MILLER, R(ichard) Dewitt

(1910-1958)

   US writer who was involved in promulgating ideas about Fortean phenomena (Charles FORT), and who began publishing sf with "The Shapes" for ASF in 1936. In addition to some works of Fortean nonfiction, such as You Do Take it with You (1956), he published an sf novel, The Man who Lived Forever (1938 ASF as "The Master Shall not Die" as by RDM alone; rev 1956 dos; vt Year 3097 1958 UK) with Anna Hunger, about an immortal who struggles to keep mankind's technology from running amuck. The Loose Board in the Floor (1951) is a fantasy about stuffed animals going on atrip.

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