Richmond, Walt

Entry updated 13 January 2025. Tagged: Author.

(1922-1977) US author and research scientist whose fiction was written exclusively in collaboration with his wife, Leigh Richmond (whom see for details). Later revisions, which credit both authors, were solely executed by his wife. [JC]

Walter Forbes Richmond

born Memphis, Tennessee: 6 December 1922

died Merritt Island, Florid: 14 April 1977

works

• Shock Wave (New York: Ace Books, 1967) with Leigh Richmond [dos: pb/Hoot von Zitzewitz]
• The Lost Millennium (New York: Ace Books, 1967) with Leigh Richmond [dos: pb/Jack Gaughan]
  • Siva! (New York: Ace Books, 1979) with Leigh Richmond [rev vt of the above: pb/Steve Fabian]
• Phoenix Ship (New York: Ace Books, 1969) with Leigh Richmond [dos: pb/Jack Gaughan]
  • Phase Two (New York: Ace Books, 1980) with Leigh Richmond [rev vt of the above: pb/Walter Velez]
• Gallagher's Glacier (New York: Ace Books, 1970) with Leigh Richmond [dos: pb/Kelly Freas]
  • Gallagher's Glacier (New York: Ace Books, 1979) with Leigh Richmond [rev of the above: pb/John Rush]
• Challenge the Hellmaker (New York: Ace Books, 1976) with Leigh Richmond [first appeared October-November 1963 Analog as "'Where I Wasn't Going'": in the publisher's second Science Fiction Special series: pb/Dean Ellis]
  • Where I Wasn't Going (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2010) with Leigh Richmond [ebook: vt of the above: reprinting original serial: first appeared October-November 1963 Analog: na/]
• The Probability Corner (New York: Ace Books, 1977) with Leigh Richmond [pb/uncredited]

collections and stories

• Positive Charge (New York: Ace Books, 1970) with Leigh Richmond [coll: dos: pb/Kelly Freas]
• Poppa Needs Shorts (place not given: Project Gutenberg, 2009) with Leigh Richmond [story: ebook: first appeared January 1964 Analog: na/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Project Gutenberg

previous versions of this entry

• Internet Archive