WILLIAM ATHELING JRfrom Fancyclopedia 2
Jim Blish, a fan-turned-pro who contributed a long series of percipient
criticism under this byline to Redd Boggs' SKYHOOK in the mid-50s. The
pename's from that of Ezra Pound, who wrote criticism as William Atheling.
Junior's identity was a great puzzle at the time he was writing; those who
pondered it might have reached the solution if they'd known who senior was,
since Blish is a great admirer of Pound's poetry and criticism.
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