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Terry Carr
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Terry Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was a U.S. science fiction author and editor.
Terry Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He was an enthusiastic publisher of science fiction "fanzines" (fan magazines), which later helped open his way into the professional publishing world. (He was one of the two fans responsible for the famous hoax fan 'Carl Brandon' after whom the Carl Brandon Society takes its name.) Though he published some fiction in the early 1960s, Carr concentrated on editing. He first worked at Ace Books, establishing the Ace Science Fiction Specials series which published, among other things, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin and Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin.
After conflicting with Ace head
Donald A. Wollheim, he worked freelance. He edited an original story anthology series called
Universe, and a popular series of
Best of the Year anthologies that ran from
1972 until his death in
1987. He also edited numerous one-off anthologies over the same time span.
His papers and his large collection of fanzines have become part of the
Eaton Collection of Science Fiction at the
University of California, Riverside.
Published works
- Novel: Warlord of Kor, 1963
- Novel: Cirque, 1977
- Collection: The Light at the End of the Universe, 1976; Dream's Edge, 1980
- Anthology (reprints): Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 - #16 (1972–1987)
- Anthology (original writing): Universe #1 - #17 (1971 - 1987)
