William Atheling, Jr.
Used as a pseudonym. See also:
James Blish
5 Quotations from William Atheling, Jr.
| hard science fiction n. | 1970 More Issues at Hand 99 Wells used the term originally to cover what we would today call ‘hard’ science fiction, in which a conscientious attempt to be faithful to already known facts (as of the date of writing) was the substrate on which the story was to be built, and if the story was also to contain a miracle, it ought at least not to contain a whole arsenal of them. |
| science fantasy n. 4 | 1970 More Issues at Hand 98 In The Issue At Hand (p. 112) I noted that Avram Davidson, then editor of F&SF, once classified five of the stories in the August 1962 issue of his magazine as ‘science-fantasy,’ which I called ‘a term specially revived by his predecessor’ Robert P. Mills, ‘(independently of H.G. Wells, who meant something else by it) to cover the Aldiss “Hothouse” series.’ |
| science fantasy n. 4 | 1970 More Issues at Hand 100 The whole point of the modern usage of the term ‘science fantasy’, it seems to me, is is to define a kind of hybrid in which plausibility is specifically invoked for most of the story, but may be cast aside in patches at the author’s whim and according to no visible system or principle. |
| spy ray n. | 1964 Things Still to Come: Gadgetry and Prediction in More Issues at Hand 49 A frightening thought as Asimov handled it, because he took an adult view of it; but a Heinlein would have used the same brilliant insight to bring out the Peeping Tom in us (what did happen to the spy rays of yesteryear, by the way?). |
| sword and sorcery n. | 1964 Issue at Hand 73 Readers debating sword-and-sorcery fantasy tend to shed their heads as well as their shirts, as the recent Tolkien craze amply demonstrates. |