User:BillRitch

William Alan Ritch is an writer, director, and president of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company and the figurehead for the Mighty Rassilon Art Players. He is the producer of "The Dean's List" which brings the work of Robert A. Heinlein to life as audio dramatizations.

Ritch is also a member of the Dark River Writers, an Atlanta-based writer's group.

Writer

• Entry in ISFDB
• Entry in Locus Magazine indices

Stories

• Captain Fission vs. Queen Fusion (1991) with Brad Linaweaver
• Slave Curs for the Bitch Empress (1994)
• The Littlest Stormbringer (1994) with Brad Linaweaver
• If Pigs Had Wings (1997)

The links above are references to each story in the ISFDB.

Poetry

• "Pluto"

Non Fiction

• Thomas E. Fuller R.I.P.

Audio Plays

• The Competitor adapted from the short story by Brad Linaweaver.
• The Crimson Hawk: The Crimson and the Red an episode of the series created by Thomas E. Fuller.
• The Menace from Earth adapted from the short story by Robert A. Heinlein.
• A Real Babe adapted from the short story by Brad Linaweaver.
• The Doom of the Mummy

All audio plays were created for The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company.

Stage Plays

• Wesley Crusher Can't Lose - with Shawn Carter and Cari Holloway
  • review
• Lois and Clark - the Musical Adventures of Superman (1995)
• Buffy -- Warrior Princess (1998)
  • review
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• Welcome Back, Potter (2002) - with Trudy Leonard and Bill Kronick
  • review
• Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter (1999, 2005) - with Brad Weage (composer)
  • review
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• From TARDIS with Love (2008) - with Shawn Carter
  • review

Stage plays created for The Mighty Rassilon Art Players.

Reviews

Please note that all my reviews here were for SciFiDimensions.com. In 2010 that website was placed in hiatus and the contents archived. The direct links (below) work sometimes and not others. I am not sure why. Here is the link to the "[1]" which contain most of my reviews:

Books

• "Al Abraham and the Nap-Time Machine" - Jack Jacobs and the Doomsday Time Machine by Albert S. Abraham
• "Swan Song" - For Love and Glory by Poul Anderson
• "From Time to Time"
  • Time Patrol by Poul Anderson
  • The Complete Paratime by H. Beam Piper
• Audio books of The Lije Bailey / Daneel Olivaw books by Isaac Asimov
  • "Robots in Theory and Practice" - The Caves of Steel
  • "Hermit World" - The Naked Sun
  • "Morning Becomes Elijah" - The Robots of Dawn
• "Fan-girl Turned Writer! Film at 11... - Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? by Allyson Beatrice.
• "Myth Making for Fun and Profit" L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XXVII edited by Algis Budrys
• "To Stand Between" - The Darkness of the Light by Peter David
• The Book of All Hours series by Hal Duncan
  • "Skin Deep" - Vellum: The Book of All Hours: 1
  • "It is Written" - Ink: The Book of All Hours: 2
• "Sex Sex Sex" - Strange Relations by Philip José Farmer
• no title - It's Superman! by Tom De Haven
• "Mickey Mouse Operation" - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
• no title - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
• "Planet of the Geeks" - The Aftermath by Samuel C. Florman
• "Planet of Memories" - Dalek I Loved You by Nick Griffiths
• "The Long, Long, Long View" - Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton
  • Pandora's Star
  • Judas Unchained
• "Something Wicked This Way Learns - Evil Genius by Catherine Jinx
• "From the Skies of Earth..." - Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein
• "Gojiro Noir" - The Buzzing by Jim Knipfel
• "Ultimate Mary Jane" -- Mary Jane by Janet O'Brien, illustrated by Mike Mayhew
• "Four Ringworlds for Primate Kings Under the Sky" - Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven
• "A Handful of Nivens" - Scatterbrain by Larry Niven
• The His Dark Materials series of audio books by Philip Pullman
  • "The Lights in the Sky Are..." - The Golden Compass
  • "title incorrect" - The Subtle Knife
  • "Dust to Dust"- The Amber Spyglass
• no title - The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin
• "They'll Be Back" - The Toyminator by Robert Rankin
• "Not So Strange" - Strange Robby by Selina Rosen
• The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
  • "From Ashes to Bird and Back Again" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • "Blooded but not Bowed" - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • "The Last of the Potters" - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Escape from Heaven by J. Neil Schulman
• "Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel" - Mindswap by Robert Sheckley
• "A Paean of Found C'Smith" - We the Underpeople by Cordwainer Smith
• "Tolkienmania!" - Three Books Tap into the Worldwide Thirst for Middle-earth
  • Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings" by Lin Carter
  • Tales Before Tolkien – The Roots of Modern Fantasy edited by Douglas A. Anderson
  • Master of Middle-Earth by Paul Kocher
• "Two Gentlemen of London" - Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove
• no title - American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold by Harry Turtledove
• "Man and Superman"
  • Part I - Slan by A. E. van Vogt
  • Part II - Slan Hunter by A. E. van Vogt and Kevin J. Anderson
• The Beluga Stein Mysteries by Wendy Webb
  • "Resorting to Murder" - The Last Resort
  • "Two Bee or Not Two Bee" - Bee Movie
  • "Dying While Dining" - Mean Cuisine
• "Furious" - In Fury Born by David Weber
• "On the Secret Origins of Species" - Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson

Movies

• "Children of Men Gets It All Wrong"- Children of Men (actually a letter to the editor)
• "Someday Her Prince Will Come" - Enchanted
• "Lost in a Strange World" - Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
• "The Pyrite Compass" - The Golden Compass
• no title - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son" - The Last Mimzy
• "Danger, Wilbur Robinson!" - Meet the Robinsons
• "Dogs and Cats Living Together" - The Reaping
• "When You Wish Upon a Star" - Stardust
• "Holding Hands with a God" - Superman Returns [score]
• "B for Betrayal" - V for Vendetta

TV

• no title Birds of Prey series premiere (WB)
• Doctor Who 2005 series
  • "Return of the Doctor" Season 1 (BBC)
  • "Doctors and Daleks and Cybermen. Oh my!" Season 2 (BBC)
  • "You Are Not Alone" Season 3 (BBC)
• "The Next Degeneration" Duck Dodgers (Cartoon Network)
• "Tee-nu Tai-ta-nu Go!" Teen Titans (Cartoon Network)
• Torchwood
  • "Mother-f^&!@^ing Aliens in Mother-f^&!@^ing Cardiff!" - Season 1 (BBC)

Comics

• "Rough Trade" - Rawhide Kid (Marvel Max)
• "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" - Rex Mundi (Dark Horse)

Director

• The Dean's List from stories by Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Man Who Traveled in Elephants
  • The Menace From Earth
  • Solution Unsatisfactory
• The stories of Brad Linaweaver
  • The Competitor
  • A Real Babe

Actor

TBD

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