Ronald Walter Mackelworth (7 April 1930 – 15 January 2000) was an English science fiction author (who also worked as an insurance salesman). He was active as a writer in the late 1960s and early 1970s and wrote as R. W. Mackelworth.

R. W. Mackelworth
Born(1930-04-07)7 April 1930
London, England
Died15 January 2000(2000-01-15) (aged 69)
Farnham, Surrey, England
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
GenreScience fiction

Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Firemantle (1968, AKA The Diabols (1969))
  • Tiltangle (1970)
  • Starflight 3000 (1972)
  • The Year of the Painted World (1975)
  • Shakehole (1981)

Short stories

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  • "The Statue" (1963)
  • "I, the Judge" (1963)
  • "Pattern of Risk" (1963)
  • "The Rotten Borough" (1963)
  • "The Cliff-Hangers" (1963)
  • "The Unexpected Martyr" (1964)
  • "The Expanding Man" (1965)
  • "The Last Man Home" (1965)
  • "A Cave in the Hills" (1965)
  • "The Changing Shape of Charlie Snuff" (1965)
  • "Last Man Home" (1965)
  • "A Distorting Mirror" (1965)
  • "Temptation for the Leader" (1965)
  • "Cleaner than Clean" (1965)
  • "Final Solution" (1966)
  • "A Touch of Immortality" (1966)
  • "The Final Solution" (1966)
  • "A Visitation of Ghosts" (1966)
  • "Tilt Angle" (1969)
  • "Two Rivers" (1970)
  • "Mr. Nobody" (1971)

General references

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  • R. W. Mackelworth at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • Clute, John; Peter Nichols (1993). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-312-09618-2.