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in 1956 in pursuit of improved economic and financial opportunities. Meredith followed soon after and, disillusioned at the lack of jobs available to him (he had not finished college), he decided to enlist in the
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named Joy Gates. They married in 1963 and in 1965 Joy gave birth to a daughter, Kira
Chimene. The family would grow further with the birth of three sons: Jefferson Conan, Derek Carlton, and Rand Calvin.
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between 1985 and 1988, but have since fallen out of print. Filmmaker Robert H. Gwinn has announced plans to reprint the books as part of a promotional campaign supporting a film adaption of
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late in 1942 or early in 1943, where his father, a pipe-fitter by trade, found employment as a technician in a chemical plant involved in the development and production of
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where he studied for a degree in
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Richard C. Meredith, "An Autobiographical Sketch; August 6, 1975",
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and then began to get short stories accepted for publication.
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was published in the January and March 1969 issues of
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