science fiction editor
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FROM: "Katherine Merrill" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/30/01, 10:39 AM
This is not a true RA question, but I have seen the "miracles" this listserv
has accomplished and I'm hoping someone can help!
I have a patron who is looking for the birth and death dates of an early
20th c. editor, name of Robert "Bob" Davis, (NOT the children's writer).
Apparently he was a significant influence in the science fiction writing
community of the 1920s and earlier. The patron believes he was associated
with a science fiction magazine entitled ALL-STORY MAGAZINE and was an
editor with the Munsey Company during the 1920s. Patron believes he was
born late 19th; early 20th c.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Or, would someone be able to point me
in the right direction to a source? We've tried Who's Who and some of the
science fiction encylopedias and guide to sf writers, but with no luck.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Kate
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Katherine Merrill
Reference Librarian
Literature & Media Division
Rochester Public Library
Rochester, NY 14604
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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/30/01, 11:01 AM
Sure. Piece of cake.
This is from Donald Tuck's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
(Avent Publishers), vol. I, page 129:
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Davis, Robert Hobart ("Bob") (23 March 1869-11 October 1942). Noted
US editor. He was educated inpublic school at Carson City, and as a
youth was a compositor on the Carson APPEAL. He became a reporter for
the San Francisco newspapers EXAMINER, CALL, and CHRONICLE. After
being with the New York JOURNAL AND AMERICAN 1895-1903, he joined
the editorial staff of Frank A. Munsey Co. He was the first
Managing Editor of ALL-STORY MAGAZINE, SCRAP BOOK, THE CAVALIER, and
numerous other magazines. He collaborated on some books with Perley
Poore Sheehan, and wrote many books, such as BOB DAVIS ABROAD. His
"Nob Davis Reveals" column for the New York SUN ran for 17 years
until his death. An amateur photographer, he took more than 3,000
portraits of prominent people, and interviewed Mussolini in 1926.
His importance to the science fiction and fantasy field lies in
the fact that as a Munsey editor he published many notable stories
which have an important place in the background of the genre. He
fostered such authors as George Alan England, Ray Cummings, Otis
Adelbert Kline and Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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(Dennis here: There should be more in Sam Moskowitz's UNDER
THE MOONS OF MARS: A HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY OF THE SCIENTIFIC
ROMANCE IN THE MUNSEY MAGAZINES 1912-1920 (Holt Rinehart &
Winston, 1970), but I don't have time to check that right now.)
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
FROM: "Brad Scott" <[removed]@ci.allen.tx.us>
REC'D: 1/30/01, 11:54 AM
Bradley A. Scott
Allen (Texas) Public Library
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