- Author: Melvin Korshak Author Record # 1102
- Legal Name: Korshak, Erle Melvin
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Birthdate: 20 October 1923
- Deathdate: 25 August 2021
- Language: English
- Webpages: Fancyclopedia 3, file770.com, joshuablubuhs.com, SFE
- Used These Alternate Names: Erle Korshak, Earle Korshak
- Note: SF collector, fan and used book owner in the 1930s and 1940s. One of the owners of Shasta in 1947-1957. Father of Stephen D. Korshak with whom he started Shasta-Phoenix in 2009. Place of birth from page 4 of ''Descendants of Bella and Tevye "Teddy" KORSHAK''.
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Essays
- Science Fiction Convention (1939) with Mark Reinsberg [only as by Erle Korshak and Mark Reinsberg]
- Letter (Weird Tales, November 1939): No Reprints Please (1939) [only as by Erle Korshak]
- The Eastern Situation (1939) [only as by Erle Korshak]
- Letter (Spaceways, March 1940) (1940) [only as by Erle Korshak]
- Letter (The Illini Fantasy Fictioneers) (1940) [only as by Erle Korshak]
- The Science Fiction Fan Movement (1941) [only as by Erle Korshak]
- "The Chicon" (1941) [only as by Earle Korshak]
- Letter (Amazing Stories, March 1941) (1941)
- Letter (Amazing Stories, June 1947) (1947)
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Preface (The Checklist of Fantastic Literature) (1948)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Preface (The Checklist of Fantastic Literature, 1st ed.) (1972)
- Letter (Fantasy Review, October-November 1948) (1948) [only as by Erle Korshak]
- Introduction: Trends in Modern Science-Fiction (1949)
- Letter (Science-Fantasy Review, Autumn 1949) (1949) [only as by Erle Korshak]
- Trends in Modern Science-Fiction (1952)
- Afterword: Margaret and Me (2013)