Ray Nelson

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name = Ray Nelson


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birth_name = Radell Faraday Nelson
birth_date = birth date and age|1931|10|3
birth_place = Schenectady, New York, USA
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nationality = American
other_names = R. Faraday Nelson, R. F. Nelson, Jeffrey Lord, California Ray and the "Old Beatnik"
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occupation = author, cartoonist
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spouse = Kirsten Enge
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website = http://www.raynelson.com
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Radell "Ray" Faraday Nelson (1931-) is a science fiction author and cartoonist most famous for his 1963 short story " [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/9412/8oclock.html Eight O'Clock in the Morning] ", which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film "They Live".

As an author

Nelson also worked with Philip K. Dick on the 1967 alien invasion novel "The Ganymede Takeover". At the 1982 Philip K. Dick Awards, his novel "The Prometheus Man" gained a Special Citation (runner-up).Fact|date=May 2008 His 1975 book "Blake's Progress", in which the poet William Blake is a time traveler, has been the author's greatest critical success.Fact|date=May 2008 It was rewritten and republished as 1985's "Timequest".

In addition to "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", Ray Nelson has also written more short stories including "Turn Off the Sky" and "Nightfall on the Dead Sea".

As an inventor

Ray Nelson has professed that his greatest claim to fame is to be the inventor of the propeller beanie while still in high school.

References

*http://raynelson.com/bio.html
*http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/s1489.htm#A57417.2

External links

* [http://raynelson.com Official site]
** [http://raynelson.com/art.html Cartoon art by Ray Nelson]