From Clifton's correspondence we know that Gold "editorially savaged" the story, which appeared in severely truncated or altered form. Clifton is also known today for his short story "Star, Bright", his first of three appearances in Horace Gold's Galaxy (July 1952), about a super-intelligent toddler with psi abilities. Clifton began publishing in May of 1952 with the often anthologized story "What Have I Done?". The Forever Machine), co-written with Riley, which was serialized in Astounding in 1954 and went on to win the Hugo Award, perhaps the most contentious novel ever to win the award. Clifton gained his greatest success with his novel They'd Rather Be Right (a.k.a. The "Ralph Kennedy" series, which is lighter in tone, was mostly written solo, including the novel When They Come From Space, although there was one collaboration with Apostolides. The "Bossy" sequence was written alone, and in collaboration with both Alex Apostolides and Frank Riley. Most of his work fits into one of two series. Mark Clifton was an American science fiction writer.
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