Most of Ashley's further anthologies are of fictional material, beginning with Souls in Metal (anth 1977), continuing with several volumes in the Mammoth series of anthologies, and including the Chronicles sequence of anthologies based on the Arthurian Matter.Īshley's work has also resulted in a number of nonfiction books, the first being Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction ( 1977), and draws interestingly on original research it covers some 400 writers never updated, it was superseded by The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ( 1997) edited by John Clute and John Grant, to which volume Ashley contributed about 200,000 words. The long introductions to the stories are packed with information, much of it unfamiliar, and there are useful bibliographical appendices the set as a whole is more a critical study than an anthology, and Ashley eventually recast it along those lines, greatly expanded and extended, as his ongoing The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine (see below). Ashley's first major work as an anthology editor was the four-volume The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, whose components are The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 1 1926-35 (anth 1974), The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2 1936-45 (anth 1975), The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 3 1946-55 (anth 1976) and The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 4 1956-65 (anth 1978). Working name of UK editor and researcher Michael Raymond Donald Ashley (1948- ), who has a special expertise in the history of magazine sf, fantasy and weird fiction for this large body of significant work, he was given the Pilgrim Award for 2002.
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