Ejler Jakobsson (1911-1986) was a Finnish-born science fiction editor. 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Jakobsson moved to the United States in 1926 and began a career as an author in the 1930s. He worked on Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories briefly before they shut down production due to paper shortages. When Super Science Stories was revived in 1949, Jakobson was named editor until it ended publication two years later. Jakobsson returned to editing in 1969, when he took over Galaxy and If, succeeding Frederik Pohl. He worked to make the magazines more contemporary with the help of Judy-Lynn del Rey and Lester del Rey. He left the magazines in 1974 and was succeeded by Jim Baen. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein in Galaxy, Sept. ... if, subtitled Worlds of Science Fiction, was launched in March 1952, the creation, apparently, of James L. Quinn of the Quinn Publishing Company, not to be confused with Robert Guinn, who later published both If and its sister magazine Galaxy. ... This article is about the writer and editor. ... Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey at Minicon 8 in 1974 Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin (January 26, 1943–February 20, 1986) was a science fiction editor. ... Lester del Rey (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... James Patrick Jim Baen (b. ...