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Charles L. Fontenay

Lifespan
1917 – 2007
Nationality
American
Active
1954 – 1961
Works held
24

Charles L. Fontenay (1917–2007) was a career journalist who wrote science fiction on the side through the 1950s, contributing many stories to the magazines of the day. His time-travel novel 'Twice Upon a Time' and his short fiction show a quick, inventive imagination working comfortably within the pulp and digest traditions.

The works

  1. 1961
    Cover of Rebels of the Red Planet Rebels of the Red Planet
  2. 1960
    Cover of Matchmaker Matchmaker
  3. 1959
    Cover of Bargain Basement Bargain Basement Cover of The Jupiter Weapon The Jupiter Weapon
  4. 1958
    Cover of Beauty interrupted Beauty interrupted Cover of Conservation Conservation Cover of Disqualified Disqualified Cover of Service with a Smile Service with a Smile Cover of West o' Mars West o' Mars
  5. 1957
    Cover of A Case of Sunburn A Case of Sunburn Cover of Earth transit Earth transit Cover of Pretty Quadroon Pretty Quadroon Cover of The Gift Bearer The Gift Bearer Cover of The Last Brave Invader The Last Brave Invader Cover of The Martian Shore The Martian Shore Cover of The Old Goat The Old Goat Cover of Wind Wind
  6. 1956
    Cover of Atom Drive Atom Drive Cover of Communication Communication Cover of Family Tree Family Tree Cover of Z Z
  7. 1955
    Cover of Blow the Man Down Blow the Man Down Cover of The Patriot The Patriot
  8. 1954
    Cover of Escape Velocity Escape Velocity

Wrote across

1950s1960s

Recurring themes

Social SFSpace OperaColonizationFirst ContactPsychic PowersMilitary SFHard SFTime Travel

Kindred authors shared themes

Jim HarmonLester Del ReyRandall GarrettGeorge O. SmithH. Beam PiperMurray LeinsterNelson S. BondRobert Silverberg

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterMack ReynoldsAlan Edward NourseH. Beam PiperRobert SilverbergFritz LeiberBryce WaltonGeorge O. Smith

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