Mike Ashley (writer)

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Mike Ashley

Occupation writer, editor
Genres Science fiction, mystery, fantasy

Michael (Raymond Donald) Ashley (born 1948) is a well-known British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy. He lives in Chatham, Kent, England. He is well-known for editing the long-running Mammoth Book series of short story anthologies, each arranged around a particular theme in mystery, fantasy, or science fiction. He has a special interest in fiction magazines and has written a multi-volume History of the Science Fiction Magazine and a study of British fiction magazine The Age of the Storytellers. He won the Edgar Award for The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction. He has also contributed to many reference books including the The Encyclopedia of Fantasy.

Contents

[edit] Works

[edit] The Mammoth Book of .. series

  • The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (1995)
  • The Mammoth Collection of Historical Whodunnits and Detectives (1996)
  • The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (1997)
  • The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997)
  • The Mammoth Book of Kings and Queens of Britain and Ireland (1998)
  • The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II (1999)
  • The Mammoth Book of Locked Room Stories (2000)
  • The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honor (2000)
  • The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001)
  • The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak (2001)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (2001)
  • The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits (2001)
  • The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001)
  • The Mammoth Book of Sea Battles (2001)
  • The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002)
  • The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits (2002)
  • The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction (2002)
  • The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (2003) (introduction by Steven Saylor)
  • The Mammoth Book of Sorceror's Tales (2004)
  • The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (2004)
  • The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (2005)
  • The Mammoth Book of King Arthur (2005)
  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: vol. 3 (2005)
  • The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy: Fourth All-New Collection(2005)
  • The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunnits (2005)
  • The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures (2005) (with Eric Brown)
  • The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries (2006)
  • The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006)
  • The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits (2006)
  • The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits (2007)
  • The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy (2008)

[edit] Smarties series

  • Smarties Incredible Facts (1999)
  • Smarties Incredible Monsters (2000)
  • Smarties Beautiful Beasties (2001)
  • Smarties Deadly Dinosaurs (2001)
  • Smarties Hairy Humans (2001)
  • Smarties Wacky World (2001)

[edit] Other books

  • The Age of the Story Tellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880-1950 (2005)
  • Algernon Blackwood: A Bio-Bibliography (1987)
  • Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life (2001; the US edition of Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of Algernon Blackwood)
  • Barrington J. Bayley: A Bibliography (1987)
  • A Brief History of British Kings and Queens (2002)
  • The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Time of King Arthur (1992)
  • Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996)
  • The Chronicles of the Round Table (1997)
  • Classical Whodunnits: Murder And Mystery from Ancient Greece And Rome (1997)
  • Fantasy Readers Guide to Ramsey Campbell (1980)
  • The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Lists (1983)
  • The Magic Mirror: Lost Supernatural and Mystery Stories by Algernon Blackwood (1989)
  • Men O'War: Stories from the Glory Days of Sail (2003)
  • The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections (2002) (by Arthur Porges)
  • Gateways to Forever: Volume 3 in the Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 (2007)
  • The Gernsback Days: The Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911-1936 (1997) (with Robert A. W. Lowndes)
  • The Giant Book of Heroic Adventure Stories (1997)
  • The Giant Book of Myths and Legends (2002)
  • Historical Detectives (2002)
  • The Life and Times of King Arthur (1996)
  • The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1990)
  • Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine (2000)
  • The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997)
  • The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1997)
  • Royal Whodunnits: Tales of Right, Royal Murder And Mystery (1999)
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines (1985) (with Marshall B. Tymn)
  • Shakespearean Detectives: Murders and Mysteries Based on Shakespeare's Plays (1998)
  • Shakespearean Whodunnits (1997)
  • Souls in Metal: an Anthology of Futures (1978)
  • Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of Algernon Blackwood (2001; the UK edition of Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life)
  • The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 (2000)
  • Transformations: Volume 2 in the Story of the Science Fiction Magazine, 1950-1970 (2005)
  • Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction (1978)