Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942–1944 as a medical technician in the U.S. Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company. His first published story appeared in 1940, and his writing career progressed until he gave up his job to become a professional writer. He married literary agent Virginia Kidd in 1947. He worked for the Tobacco Institute from 1962-1968. In 1968, he emigrated to England. Between 1967 and his death in 1975, he became the first author to write short story collections based on the TV series Star Trek. In total, he wrote 11 volumes of short stories adapted from episodes of the series, as well as an original novel, Spock Must Die! in 1970. He died midway through writing Star Trek 12; his second wife, J. A. Lawrence, completed the book, and later completed the adaptations in the volume Mudd's Angels.
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A case of conscience
17 editions - first published in 1958 -
Star Trek
16 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
The seedling stars
12 editions - first published in 1957 -
Cities in Flight
11 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
Earthman, come home: a science fiction novel.
9 editions - first published in 1955 -
Star Trek 1
9 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
They shall have stars
8 editions - first published in 1956 Borrow -
Doctor Mirabilis: a novel.
6 editions - first published in 1964 -
A torrent of faces
6 editions - first published in 1967 -
The quincunx of time
6 editions - first published in 1973 -
A life for the stars
6 editions - first published in 1962 -
Anywhen
6 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
Titan's daughter
5 editions - first published in 1966 -
The Night Shapes
5 editions - first published in 1962 -
STAR TREK 8
5 editions - first published in 1972 -
Jack of eagles
5 editions - first published in 1952 -
Vor
5 editions - first published in 1958 -
Midsummer century
5 editions - first published in 1972 Borrow -
- and all the stars a stage
5 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow -
The star dwellers
4 editions - first published in 1961 -
STAR TREK 3
4 editions - first published in 1974 -
Black Easter: or, Faust Aleph-Null.
4 editions - first published in 1968 -
Star Trek 11
4 editions - first published in 1975 -
Mission to the Heart Stars
4 editions - first published in 1965 -
Star Trek 2
4 editions - first published in 1968 -
Spock must die!: A star trek novel.
4 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow -
Star Trek 6
4 editions - first published in 1972 Borrow -
Star Trek 12
3 editions - first published in 1977 -
Fallen Star
3 editions - first published in 1957 -
The warriors of day
3 editions - first published in 1967 -
Welcome to Mars
3 editions - first published in 1968 -
Star Trek 4
3 editions - first published in 1974 -
A clash of cymbals
3 editions - first published in 1959 -
The issue at hand: studies in contemporary magazine science fiction
3 editions - first published in 1964 -
Star Trek 5
3 editions - first published in 1980 -
The day after judgment: a novel.
3 editions - first published in 1971 -
Black Easter, or, Faust Aleph-Null
2 editions - first published in 1969 -
More issues at hand: critical studies in contemporary science fiction
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The duplicated man
2 editions - first published in 1959 -
The Day After Judgement
2 editions - first published in 1975 -
BEST OF JAMES BLISH
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
Star Trek 10
2 editions - first published in 1974 -
Star trek 7
2 editions - first published in 1972 -
Star Trek 9
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
After Such Knowledge
2 editions - first published in 1991 -
The Star trek reader III
2 editions - first published in 1977 Borrow -
The Star trek reader
2 editions - first published in 1976 Borrow -
Three for Tomorrow
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
ESPer
1 edition - first published in 1952 -
Day of the Dove
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
Star Trek Seven
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Star Trek Collectors Set
1 edition - first published in 1977 -
Les six lendemains
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
A Torrent of Faces (Ace Science Fiction Special, A-29)
1 edition - first published in 1968 -
With all of love: selected poems
1 edition - first published in 1995 -
The duplicate man
1 edition - first published in 1964 -
Dusk of Idols
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
Aux hommes, les étoiles
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
So close to home
1 edition - first published in 1961 -
Black Easter (After Such Knowledge)
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
Die Original- Abenteuer 1 von Raumschiff Enterprise
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Semailles humaines
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Star Trek Day of the Dove
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
The vanished jet
1 edition - first published in 1968 -
Villes nomades
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
The Triumph of Time
1 edition - first published in 1958 -
Dr. Mirabilis
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
Star Trek, Two
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
Spock Must Die! (Star Trek)
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
La terre est une idée
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
L'oeil de Saturne
1 edition - first published in 1986 -
Raumschiff Enterprise 10. Ein kleiner Privatkrieg. ( Science Fiction Abenteuer)
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Die Original-Abenteuer von Raumschiff Enterprise. 13. Jenseits der Sterne
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Black Easter ; The day after judgment
1 edition - first published in 1980 -
Die Original-Abenteuer von Raumschiff Enterprise. 11. Der Tag der Taube
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
The devil's day
1 edition - first published in 1990 -
Get Out of My Sky
1 edition - first published in 1960 -
Cities in Flight
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Case of Conscience
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Vor
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
Star Trek 1
1 edition - first published in 1972 -
Star Trek 1
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Titan's Daughter
1 edition - first published in 1961 -
The tale that wags the god
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
Clash of Cymbals (Cities in flight / James Blish)
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
The Seedling Stars and Galac
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
A STAR TREK NOVEL: SPOCK MUST DIE!
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Die Original-Abenteuer von Raumschiff Enterprise. 6. Die Lichter von Zhetar
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
The issue at hand; studies in contemporary magazine science fiction
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Work of Art
1 edition - first published in 1993 -
Star Trek Three
1 edition - first published in 1988 -
Star Trek 11 (#Q8717)
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Raumschiff Enterprise 8. Der Doppelgänger.
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One-Shot
1 edition - first published in 2008 Borrow -
Anywhen
1 edition - first published in 1970 Borrow -
The frozen year
1 edition - first published in 1957 Borrow -
Star Trek 12
1 edition - first published in 1977 Borrow -
The Seedling Stars
1 edition - first published in 1972 -
Star trek 3.
1 edition - first published in 1969 Borrow -
Star trek 2
1 edition - first published in 1968 Borrow
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- William Atheling Jr.
- JAMES BLISH
- James BLISH
- James. Blish
- James (Burroughs, Edgar Rice) Blish
- James (afterword by Richard D. Mullen) Blish
- Adapted By James Blish
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| November 1, 2010 | Edited by Alan Millar | merge authors |
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