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Ray Nelson


(Radell Faraday Nelson)
USA flag (1931 - 2022)

aka Jeffrey Lord

Ray Nelson was a Science Fiction author and cartoonist, well known for his art work from the golden age of Science Fiction fandom in the 1940s and '50s.

In addition to having written numerous novels and short stories, Ray was the inventor of the propeller beanie, and his short story "8 O'clock in the Morning" was made into the paranoid cult classic "They Live", directed by John Carpenter.
 


Genres: Romance, Historical Mystery, Science Fiction
 
Novels
   The Ganymede Takeover (1967) (with Philip K Dick)
   Blake's Progress (1975)
   Then Beggars Could Ride (1976)
   The Ecolog (1977)
   Revolt of the Unemployables (1978)
   Memoirs of an Oregon Moonshiner (1980)
   The Prometheus Man (1982)
   Timequest (1985)
   Dog-Headed Death (1989)
   Virtual Zen (1996)
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Books containing stories by Ray Nelson
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Again, Dangerous Visions (2009)
(Dangerous Visions, book 2)
edited by
Harlan Ellison

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Award nominations
1982 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : The Prometheus Man
1976 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Blake's Progress


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