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The oldest [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] writers still with us. We're looking at professional publication only and more than just a [[fan]] with a couple published stories.  
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Below is a list of oldest [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] [[writer]]s still with us, so far as we know. (We are looking at [[professional]] publishing, more than just a [[fan]] with a couple obscure stories.)
  
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Compare to [[Most Senior SF Writer]] and [[Dean of Science Fiction]].
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Compare to [[Most Senior SF Writer]] (based on the length of active career; the title [[Dean of Science Fiction]] was used for some of those) and see also [[Most Senior Fan]].
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For writers who sadly have been removed from the table, view history of the page or [[ISFDB]] below.  
  
 
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Born || First published || Latest sf<ref>Professional publication dates per [[ISFDB]].</ref> || Who?  
 
Born || First published || Latest sf<ref>Professional publication dates per [[ISFDB]].</ref> || Who?  
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1924 || 1953 || 1973 || [[Herbert Gold]]
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Apr 1920 || 1971 || 1979 || [[Basil Jackson]]
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1928 || 1953 || 2015 || [[Tony Thorne]]
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Dec 1920 || 2010 || 2011 || [[Christine Grenville]]
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1928 || || 2020 || [[Allen Kim Lang]]
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    1920 || 1976 || 1988 || [[Frank Dartal]]
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1931 || 1979 || 2011 || [[Maurice Gee]]
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    1921 || 1958 || 1959 || [[John W. Ashton]]
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1931 || 1962 || 2020 || [[Joseph L. Green]]
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    1921 || 1963 || 1990 || [[Joan Clarke]]
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1931 || || || [[Donald M. Kingsbury]]
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Sep 1923 || 1981 || 2022 || [[David Osborn]]
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1931 || || || [[Dean McLaughlin]]
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    1923 || 1991 || 1995 || [[Courtway Jones]]
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1932 || 1950 || 1980 || [[John Jakes]]  
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Jan 1924 || 1973 || 2007 || [[Richard Rohmer]]
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1933 || || || [[Juanita Coulson]]
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Apr 1924 || 1985 || 1995 || [[William Beechcroft]]
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1934 || || || [[Piers Anthony]]
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Oct 1925 || 1957 || 1975 || [[Edward Ormondroyd]]
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1935 || 1954 || 2014 || [[Robert Silverberg]]  
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Oct 1925 || 1981 || 1996 || [[Wilanne Schneider Belden]]
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1935 || || || [[Jack McDevitt]]
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Jul 1926 || 1964 || 2010 || [[Patricia Coombs]]
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1935 || || || [[Josephine Saxton]]
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Aug 1926 || 1952 || 1954 || [[Mari Wolf]]
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1935 || || || [[Shelia Finch]]
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Sep 1926 || 1975 || 1985 || [[Alfred Slote]]
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1936 || || || [[Tom Purdom]]
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    1926 || 1951 || 1961 || [[Peter Hawkins]]
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1937 || 1961 || 1997 || [[Lee Harding]]
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    1926 || 1971 || 1985 || [[Beverly Keller]]
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1938 || || || [[Ted White]]
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    1926 || 1986 || 2016 || [[John Gilbert]]
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1938 || 1966 || || [[Larry Niven]]
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    1926 || 1995 || 2001 || [[Jackie Shank]]
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1939 || 1956 || 2019 || [[Michael Moorcock]]
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Jan 1927 || 1979 || 2016 || [[George W. Harper]]
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1939 || || || [[Jane Yolen]]
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Apr 1927 || 1973 || 1987 || [[Barbara Ireson]]
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1939 || || || [[Peter S. Beagle]]
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May 1927 || 1963 || 2022 || [[Roberto Vacca]]
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1939 || || || [[Sydney J. Van Scyoc]]
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Sep 1927 || 1971 || 1981 || [[Ralph Hayes]]
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1939 || 1967 || || [[Barry N. Malzberg]]
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Nov 1927 || 1983 || 2003 || [[Julian F. Thompson]]
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Nov 1927 || 1961 || 2023 || [[David Ely]]
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    1927 || 1976 || 1987 || [[John Halkin]]
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    1927 || 1980 || 2021 || [[Charles Robertson]]
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Jan 1928 || 1983 || 1983 || [[Desmond Morris]]
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Apr 1928 || 1961 || 2013 || [[Cynthia Ozick]]
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May 1928 || 1968 || 1985 || [[Julia Birley]]
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May 1928 || 1985 || 1987 || [[Patricia Wendorf]]
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Jun 1928 || 1983 || 2004 || [[James Lincoln Collier]]
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Jul 1928 || 1980 || 2007 || [[Jane Gardam]]
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Jul 1928 || 1950 || 2020 || [[Allen Kim Lang]]
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Aug 1928 || 1953 || 2015 || [[Tony Thorne]]
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Aug 1928 || 1968 || 1968 || [[John Hay]]
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Sep 1928 || 1975 || 1984 || [[Shulamith Oppenheim]]
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Sep 1928 || 1970 || 1976 || [[Donald S. Rowland]]
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Nov 1928 || 1970 || 1978 || [[Anthony Storey]]
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Nov 1928 || 1962 || 1986 || [[Michael Chester]]
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    1928 || 1962 || 1976 || [[Robert Ray]]  
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    1928 || 1979 || 1981 || [[Roger Perry]]
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    1928 || 1998 || 1998 || [[Lawrie Ryan]]
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Feb 1929 || 1978 || 1978 || [[Len Deighton]]
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Apr 1929 || 1976 || 2008 || [[Kenneth McKenney]]
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May 1929 || 1983 || 2001 || [[Kenneth Ireland]]
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Aug 1929 || 1948 || 1997 || [[X. J. Kennedy]]
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Sep 1929 || 1983 || 1997 || [[Mary Caraker]]
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Dec 1929 || 1968 || 1999 || [[Lael Littke]]
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    1929 || 1961 || 1964 || [[William Butler]]
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Jan 1931 || 1962 || 2023 || [[Joseph L. Green]]
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Jul 1931 || 1951 || 2008 || [[Dean McLaughlin]]
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Aug 1931 || 1999 || 1999 || [[Roger Penrose]]
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Aug 1931 || 1979 || 2011 || [[Maurice Gee]]
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Nov 1931 || 1972 || 1985 || [[Nina Beachcroft]]
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Apr 1932 || 1984 || 2014 || [[Dennis L. McKiernan]]
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Jul 1932 || 1971 || 2009 || [[Tom Robbins]]
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    1932 || 1980 || 1987 || [[Madeline Rose]]
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Feb 1933 || 1967 || 1990 || [[Juanita Coulson]]
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Mar 1933 || 1970 || 2008 || [[Penelope Lively]]
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Aug 1934 || 1963 || 2023 || [[Piers Anthony]]
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Oct 1934 || 1960 || 2021 || [[Alan Garner]]
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Jan 1935 || 1954 || 2024 || [[Robert Silverberg]]
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Feb 1935 || 1951 || 2019 || [[R. L. Fanthorpe]]
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Apr 1935 || 1981 || 2024 || [[Jack McDevitt]]
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May 1935 || 1955 || 2019 || [[Susan Cooper]]
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Jun 1935 || 1965 || 1992 || [[Josephine Saxton]]
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Jun 1935 || 1988 || 1988 || [[Nikolai Tolstoy]]
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Oct 1935 || 1980 || 2023 || [[Sheila Finch]]
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Feb 1936 || 1980 || 2011 || [[Jean M. Auel]]
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Mar 1936 || 1970 || 1991 || [[Marge Piercy]]
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Oct 1936 || 1979 || 2006 || [[Robert Ingpen]]
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Nov 1936 || 1971 || 2020 || [[Don DeLillo]]
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May 1937 || 1963 || 2013 || [[Thomas Pynchon]]
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Feb 1938 || 1962 || 2023 || [[Ted White]]
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Mar 1938 || 1964 || 2014 || [[Michael Kurland]]
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Apr 1938 || 1964 || 2022 || [[Larry Niven]]
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Jun 1938 || 1963 || 2023 || [[Joyce Carol Oates]]
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Jun 1938 || 1958 || 2022 || [[Lawrence Block]]
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Nov 1938 || 1971 || 2005 || [[William Kotzwinkle]]
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Feb 1939 || 1968 || 2024 || [[Jane Yolen]]
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Feb 1939 || 1978 || 1990 || [[Gerald Murnane]]
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Apr 1939 || 1957 || 2024 || [[Peter S. Beagle]]
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Jul 1939 || 1979 || 2011 || [[Victor Kelleher]]
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Nov 1939 || 1964 || 2023 || [[Margaret Atwood]]
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Dec 1939 || 1956 || 2024 || [[Michael Moorcock]]
 
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See also: [[Most Senior Fans]].
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* [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/stats.cgi?16 Oldest Living Writers] list at [[ISFDB]] – includes mostly those obscure enough that no death report could be found, but cut off to range between 85 and 116 years
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* [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/stats.cgi?17 Oldest Non-Living Writers] list at ISFDB.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:26, 30 December 2024

Below is a list of oldest science fiction and fantasy writers still with us, so far as we know. (We are looking at professional publishing, more than just a fan with a couple obscure stories.)

Compare to Most Senior SF Writer (based on the length of active career; the title Dean of Science Fiction was used for some of those) and see also Most Senior Fan.

For writers who sadly have been removed from the table, view history of the page or ISFDB below.

Born First published Latest sf[1] Who?
Apr 1920 1971 1979 Basil Jackson
Dec 1920 2010 2011 Christine Grenville
1920 1976 1988 Frank Dartal
1921 1958 1959 John W. Ashton
1921 1963 1990 Joan Clarke
Sep 1923 1981 2022 David Osborn
1923 1991 1995 Courtway Jones
Jan 1924 1973 2007 Richard Rohmer
Apr 1924 1985 1995 William Beechcroft
Oct 1925 1957 1975 Edward Ormondroyd
Oct 1925 1981 1996 Wilanne Schneider Belden
Jul 1926 1964 2010 Patricia Coombs
Aug 1926 1952 1954 Mari Wolf
Sep 1926 1975 1985 Alfred Slote
1926 1951 1961 Peter Hawkins
1926 1971 1985 Beverly Keller
1926 1986 2016 John Gilbert
1926 1995 2001 Jackie Shank
Jan 1927 1979 2016 George W. Harper
Apr 1927 1973 1987 Barbara Ireson
May 1927 1963 2022 Roberto Vacca
Sep 1927 1971 1981 Ralph Hayes
Nov 1927 1983 2003 Julian F. Thompson
Nov 1927 1961 2023 David Ely
1927 1976 1987 John Halkin
1927 1980 2021 Charles Robertson
Jan 1928 1983 1983 Desmond Morris
Apr 1928 1961 2013 Cynthia Ozick
May 1928 1968 1985 Julia Birley
May 1928 1985 1987 Patricia Wendorf
Jun 1928 1983 2004 James Lincoln Collier
Jul 1928 1980 2007 Jane Gardam
Jul 1928 1950 2020 Allen Kim Lang
Aug 1928 1953 2015 Tony Thorne
Aug 1928 1968 1968 John Hay
Sep 1928 1975 1984 Shulamith Oppenheim
Sep 1928 1970 1976 Donald S. Rowland
Nov 1928 1970 1978 Anthony Storey
Nov 1928 1962 1986 Michael Chester
1928 1962 1976 Robert Ray
1928 1979 1981 Roger Perry
1928 1998 1998 Lawrie Ryan
Feb 1929 1978 1978 Len Deighton
Apr 1929 1976 2008 Kenneth McKenney
May 1929 1983 2001 Kenneth Ireland
Aug 1929 1948 1997 X. J. Kennedy
Sep 1929 1983 1997 Mary Caraker
Dec 1929 1968 1999 Lael Littke
1929 1961 1964 William Butler
Jan 1931 1962 2023 Joseph L. Green
Jul 1931 1951 2008 Dean McLaughlin
Aug 1931 1999 1999 Roger Penrose
Aug 1931 1979 2011 Maurice Gee
Nov 1931 1972 1985 Nina Beachcroft
Apr 1932 1984 2014 Dennis L. McKiernan
Jul 1932 1971 2009 Tom Robbins
1932 1980 1987 Madeline Rose
Feb 1933 1967 1990 Juanita Coulson
Mar 1933 1970 2008 Penelope Lively
Aug 1934 1963 2023 Piers Anthony
Oct 1934 1960 2021 Alan Garner
Jan 1935 1954 2024 Robert Silverberg
Feb 1935 1951 2019 R. L. Fanthorpe
Apr 1935 1981 2024 Jack McDevitt
May 1935 1955 2019 Susan Cooper
Jun 1935 1965 1992 Josephine Saxton
Jun 1935 1988 1988 Nikolai Tolstoy
Oct 1935 1980 2023 Sheila Finch
Feb 1936 1980 2011 Jean M. Auel
Mar 1936 1970 1991 Marge Piercy
Oct 1936 1979 2006 Robert Ingpen
Nov 1936 1971 2020 Don DeLillo
May 1937 1963 2013 Thomas Pynchon
Feb 1938 1962 2023 Ted White
Mar 1938 1964 2014 Michael Kurland
Apr 1938 1964 2022 Larry Niven
Jun 1938 1963 2023 Joyce Carol Oates
Jun 1938 1958 2022 Lawrence Block
Nov 1938 1971 2005 William Kotzwinkle
Feb 1939 1968 2024 Jane Yolen
Feb 1939 1978 1990 Gerald Murnane
Apr 1939 1957 2024 Peter S. Beagle
Jul 1939 1979 2011 Victor Kelleher
Nov 1939 1964 2023 Margaret Atwood
Dec 1939 1956 2024 Michael Moorcock
  1. ↑ Professional publication dates per ISFDB.

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