author
Richard E. Lowe
A little-known mid-century science fiction writer, remembered for punchy, idea-driven stories first published in 1956. His work leans into classic genre pleasures: strange futures, alien encounters, and big speculative questions packed into short fiction.
1 Audiobook
When I Grow Up
by Richard E. Lowe
About the author
Richard E. Lowe appears to have been a science fiction author whose known published work dates to 1956. Reliable catalog and library sources available here point to stories including When I Grow Up and Vacation on Earth, and several listings describe him specifically as a writer of science fiction from that period.
When I Grow Up has remained accessible through Project Gutenberg and later ebook editions, helping keep Lowe's name in circulation long after its original magazine publication. The story is set far in the future and centers on debates about human behavior and development, which gives a good sense of the kind of speculative, concept-first fiction associated with his work.
There is not much firmly documented biographical information about Lowe in the sources I could confirm, so a full life story would be guesswork. What can be said with confidence is that his surviving reputation rests on a small body of 1950s science fiction that still finds readers through reprints, digital archives, and audiobook-style readings.