(1948- ) UK psychologist and computer systems analyst, currently a professor emeritus at Durham University School of Education, who with Michele Benjamin edited the instructive reprint Anthology PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions (anth 1987), featuring stories by Thomas M Disch, Robert A Heinlein, Keith Laumer, Ursula K Le Guin (with brief extracts from two different novels), Frederik Pohl and Bob Shaw (who also contributed an introduction). The stories were selected by Benjamin; each is followed by a considerably longer "Commentary" by Ridgway (with critical input from Benjamin), discussing its implications in terms of Psychology, neurology and related disciplines. [DRL]
James Edward Ridgway
born Lancashire, England: 21 September 1948
died
works as editor
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