James Benjamin Blish began writing stories for the specialized science-fiction magazines during the 1940s while he was an editor of a trade newspaper in New York. Although he had published dozens of b...
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Critical Essay by Richard D. Mullen
Although some of the contradictions [in Blish's Cities in Flight tetralogy] surely result from authorial carelessness, forgetfulness, or indifference, they ...
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Critical Essay by Thomas D. Clareson
James Blish leads a double role. As Blish he is one of the most accomplished sf novelists now writing, as attested by such titles as Black Easter, Cities in Fligh...
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Critical Essay by Edwin Morgan
The Day after Judgment is an exhilarating and hair-raising sequel to Mr. Blish's Black Easter, the two connected books now forming the centre-piece of a trilogy,...
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Critical Essay by Roger Baker
James Blish commands considerable respect as a science-fiction writer and his novels generally have a narrative directness and a thematic credibility that confounds scep...
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Critical Essay by Brian M. Stableford
When a number of writers, including Kurt Vonnegut, expressed resentment at the fact that their work was thought of as "science fiction," and did ev...
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James (Benjamin) Blish
Critical Essay by Richard D. Mullen
