Mike Ashley (writer)

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Mike Ashley
Born1948 (age 73–74)
Southall, Middlesex, England
Occupationwriter, editor
GenreScience fiction, mystery, fantasy
Notable worksThe Mammoth Book of .. series

Michael Raymond Donald Ashley (born 1948) is a British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.

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He edits the long-running Mammoth Book series of short story anthologies, each arranged around a particular theme in mystery, fantasy, or science fiction. He has a special interest in fiction magazines and has written a multi-volume History of the Science Fiction Magazine and a study of British fiction magazines, The Age of the Storytellers. He won the Edgar Award for The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction. In addition to the books listed below he edited and prepared for publication the novel The Enchantresses (1997) by Vera Chapman. He has contributed to many reference works including The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (as Contributing Editor) and The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (as Contributing Editor of the third edition). He wrote the books to accompany the British Library's exhibitions, Taking Liberties in 2008 and Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It in 2011.

He lives in Chatham, Kent, England. [1]

Bibliography

Anthologies

British Library of Science Fiction Classics
Tales of the Weird
Arthurian anthologies
The Mammoth Book of ... series

See also The History of the Science Fiction Magazines series below.

Non-fiction

The History of the Science Fiction Magazines series

Reprint anthologies with commentary:

Later, revised and expanded as reference works (without the stories):

Smarties series

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References

  1. ↑ Ashley, Mike (1999). Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy.
  2. ↑ Ashley, Mike (1995). The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives. London: Robinson Publishing. p. 3. ISBN   1-85487-406-3.
  3. ↑ Sleight, Graham (7 September 2009). "The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley". Strange Horizons. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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