Slaughter, Frank G
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1908-2001) US medical doctor and author, who also wrote historical thrillers as by C V Terry, active from the late 1930s; many of his books were written with the silent collaboration of William DuBois (1903-1997). Of sf interest are Epidemic! (1961), in which a plague created by Communists infests New York in a Near Future 1965; and Countdown (1970), set around 1980 in space-industry Florida, with intrigues and tensions negatively affecting America's continued drive into space (President Nixon had not yet crippled NASA in 1970). Devil's Harvest (1963) and Devil's Gamble: A Novel of Demonology (1977) are horror. [JC]
Frank Gill Slaughter
born Washington, District of Columbia: 25 February 1908
died Jacksonville, Florida: 17 May 2001
works (selected)
- Epidemic! (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1961) [hb/]
- Devil's Harvest (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1963) [hb/]
- Countdown (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1970) [hb/]
- Devil's Gamble: A Novel of Demonology (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977) [hb/]
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