RYAN, Charles C(arroll)

(1946-)

   US editor and publisher. A newspaperman by profession, CCR is known in the sf world for the 2 SF MAGAZINES he has edited, GALILEO (1975-80) and ABORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION (1986-current), both of which attheir peak reached surprisingly high circulations. In 1991, with John BETANCOURT, CCR founded the SMALL PRESS First Books, designed to publishlimited-edition hardcovers of first books by writers discovered by Aboriginal Science Fiction. One of these was Letters of the AlienPublisher (coll 1991) ed CRR, collecting essays by the pseudonymous "alien publisher" of Aboriginal SF. Anthologies ed CRR are Starry Messenger: The Best of Galileo (anth 1979) and Aboriginal Science Fiction, Tales of theHuman Kind: 1988 Annual Anthology (anth 1988 chap).

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