Rick Raphael

Rick Raphael(1919-1994) was an American writer and journalist who began publishing science fiction with "A Filbert is a Nut" for Astounding (magazine) in November 1959 and established a considerable reputation in the field with a comparatively small output of about ten stories, most of them assembled in The Thirst Quenchers and Code Three. Raphael was at his best when describing, in positive terms, the life of those who must deal professionally with a technological world.