Ball, John, Jr
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1911-1988) US commercial pilot and author, much better known for work in other genres – like In the Heat of the Night (1965) – than for his sf novels, the first of which, Operation Springboard (1958; vt Operation Space 1960), is a juvenile about a space race to Venus; The First Team (1971) is a Near Future thriller depicting underground resistance to a Russian takeover of America. [JC]
John Dudley Ball Jr
born Schenectady, New York: 8 July 1911
died Los Angeles, California: 15 October 1988
works
- Operation Springboard (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1958) [hb/Sam Kweskin]
- Operation Space (London: Hutchinson, 1960) [vt of above: hb/]
- Spacemaster 1 (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960) [hb/]
- The First Team (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown, 1971) [hb/]
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