Ralph Williams (author)
Ralph William Slone (1914-1959) was a
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.
References
- ^ Langford, David (12 Aug 2019). Authors : Williams, Ralph : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Bio:Ralph Williams - ISFDB". www.isfdb.org.
- ^ "1960 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ Gaiman, Neil. "How I learned to stop worrying and love the duplicator machines / Boing Boing". boingboing.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ISBN 9781434449832.
- ISBN 0415974607.
External links
- Works by Ralph Williams at Faded Page (Canada)
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