Theodore L. Thomas

Theodore Lockard Thomas (1920) is a chemical engineer and attorney who, under the name Theodore L. Thomas, was the author of (50+) science fiction short stories, published between the early 1950's to the late 1970's. He also collaborated on two novels with Kate Wilhelm, as well as producing stories under the pseudonyms of Leonard Lockard and Cogswell Thomas, and has been nominated for a Nebula award.

Well-known stories

"The Weather Man" (1962), "Analog 2" June 1962, is a sci-fi story about a future society controlled by a Weather Congress. The Weather Congress is a group of people who have the ability and technology to control weather and therefore make executive decisions regarding the fates of peoples across the globe. Because they control the weather, they become the sole, unchallenged governing force of the entire world. The Weather Congress is made up of three main branches: the political Weather Council who wheel and deal and make the decisions, the scientific Weather Council who plan ways to carry out decisions made by the Congress, and the operating arm called the Weather Bureau, who actually implement the plans. This story is available in the sci-fi anthology "The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF" (1994).

Bibliography

Collaborations with Kate Wilhelm

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

hort Stories

*"The Far Look", in "Astounding", August 1956
*"Ceramic Incident", in "Astounding", October 1956
*"The Innocents’ Refuge", in "Science Fiction Stories", May 1957
*"Satellite Passage", in "If", Dec 1958, and available in "The Best of the Best Part One"
*"Day of Succession", in "Astounding", August 1959
*"The Clone", in "Fantastic", Dec 1959
*"December 28th", in "Playboy", Dec 1959
*"The Intruder", in "Fantasy and Science Fiction", Feb 1961
*"Test", in "Fantasy and Science Fiction", April 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", Jan 1966
*"The Doctor", in "Orbit 2", 1967
*"The Weather on the Sun", in "Orbit 8", 1970 (Also available in "The Science Fictional Solar System")
*"Early Bird", in "Astounding", 1973 (Also available in "The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology")
*"The Splice", in "Fantasy and Science Fiction", March 1981

As Cogswell Thomas

*"Paradise Regained", in "Saving Worlds", 1973

As Leonard Lockard

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

External links

* [http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/short/t/thomastheodorel.html Theodore L. Thomas Short Story Guide]
* [http://jolomo.net/sf/thomas.html Discussion of Thomas and the accuracy of his predictions]