SILBERSACK, John (Walter)

SILBERSACK, John (Walter)
(1954-)
   US editor and writer, active in the former capacity with Putnam/Berkley books 1977-81, with New American Library 1986-92, with Warner Books in 1992, and with Harper Collins from 1993. Throughout his career he has been noted for a swift and canny knowledgeability about the sf world. With Victoria Schochet he ed the first 4 vols of the Berkley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology series (\#1and \#2 1980; \#3 and \#4 1981) (The BERKLEY SHOWCASE for further details). He has also ed 2 collections: Fritz LEIBER's The Change War (coll 1978)and Avram DAVIDSON's Collected Fantasies (coll 1982). His own writing has been, by comparison, peripheral, consisting of an anonymous sf spoof, No Frills Science Fiction (1981 chap), and Rogers' Rangers * (1983), a BUCKROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY tie.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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