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David C. Knight

Lifespan
1925 – 1984
Nationality
American
Active
1958 – 1959
Works held
2

David C. Knight (1925–1984) wrote a great many juvenile books on science and space, and science fiction besides, the tender robot story ‘The Love of Frank Nineteen’ among his best-known short work. A WWII veteran and Sorbonne-educated New York publishing editor, he was a notable populariser of science for young readers.

The works

  1. 1959
    Cover of The Love of Frank Nineteen The Love of Frank Nineteen
  2. 1958
    Cover of The Amazing Mrs. Mimms The Amazing Mrs. Mimms

Wrote across

1950s

Recurring themes

Social SFFirst ContactArtificial Intelligence

Kindred authors shared themes

Albert TeichnerAllen Kim LangBasil WellsBryce WaltonCharles A. StearnsCharles E. FritchCharles L. FontenayClifford D. Simak

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Stephen MarloweRandall GarrettRobert SilverbergBryce WaltonAlan Edward NourseH. Beam PiperMurray LeinsterWinston K. MarksCharles L. FontenayPoul Anderson

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