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Fadiman, Clifton

(1904-1999) US author and editor, notably with Simon and Schuster and The New Yorker, who became a well-known figure through radio and television broadcasting. He edited two important Anthologies devoted to Mathematics and its folklore, both including sf and material of sf interest: Fantasia Mathematica (anth 1958) and The Mathematical Magpie (anth 1962). See Checklist for the long subtitles. [DRL]

Clifton Paul Fadiman

born New York: 15 May 1904

died Sanibel Island, Florida: 20 June 1999

works as editor

• Fantasia Mathematica: Being a Set of Stories, Together with a Group of Oddments and Diversions, All Drawn from the Universe of Mathematics (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958) [anth: hb/Milton Glaser]
• The Mathematical Magpie: Being More Stories, Mainly Transcendental, plus Subsets of Essays, Rhymes, Music, Anecdotes, Epigrams, and other Prime Oddments and Diversions, Rational or Irrational, All Derived from the Infinite Domain of Mathematics (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962) [anth: hb/Milton Glaser]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 12:24 pm on 7 October 2026.
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