User:BillRitch/Sandbox

-- from the bio I wrote for Dragon*Con

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

Stories

Entry in ISFDB

• 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"

Audio Plays

• The Competitor
• The Crimson Hawk: The Crimson and the Red
• The Menace from Earth
• A Real Babe
• The Doom of the Mummy

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

Stage Plays

• Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter
• Welcome Back, Potter
• Buffy -- Warrior Princess
• Lois and Clark - the Musical Adventures of Superman
• Wesley Crusher Can't Loose

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
• The Book of All Hours series by Hal Duncan
  • "Skin Deep" - Vellum: The Book of All Hours: 1 by Hal Duncan
  • Ink: The Book of All Hours: 2 by Hal Duncan (coming soon)
• "Sex Sex Sex" - Strange Relations by Philip José Farmer
• no title - It's Superman! by Tom De Haven
• "From the Skies of Earth..." - Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein
• "Mickey Mouse Operation" - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
• "Planet of the Geeks" - The Aftermath by Samuel C. Florman
• "The Long, Long, Long View" - The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton
  • Pandora's Star
  • Judas Unchained
• "Four Ringworlds for Primate Kings Under the Sky" - Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven
• "Ultimate Mary Jane" -- Mary Jane by Janet O'Brien, illustrated by Mike Mayhew
• "A Handful of Nivens" - Scatterbrain by Larry Niven
• no title - The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse 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 by J.K. Rowling
  • "Blooded but not Bowed" - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Escape from Heaven by J. Neil Schulman
• "Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel" - Mindswapby 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
• The Beluga Stein Mysteries by Wendy Webb
  • "Resorting to Murder" - The Last Resort by Wendy Webb
  • "Two Bee or Not Two Bee" - Bee Movie by Wendy Webb
  • "Dying While Dining" - Mean Cuisine by Wendy Webb

Movies

• Children of Men

Children of Men Gets It All Wrong http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jan07/letters_childrenofmen.htm

• Fullmetal Alchemist

Lost in a Strange World" A Review of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa http://scifidimensions.com/Nov06/fullmetal.htm

• "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son" The Last Mimzy http://www.scifidimensions.com/Apr07/lastmimzy.htm

• Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

http://www.scifidimensions.com/Nov05/gobletoffire.htm

• Beware the Jabberwock, My Son

A review of The Last Mimzy - and an essay on adaptations http://scifidimensions.com/Apr07/lastmimzy.htm

• Meet the Robinsons

Danger, Wilbur Robinson! http://scifidimensions.com/Apr07/meettherobinsons.htm

• Dogs and Cats Living Together

A review of The Reaping, a horror movie http://scifidimensions.com/Apr07/reaping.htm

• Superman Returns [soundtrack]

Holding Hands with a God

A review of Superman Returns: Music from the Motion Picture http://www.scifidimensions.com/Sep06/supermanreturnssoundtrack.htm

• V for Vendetta

"B for Betrayal"

http://www.scifidimensions.com/Mar06/betrayal.htm

TV

• "Birds of Prey" Series Premiere http://www.scifidimensions.com/Oct02/birdsofprey.htm
• "Return of the Doctor" [Doctor Who]

http://www.scifidimensions.com/Apr06/returnofthedoctor.htm

• Doctor Who Season 2

http://scifidimensions.com/Jan07/doctorwho2dvd.htm

• Duck Dodgers

The Next Degeneration

A Review of Cartoon Network's Duck Dodgers http://www.scifidimensions.com/Oct03/duckdodgers.htm

• Teen Titans

"Tee-nu Tai-ta-nu Go!"

Cartoon Network's Teen Titans is the latest TV series inspired by a DC Comic http://scifidimensions.com/Aug03/teentitans.htm

Comics

• Rawhide Kid

Rough Trade http://scifidimensions.com/Apr03/rawhidekid.htm

• Rex Mundi

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

http://scifidimensions.com/Feb03/rexmundi.htm

Director

http://www.artc.org/catalog/heinlein.html

• The Man Who Traveled in Elephants

http://www.artc.org/products/ManWhoTraveledinElephants.html

• The Menace From Earth

http://www.artc.org/products/MenaceFromEarth.html

• Solution Unsatisfactory

http://www.artc.org/products/SolutionUnsatisfactory.html

• The Competitor

http://www.artc.org/products/HappyManCompetitor.html