Ralph Williams (author)

Ralph Williams (Ralph William Slone) was a science fiction writer. He contributed to Analog Science Fiction and Fact. He died in a fishing accident according to a letter written from his son.[1] He was born in 1914 in Illinois and died in 1959 in Alaska.[2]

Selected works

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

Another, 1958, novelette, "Business as Usual During Alterations," has been cited many times.[4][5][6] It takes a look at the economy from an experimental point of view.

References
  1. "Bio:Ralph Williams - ISFDB". www.isfdb.org.
  2. Langford, David (12 Aug 2019). Authors : Williams, Ralph : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "1960 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  4. Gaiman, Neil. "How I learned to stop worrying and love the duplicator machines / Boing Boing". boingboing.net. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. Stableford, Brian. Writing fantasy and science fiction. Wildside Press. ISBN 9781434449832.
  6. Stableford, Brian. Science fact and science fiction : an encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415974607.


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