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Local sci-fi writer named grand master
December 18, 2006
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James Gunn, director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at Kansas University, has been named grand master of science fiction for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc.
Gunn, professor emeritus of English, is the author of 28 science fiction books and the editor of 12 books. His science fiction stories have been dramatized for national radio and television programs.
The title Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master is bestowed upon a living author for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America president nominates candidates who must be approved by a majority of the group's officers and participating past presidents.
The title will be conferred during the group's meeting and awards banquet, which will be in May in New York City.
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18 December 2006
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thetagger (Anonymous) says…
The same Jame Gumm who kidnapped all those large women to make a skin-suit out of, and then Jodie Foster went and shot him, but not before Hannibal Lecter broke out of prison?? Man, he's come a long way from “Put the lotion in the ******* basket!!”
18 December 2006
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johnadavies (Anonymous) says…
Some people have “too much” of a sense of humor!
18 December 2006
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jrlii (Anonymous) says…
I'm afraid Dr. Gunn's contributions to Science Fiction are more as a scholar of the genre than as a writer.
He was teaching Science Fiction at a university level at a time when virtually no academics took the genre seriously.