Brian Thomsen was a science fiction editor, author, and anthologist.

Career

He was a founding editor of the Questar Science Fiction line of books, and served as managing fiction editor at TSR, Inc.

TSR, Inc.

Blume and Gygax, the remaining owners, incorporated a new company called TSR Hobbies, Inc., with Blume and his father, Melvin Blume, owning the larger share. The former assets of the partnership were transferred to TSR Hobbies, Inc....

; he also wrote over 30 short stories, and collaborated with Julius Schwartz

Julius Schwartz

Julius "Julie" Schwartz was a comic book and pulp magazine editor, and a science fiction agent and prominent fan. He was born in the Bronx, New York...

 on Schwartz's autobiography. He also worked as the publisher for TSR's Periodicals Department at one point. He was a consulting editor at Tor Books; as an author he was a Hugo Award nominee.

He died on September 21, 2008, at his home in Brooklyn at the age of 49. He was survived by his wife, Donna.

Anthologies

• The Reel Stuff, 1998
• A Date Which Will Live in Infamy, with Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  , 2001
• Oceans of Magic, with Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  , 2001
• Alternate Gettysburgs, with Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  , 2002
• The American Fantasy Tradition, 2002
• Oceans of Space, with Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin H. Greenberg
  Martin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
  
  , 2002
• A Yuletide Universe, 2003
• Blue & Gray at Sea, 2004
• Masters of Fantasy, with Bill Fawcett, 2004

Short stories

• "Gloria Remembers," Alternate Kennedys, 1992
• "The Missing Thirty-Fifth President," Alternate Kennedys, 1992
• "Paper Trail," Alternate Presidents, 1992
• "Reunion," Grails: Quests of the Dawn, 1992
• "The Case of the Skinflint's Specters," Christmas Ghosts, 1993
• "A Sense of Loyalty, a Sense of Betrayal," Alternate Warriors, 1993
• "Bigger Than U.S. Steel," Alternate Outlaws, 1994
• "Iguanacon, Too," Alternate Worldcons, 1994
• "A Night on the Plantation," By Any Other Fame, 1994
• "Infallibility, Obedience & Acts of Contrition," Alternate Tyrants, 1997
• "Oscar Night at Swifty's," Alternate Skiffy, 1997
• "Bloodstained Ground," Alternate Generals, 1998
• "Dearest Kitty," Legends: Tales from the Eternal Archives, 1999
• "Mouse the Magic Guy," Merlin, 1999
• "Fragment of the Log of Captain Amasa Delano," Oceans of Space, 2002
• "The Grand Tour," Sol's Children, 2002
• "It's a Wonderful Miracle on 34th Street's Christmas Carol," A Yuletide Universe, 2002

External links

• Obituary at Locus
  Locus (magazine)
  Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
  
  
• List of Thomsen's awards at the ISFDB
• Obituary at Tor Books
  Tor Books
  Tor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...