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Ejler Jakobsson (1911–1984)

Author of The Best from Galaxy Volume I

123 Works 872 Members 1 Review

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Works by Ejler Jakobsson

The Best from Galaxy Volume I (1972) — Editor — 32 copies
The Best from Galaxy Volume II (1974) — Editor — 30 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1974 March, Vol. 34, No. 6 (1974) — Editor — 17 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1970 July, Vol. 30, No. 4 (1970) — Editor — 15 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1974 April, Vol. 34, No. 7 (1974) — Editor — 13 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1970 June, Vol. 30, No. 3 (1970) — Editor — 12 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1969 July, Vol. 28, No. 5 (1969) — Editor — 11 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 160, May/June 1972 (Vol. 21, No. 5) (1972) — Editor — 10 copies, 1 review
Galaxy Science Fiction 1974 May, Vol. 35, No. 5 (1974) — Editor — 10 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1970 May, Vol. 30, No. 2 (2004) — Editor — 9 copies
Worlds of Fantasy, Vol. 1 No. 4, Spring 1971 (1971) — Editor — 8 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 25, Winter 1970 (1970) — Editor — 6 copies
Super Science Stories, Vol 8, No 2, June 1951 (1951) — Editor — 5 copies
Worlds of Tomorrow No. 24, Summer 1970 (1970) — Editor — 4 copies
Worlds of Fantasy, Vol. 1 No. 3, Winter 1970 (1971) — Editor — 4 copies
Super Science Stories, Vol 5, No 2, April 1949 (1949) — Editor — 4 copies
Super Science Stories, Vol 7, No 1, July 1950 (1950) — Editor — 4 copies
Super Science Stories, Vol 6, No 4, May 1950 (1950) — Editor — 4 copies
Super Science Stories, Vol 5, No 1, January 1949 (1949) — Editor — 2 copies
Adventure, September 1952 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, July 1952 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, January 1953 (1953) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, March 1953 (1953) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, March 1952 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, January 1952 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, November 1951 (1951) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, November 1952 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy
Adventure, May 1952 (1952) — Editor — 1 copy
Super Science Stories (UK): No. 6 — Editor — 1 copy
Super Science Stories (UK): No. 4 — Editor — 1 copy

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Canonical name
Jakobsson, Ejler
Legal name
Jakobsson, Ejler Gunnar
Birthdate
1911-12-06
Date of death
1984-10
Gender
male
Nationality
Finland (birth)
USA
Country (for map)
USA
Birthplace
Finland
Place of death
Pleasantville, New York, USA
Places of residence
USA
Occupations
editor

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If anything was needed to show how science fiction has developed as literature in forty years, this issue of 'Worlds of If' fills that niche perfectly. The one good thing in this issue is the original novella that Greg Benford wrote under the title of 'In the ocean of night' and that he later developed into a full-blown novel, the beginning of a sequence dealing with intelligent alien AI probes. The other contents of this issue are not so distinguished. Joseph Green's "The Dwarfs of Zwergwelt" is an alien anthropology story with a mystic twist and some unpleasant vigilantes amongst the humans, spoilt for me, as a German reader, by the total giveaway of having a title that translates as "The Dwarfs of Dwarf-world". Then there was a piece of faux-Dune alien world scene-painting which looks as though someone had written a desert story and just changed some of the names for alien ones; and another alien-world exploration story which was well-written but reflected attitudes which were not at the cutting edge of societal development even in 1972. Finally, there was the final instalment of a Colin Kapp novel which read like Doc Smith, updated for the 1970s. (I met Colin Kapp once; an unassuming little chap who no-one at the convention recognised, which given that he was Guest of Honour was a bit embarrassing.)

Still, such explorations of sf's past are necessary if only to appreciate what we have now (and to sort the clowns from the competent); and the Benford is still quite important.
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Works
123
Members
872
Popularity
#29,354
Rating
3.2
Reviews
1
ISBNs
12

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