Last, Martin
Entry updated 27 April 2026. Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor.
(1929-2006) US author, editor and critic who co-edited the 1975-1976 critical journal The Science Fiction Review (Monthly) with Baird Searles and, for most of its first year, Don Yee. Last also wrote numerous reviews for this journal through its entire run. His book-length work comprises The Science Fiction Quizbook (1976) with Searles and A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction (1979) with Michael Franklin, Beth Meacham and Searles. [DRL]
Martin Arthur Last
born 6 November 1929
died 6 July 2006
works
nonfiction
- The Science Fiction Quizbook (New York: Drake Publishers, 1976) with Baird Searles [nonfiction: pb/Ted Enik]
- A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction (New York: Avon Books, 1979) with Michael Franklin, Beth Meacham and Baird Searles [nonfiction: introduction by Samuel R Delany: pb/Stanislaw Fernandes]
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