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Ray Faraday Nelson

Born

in Schenectady, New York, The United States

October 03, 1931

Died

November 30, 2022

Genre

Science Fiction, Fiction

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Aka Jeffrey Lord (house pseudonym)

Radell Faraday "Ray" Nelson is an American science fiction author and cartoonist most famous for his 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film They Live. ...more

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Average rating: 3.62 · 2,168 ratings · 290 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Again, Dangerous Visions: Stories by Harlan Ellison (contributor), John Heidenry (Contributor), Ross Rocklynne (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 4,385 ratings — published 1972 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eight O'Clock in the Morning 3.94 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blake's Progress 3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Then Beggars Could Ride by Ray Faraday Nelson, Kelly Freas 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virtual Zen 3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prometheus Man 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ecolog by Ray Faraday Nelson, Kelly Freas (Illustrator), Roger Elwood (Editor) 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog-Headed Death: A Gaius Hesperian Mystery 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Revolt of the Unemployables really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perdita: Songs of love, sex, and self pity 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Timebinder (2 books)
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3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings

Gaius Hesperian (1 book)
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3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings

Quotes by Ray Faraday Nelson (?)

“Few people in the industry, or even in the inside your father’s organization, know it, but today Mike Koyama, as a creative artist, is a totally artificial being. To maintain our standing with the listening public, however, we need a human figurehead.”
― Ray Faraday Nelson, Virtual Zen

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“And I admired her walk as she strolled away. Neither my mother nor Issac Asimov had warned me about girls like her.”
― Ray Faraday Nelson, Virtual Zen

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