Richard James Bleiler (born 1959) is an American bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction.[1] He was nominated for the
Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 2002 and for the Munsey Award in 2019–2022. He won the 2023 Munsey Award, given to “an individual or organization that has bettered the pulp community.”[2] He is the son of bibliographer and publisher
Everett F. Bleiler.
Bleiler was appointed reference librarian and selector for the humanities at the
University of Connecticut's
Homer Babbidge Library in 1994.[3] As of 2023 he serves as the Collections and Humanities Librarian.[4]
"Robert S. Hichens." In Late-Victorian and Edwardian British Novelists: First Series, pp. 106–119. Ed. George M. Johnson. Gale, 1995. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 153.
"Edwin L. Arnold." In British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Before World War I, Darren Harris-Fain. Gale, 1997, pp. 23–26. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 178.
"John Davys Beresford." In British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Before World War I. Ed. Darren Harris-Fain. Gale, 1997, pp. 27–34. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 178.
Internet Training in ARL Libraries : A SPEC Kit. (with Jon E. Cawthorne). Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, 1997.
"Edgar Wallace." In Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage, pp. 943–955. Vol. 2. Eds. Robin W. Winks and Maureen Corrigan. Scribner's, 1998.
Networked Information Resources : A SPEC Kit (with Terry Plum). Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, 1999.
"George Vaux Bacon: Forgotten Writer, Intriguing Person." Dime Novel Roundup: A Magazine Devoted to the Collecting, Preservation and Study of Old-Time Dime and Nickel Novels, Popular Story Papers, Series Books, and Pulp Magazines, vol. 68, no. 4 [658], Aug. 1999, pp. 127–136.
"Thomas Burke." Late-Victorian and Edwardian British Novelists: Second Series. Ed. George M. Johnson. Thomson Gale, 1999, pp. 40–49. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 197.
"Imagination Takes Flight: A Thematic History of the Pulp Magazine." Dime Novel Roundup: A Magazine Devoted to the Collecting, Preservation and Study of Old-Time Dime and Nickel Novels, Popular Story Papers, Series Books, and Pulp Magazines, vol. 72, no. 3-4 [681–82], 2003, pp. 79–111.
"Street & Smith's Literary Album: A Bibliographic Listing." Dime Novel Roundup: A Magazine Devoted to the Collecting, Preservation and Study of Old-Time Dime and Nickel Novels, Popular Story Papers, Series Books, and Pulp Magazines, vol. 73, no. 6 [690], Dec. 2004, pp. 179–250.
"May Sinclair's Supernatural Fiction." In May Sinclair: Moving Towards the Modern, pp. 123–138. Eds. Andrew J. Kunka and Michele K. Troy. Ashgate, 2006.
"Raised by the Dead: Maturational Gothic in Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book." In 21st Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels since 2000, pp. 269–278. Eds. Daniel Olson and S. T. Joshi (foreword). Scarecrow, 2011.
"Visionary Star-Treader: The Speculative Writings of Clark Ashton Smith." In Pulp Fiction of the '20s and '30s, pp. 66–83. Ed. Gary Hoppenstand. Salem, 2013.
"The Fantastic Pulp Fiction of Frank Belknap Long." In Pulp Fiction of the '20s and '30s, pp. 148–165. Ed. Gary Hoppenstand. Salem: 2013.
"Teaching Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers." In Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers, pp. 198–203. Ed. Laurie Lamson. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2014.
Richard James Bleiler (born 1959) is an American bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction.[1] He was nominated for the
Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 2002 and for the Munsey Award in 2019–2022. He won the 2023 Munsey Award, given to “an individual or organization that has bettered the pulp community.”[2] He is the son of bibliographer and publisher
Everett F. Bleiler.
Bleiler was appointed reference librarian and selector for the humanities at the
University of Connecticut's
Homer Babbidge Library in 1994.[3] As of 2023 he serves as the Collections and Humanities Librarian.[4]
"Robert S. Hichens." In Late-Victorian and Edwardian British Novelists: First Series, pp. 106–119. Ed. George M. Johnson. Gale, 1995. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 153.
"Edwin L. Arnold." In British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Before World War I, Darren Harris-Fain. Gale, 1997, pp. 23–26. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 178.
"John Davys Beresford." In British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Before World War I. Ed. Darren Harris-Fain. Gale, 1997, pp. 27–34. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 178.
Internet Training in ARL Libraries : A SPEC Kit. (with Jon E. Cawthorne). Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, 1997.
"Edgar Wallace." In Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage, pp. 943–955. Vol. 2. Eds. Robin W. Winks and Maureen Corrigan. Scribner's, 1998.
Networked Information Resources : A SPEC Kit (with Terry Plum). Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, 1999.
"George Vaux Bacon: Forgotten Writer, Intriguing Person." Dime Novel Roundup: A Magazine Devoted to the Collecting, Preservation and Study of Old-Time Dime and Nickel Novels, Popular Story Papers, Series Books, and Pulp Magazines, vol. 68, no. 4 [658], Aug. 1999, pp. 127–136.
"Thomas Burke." Late-Victorian and Edwardian British Novelists: Second Series. Ed. George M. Johnson. Thomson Gale, 1999, pp. 40–49. Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB): 197.
"Imagination Takes Flight: A Thematic History of the Pulp Magazine." Dime Novel Roundup: A Magazine Devoted to the Collecting, Preservation and Study of Old-Time Dime and Nickel Novels, Popular Story Papers, Series Books, and Pulp Magazines, vol. 72, no. 3-4 [681–82], 2003, pp. 79–111.
"Street & Smith's Literary Album: A Bibliographic Listing." Dime Novel Roundup: A Magazine Devoted to the Collecting, Preservation and Study of Old-Time Dime and Nickel Novels, Popular Story Papers, Series Books, and Pulp Magazines, vol. 73, no. 6 [690], Dec. 2004, pp. 179–250.
"May Sinclair's Supernatural Fiction." In May Sinclair: Moving Towards the Modern, pp. 123–138. Eds. Andrew J. Kunka and Michele K. Troy. Ashgate, 2006.
"Raised by the Dead: Maturational Gothic in Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book." In 21st Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels since 2000, pp. 269–278. Eds. Daniel Olson and S. T. Joshi (foreword). Scarecrow, 2011.
"Visionary Star-Treader: The Speculative Writings of Clark Ashton Smith." In Pulp Fiction of the '20s and '30s, pp. 66–83. Ed. Gary Hoppenstand. Salem, 2013.
"The Fantastic Pulp Fiction of Frank Belknap Long." In Pulp Fiction of the '20s and '30s, pp. 148–165. Ed. Gary Hoppenstand. Salem: 2013.
"Teaching Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers." In Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers, pp. 198–203. Ed. Laurie Lamson. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2014.