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

Novels

  • Code Three (Simon & Schuster / Gollancz, 1966)
  • The Defector (Doubleday, 1980)
  • The President Must Die (W. W. Norton, 1981)

Novellas and short story collections

  • "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

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 "Rick Raphael | Biography | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  2. ↑ Astounding. 1959. p. 77.
  3. ↑ locusmag (2020-07-27). "Raphael Wins Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award". Locus. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
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