Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey has written at least 74 books. Their most popular book is The science fiction hall of fame with 33 saves with an average rating of 4.17⭐.
Author Bio
Lester del Rey was born Leonard Knapp in Saratoga, Minnesota, the son of poor sharecroppers of partly Spanish ancestry. His mother died shortly after his birth, and he managed to complete high school and two years at George Washington University before dropping out for economic reasons. He started publishing stories in pulp magazines in the late 1930s. He was closely associated Astounding Science Fiction, then the leading science fiction magazine. In 1935, his first wife was killed in a car accident. By 1947 he had written enough solid short fiction to generate his first book, the anthology And Some Were Human. In the 1950s, he was a leading science fiction writer. After marrying his second wife in 1945, he became a full-time writer. In 1947 he met the literary agent Scott Meredith at a convention and he began working for Meredith's agency as a reader and office manager. He later made his way into editing for pulp magazines and then for book publishers. In 1952 and 1953, he edited Space SF, Fantasy Fiction, Science Fiction Adventures (as Philip St. John), Rocket Stories (as Wade Kampfaert), and Fantasy Fiction (as Cameron Hall). He was most successful editing for Ballantine Books with his final wife, Judy-Lynn del Rey, and founded a popular science fiction imprint with her at Ballantine, Del Rey Books, in 1977.
#0 in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
1970 • 33 Readers • 560 pages • 4.2
#2 in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
1900 • 13 Readers • 672 pages • 3.5
1975 • 8 Readers • 3.5
1942 • 8 Readers • 132 pages • 3.5
1956 • 6 Readers • 180 pages • 3
1948 • 3 Readers • 160 pages • 3
#4 of 4 in DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel
1972 • 3 Readers • 176 pages • 3
#8 of 20 in Future History or "Heinlein Timeline"
1940 • 3 Readers • 160 pages • 3.5
1952 • 3 Readers • 210 pages
1952 • 3 Readers • 5
2019 • 3 Readers
3 Readers • 4
1977 • 2 Readers • 397 pages
1953 • 2 Readers • 176 pages • 3
1954 • 2 Readers • 132 pages • 2
2013 • 2 Readers • 3
2 Readers
2010 • 2 Readers • 4
6 Dangerous Visions
1967 • 2 Readers • 203 pages
#2 of 1 in Star Science Fiction
1953 • 2 Readers • 195 pages
#20 of 20 in Future History or "Heinlein Timeline"
1940 • 2 Readers • 160 pages • 3
1954 • 2 Readers • 214 pages
1978 • 2 Readers • 190 pages • 2
1986 • 1 Reader • 772 pages
1942 • 1 Reader • 130 pages • 3
1953 • 1 Reader • 438 pages
1970 • 1 Reader • 396 pages • 4
2019 • 1 Reader • 375 pages
1975 • 1 Reader • 264 pages
1 Reader • 746 pages
1 Reader • 582 pages
1970 • 1 Reader • 584 pages • 4
1991 • 1 Reader • 336 pages
1945 • 1 Reader • 370 pages
#1 of 5 in Best Science Fiction Stories of the year (Del Rey/Dozois)
1972 • 1 Reader • 250 pages • 4
1963 • 1 Reader • 166 pages • 3
1 Reader • 2
1 Reader • 2
1 Reader • 3
1961 • 1 Reader • 58 pages
1 Reader
2011 • 1 Reader • 1,148 pages • 3
1990 • 1 Reader • 281 pages
1 Reader
2010 • 1 Reader • 4
1952 • 1 Reader • 158 pages • 3
1999 • 1 Reader • 320 pages
1981 • 1 Reader • 833 pages
1990 • 1 Reader • 210 pages
#2 of 5 in Best Science Fiction Stories of the year (Del Rey/Dozois)
1973 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 4
6 Dangerous Visions
1967 • 1 Reader • 270 pages • 3
#3 of 25 in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories
1980 • 1 Reader • 352 pages
1975 • 1 Reader • 337 pages • 3
1 Reader
2012 • 1 Reader • 693 pages • 4
1938 • 1 Reader • 4
1963 • 1 Reader • 173 pages
1 Reader • 4
1 Reader
1953 • 1 Reader • 207 pages
#1 of 25 in Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories
1979 • 1 Reader • 432 pages
1978 • 1 Reader • 2
1958 • 1 Reader • 128 pages
1 Reader
1971
1946 • 997 pages
#1 of 1 in The Golden Age of Science Fiction
2010 • 992 pages
2016 • 990 pages
2019 • 10 pages
#3 of 2 in The SFWA Grand Masters
2001 • 477 pages
1991 • 336 pages
1981 • 192 pages
35 pages
2015 • 243 pages
1963 • 191 pages