King of the Hill by James Blish

A madman can be prevented from bomb-throwing—but a mad world? King of the Hill by James Blish, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Author James Blish makes his debut on the podcast today. Blish was born in 1921 in East Orange, New Jersey. While he was in high school, he published a sci-fi fanzine, The Planeteer. Blish became a member of the Futurian Science Fiction Society in New York City and became close friends with members Damon Knight and C. M. Kornbluth.

He wrote just over 90 short stories and 9 novels. 

Our story can be found in the very first issue of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in November 1955, on page 56, King of the Hill by James Blish…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Sextus Rollo Forsyte had his trouble with the bottle, but nothing out of a bottle ever produced such a hotel as the Mahoney-Plaza: only 260 rooms ... only two guests to a room ... but accommodating 5200 guests—all at the same time!... Floor please? Forsyte’s Retreat by Winston Marks. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

https://lostscifi.com/podcast/king-of-the-hill-by-james-blish-episode-110/

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