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James Blish

James Blish

Naissance 23 May 1921 · Décès 30 July 1975

Originaire de East Orange, New Jersey, United States · Nationalité : United States · Écrit de la fiction

Wikipedia

Blish a suivi une formation de biologiste à Rutgers et à l'université Columbia, puis a servi de 1942 à 1944 comme technicien médical dans l'armée américaine. Après la guerre, il est devenu rédacteur scientifique pour la société pharmaceutique Pfizer.

Citations

  • “The early anatomists, who laid the foundations of scientific medicine, were primarily artists; the early psychotherapists, like Freud, were primarily poets. Neither group ever cured anything, but each opened up a previously forbidden area of investigation.”
    In Tomorrow’s Little Black Bag, p. 305En anglais
  • “One thing you learn fast in the munitions business is that it’s a very good idea to stay off battlefields.”
    The Day After Judgment, Chapter 11En anglais
  • “A metaphor is not a tautology.”
    A Style in Treason, Chapter 5En anglais
  • “Yet the closer he came to it, the more alert he felt; it was as though he were paying more and more attention to fewer and fewer things, so that at the heart of the mystery he would paradoxically be totally intent upon nothing at all.”
    Midsummer Century, Chapter 11En anglais
  • “We often resort to something called Hilbert space, which is described as n-dimensional—it’s like modern sex, any number may be played with.”
    The Quincunx of Time, Chapter 10En anglais

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Les livres de James Blish dans l'ordre

Les livres de James Blish dans l'ordre de parution, de They Shall Have Stars (1956) à The Star Trek Reader III (1977).

  1. 1They Shall Have StarsThey Shall Have Stars1956
  2. 2Semailles HumainesSemailles Humaines1957
  3. 3A Case of ConscienceA Case of Conscience1958
  4. 4Doctor MirabilisDoctor Mirabilis1964
  5. 5Star Trek 1Star Trek 11967
  6. 6Black EasterBlack Easter1968
  7. 7Star Trek 2Star Trek 21968
  8. 8Star Trek 3Star Trek 31969
  9. 9Spock Must Die!Spock Must Die!1970
  10. 10Villes NomadesVilles Nomades1970
  11. 11Star Trek 4Star Trek 41971
  12. 12Star Trek 5Star Trek 51972
  13. 13Star Trek 6Star Trek 61972
  14. 14Star Trek 8Star Trek 81972
  15. 15Star Trek 9Star Trek 91973
  16. 16Star Trek 10Star Trek 101974
  17. 17Star Trek 11Star Trek 111975
  18. 18The Star Trek ReaderThe Star Trek Reader1976
  19. 19Star Trek 12Star Trek 121977
  20. 20The Star Trek Reader IIIThe Star Trek Reader III1977
  21. 21After Such KnowledgeAfter Such Knowledge
  22. 22Devils DayDevils Day
  23. 23The Star Trek Reader IVThe Star Trek Reader IV

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