Mike Ashley

Mike Ashley
Date personale
Născut	1 octombrie 1948 (76 de ani) Regatul Unit
Cetățenie	Regatul Unit
Ocupație	bibliograf[*]​ autor scriitor de literatură științifico-fantastică[*]​ istoric
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză
Activitate
Premii	Premiul Edgar (2003) Premiul Pilgrim (2002)

Michael Raymond Donald Ashley (n. 1 octombrie 1948, Regatul Unit) este un scriitor britanic, bibliograf, redactor și editor de literatură science fiction, ficțiune de mister și fantasy.

Lucrări scrise

Seria de antologii The Mammoth Book

• The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
• The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (1993)
• The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (1995)
• The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997)
• The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (1997)
• The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998)
• The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends (1998)
• The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens (1998) Acesta a fost titlul din SUA al British Monarchs
• The Mammoth Book of Men o' War (1999)
• The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II
• The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honor (2000)
• The Mammoth Book of Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000)
• The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001)
• The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak (2001). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: The Mammoth Book of Sea Battles (2001)
• The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (Volume 2) (2001). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits
• The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001)
• The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002)
• The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction (2002)
• The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (2002)
• The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (2003)
• The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (2004)
• The Mammoth Book of Sorcerer's Tales (2004)
• The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (2005)
• The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures (2005) (cu Eric Brown)
• The Mammoth Book of King Arthur (2005)
• The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection (2005). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunnits (2005)
• The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy: Fourth All-New Collection(2005). În SUA: The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy
• The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006)
• The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits (2006)
• The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries (2006)
• The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits (2007)
• The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy (2008)
• The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009). Criticată pentru că are lucrări doar ale unor scriitori caucazieni.
• The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF (2013)

Seria Smarties

• All the Incredible Facts You Ever Need to Know (1999). Ulterior împărțită în două cărți Wacky World (2001) și Hairy Humans (2001)
• Incredible Monsters (2000). Ulterior împărțită în două cărțis Beautiful Beasties (2001) și Deadly Dinosaurs (2001)

Seria Story of the Science Fiction Magazines

antologii republicate cu comentarii

• The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part One: 1926–1935 (1974)
• The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part Two: 1936–1945 (1975)
• The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part Three: 1946–1955 (1976)
• The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, Part Four: 1956–1965 (1978)

lucrări de referință revizuite și adăugite

• The Time Machines. The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 (2000)
• Transformations. The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 (2005)
• Gateways to Forever. The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007)
• Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990 (2016)

Alte lucrări de referință

• Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction (1977)
• Fantasy Readers' Guide No. 1: The John Spencer Fantasy Publications (1979)
• The Seven Wonders of the World (1979)
• Fantasy Readers' Guide No. 2: The File on Ramsey Campbell (1980)
• The Complete Index to Astounding/Analog (1981)
• The Writings of Barrington J. Bayley (1981)
• The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Lists (1982)
• Monthly Terrors (1985) (cu Frank H. Parnell)
• Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines (1985) (cu Marshall B. Tymn)
• Algernon Blackwood: A Bio-Bibliography (1987)*
• The Work of William F. Temple (1994)
• The Supernatural Index (1995) (cu William G. Contento)
• The Life and Times of King Arthur (1996)
• British Monarchs (1998). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens. Reeditată ca A Brief History of British Kings and Queens (2002)
• Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of Algernon Blackwood (2001). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life.
• The Gernsback Days: The Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911–1936 (2004) (cu Robert A. W. Lowndes)
• The Age of the Story Tellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880–1950 (2006)
• Taking Liberties (2008)
• Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It (2011)

Antologii despre Regele Arthur

• The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1990)
• The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Time of King Arthur (1992)
• The Merlin Chronicles (1995)
• Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996). Republicată ca Quest for the Holy Grail (1997).
• The Chronicles of the Round Table (1997). Republicată ca Tales of the Round Table (1997).

Alte antologii sau colecții de povestiri ale unui singur autor

• Souls in Metal: an Anthology of Robot Futures (1977)
• Weird Legacies (1977)
• SF Choice '77 (1977)
• The Best of British SF in 2 volumes (1977)
• Mrs. Gaskell's Tales of Mystery and Horror (1978)
• Jewels of Wonder (1981)
• Algernon Blackwood's Tales of the Supernatural (1983)
• Crypt of Cthulhu #62 (1989). Dedicată lui Robert A. W. Lowndes.
• Robert E. Howard's World of Heroes (1989)
• The Magic Mirror: Lost Supernatural and Mystery Stories by Algernon Blackwood (1989)
• When Spirits Talk (1990)
• The Giant Book of Myths and Legends (1995)
• Classical Stories (1996). Rvizuită și adăugită ca The Giant Book of Heroic Adventure Stories (1997)
• Classical Whodunnits: Murder And Mystery from Ancient Greece And Rome (1996)
• Space Stories (1996). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1997)
• Fantasy Stories (1996). În SUA publicată sub denumirea: The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997)
• Shakespearean Whodunnits (1997)
• Shakespearean Detectives (1998)
• Royal Whodunnits: Tales of Right, Royal Murder And Mystery (1999)
• Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine (2000)
• A Haunting Beauty (2000). Collection of stories by Charles Birkin.
• The Merriest Knight: The Collected Arthurian Tales of Theodore Goodridge Roberts (2001)
• The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections (2002). Povestiri de Arthur Porges.
• Thing of Darkness (2006). Povestiri de G. G. Pendarves, co-editată cu John Pelan.
• Great American Ghost Stories (2008)
• Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008)
• Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy (august 2010, ISBN: 0-486-47775-4)
• The Duel of Shadows: The Extraordinary Cases of Barnabas Hildreth (2011) de Vincent Cornier
• Lost Mars: Stories from the Golden Age of the Red Planet (University of Chicago Press, 2018, ISBN: 978-0-226-57508-7)

Legături externe

• Mike Ashley la Internet Speculative Fiction Database