold his first book, a collection of short stories AND SOME WERE HUMAN, to the Prime Press.
		Del Rey Books under their guidance became the most important and successful of all science fiction publishers, bringing bestseller status to many writers such s Anne McCaffrey, Terry Brooks (Lester del Rey's discovery), Stephen Donaldson.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/LesterdelReyeBooks.htm (927 words)

	Lester del Rey - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Lester del Rey - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Lester del Rey contains research on
		Lester del Rey, Career, Selected Works, Fiction, Nonfiction, Edited, 1915 births, 1993 deaths, American science fiction writers and Nebula Grand Masters.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Lester_del_Rey (288 words)

	Mimosa 25, pages 37-41. "The Legendary Hydra Club" by Dave Kyle
		The signatures on that initial constitution were Lester del Rey, David A. Kyle, Frederik Pohl, Judith Merril, and Martin Greenberg.
		Lester del Rey was also the closest of friends.
		Lester became a successful entrepreneur and founder of Del Rey Books, but then he lived alone on the East Side near Grand Central Terminal.
	www.jophan.org /mimosa/m25/kyle.htm (3387 words)

	Alpha Ralpha Boulevard: Lester Del Rey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Del Rey in 1982 (From a photo in the Science Fiction Chonicle)
		In 1974 he went to work at Ballantine as well, the Ballantine SF line became Del Rey Books as of 1977.
		Del rey died at about 3:30pm, May 19th 1993 in the acute cardiac care unit of NYH after being hospitalized for a week due to serious hearth problems.
	www.catch22.com /SF/ARB/SFD/DelRey,Lester.php3 (329 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Three writers, Lester Del Rey, Tom Shippley, and Samuel Delaney, all set out to define the idea of Science Fiction.
		Lester Del Rey, attempts to define Science Fiction in his piece "What Science Fiction Is." He says it is "an attempt to deal rationally with alternate possibilities in a manner which will be entertaining" (p.5).
		In his piece "But What Good Is It?" Del Rey compares the idea of what he calls "regular" Fiction to Science Fiction.
	www.msu.edu /~bronste2/01.htm (548 words)

	Del Rey Manga
		NEW YORK, NY — January 30, 2007 — Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Random House Inc. and one of the premiere publishers of manga in the U.S., announced today the acquisition of MAKE 5 WISHES, created in collaboration with platinum-selling and Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Avril Lavigne.
		Del Rey Manga purchased world rights for the books in a deal brokered by Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Management.
		Del Rey was founded in 1977 as a division of Ballantine Books under the guidance of the renowned Judy-Lynn del Rey and her husband, Lester del Rey.
	www.randomhouse.com /delrey/manga/m5w.html (999 words)

	Lester Del Rey books on Cupboardmaker.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The book has a little bumping at the corners and there is the shadow of a small red check mark on the ffep.
		This is an anthology of 24 previously uncollected stories by Del Rey.
		Lester Del Rey The World of Science Fiction: 1926-1976 The History of a Subculture
	www.cupboardmaker.com /pg/lesterdelrey.html (257 words)

	Amazon.com: The Best of Lester Del Rey (Del Rey Impact): Books: Lester Del Rey,Frederik Pohl,Terry Brooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This collection pulls together del Rey's best short works from the '30s, '40s, and '50s, including many of his personal favorites and more than a couple that sprouted from ideas passed on by Campbell himself.
		Some of the 16 stories here show their age in places, but all reflect del Rey's inventive, often opinionated, top-shelf mind.
		Whether it's a classic tale of boy-builds-robot, boy-falls-in-love-with-robot, or a Rip Van Winkle-style riff on an elven tinker who's frustrated by modern alloys, del Rey always stuck to the big ideas that brought him--and us--to sci-fi in the first place.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/034543949X?v=glance (916 words)

	UNKNOWN TRAILS BOOKS: Nerves - Lester Del Rey (Richard Powers cover art)
		Nerves is the story of one day in such a plant - a day that begins in fear and tension...and reaches its climax as men race against disaster in what may be the last day of their lives.
		American author and editor Lester Del Rey (b.1915) began writing in the late 1930's and pubished his first short story, "The Faithful," in Astounding in 1938.
		In the mid-1970's he began working with Ballantine Books where he eventually created and ran the Del Rey imprint (named for his wife Judy-Lynn Del Rey) from its beginning in 1977 until his retirement in 1991.
	www.unknowntrails.com /coversSF/DelRey-Nerves.html (487 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Ten Commandments Plus OneReview: The Eleventh Commandment by Lester del Rey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Way back in the 1960s, as the U.S. Supreme Court was just beginning to consider if the Ten Commandments were appropriate decoration in the nation's schools, science fiction writer and history professor Lester del Rey was pondering what might be the result of an established state religion in America.
		Del Rey's conception of a Catholic America was obviously predicated on the Third World Catholic states of Central and South America.
		Del Rey seems to be saying that Catholicism is the cause of poverty and overcrowding.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/06/27/103432.php (925 words)

	Lester Del Rey books on Bookmarc.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Small corner fold to the back wrap; front wrap has chipping to the corners; Spine is well chipped, with about 4/5ths of the material still present.
		An excellent issue including "Who Rules Space" by del Rey; the classic "Trainee From Mars" by Harrison and "Thundering Death" by Priestley.
		The classic "Boiling Point" by Lester del Rey; "The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal" by Cordwainer Smith and "According to His Abilities" by Harry Harrison.
	www.bookmarc.ca /pg/lesterdelrey.html (517 words)

	COMICON.com: DEL REY'S NEXT TWO MANGA
		Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, announced two new major Kodansha manga acquisitions today, both geared for release in May of 2004.
		Del Rey Books (http://www.delreydigital.com) was founded in 1977 as a division of Ballantine Books under the guidance of the renowned Judy-Lynn del Rey and her husband, Lester del Rey.
		With their first four titles (Gundam SEED and Negima in addition to the two Clamp titles above) Del Rey is really focusing on doing very high profile titles to ensure a rock solid start for their manga line.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=001255 (739 words)

	The Best of Lester Del Rey
		There is a lot that can be said about Lester del Rey.
		He founded the Del Rey science fiction line, and discovered Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Barbara Hambly, and Stephen R Donaldson.
		For the older reader, this is a trip down memory lane that brings back pleasant memories of an old friend and sadness that he is not around to thrill us more.
	www.baryon-online.com /baryon78/lester.html (155 words)

	Mobipocket.com - eBooks for your PDA and Smartphone, Palm PocketPC Symbian
		Del Rey was an important science fiction publisher and an SFFWA Grand Master but none of his work had greater impact than...
		- Del Rey, Lester - 232 KB The magazine version of Lester del Rey's frightening novel of nuclear reactor breakdown appeared in 1942: Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl were scarily and accurately predicted.
		Del Rey was an important science fiction publisher and an SFFWA Grand Master
	www.mobipocket.com /en/eBooks/AuthorDetails.asp?AuthorID=2254 (183 words)

	Welcome to the Worlds of Anne McCaffrey!
		Renegades of Pern, Del Rey Nov 1989 (hc)
		All The Weyrs of Pern, Del Rey Oct 1991 (hc)
		The Dolphins of Pern, Del Rey Sept 1994
	annemccaffrey.net /books (644 words)

	Andy's Anachronisms -- Science Fiction Adventures in Dimension
		Author Lester Del Rey tackles an age old circular paradox about the future influencing the past which in turns creates a future which comes back to influence the past.
		Its interesting to note that the 1950's promise of cheap atomic energy is reflected directly in Del Rey's future where small power plants are used to power households.
		This short story is one of the earliest that I have seen which attempts to explain the branching of timelines, complete with diagrams, as the result of time travellers influencing the past.
	www.timetravelreviews.com /shorts/conklin.html (1671 words)

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