richard, purtill, march, 1931, december, 2016, american, philosopher, writer, professor, emeritus, philosophy, western, washington, university, bellingham, washington, writer, fantasy, science, fiction, critical, fiction, same, genres, various, works, religion. Richard Purtill March 13 1931 December 4 2016 was an American philosopher and writer and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Western Washington University Bellingham Washington US He was a writer of fantasy and science fiction critical non fiction on the same genres and various works on religion and philosophy He is best known for his novels of the Kaphtu universe He wrote as both Richard Purtill and Richard L Purtill a variant form of his name He was active in professional writing circles being a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America the Authors Guild and the National Writers Union Richard L PurtillBorn 1931 03 13 March 13 1931Chicago Illinois U S DiedDecember 4 2016 2016 12 04 aged 85 OccupationEducator authorGenreFantasyWebsitewww wbr alivingdog wbr com wbr purtill wbr R wbr wbr Purtill wbr Official wbr Site wbr htmlHis book J R R Tolkien Myth Morality and Religion won the 1987 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies 1 Contents 1 Bibliography 1 1 Kaphtu Universe 1 2 Other novels 1 3 Short stories 1 4 Non fiction 2 References 3 External linksBibliography editKaphtu Universe edit The Kaphtu Trilogy The Golden Gryphon Feather 1979 The Stolen Goddess 1980 The Mirror of Helen 1983 Lost Tales Of Kaphtu The Gryphon Seal 2005 The Eleusinian Gate 2006 Letter to Nausicaa 2008 Other novels edit Murdercon 1982 The Parallel Man 1984 Enchantment At Delphi 1986 Short stories edit Others Eyes 1980 By the Dragon s Cave 1984 Gorgonissa 1985 Something in the Blood as by Richard L Purtill 1986 The Counterfeit Maiden 1996 Grey Wolf s Tale 1999 The Firebird s Feather the King Horse and Baba Yaga s Grandniece 1999 Non fiction edit Logic for Philosophers 1971 Solutions to Odd numbered Exercises to Accompany Logic for Philosophers 1971 Lord of the Elves and Eldils Fantasy and Philosophy in C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien 1974 Reason to Believe 1974 Philosophically Speaking 1975 Thinking About Ethics 1976 Thinking About Religion A Philosophical Introduction to Religion 1978 Logic Argument Refutation and Proof 1979 C S Lewis Case for the Christian Faith as by Richard L Purtill 1981 rev 2004 J R R Tolkien Myth Morality and Religion 1984 Philosophical Questions An Introductory Anthology 1984 with Peter Kreeft and Michael H MacDonald 1984 Moral Dilemmas 1985 A Logical Introduction to Philosophy 1988 Logical Thinking 1992 References edit Mythopoeic Award winners Archived 2014 10 06 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editRichard Purtill s official home page Fantastic Fiction entry File770 obituary Richard Purtill at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database nbsp nbsp This article about an American science fiction writer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Purtill amp oldid 1214092494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
