J. Francis McComas

Source: "J. Francis McComas Bibliography." Author Wars, https://authorwars.com/authors/j-francis-mccomas.html".

Overview:

Legal Name: McComas, Jesse Francis
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Date of Birth: June 9, 1911
Date of Death: April 19, 1978

Pseudonyms:

Notes:

McComas worked at Simon & Schuster and was a member of the Mystery Guild of America. Co-edited the seminal anthology Adventures in Time and Space with %%A,Raymond J. Healy%%, in which appeared his first SF story ("Flight into Darkness" as Webb Marlowe). He was co-founding editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction with %%A,Anthony Boucher%% from 1949-1954, and remained an advisory editor until 1962.

Titles:

Anthologies

Chapter Books

2008. Criminal Negligence

Essays

Magazine Editor

Poems

Unknown. Department of Abject Apology

Reviews

Short Fiction

Awards

0000. Adventures in Time and Space - Analog Award, All-Time Best Book (Win)

Genres/Themes:

1952 Best Anthology (1 book)
1954 Best Anthology (1 book)
Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1 book)
science fiction (1 book)
NESFA Core Reading List (1 book)
Merril01 (1 book)
Essays on Anthony Boucher (1 book)