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Eckhard Gerdes
Eckhard Gerdes (born 1959)

literary critic, journalist

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Loyola Academy

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The Million-Year Centipede
Kate Wilhelm
Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018)

literary critic, editing staff

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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail)
Isaac Asimov's Detectives
Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Four
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Again, Dangerous Visions
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 19 (1957)
Huysman's Pets
And the angels sing
Isaac Asimov's aliens & outworlders
Juniper time
Welcome, Chaos
Dark Door
Somerset dreams, and other fictions
The infinity box
Listen Listen
Listen, listen
The killer thing
Nebula Award Stories 9
Somerset dreams and other fictions
Future Games
Damon Knight's Orbit 12
The Future is Female!
The Clewiston test
Kate Wilhelm Sf Gateway Omnibus
Isaac Asimov's Choice
Nebula Award stories
Where late the sweet birds sang
The Future is Female 2!
The Clewiston test
Juniper time
The downstairs room
Welcome, Chaos
Oh, Susannah!
Infinity Box
Abyss
The mile-long spaceship
Andover and the Android
Clarion
Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions
Oh Susannah
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Points of Departure
Femmes au futur
Skeletons
The Future in Question
A flush of shadows
Cold case
Malice Prepense
Oh, Susannah!
Clear and convincing proof
No defense
Desperate Measures
The Unbidden Truth
The deepest water
Defense for the Devil
The Price of Silence
Seven kinds of death
A sense of shadow
The good children
A Wrongful Death
Children of the Wind
City of Cain
Death of an artist
The Mammoth Book Of Angels and Demons
Death Qualified
Smart house
Justice for some
Let The Fire Fall
The Best Defense
The casebook of Constance and Charlie
Crazy time
The Hamlet trap
Sleight of Hand
Justice for some
Heaven is high
Fault Lines
For the Defense
The best defense
The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels
Storyteller
Cambio Bay
The deepest water
Best New Horror 4 (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror)
The Casebook of Constance and Charlie, Vol. 1
Sweet, sweet poison
Defence for the Devil
Children of the wind
The good children
The Hamlet trap
The Casebook of Constance & Charlie Volume 2
Smart house
The nevermore affair
Margaret and I
City of Cain
Nebula Award Stories Nine
Andover and the Android
The killing thing
The hills are dancing
Skeletons
Inseln im Chaos
Univers 06
La mémoire de l'ombre
Let the fire fall
Fault Lines
For the Defence
Defense for the Devil
Seven kinds of death
Cambio bay
More bitter than death
No Defence
A wrongful death
Onde os Últimos Pássaros Cantaram
Fountainhead
Sleight of Hand
Storyteller
Death Qualified
Unbidden Truth
Death Qualified - A Mystery of Chaos
By Stone, by Blade, by Fire
Sleight of Hand
CLEWISTON TEST (Timescape Book)
Clear and Convincing Proof
Skeletons
Heaven Is High
Cold Case
The Price of Silence
Whisper Her Name
The Fullness of Time
Wrongful Death
Heile, heile Segen
No Defense
Cold Case
The Hills Are Dancing
Naming the flowers
The deepest water
Storyteller
Abyss Two Novellas
Clear and Convincing Proof
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
In Between Lib/E
Margaret und Ich [Perfect Paperback] [Jan 01, 1984] Wilhelm, Kate
Écoute, écoute !
Desperate Measures
The girl who fell into the sky
Seven Kinds of Death
Mirror, Mirror
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One
Price of Silence
Whisper Her Name
More bitter than death
No Defense
Clear and Convincing Proof
Naming the Flowers
Bonjour, chaos
The Fullness of Time Lib/E
Wrongful Death
Death of an Artist
The Best Defense
Unbidden Truth
The Best Defence
Clear and Convincing Proof Lib/E (Barbara Holloway Novels)
Desperate Measures (Barbara Holloway Novels (Audio))
Dmitri Bilenkin
Dmitri Bilenkin (1933-1987)

journalist, literary critic, geologist, geochemist

  • Moscow State University Faculty of Geology

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Antoni Słonimski
Antoni Słonimski (1895-1976)

poet, journalist, literary critic, painter, playwright, opinion journalist

  • Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw

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Ciekawość
Moja podróż do Rosji
Kroniki londyńskie
Wspomnienia warszawskie
Kroniki tygodniowe 1936-1939
Dwa końce świata
Gwałt na Melpomenie
Kroniki tygodniowe
Kroniki tygodniowe 1927-1931
Kroniki tygodniowe, 1927-1939
Załatwione odmownie
Antoni Słonimski
Alfabet wspomnień
Młodość górna
Poezje
Alarm
Jawa i mrzonka
Zalatwiono odmownie
Literatura na emigracji
Moja podróż do Rosji [microform]
Wiersze
Popiół i wiatr
Wieża Babel
Rozmowa z gwiazdą
Torpeda czasu
Sto trzydzieści osiem wierszy
Moja podroż do Rosji
Nowe wiersze
Wiersze, 1958-1963
Wybór poezji
Obecność
W oparach absurdu
Artykuły pierwszej potrzeby
Jedna strona medalu
Młodość górna, wiek klęski, wiek męski
Torpeda czasu
Mętne łby
Droga na Wschód i inne wiersze
138 wierszy
Szopki 1922-1931 Pikadora i Cyrulika Warszawskiego
Załatwione odmownie
Paul Preuss
Paul Preuss (born 1942)

literary critic

  • Yale University

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Felix Aderca
Felix Aderca (1891-1962)

poet, linguist, playwright, diarist, literary critic, biographer, music critic, translator

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Oamenii excepționali ; Jurnal intim
Personalitatea, drepturile ei în artă și viață
Femeia cu carnea albă
Petru cel Mare
Oameni și idei
Revolte
Aventurile d-lui Ionel Lăcustă-Termidor
Teatru
Domnisoara din str. Neptun
Contribuții critice
Personalitatea, drepturile ei în artă și viață
Murmurul cuvintelor
1916
Moartea unei republici roşii
Camil Petrescu
Mihail Sebastian
Mărturia unei generații
Geo Bogza
Orașele scufundate
Al doilea amant al doamnei Chatterley
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
Mic tratat de estetică, sau, Lumea văzută estetic
Tapul
Friedrich Freksa
Friedrich Freksa (1882-1955)

playwright, literary critic

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Groff Conklin
Groff Conklin (1904-1968)

journalist, anthologist, literary critic, editor

  • Dartmouth College, Harvard University

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Fifty short science fiction tales
Possible Tomorrows
Great Science Fiction About Doctors
Great science fiction by scientists
A treasury of science fiction
13 great stories of science fiction
13 above the night
6 great short novels of science fiction
5 unearthly visions
Omnibus of science fiction
Giants Unleashed
Great stories of space travel
Omnibus of science fiction
Big book of science fiction
13 above the night
Science-fiction thinking machines
Six great short science fiction novels
Crossroads in time
Possible worlds of science fiction
The Golden Age of Science Fiction
Operation future
Science-fiction adventures in mutation
Science fiction terror tales
A treasury of science fiction
Possible worlds of science fiction
Another part of the galaxy
13 great stories of science fiction
The best of science fiction
Invaders of earth
The science fiction galaxy
Science-fiction adventures in dimension
The best of science fiction
Science fiction terror tales
Another part of the galaxy
12 great classics of science fiction
Seven come infinity
The Omnibus of science fiction
4 for the future
Science fiction omnibus
Great stories of space travel
Selections from Science-fiction thinking machines
Five-odd
Science fiction elsewhere
Science fiction elsewhen
Dimension 4
17 X infinity
The classic book of science fiction
Invaders of earth
13 great stories of science fiction
Ten Great Mysteries [10 stories, 5 poems]
The weather conditioned house
The supernatural reader
13 great stories of science fiction
In the Grip of Terror
Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1953
Diabetics unknown
Good news about diabetes
How to run a rental library
Science fiction oddities
The graveyard reader
All about houses
Great detective stories about doctors
13 great stories of science fiction
Insulate and air condition your home
The weather conditioned house
Science fiction oddities
The Smart Set anthology
5 Unearthly Visions
7 trips through time and space
All about subways
Science fiction special 9
Invaders of Earth
Selections from Science-Fiction Thinking Machines
Worlds of When
13 above the night
Omnibus Of Science Fiction
12 Great Classics of Science Fiction (Gold Medal d1366)
Science fiction elsewhen
Science Fiction Thinking Machines
The weather-conditioned house
Insulate and air condition your home
13 Above the Night
The bachelor's companion
Science Fiction Terror Tales
12 Great Classics of Science Fiction (Gold Medal, R2192)
The Smart set anthology of world famous authors