George H. Scithers

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George H. Scithers was an American science fiction fan, author and editor. He was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which was established by author Fletcher Pratt in 1944, and which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers. A long-time member of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), Scithers published a fanzine starting in the 1950s, wrote short stories, and moved on to edit several prominent science fiction magazines, as well as a number of anthologies. In 1957, Scithers began submitting to the fanzine Yandro. Two years later, he began publishing the Hugo Award-winning fanzine Amra. The term "Swords and Sorcery" first appeared there, and Amra became a leading proponent of the subgenre. Several of the articles originally published in Amra were later re-printed as part of two volumes about Conan the Barbarian which Scithers co-edited with L. Sprague de Camp. In 1963, Scithers chaired Discon I, the 21st Worldcon, held in Washington, D.C. He was a regular parliamentarian for business meetings of the WSFS and authored a guide to running science fiction conventions, The Con-Committee Chairman's Guide, based on his experiences chairing Discon. Scithers' first published fiction appeared in If magazine in 1969. In 1973, Scithers founded Owlswick Press, a small independent publishing company. In 1976, Owlswick published Scithers' book (under the pseudonym Karl Würf), To Serve Man: A Cookbook for People (including recipes for "Boiled Leg of Man", "Texas Chili with Cowboy", and "Person Kebabs"). In 1977, Scithers was named the first editor for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. He remained in that position until 1982, and won two more Hugo Awards for his work there. After leaving IASFM, Scithers took the helm at Amazing Stories and edited that magazine until 1986. In 1988, he worked with John Gregory Betancourt and Darrell Schweitzer to re-establish Weird Tales, the magazine that had introduced one of his earliest interests, Conan the Barbarian, to the world. In 1992, he and Schweitzer won a World Fantasy Award for their work on Weird Tales. In 2001, Scithers was the Fan Guest of Honor at the Worldcon, Millennium Philcon. At the 2002 World Fantasy Convention in Minneapolis, Scithers received the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. As editor emeritus of Weird Tales, he lectured at the Library of Congress in 2008. Scithers resided in Rockville, Maryland, and was very fond of owls and trains. He died on April 19, 2010, two days after suffering a heart attack. Source - https://www.worldswithoutend.com/author.asp?ID=3724

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Cat Tales Volume 1 (Cat Tales)
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George Scithers's Con-Committee Chairman's Guide
Representative edition published 2005
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Another round at the spaceport bar
Representative edition published 1989
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Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction
Representative edition published 1981
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On writing science fiction
Representative edition published 1981
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Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far
Representative edition published 1981
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The Adventures of Science Fiction, Vol. 3
Representative edition published 1980
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Isaac Asimov's worlds of science fiction
Representative edition published 1980
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Isaac Asimov's Adventures in Science Fiction
Representative edition published 1980
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Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction, Volume 2
Representative edition published 1979
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Dark Stars & Dragons
Representative edition published 1978
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Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction
Representative edition published 1978
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Black holes & bug-eyed-monsters
Representative edition published 1977
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Astronauts & Androids
Representative edition published 1977
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On writing science fiction
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Another Round at the Spaceport Bar
Representative edition published 1989
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Tales from the Spaceport Bar
Representative edition published 1987
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Amazing Stories, January 1984. Part 1 of Pohl's *Heechee Rendezvous* (Volume 57, No. 5)
Representative edition published 1984
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Amazing Stories, March 1984, Featuring Pohl's *Where the Heechee Feared to Go* (Volume 57, No. 6)
Representative edition published 1984
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Amazing Stories, May 1983 (Volume 57, No. 1)
Representative edition published 1983
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Cat Tales
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