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He soon moved to take Judy-Lynn del Rey's place at Galaxy magazine, and succeeded Ejler Jakobsson as editor of Galaxy and If in 1974 after a brief trip back to Ace to be assistant Gothics editor. While at Galaxy he published such authors as Jerry Pournelle, Charles Sheffield, Joanna RussJoanna Russ (born February 22, 1937) is the author of a number of works of science fiction, including The Female Man a meditation on how scientific advances could change the roles of men and women in society. Russ was a notable feminist writer in science and John VarleyFor the English watercolour painter and astrologer, see John Varley (painter). John Herbert Varley (born 1947) is a science fiction author. He has written several novels and numerous short stories, many of them in a future history (the Eight Worlds) where, and was nominated for several Hugo Awards. He returned to Ace to head their science fiction line, working with publisher Tom Doherty .
When Doherty left to start TorA publisher of popular fiction, noted for its science fiction and fantasy list. A subset of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, which also publishes the fiction imprint Forge. The company was formed by Tom Doherty in 1980, and sold to St. Martin's Press in 1986., Baen shortly followed and started the SF line there. In 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu he had the opportunity to start his own independent company, Baen BooksBaen Books is a publishing house that publishes science fiction and fantasy novels, including numerous military science fiction genre works. They also created the Baen Free Library, an online collection of SF novels, as an experiment into free electronic, distributed then and now by Pocket BooksPocket Books is the name of a subdivision of Simon & Schuster publishers. Viacom (which own the rights to Star Trek) uses Pocket Books to publish all books related to the Star Trek universe./ Simon & Schuster. Baen Books has established a large readership, publishing books by authors such as David Weber, John Ringo, Eric Flint, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, Elizabeth Moon, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Niven and many more.
Jim Baen is very active on the baen.com website, " Baen's Bar," where his interests in evolutionary biology, space technology, politics, military history, and bad puns are discussed along with science fiction.
Jim Baen has also started an experimental web publishing business called webscription.net and also the Baen Free Library