Raymond John Healy (September 21, 1907 – July 17, 1997) was an American anthologist who edited four

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

anthologies from 1946 to 1955, two with J. Francis McComas. Their first collaboration, ''

Adventures in Time and Space ''Adventures in Time and Space'' is an American anthology of science fiction stories edited by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas and published in 1946 by Random House. A second edition was also published in 1946 that eliminated the last ...

'', (1946) is generally recognized as the finest early anthology from the

Golden Age of Science Fiction The Golden Age of Science Fiction, often identified in the United States as the years 1938–1946, was a period in which a number of foundational works of science fiction appeared in American genre magazines. Exemplars include the '' Foundation' ...

Books edited

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'' (1946), with J. Francis McComas * ''New Tales of Space and Time'' (1951) * ''

9 Tales of Space and Time ''9 Tales of Space and Time'' is an anthology of original science fiction stories edited by Raymond J. Healy, published in hardcover by Henry Holt in 1954. A British edition appeared in 1955, with the title rendered ''Nine Tales of Space and Tim ...

'' (1954) * ''Selections from Adventures in Time and Space'' (1954), paperback, subset of stories from the hardback * ''More Adventures in Time and Space'' (1955), paperback, subset of stories from the hardback

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* * 1907 births 1997 deaths American book editors American science fiction editors {{US-editor-stub