Biemiller, Carl L
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1912-1979) US businessman, journalist and author, of sf interest for his two series of novels for older children: the Jonny sequence comprising The Magic Ball from Mars (1953) and Starboy (1956); and, more interestingly, the Post-Holocaust Hydronauts sequence – The Hydronauts (1970), Follow the Whales: The Hydronauts Meet the Otter People (1973) and Escape from the Crater (1974) – focusing on the aquatic adventures of a group of trainees in the Ranger Service, which controls oceanic food production after radiation has devastated land-based farming. [JC]
Carl Ludwig Biemiller Jr
born Camden, New Jersey: 16 December 1912
died Monmouth Beach, New Jersey: 28 September 1979
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series
Jonny
- The Magic Ball from Mars (New York: William Morrow, 1953) [Jonny: hb/Kathleen Voute]
- Starboy (New York: Henry Holt, 1956) [Jonny: hb/Kathleen Voute]
- The Magic Ball from Mars and Starboy (Rockville, Maryland: Sense of Wonder Press, 2003) [omni of the above two: pb/]
Hydronauts
- The Hydronauts (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1970) [Hydronauts: hb/]
- Follow the Whales: The Hydronauts Meet the Otter People (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1973) [Hydronauts: hb/]
- Escape from the Crater: More Adventures of the Hydronauts (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974) [Hydronauts: hb/]
- The Hydronaut Adventures (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1981) [omni of the above three: Hydronauts: hb/Joel Snyder]
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