Author

Lester del Rey

5 series · 136 standalones · 152 works in the catalog

1915–1993 · Clydesdale, Minnesota, USA

Leonard Knapp, best known by his primary pseudonym Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the fantasy editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, working for his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.

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science fiction
fantasy
space opera
dystopia
hard science fiction
fairy tale retelling

Series

Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year(5 works)
Jim Stanley(3 works)
Science Fiction Adventures (reprints)(1 work)
Selected Short Stories of Lester del Rey(3 works)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack(4 works)

Works

Type

Genre

25 of 152 works

Helen O'Loy1938short storyscience fiction
The Faithful1938short storyscience fiction
Anything1939short storyscience fiction
Cross of Fire1939short storyhorror
Forsaking All Others1939short story
Habit1939short storyscience fiction
The Coppersmith1939short story
The Day Is Done1939short storyscience fiction
The Luck of Ignatz1939novelette
Dark Mission1940short storyscience fiction
Done Without Eagles1940short storyscience fiction
Doubled in Brass1940short storyscience fiction
Fade-Out1940short story
Reincarnate1940novelettescience fiction
The Pipes of Pan1940short storyfantasy
The Smallest God1940novelettescience fiction
The Stars Look Down1940novelettescience fiction
Carillon of Skulls1941short storyscience fiction
Hereafter, Inc.1941short storyscience fiction
Lunar Landing1942novelettescience fiction
My Name Is Legion1942novelettescience fiction
Nerves1942novellascience fiction
The Wings of Night1942short storyfirst contact
Though Poppies Grow1942novelettescience fiction
Fifth Freedom1943short story