Story Details
Published on 2019-12-07
DreamForge commissioned "The Prophetic Vision of Stephen Vincent Benet" after hearing Dr. Eric Leif Davin speaking about it. Benet , who died in 1937, wasn't published in genre magazines, but his stories and poems were often fantastical. In 1943, editor Donald A. Wollheim chose the "By The Waters of Babylon" for inclusion in his path-breaking The Pocket Book of Science Fiction, the first notable paperback science fiction anthology.
Author Details
Dr. Eric Leif Davin is an award-winning historian who teaches labor and political history at the University of Pittsburgh. He won the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Literature Prize for his essay, "The Very Last Hurrah: The Defeat of the Labor Party Idea, 1934-1936," in "We Are All Leaders: The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930s," Ed. by Staughton Lynd, University of Illinois Press. He is also an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer and genre historian.
Illustrator Details
Mark Zingarelli is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist and writer working in the publishing, design and entertainment industry. His illustrations and comic strips have appeared in most of the major magazines and newspapers in the U.S, including The New Yorker, Esquire, Newsweek, Businessweek,Time, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Fortune, New York Magazine, Boston Globe, The Washington Post, LA Weekly, Chicago Reader, The Village Voice, and many more. As our Illustration and Art Director, his guidance, contacts in the industry, and contributions help make DreamForge something special.
The Prophetic Vision of Stephen Vincent Benet
Author Details
Dr. Eric Leif Davin is an award-winning historian who teaches labor and political history at the University of Pittsburgh. He won the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Literature Prize for his essay, "The Very Last Hurrah: The Defeat of the Labor Party Idea, 1934-1936," in "We Are All Leaders: The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930s," Ed. by Staughton Lynd, University of Illinois Press. He is also an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer and genre historian.
Illustrator Details
Mark Zingarelli is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist and writer working in the publishing, design and entertainment industry. His illustrations and comic strips have appeared in most of the major magazines and newspapers in the U.S, including The New Yorker, Esquire, Newsweek, Businessweek,Time, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Fortune, New York Magazine, Boston Globe, The Washington Post, LA Weekly, Chicago Reader, The Village Voice, and many more. As our Illustration and Art Director, his guidance, contacts in the industry, and contributions help make DreamForge something special.
