In the beginning of his career, young Ben Bova had a good job writing about the hardware his employer, Avco-Everett Research Laboratory, dealt with, but a yearning to write something less confining, particularly science fiction. When he began trying his hand at that he got a welcome from John Campbell, arguably the top editor in [...]
I find it interesting that at least two science fiction greats, including Bova and Gene Wolfe, had early careers as technical editors. Is there anyone else in the sci-fi field with a similar background?