Ralph Williams (author) explained

Ralph William Slone (1914-1959) was a science fiction writer who used the pseudonym Ralph Williams. He contributed to the magazine Astounding Stories of Super-Science. He was born in 1914 in Illinois and died in 1959 in Alaska.[1] He died in a fishing accident, according to a letter written by his son.[2]

Selected works

His most notable work, the novelette "Cat and Mouse," was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.[3] The story concerns a protagonist Ed Brown in Alaska as he discovers an alien civilization among wooded mountains.

Another novelette, of 1958, "Business As Usual During Alterations," has been cited many times.[4] [5] [6] It describes economics changed by experimentation.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Langford . David . Authors : Williams, Ralph : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia . 12 Aug 2019 . 9 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Bio:Ralph Williams - ISFDB . www.isfdb.org.
  3. Web site: 1960 Hugo Awards . World Science Fiction Society . 2019-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164541/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1960-hugo-awards/ . 2011-05-07 . dead .
  4. Web site: Gaiman . Neil . How I learned to stop worrying and love the duplicator machines / Boing Boing . boingboing.net . 9 June 2019.
  5. Book: Stableford . Brian . Writing fantasy and science fiction . 24 January 2012 . Wildside Press . 9781434449832.
  6. Book: Stableford . Brian . Science fact and science fiction : an encyclopedia . 2006 . Routledge . 0415974607 . registration .

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