George Scithers
| George H. Scithers | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 14, 1929 |
| Died | 19 April 2010 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Nationality | US |
| Citizenship | US |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Notable works | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales |
| Notable awards |
Hugo Award (1978, 1980) Best Professional Editor Hugo Award (1964, 1968) Best Fanzine World Fantasy Award (2002) Life Achievement World Fantasy Award (1992) Special Award |
George H. Scithers (May 14, 1929 – April 19, 2010) was an American science fiction fan, author and editor.
A long-time member of the World Science Fiction Society, he 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. As editor emeritus of Weird Tales, he lectured at the Library of Congress in 2008.Wildside Press published his most recent book, Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction, in 2008.
Scithers' first published fiction, the story "Faithful Messenger", appeared in If magazine in 1969. His involvement in the field, however, dates back to 1957, when he 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 World Science Fiction Society and authored a guide to running science fiction conventions, The Con-Committee Chairman's Guide based on his experiences chairing DisCon 1 in 1963.
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