Rick Raphael
Rick Raphael (February 20, 1919 – January 4, 1994) was an American journalist and science fiction author.[1]
He published his first short story, "A Filbert Is a Nut", in the November 1959 issue of Astounding.[2]
In 1964, his short story "Code Three" was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Short Story, as well as "Once a Cop" in 1965. These two stories were expanded into his best known work, the fix-up novel Code Three, which was published in 1966.[1]
In the early 1980s, he published two more novels. Raphael died in 1994.[1]
In 2020, his legacy was honored with the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Code Three (Simon & Schuster / Gollancz, 1966)
- The Defector (Doubleday, 1980)
- The President Must Die (W. W. Norton, 1981)
Novellas and short story collections
[edit]- "Code Three" (in Analog, February 1963)
- "Once a Cop" (in Analog, May 1964)
- The Thirst Quenchers (Gollancz, 1965). Includes: "The Mailman Cometh", "Guttersnipe", "The Thirst Quenchers", and "Odd Man In".
- The Thirst Quenchers and Three Other Science Fiction Tales (2010). Includes: "Make Mine Homogenized", "The Thirst Quenchers", "A Filbert Is a Nut", and "Sonny".
Individual stories
[edit]- A Filbert Is a Nut (1959)
- Make Mine Homogenized (1960)
- Sonny (1963)
- The Thirst Quenchers (1963)
- Identity Mistaken (1964)
- Guttersnipe (1964)
- Odd Man In (1965)
- The Mailman Cometh (1965)
- False Scent (1981)
- Pelangus (1981)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Rick Raphael | Biography | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Astounding. 1959. p. 77.
- ↑ locusmag (2020-07-27). "Raphael Wins Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award". Locus. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
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