Google leads us to:
http://www.hycyber.com/SF/delrey_lester.html
which says (and is confirmed on other sites):
Lester del Rey
Birth name: Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith
Heathcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez-del Rey de los Verdes
1915 - 1993
So apparently not. I do love old SF though, there's this underlying
atmosphere of what I can only call "Decency". But then I also like Kevin
Jeter & Norman Spinrad so go figure.
Rob
At 12:33 AM 10/22/02, Zane wrote:
>Well, "Del Rey" was the imprint that Ballantine Books sold Sci-Fi/Fantasy
>under starting in 1977 (this included Star Wars, as I recall). It looks
>like it now belongs to Random House. From their website (couldn't totally
>remember the Ballantine name so had to look it up), "It was begun by
>editor Judy-Lynn del Rey with editoria assistance of her husband, author and
>editor Lester del Rey". Are they the same person?
>
> Zane
>
> > I noticed on the page he also wrote under the psuedonym of Lester Del Rey.
> > For some reason that tweaks my old sci-fi memory, but can't identify it.
> > As well as his impressive contribution to electronics did he also write
> sci-fi ?
> >
> > Lawrence
> >
> > >
> > > I saw this in comp.os.cpm, but didn't see it here, so for those who
> don't
> > > read that group, Les Solomon passed away this weekend at the age of 80.
> > >
> > > More details from Stan Veit on http://www.imsai.net/ ...
> > >
> > > I did not know Les, but he definitely led an interesting life, and I
> know he was
> > > well-respected and cared about ...
> > >
> > > :-(
> > >
> > > Rich B.
> > >
> > >
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Received on Mon Oct 21 2002 - 18:53:01 BST