served in the Korean War with the United States Army. He was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers. He was also very fond of owls and trains. He resided in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania where Weird Tales was edited in his basement, followed by Rockville, Maryland. Death Scithers died April 19, 2010, two days after suffering a heart attack. Bibliography Anthologies Astronauts and Androids: Asimov's Choice (1977) Black Holes and Bug-eyed Monsters: Asimov's Choice (1977) Comets and Computers: Asimov's Choice (1978) Dark Stars and Dragons: Asimov's Choice (1978) Extraterrestrials and Eclipses: Asimov's Choice (1978) Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction (1978) with Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov's Adventures of Science Fiction (1980) with Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction (1979) Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction (1980) Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (1981) Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1986) with Darrell Schweitzer Another Round at the Spaceport Bar (1989) with Darrell Schweitzer Cat Tales#1 (2007) Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction (2008) Non-fiction Con-Committee Chairman's Guide (1965) The Conan Swordbook (1969) with L. Sprague de Camp The Conan Grimoire (1972) with L. Sprague de Camp To Serve Man: A Cookbook for People (1976) On Writing Science Fiction (The Editors Strike Back!) (1981) with Darrell Schweitzer and John M. Ford References External links George H. Scithers at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd edition About George Scithers by Darrell Schweitzer, for 2001 World Science Fiction Convention 1929 births 2010 deaths American science fiction writers American speculative fiction editors Hugo Award-winning editors People from Rockville, Maryland Science fiction editors American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers