Lester del Rey

Lester del Rey (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) (June 2 1915 - May 10 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor.

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June 2 - 1915 - May 10 - 1993 - American - Science fiction author - Editor

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He first started publishing stories in pulp magazines in the late 1930s. Consequently, he is considered one of the original "Grand Masters" of the so-called "golden age" of science fiction, which lasted from roughly the late 1930s to the late 1950s.

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Pulp magazines - 1930s

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He later made his way into editing for several pulp magazines and then for book publishers. He was most successful editing for Ballantine Books with his fourth wife, Judy-Lynn del Rey, and founded a popular science fiction imprint with her at Ballantine, Del Rey Books, in 1975.

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Pulp magazines - Ballantine Books - Judy-Lynn del Rey - Del Rey Books

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Del Rey was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers. Del Rey himself was the model for the Emmanuel Rubin character.

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Trap Door Spiders - Isaac Asimov - Black Widowers - Emmanuel Rubin

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• Anthology: Best Science Ficton of the Year #1-#5 (1972-1976, E.P. Dutton & Co.)