author
Michael Cathal
Best known for the science fiction story Rich Living, this mid-20th-century writer imagined a galaxy where youth could be bought at a staggering price. The work blends big speculative ideas with a sharp eye for status, desire, and human weakness.
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Rich Living
by Michael Cathal
About the author
Very little confirmed biographical information about Michael Cathal appears to be publicly available. Reliable catalog and publisher pages consistently identify the name as the author of Rich Living, and Project Gutenberg notes that the story originally appeared in the February 1955 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.
That gives Cathal a small but memorable place in classic magazine-era science fiction. Rich Living centers on rejuvenation and the dream of buying back youth, using that premise to explore wealth, vanity, and the costs people will accept for another chance at life.
Because so little verified background information is easy to confirm, the work itself is the clearest introduction to the author: a concise, idea-driven piece of 1950s science fiction with a satirical edge.