Raymond Fisher Jones (15 November 1915 – 24 January 1994) was an American

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author. He is best known for his 1952 novel ''

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'', which was adapted into the

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1955 film.

Personal life

Jones was born at

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, and was a member of the

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from birth. He died at Sandy, Utah, in 1994.

Career

Most of Jones' short fiction was published during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, in magazines such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Galaxy''. His sixteen novels were published between 1951 and 1978. His short story "Rat Race", first published in the April 1966 issue of '' Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', was nominated for a Hugo Award. In 1996, "Correspondence Course", first published in the April 1945 edition of ''Astounding Stories'', was nominated for a Retro Hugo award for best short story. Another short story, "The Alien Machine", first published in the June 1949 edition of ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', was later combined with two other short stories, "The Shroud of Secrecy" and "The Greater Conflict", and expanded into the novel ''

'', upon which

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of the same name was based. Jones also wrote the story upon which a 1952 ''

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'' television program episode, titled "The Children's Room", was based. Jones short story, "Tools of the Trade", that appeared in the November 1950 issue of ''Astounding'', was the first story dealing with

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, although he called it "Molecular Spray" at the time. In 1978 three of his stories were dramatized & released through audio cassette by AudiSee: The Renegades of Time (The Lost One's), The King Of Eolim (The Star Prince) & The Rebels Of Empiria. All three adaptations where sold with an accompanying art-filled booklet.

Bibliography

Novels and collections

* ''The Alien'' (1951), * ''

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'' (1951), * '' The Toymaker'' (1951), * '' Son of the Stars'' (1952), * ''

'' (1952), * '' Planet of Light'' (1953), * ''The Secret People'' (1956), * '' The Year When Stardust Fell'' (1958), * ''The Cybernetic Brains'' (1962), * ''The Non-Statistical Man'' (1964), * ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' (1965), * ''Syn'' (1969),

Short stories

Gutenberg Project

NineProject Gutenberg of his books have been made available for free by the

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, despite their recent publication, because they fell into the public domain when the original copyright was not renewed: The Great Gray Plague, The Memory of Mars, Cubs of the Wolf, The Colonists, The Year When Stardust Fell, The Unlearned, The Alien, and Human Error, plus the Japanese book 火星の記憶.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Raymond F. American science fiction writers 1915 births 1994 deaths Writers from Salt Lake City Latter Day Saints from Utah American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Utah