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Byron Preiss

Preiss, Byron Cary

April 11, 1953 – July 9, 2005 (aged 52)

Birth place: Brooklyn, New York, USA

55 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
December 1975 11 Review Weird Heroes, Volume 1 The Science Fiction Review Monthly, December 1975
1976 37 Review Weird Heroes Luna Monthly, #66, Winter 1976
January 1976 118 Review Weird Heroes Amazing Stories, January 1976
December 1976 123 Review Starfawn Galaxy, December 1976
June 1978 70 Review Weird Heroes, Volume 6 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1978
August 1978 49 Review The Illustrated Roger Zelazny Future, August 1978
March 1979 25 Short Fiction Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination (excerpt) Heavy Metal, March 1979
August 1979 56 Short Fiction Dragonworld (excerpt) Heavy Metal, August 1979
August 1979 88 Review Guts Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, August 1979
November 1979 77 Short Fiction Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination: Volume Two (excerpt) Heavy Metal, November 1979
November 1979 136 Review Dragonworld Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, November 1979
February 1980 14 Review Dragonworld Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1980
December 1980 37 Review Dragonworld Vector 100
November 1981 22 Essay A Glimpse at the Art of Leo and Diane Dillon Heavy Metal, November 1981
December 1981 38 Review Dinosaurs Vector 105
January 1982 58|58.4 Review The Dinosaurs The Patchin Review, Number Three, January 1982
March 1982 76 Review The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon Dragon Magazine, March 1982
April 1982 31 Review The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon Rigel Science Fiction, #4 Spring 1982
January 1986 50 Essay Letter (Locus #300) Locus, #300 January 1986
January 1986 44 Review The Planets Locus, #300 January 1986
February 1986 29 Review The Planets Fantasy Review, February 1986
June 1986 187 Review The Planets Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1986
July 1986 8 Review The Planets Amazing Stories, July 1986
August 1986 181 Review The Planets Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1986
August 1986 47|47.02 Review The Planets Science Fiction Chronicle, #83 August 1986
November 1987 19 Review The Universe Locus, #322 November 1987
February 1988 44|44.15 Review The Universe Science Fiction Chronicle, #101 February 1988
November 1989 29 Review The Microverse Locus, #346 November 1989
June 1990 181 Review The Microverse Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1990
June 1991 5 Review First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Paperback Inferno, #90
October 1991 35 Review The Ultimate Dracula Locus, #369 October 1991
October 1991 57 Review The Ultimate Werewolf Locus, #369 October 1991
November 1991 33 Review The Ultimate Dracula Locus, #370 November 1991
November 1991 33 Review The Ultimate Frankenstein Locus, #370 November 1991
November 1991 35 Review The Ultimate Frankenstein Locus, #370 November 1991
November 1991 33 Review The Ultimate Werewolf Locus, #370 November 1991
1992 12 Review The Ultimate Dracula Weird Tales, Spring 1992
January 1992 70 Review The Ultimate Dracula Amazing Stories, January 1992
March 1992 46 Review The Ultimate Werewolf Fangoria, March 1992
April 1992 22 Review The Ultimate Dracula Vector 166
April 1992 78 Review The Ultimate Dracula Cemetery Dance, Spring 1992
April 1992 78 Review The Ultimate Frankenstein Cemetery Dance, Spring 1992
April 1992 79 Review The Ultimate Werewolf Cemetery Dance, Spring 1992
September 1992 52 Review The Complete Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination 2 AM, Winter 1992
November 1992 34|34.02 Review The Ultimate Dinosaur Science Fiction Chronicle, #156 November 1992
December 1992 13 Review The Ultimate Dinosaur Locus, #383 December 1992
December 1992 38 Review The Ultimate Werewolf Vector 170
1993 118 Review The Ultimate Dinosaur Science Fiction Eye, #12, Summer 1993
January 1994 11 Review The Ultimate Witch Horror, January 1994
January 1994 11 Review The Ultimate Zombie Horror, January 1994
July 1994 98 Review The Ultimate Zombie Cemetery Dance, Summer 1994
December 1995 60|60.09 Review The Ultimate Alien Science Fiction Chronicle, #187 December 1995-January 1996
December 1995 60|60.10 Review The Ultimate Dragon Science Fiction Chronicle, #187 December 1995-January 1996
May 2000 22 Review Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Vector 211
September 2002 44 Essay Letter (Locus #500) Locus, #500 September 2002

29 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1975 Anthology Weird Heroes Byron Preiss
1975 Anthology Weird Heroes, Volume 2 Byron Preiss
1976 Collection Schlomo Raven Public Detective Byron Preiss & Tom Sutton
1976 Chapbook Starfawn Byron Preiss & Stephen Fabian
1977 Anthology Weird Heroes, Volume Six Byron Preiss
1977 Anthology Weird Heroes: Volume Eight Byron Preiss
1979 Novel Dragonworld J. Michael Reaves & Byron Preiss
1979 Novel Guts Byron Preiss & C. J. Henderson
1981 Nonfiction The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon & Byron Preiss
1983 Novel Dragonworld Michael Reaves & Byron Preiss
1985 Anthology The Planets Byron Preiss
1987 Anthology The Universe Byron Preiss
1989 Nonfiction Art of Moebius Byron Preiss
1989 Anthology The Microverse Byron Preiss
1990 Nonfiction First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Ben Bova & Byron Preiss
1991 Anthology The Ultimate Dracula Byron Preiss & David Keller & Megan Miller
1991 Anthology The Ultimate Frankenstein Byron Preiss & David Keller & Megan Miller & John Betancourt
1991 Anthology The Ultimate Werewolf John Betancourt & Megan Miller & David Keller & Byron Preiss
1992 Novel The Complete Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination Howard Chaykin & Byron Preiss & Alfred Bester
1992 Anthology The Ultimate Dinosaur Robert Silverberg & Byron Preiss
1993 Anthology The Ultimate Witch Byron Preiss & John Betancourt
1993 Anthology The Ultimate Zombie Byron Preiss & John Betancourt
1995 Anthology The Ultimate Alien Byron Preiss & Keith R. A. DeCandido & John Betancourt
1995 Anthology The Ultimate Dragon Byron Preiss & Keith R. A. DeCandido & John Betancourt
1999 Nonfiction Are We Alone in the Cosmos?: The Search for Alien Contact in the New Millennium Ben Bova & Byron Preiss
2003 Anthology The Ultimate Dracula Byron Preiss
2003 Anthology The Ultimate Frankenstein Byron Preiss
2005 Nonfiction The Year's Best Graphic Novels, Comics, and Manga Byron Preiss & Howard Zimmerman
2006 Anthology The Ultimate Undead Byron Preiss & John Gregory Betancourt

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1980 Locus Poll Award Best Art or Illustrated Book Dragonworld Nominee
1982 Hugo Award Best Non-Fiction Book The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon Runner-up
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Related Non-Fiction Book The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon Finalist
1982 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Dragonworld Nominee
1986 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology The Planets Nominee
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology The Universe Nominee
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology The Ultimate Werewolf Nominee
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