Proper noun
Blish (plural Blishes)
A surname.
Critical reception The noted science-fiction writer and critic James Blish was no fan of Heinlein's treatment of his first-person protagonists in a number of his novels. Source: Internet
Damon Knight in The Futurians indicates that Blish at that time felt Fascism was interesting in theory, if repellent as it was then being practised. Source: Internet
In 1957, James Blish wrote that one reason for Heinlein's success "has been the high grade of machinery which goes, today as always, into his story-telling. Source: Internet
Honors, awards and recognition Soon after his death there was a 1976 BSFA Special Award to Blish for Best British SF. Source: Internet
Other Blish collaborated with Norman L. Knight on a series of stories set in a world with a population a thousand times that of today, and followed the efforts of those keeping the system running, collected in one volume as A Torrent of Faces. Source: Internet
Terminology The term gas giant was coined in 1952 by the science fiction writer James Blish and was originally used to refer to all giant planets. Source: Internet