Randall Garrett
(December 16, 1927 – December 31, 1987)
Gordon Randall Phillip David “Randy” Garrett, an SF and fantasy author, was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other SF magazines in the 1950s and 1960s. His "Lord Darcy" series was very popular. His novel in that series, Too Many Magicians, was nominated for the 1967 Best Novel Hugo. He was also nominated for the 1978 Best Short Story Hugo and the 1960 Best Novel Hugo. He used many pennames, among them Darryl T. Langart and Jonathan Blake Mackenzie, and was part of Robert Randall.
He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet.
He was a frequent congoer. He attended Midwestcon 1 and several others, including, notoriously, Midwestcon 4. He was known as a philanderer and for being crude in his approaches to women.
Garrett suffered an attack of encephalitis in the summer of 1979 and was not able to write after that; he spent the last 8 years of his life in a coma. The books he is credited with as co-author during that period are generally thought to be the work of his collaborator and third wife, Vicki Ann Heydron.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1970 -- toastmaster at SFCon 70, 1960 Best Novel Hugo nominee
- 1967 -- 1967 Best Novel Hugo nominee
- 1969 -- FUNcon II
- 1973 -- Equicon '73
- 1974 -- Invisible Little Man Award
- 1978 -- 1978 Best Short Story Hugo nominee
- 1982 -- Pat Terry Award for Humour in SF
- 1999 -- Sidewise Award for Alternate History Special Achievement Award.
| Person | 1927—1987 |
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