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Books
by Ray Nelson
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Ganymede Takeover
(with Philip K. Dick) , 1967
Science Fiction. This novel tells the story of
a futuristic Earth occupied by alien worms from
the planet Ganymede. The last holdout against
the occupiers are a group of black revolutionaries.
The reader is treated to futuristic weaponry and
high-tech psychological combat.
Blake's
Progress , 1975
The
poet William
Blake and his wife Catherine explore strange times
and dimensions. Rewritten and re-released as "Time
Quest" in 1985
Then
Beggars Could Ride,
1976
In a world of communities built to recreate different
eras of history, one man seeks the utopia that
just fits him.
The
Ecolog,
1977
A starship loses its way and sends down a shuttle
on a previously uncharted planet where scarcity
of metal has forced the development of a society
ruled by a masked woman, the Ecolog, who commands
the entire ecology
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Revolt
of the Unemployables, 1978
Technology has created a world in which a vast
population of unemployables are imprisoned just
for being jobless. A new religion arises among
the inmates and violence breaks out. A pacifist
is caught in the middle and forced to make a painful
choice.
The
Prometheus Man, 1982
A monopolistic insurance company rules planet
Earth from a huge drifting balloon, but a scheming
woman throws a monkey wrench into the works.
Timequest,
1985
Extensively
rewritten version of Blake’s Progress (Laser
1975), featuring the adventures of William Blake
and his wife Catherine in strange times and dimensions.
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Dogheaded
Death,
1989 & 2000
Historical Mystery. A wealthy shipping magnate is murdered
in an Egyptian villa; several members of his family,including
a son and daughter and his new, young wife, are seen
to have had the means, a motive, and the opportunity
to have committed the deed.
It is set in the first century A.D., in Roman Egypt,
at a time when the upstart Christian believers were
battling the established religion of Mother Isis/Father
Osiris-Serapis for converts.
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Virtual
Zen , 1996
In a near future Tokyo the son of a pop music
superstar rebels against the values that drove
his father to suicide, but unwittingly follows
the same fatal path. In the nick of time he finds
a third path between modern life and death.
Perdita: Songs of love, sex, and self pity
A collection of poems, written in the mid-1950s.
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Books
by Different Ray Nelsons
There are several men out there who also
bear the storied name of Ray Nelson and are writing
books. While these books are undoubtedly admirable pieces
of literature, this Ray cannot claim credit for them.
Here are the ones we know about which this Ray did not
write:
- The
Sterilization of Carrie Buck: Was She Feebleminded -
Or Society's Pawn -- by J. David Smith and
K. Ray Nelson
- A
Dinosaur Ate My Homework -- by Douglas Kelly
,Ben Adams and Ray Nelson Jr.
- Connie
and Bonnie's Birthday Blastoff -- by Douglas
Kelly and Ray Nelson Jr.
- Horned Avenger: Battle Against Vonboardom! -- by Ray Nelson
- Incredible Adventures of Donavan Willoughby -- by Ray Nelson
- The Internal Adventures of Marcus Snarkis -- By Ray Nelson
- On the Farm with Farmer Bob -- by Ray Nelson
- Memoirs of an Oregon Moonshiner -- by Ray Nelson
- The
Seven Seas of Billy's Bathtub -- by Douglas
Kelly and Ray Nelson Jr.
- Shrews
Can't Hoop!? -- by Ray Nelson Jr.
- The
Munchy Crunchy Bug Book -- by Douglas Kelly, Ben Adams, Ray Nelson and Julie Mohr
- Greetings
from America -- by Ray Nelson
- Wooden
Teeth and Jelly Beans: The Tupperman Files
-- by Ray Nelson, Michelle Roehm, (Editor) and
Ben Adams
- Rainy
Day Funds and Value at Risk (Urban Instittue
Research Report) -- by Gary Cornia ,Ray Nelson
Non-Noms
de Plume
Ray has gone by many
names in his career. These are some names he
has not used:
Ray
Nelson Jr.
K. Ray Nelson
Ray Nelson Faulkner
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