Lester del Rey is probable winner of the longest original name in SF. I've only read the "The Best of Lester Del Rey", but it had some very good tales. "Helen O'Loy" & "Hereafter, Inc" are both memorable. He's also important to the field as an editor, first in various magazines then fantasy editor at Ballantine then editor of Del Rey books. A word about those "Collaborations". I've read descriptions of these books ranging from "it was completely ghost written by Paul Fairman" to "Paul Fairman wrote it from an outline created by Lester del Rey" to "they were co-writers". The exact degree of collaboration probably varied from book to book. [C] == Short Story Collection [J] == The book is for juveniles (however you define them) abr == Abridgement of other listed title aka == Also known by this other title as == Originally published using this pen name /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com justonceiwishwewouldencounteranalienmenacethatwasntimmunetobullets-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- del Rey, Lester [U.S.A., 6/2/1915- ] [pseudonym of Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heathcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez-del Rey y de los Verdes] [other sources say his name is Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Alvarez-del Rey] The Moon Trilogy: [J] Step To The Stars [1954] Mission To the Moon [1956] Moon of Mutiny [1961] Juvenile Novels With Paul Fairman as uncredited co-author: [J] The Runaway Robot [1965] Tunnel Through Time [1966] The Infinite Worlds of Maybe [1966] Rocket from Infinity [1966] Prisoners of Space [1968] Other Juveniles: [J] Marooned on Mars [1952] Rocket Jockey [1952] [aka "Rocket Pilot"] [as Philip St. John] Attack from Atlantis [1953] Battle on Mercury [1953] [as Eric Van Lhin] The Mysterious Planet [1953] [as Kenneth Wright] Rockets to Nowhere [1954] [as Philip St. John] The Cave of Spears [1957] Outpost of Jupiter [1963] Novels With Paul Fairman as uncredited co-author: The Scheme of Things [1966] Siege Perilous [1966] [aka "The Man Without A Planet"] Early Del Rey [1975] [C] [split into:] The Early Del Rey: Vol. 1 [1975] [C] The Early Del Rey: Vol. 2 [1975] [C] ...And Some Were Human [1948] [C] Police Your Planet [1956, 1975] [as Eric Van Lhin] Nerves [1956, 1976] Robots and Changelings [1957] [C] Day of the Giants [1959] Tales of Soaring Fantasy [1961] [C] [abr. of "...And Some Were Human"] The Eleventh Commandment [1962, 1970] The Sky is Falling; Badge of Infamy [1963] [two novels] Mortals and Monsters [1965] [C] Pstalemate [1971] Gods and Golems [1973] [C] Badge of Infamy [1976] [split from "The Sky is Falling..."] The Best of Lester Del Rey [1978] [C] The World of Science Fiction: 1926-1976 [1980] [S] del Rey, Lester & Jones, Raymond F. Weeping May Tarry [1978] del Rey, Lester & Pohl, Frederik Prefered Risk [1955] [as Edson McCann]