author
Raymond F. Jones
1915–1994
A mid-century science fiction writer with a gift for big ideas, he is best known for This Island Earth, the 1952 novel that later became a film. His stories helped shape the magazine era of American SF with cosmic threats, strange technologies, and a strong sense of wonder.
14 Audiobooks
Stay off the Moon!
by Raymond F. Jones
The Colonists
by Raymond F. Jones
The Great Gray Plague
by Raymond F. Jones
火星の記憶
by Raymond F. Jones
Human Error
by Raymond F. Jones
The Year When Stardust Fell
by Raymond F. Jones
The Martian Circe
by Raymond F. Jones
The Seven Jewels of Chamar
by Raymond F. Jones
The Memory of Mars
by Raymond F. Jones
The Alien
by Raymond F. Jones
Cubs of the Wolf
by Raymond F. Jones
A Stone and a Spear
by Raymond F. Jones
The Unlearned
by Raymond F. Jones
The thinking machine
by Raymond F. Jones
About the author
Born in Utah in 1915, Raymond F. Jones built his reputation during the golden age of science fiction magazines. He published widely in the 1940s and 1950s, especially in Astounding, and became known for energetic adventure stories that mixed science-minded speculation with page-turning suspense.
His best-known book is This Island Earth (1952), a novel remembered both in its own right and for its 1955 film adaptation. He also wrote novels including The Alien and Renaissance and produced a large body of shorter fiction across several decades.
Jones died in Sandy, Utah, in 1994. He remains a familiar name to classic science fiction readers, especially those drawn to the bold, imaginative style of postwar American SF.