Theodore L. Thomas AKA Cosgwell Thomas AKA Leonard Lockard AKA Ted Thomas AKA T. L. Thomas AKA Theodore Lockhard Thomas AKA Theo. L. Thomas. I think that’s all, I got this from multiple sources so there could well be more. 1920 to 2005, writer of more than 50 science fiction short stories as well as being a chemical engineer and attorney in America.
I’m suggesting he polarises people. Never having heard of the gentleman before I performed a little function I like to call googling and found some interesting things. I’m comparing The Weather Man as I actually have that story and I found two differing views.
This little website shows how Thomas and the accuracy of his predictions. There’s no accuracy of any predictions here but the writer says
Wonderful novella. Highly recommended.
This other blog has a bit more to say on the story. Everything Is Nice does a proper review and Thomas doesn’t come out quite so clean. The writer describes the processes as very
more Hollywood than hard
and goes on to have some rather harsh words about the females in the story.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and tentatively suggest the first blog is written by a man and the second by a woman. The limb of the tree is a little shaky as I have many male friends who would shout lots of very clever words to tell me how wrong I am. Just when I was going to expand a bit more on this writer’s feminine wiles I clicked on their About and discovered he’s a man and not only that but he has credentials as long as my arm which explains why his review is so good.
Having embarrassed myself completely I’m going to move on to a photo of Analog from June 1962 which just happens to have The Weather Man printed within its pages. It’s a little nibbled around the edges but aren’t we all.
Putting Theodore Thomas into the Booktopia search engine came up with some fascinating looking books such as Musculoskeletal Tissue Transplantation and Tissue Banking which I expect you all to click on and buy so I get pots of money, or Architecture at Ahmedabad, the Capital of Goozerat which is a little more reasonably priced.