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The works of Lester del Rey Lester del Rey was born on June 2, 1915 in Minnesota. Lester did not start publishing stories until the late 1930’s. This was the dawn of the Golden Age. Lester began his carrier publishing stories in the Pulp Magazine. Lester’s first story ever sold was “The Faithful”. Lester del Rey was also highly associated with Astounding Science Fiction (editor of this magazine was the famous John W. Campbell. In 1950 Lester was one of the leading sci-fi writers for adolescents. During this time Lester published his stories under the name of Erik van Lhin. After this Lester began editing for several pulp magazines and for book publishers. Ballantine Books was his most successful editing. Lester had many wives in his life and his fourth wife, Judy Lynn, helped him edit Ballantine Books. Lester and Judy founded a popular sci-fi imprint, Del Rey Books in 1975. Del Rey has a unique writing style. Just like John W. Campbell, Del Rey can use many paragraphs to describe things. I could see this in Lester’s story, Over the top. In the story I would say Del Rey uses a little too much description. Not only does Del Rey do this but also he does it using eloquent words. You can also see this in Lester’s story, The Day is Done. In the story Lester uses a lot of description. You can see this in this part from the story: “A fly buzzed over his head provocatively, and he lunged at it. Surprise lighted his features as his fingers closed on the insect, and he swallowed it with a momentary flash of pleasure.” Now I have told you about Lester del Rey. He was a great writer from the Golden Age. Lester died on May 10, 1993 in New York.
 * __Lester del Rey By ken Booker__**



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