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(1915-1993) (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) Novelist, writer. Lester del Rey was a science fiction writer and editor. Del Rey was awarded the 1990 Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.

Full Name

Lester Del Rey

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Del Rey lived in Manhattan, New York.

1915

BIRTH

Lester del Rey was born in Saratoga, Minnesota in 1915.

1948

LITWORK

...And Some Were Human


Short story collection.

1952

LITWORK

Rocket Jockey


Novel.

1953

LITWORK

Attack from Atlantis
The John C. Winston Company

Novel.

1955

LITWORK

Preferred Risk


Novel co-authored with Frederik Pohl.

1956

LITWORK

Nerves


Novel.

1959

LITWORK

Space Flight
Golden Press

Nonfiction.

1978

LITWORK

The Best of Lester del Rey


Short story collection.

1980

LITWORK

The World of Science Fiction, 1926-1976: the History of a Subculture


Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

Police Your Planet


Novel.

1982

LITWORK

The Mysterious Planet


Novel.

1993

DEATH

Lester del Rey died in New York City in 1993.

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