KU teacher pens fiction
Look carefully the next time you read a science fiction story. It may have been written by your English teacher.
James E. Gunn, KU English instructor and administrative assistant to the chancellor, is the author of some 50 short stories and six movels of science fiction.
GUNN, A 1947 GRADUATE of the KU journalism school, began his career by selling short stories to science fiction magazines.
"During my senior year at KU, I became interested in playwriting, and even wrote a short play which was produced by the speech and drama department," Gunn said.
"I had been reading a lot of the science fiction magazines when they were becoming popular," Gunn said. "I had the opportunity, as a free lance writer, to sell some stories of my own."
"FUTURE IMPERFECT," a collection of short science fiction stories published in 1964, is Gunn's latest work. He estimated that approximately 100,000 copies have been sold
Gunn teaches English 52, Introduction to Fiction Writing.
"I don't encourage my students to write science fiction because this type of writing is less likely to be very original," he said.
SCIENCE FICTION has not lost popularity since the boom which began after World War II, Gunn said, but there has been a trend from magazines to paperback books.
Gunn went to Northwestern University for further study in playwriting after graduating from KU, but returned to Lawrence in 1951 after freelancing in Kansas City, to get his masters degree in English.
Gunn has co-authored two science fiction novels, "This Fortress World" and "Star Bridge," with Jack Williamson.
Recently, two other stories by Gunn, "The Joy Makers" and "Sine of the Magus," have been translated for publication in Germany.
Continued from page 1 they passed the normal cut-off point for induction."
He set a Jan. 1, 1969 deadline for completing the overhaul of the draft.
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Hitt said, "It's hard to guess what particular phases will be implemented first."
HE SAID THE ORDER should not cause undergraduates to panic.
"My guess is that students who have good grades and take a full program are less apt to be drafted than those who don't," he said.
JAMES E. GUNN
Johnson said he will put off a decision to drop deferments for undergraduates while he awaits more congressional and public debate on the issue.
Hitt said undergraduates might take another look at plans to attend graduate school.
Under Johnson's order there would be no marriage deferments or deferments for fatherhood except in hardship cases.
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MINNEAPOLIS—(UPI) — Fran Tarkenton of the Minnesota Vikings completed 13 consecutive passes against the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 3, 1961.
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Music Room
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