Robert Shirley Richardson
(1902–1981)

American astronomer and writer

Works

  • "The Other Side of Astronomy" in Astounding Science Fiction, 24 (01)
  • Luna Observatory No. 1 (1940)
  • Universes for Lenses (1940)
  • Wanted: Suggestions (1940)
  • Inside Out Matter (1941)
  • Space Has a Spectrum (1941)
  • Trepidation (1941)
  • Vermin of the Sky (1941)
  • Late-Model Stars (1942)
  • No Handicap Allowed (1942)
  • Stars Also Have Rings (1942)
  • "Turn On the Moon—Make It Hotter!" (1943)
  • Photographic Plate Finds Kepler's Nova (1943)
  • Space Fix
  • The World of 61 Cygni C (1943)
  • "C" Frozen at 186272 (1944)
  • Case of Apparent Time Acceleration (1944)
  • Extra-Solar Planets (1944)
  • Headstones For Astronomers (1944)
  • Postwar Plan For Mars (1944)
  • Time for a Universe (1944)
  • Advance in the Red (1945)
  • Engineering in Extremes (1945)
  • Lots of Gold — But Get It! (1945)
  • Prediction - Past Tense (1945)
  • Prominences (1945)
  • The Helpful Pleiades (1945)
  • Second Approximation (1946)
  • Calendar for Mars (1947)
  • Man On Mira (1948)
  • Paper Planets (1948)
  • The Time of Your Life (1949)
  • Making Worlds Collide (1951)
  • Today It's Turbulence (1951)
  • Wanted - Help! (1951)
  • Four Centuries of Planets (1952)
  • Science Briefs (If, November 1952)
  • A Night on Mars Hill (1953)
  • Dere Sir: "What Did You Do on the Moon?" (1953)
  • Earth's Ghostly Companion in Space (1953)
  • Icarus Brought to Earth (1953)
  • Space Stations for Free (1953)
  • Stargazing (1953)
  • The Mystery of the Blue Mist of Mars (1953)
  • "It's About Time ..." (1954)
  • Blame It on the Sunspots (1954)
  • Cosmic Shadows (1954)
  • Exploring Mars (1954)
  • Jove Intervenes (1954)
  • Lost: One Magnetic Field (1954)
  • Mercury Is Not Hopeless (1954)
  • The Stars Are Closer Than You Think (1954)
  • New Moons (1955)
  • Star People (1955)
  • The Day After We Land on Mars (1955)
  • Island in the Sky (1956)
  • Second Satellite (1956)
  • Space Fix (1957)
  • The Face of Mars (1957)
  • The Facts About Life on Mars (1957)
  • Every Astronomer Has His Horror Story (1958)
  • La vie sur Mars [French] (1958)
  • The Fascinating World of Astronomy (1960)
  • Man and the Moon (1961)
  • Mars [with Chesley Bonestell] (1964)
  • An Eye For Selene (1965)
  • Phobos: Moon or Artifact? (1965)
  • Stella and the Moons of Mars (1965)
  • Theories Wanted (1965)
  • Comets Via the VJSEH (1966)
  • Getting Acquainted with Comets (1967)
  • Sun Grazers (1967)
  • How to Kidnap a Moon (1969)
  • Is the Star of Bethlehem Observable Today? (1973)
  • Galaxy Stars appearing in Galaxy Magazine 33 (04)
  • Which Polaris Do You Mean? appearing in Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction 72 (01)
  • The Space Technology of a Track Meet appearing in Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction 75 (02)
  • Venus and Mercury - Locked Planets appearing in Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction 80 (04)
  • Icarus and Einstein appearing in Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction 81 (05)
  • "On a Gold Vesta ... " appearing in Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction 82 (05)
  • Ptolemy's Red Sirius appearing in Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction 86 (06)
  • Are There "Bears" on Mars? appearing in Analog Science Fact/Science Fiction 95 (10)
  • A Summing Up appearing in Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction 65 (01)
  • Needed: One Aphrodite Project appearing in Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction 65 (06)
  • "The Reference Library: There We Stand" in Astounding Science Fiction, 61 (05)
  • Want to Bet ... appearing in Galaxy Magazine 32 (04)
  • Want to Bet ... appearing in Galaxy Magazine 32 (05)
  • Want to Bet? appearing in Galaxy Magazine 32 (06)


as Philip Latham

  • "N-Day" in Astounding Science Fiction, 36 (05)
  • "The Blindness" in Astounding Science Fiction, 37 (05)
  • "The Aphrodite Project" in Astounding Science Fiction, 43 (04)
  • "The Xi Effect" in Astounding Science Fiction, 44 (05)
  • An Easy Little Puzzle appearing in Marvel Science Fiction 3 (4)
  • "To Explain Mrs. Thompson" in Astounding Science Fiction, 48 (03)
  • The Most Dangerous Love appearing in Marvel Science Fiction 3 (5)
  • A Moment for Laughter appearing in Fantastic 2 (5)
  • Martian Ritual appearing in Future Science Fiction 4 (2)
  • Comeback appearing in Future Science Fiction 4 (4)
  • Simpson appearing in Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine 1 (3)
  • Kid Anderson appearing in Space Science Fiction Magazine 1 (1)
  • "Disturbing Sun" in Astounding Science Fiction, 63 (02) (Project Gutenberg)
  • Under the Dragon's Tail appearing in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact 77 (4)
  • The Red Euphoric Bands appearing in Galaxy Magazine 26 (2)
  • The Dimple in Draco appearing in Orbit 2
  • After Enfer appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 36 (3)
  • The Rose Bowl-Pluto Hypothesis appearing in Orbit 5
  • Future Forbidden appearing in Galaxy 33 (6)
  • Miracle Elixir appearing in Fantastic 26 (2)
  • Five Against Venus (1952)
  • Missing Men of Saturn (1953)
  • Jeannette's Hands (1973)
  • A Drop of Dragon's Blood (1975)

Posthumous works

  • A Move Too Far (2009)


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