author
Ralph Milne Farley
1887–1963
Best known for the classic pulp adventure The Radio Man, this American writer blended science fiction with a busy public life in law and politics. Writing under the name Ralph Milne Farley, he helped shape early magazine-era SF with fast-moving stories of strange worlds and bold inventions.
4 Audiobooks
The Radio Planet
by Ralph Milne Farley
The Radio Beasts
by Ralph Milne Farley
An Earthman on Venus (Originally titled "The Radio Man")
by Ralph Milne Farley
Vallisneria madness
by Ralph Milne Farley
About the author
Born Roger Sherman Hoar in Massachusetts on April 8, 1887, he wrote science fiction as Ralph Milne Farley while also building a substantial career outside fiction. He was trained as an engineer and lawyer, and later served in Massachusetts public life, including as a state senator and an assistant attorney general.
As Farley, he became known for energetic early pulp science fiction, especially the Radio Man series. His work appeared in magazines such as Argosy and later in book collections, and he remains a recognizable name to readers interested in the adventurous, imaginative side of early American SF.
He died on October 10, 1963. The mix of technical interests, legal work, politics, and vivid speculative storytelling gives his career an unusual appeal, and helps explain why his fiction still stands out among pulp-era writers.