Lewis, Anthony R
Entry updated 17 February 2025. Tagged: Author, Critic.
(1941-2025) US bibliographer, author and fan who compiled, solo and with others, various indexes for the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) – of which he was a founder member in 1967 – and its publishing division NESFA Press, where he was for many years the overseeing "Press Czar". These indexes include The N.E.S.F.A. Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1966 (1969 chap), 1967 (1968 chap), 1968 (1969 chap), 1969 (1970 chap), 1966-1970 (1971 chap), 1971-1972 (1973 chap) with Andrew Adams Whyte, 1973 (1974 chap) with Whyte, 1974 (1975 chap) with Whyte and George Flynn, 1975 (1976 chap) with Whyte, 1976 (1977 chap) with Whyte and Jerry Boyajian, 1977-1978 (1983 chap) with Whyte, 1979-1980 (1982 chap) with Whyte, 1981 (1982 chap) with Whyte, 1982 (1983 chap) with Whyte, 1983 (1984 chap) with Whyte, 1984 (1985 chap), 1985 (1986 chap), 1986 (1988 chap; rev 2008-current) and The N.E.S.F.A. Index to Short SF, 1987 (1989 chap). The NESFA Index was a communal project, with no specific editor named, so that listing all the indexes under Lewis's name is to some extent misleading, though it is understood that Lewis, whose involvement in New England Fandom was lifelong, was closely involved in all of them; they are listed here for convenience.
Other works included The Best of Astounding (anth 1978) as Tony Lewis, Concordance to Cordwainer Smith (1984 chap; exp rev 1989; exp rev 2000) and, most interestingly, An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction (1990 chap); Lewis is credited with the invention of the term Recursive SF. The nonfiction Space Travel (1997) was a collaboration with Ben Bova. [JC/GFl/DRL]
see also: Bibliographies; Skylark Award.
Anthony Richard Lewis
born 8 February 1941
died Natick, Massachusetts: 11 February 2025
works
nonfiction
- Index to Perry Rhodan, U.S. Edition 1-25 (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1973) [bibliography: chap: Perry Rhodan: pb/Mike Symes]
- Index to Perry Rhodan, U.S. Edition 26-50 (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1975) [bibliography: chap: Perry Rhodan: pb/Suford Lewis]
- Concordance to Cordwainer Smith (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1984) [nonfiction: chap: Cordwainer Smith: pb/nonpictorial]
- Concordance to Cordwainer Smith: Second Edition (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1989) [nonfiction: exp rev of the above: Cordwainer Smith: pb/nonpictorial]
- Concordance to Cordwainer Smith (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 2000) [nonfiction: exp rev of the above: Cordwainer Smith: pb/Alice N S Lewis]
- Concordance to Cordwainer Smith: Second Edition (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1989) [nonfiction: exp rev of the above: Cordwainer Smith: pb/nonpictorial]
- An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 1990) [bibliography: chap: Recursive SF: pb/Merle Insinga]
- Recursive Science Fiction (Framingham, Massachusetts: NESFA Press, 2008-current) [bibliography: exp rev of the above: online: na/]
- Space Travel (Cincinnati, Ohio: Writers Digest Books, 1997) with Ben Bova [nonfiction: hb/Bob Eggleton]
works as editor
series
NESFA Indexes
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1966 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1969) [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: hb/nonpictorial]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1967 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1968) [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Stephen Fabian]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1968 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1969) [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Jack Gaughan]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1969 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1970) [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/George Barr]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1966-1970 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1970) [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/nonpictorial]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1971-72 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1973) with Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Mike Symmes]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1973 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1974) with Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Mike Symmes]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1974 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1975) with George Flynn and Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/various artists credited]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1975 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1976) with Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/John Schoenherr]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1976 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1977) with Jerry Boyajian and Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Kelly Freas]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1977-78 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1983) with Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Robert Huntoon]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1979-80 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1982) with Ann McCutchen, listed as editor, and Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Michael J Symes]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1981 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1982) with Ann McCutchen, listed as editor, and Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Joe Bergeron]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1982 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1983) with Ann McCutchen, listed as editor, and Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Vicki Wyman]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1983 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1984) with Ann Broomhead, listed as editor, and Andrew Adams Whyte [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Bob Eggleton]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1984 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1985) [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1985 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1986) [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1986 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1988) with James A Mann, listed as editor [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Merle Insinga]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1987 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1989) with James A Mann, listed as editor [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Merle Insinga]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1988 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1990) with James A Mann, listed as editor [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Aron Insinga]
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1989 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1992) with James A Mann, listed as editor [bibliography: chap: NESFA Indexes: pb/Peggy Ranson]
individual titles as editor
- The Best of Astounding (New York: Baronet Books, 1978) as Tony Lewis [anth: pb/Alex Schomburg]
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