Editing David Kyle (section)

==Professional career==

Kyle served as a reporter in the [[Air Force Reserves]] with the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]], writing [[civil defense]] material, while working at radio station [[WPDM]] in [[Potsdam, New York]].<ref>David Kyle Papers, Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse, NY</ref>

With [[Martin Greenberg (publisher)|Martin Greenberg]], Kyle founded [[Gnome Press]] in 1948.  He wrote two pictorial histories of science fiction (''A Pictorial History of Science Fiction'' and ''The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Ideas and Dreams'') and three licensed novels set in the [[Lensman]] universe (''The Dragon Lensman'', ''Lensman from Rigel'' and ''Z-Lensman'').

He appeared with [[Paul Levinson]], [[Greg Bear]] and many others on the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]'s 2002 [[documentary film|documentary]], ''Fantastic Voyage: Evolution of Science Fiction''. He died at the age of 97 on September 18, 2016.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/kerry.kyle.71/posts/10210306302197264?pnref=story David Kyle obituary on Facebook by Kerry Kyle]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://file770.com/?p=30629&cpage=1|title=Dave Kyle (1919-2016)|publisher=File 770|author=Mike Glyer|date=2016-09-18|accessdate=2016-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919233517/http://file770.com/?p=30629&cpage=1|archive-date=2016-09-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>