Sperry, Ralph A
Entry updated 13 April 2026. Tagged: Author.
(1944-2007) US author of Status Quotient: The Carrier (1981), a Last Man tale set on a planet colony (see Colonization of Other Worlds) thousands of years old, the Immortal protagonist being the only human to survive after his fellows have destroyed themselves in a mass killing frenzy. Whether native Aliens were also wiped out, or perhaps played a part in the destruction, remains a mystery. [JC]
Ralph Addison Sperry
born Providence, Rhode Island: 19 August 1944
died Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 6 April 2007
works
- Status Quotient: The Carrier (New York: Avon Books, 1981) [pb/uncredited; ISFDb says artist is Michael Embden]
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