Lee, Gentry

LC control no.	n 87929389
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3562.E3523
Personal name heading	Lee, Gentry *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	0000000117581903 36947376
Located	Pasadena (Calif.)
Birth date	1942-03-29
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Astronautics--Technology transfer Space flights Science fiction Creative writing
Affiliation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Engineers Authors
Found in	Clarke, A.C. Cradle, 1988: CIP t.p. (Gentry Lee) Boten des Lichts, 1997: title page (Gentry Lee) Wikipedia, Aug. 20, 2018 (Bert Gentry Lee (born 1942) is the chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and also a science fiction writer. He had engineering oversight responsibility for the twin rover missions to Mars that landed in January 2004, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in 2006, and the Deep Impact and Stardust missions. He was also the chief engineer for the Galileo project from 1977-1988 and director of science analysis and mission planning during the Viking projects. As an author he is best known for co-writing, with Arthur C. Clarke, the books Cradle in 1989, Rama II in 1989, The Garden of Rama in 1991 and Rama Revealed in 1993. He collaborated with Carl Sagan on the 1980 series Cosmos. Lee went on to write three more science fiction novels after Rama Revealed. Two take place in the Rama universe (Bright Messengers, Double Full Moon Night) while one makes several references to it (Tranquility Wars)) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentry_Lee> ISFDb, Aug. 20, 2018 (Author: Gentry Lee; Legal Name: Bert Gentry Lee; Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA; Birthdate: 29 March 1942) <http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2338>
Associated language	eng