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R. C. FitzPatrick
A mid-20th-century science fiction writer whose work appeared in magazines like Analog and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, he is best remembered for the Nebula-nominated novelette Half a Loaf. Though biographical details are scarce, his fiction left a small but distinct mark on classic magazine SF.
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The Circuit Riders
by R. C. FitzPatrick
About the author
R. C. FitzPatrick was a science fiction writer active in the 1960s, publishing short fiction in leading genre magazines including Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. His best-known work appears to be Half a Loaf, published in Analog in 1965 and nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
He also collaborated with Leigh Richmond on the novelette There is a Tide, published in Analog in 1968. Surviving reference sources confirm several of his stories and magazine appearances, but detailed personal information about his life has proven hard to verify.
That relative mystery gives FitzPatrick an interesting place in science fiction history: not a household name, but one of the many magazine-era writers whose stories helped shape the field's rich and varied back pages.