Theodore Lockard Thomas (April 13, 1920 – September 24, 2005) was an American chemical engineer and

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who wrote more than 50

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, published between the early 1950s to the late 1970s. He also collaborated on two novels with

Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning ''Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang''. Wilhelm established ...

, as well as producing stories under the pseudonyms of Leonard Lockhard and Cogswell Thomas, and was nominated for the 1968

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and for a Hugo Award.

Bibliography

Nonfiction

* "The Watery Wonders of Captain Nemo" (''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

'', December 1961)

Collaborations with Kate Wilhelm

*'' The Clone'' (1965, expanded from his 1959 short story of the same name) *''The Year of the Cloud'' (1970)

Short stories

*" The Far Look", in '' Astounding Science Fiction'', August 1956 *"Ceramic Incident", in ''Astounding Science Fiction'', October 1956 *"The Innocents’ Refuge", in ''Science Fiction Stories'', May 1957 *"The Tour", in

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...

, 1957 *"Satellite Passage", in '' If'', December 1958 (Also available in ''The Best of the Best Part One'') *"Day of Succession", in ''Astounding Science Fiction'', August 1959 *"The Clone", in ''

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'', December 1959 *"December 28th", in ''

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'', December 1959 *"The Intruder", in ''

Fantasy and Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...

'', February 1961 *"Test", in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'', April 1962 *"The Weather Man", in '' Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', June 1962
The Lonely Man
, in '' Galaxy'', April 1963 *"The Ice Ages", in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'', April 1965 *"Science Springboard, The: Smog", article in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'', January 1966 *"The Doctor", in ''

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'', 1967 *"The Weather on the Sun", in ''Orbit 8'', 1970 (Also available in ''The Science Fictional Solar System'') *"

Early Bird (Cogswell) "Early Bird" is a science fiction short story written in 1973 by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas. The story was first published in '' Astounding: The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology''. It takes place within the same universe as Co ...

", in '' Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology'', 1973 *"The Splice", in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'', March 1981

As Cogswell Thomas

*"Paradise Regained", in ''Saving Worlds'', 1973 (in collaboration with

Theodore Cogswell Theodore Rose Cogswell (March 10, 1918 – February 3, 1987) was an American science fiction author. Profile During the Spanish Civil War, Cogswell served as an ambulance driver for the Republicans as part of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. His ear ...

)

As Leonard Lockhard

*"Improbable Profession" (1952), in ''Astounding'', September 1952 (co-written with Charles L. Harness) *"The Lagging Profession" (1961) *"The Professional Approach" (1962), in "Analog", September 1962

References

External links

Discussion of Thomas and the accuracy of his predictions
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