Crowder, Herbert
Entry updated 3 July 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1925-2022) US MIT graduate who served in World War Two and is the author of three Technothrillers of some sf interest: Ambush at Osirak (1988), with a threatened Israeli attack on a nuclear reactor installation (see Power Sources) in Iraq, which country has been armed with a Russian super-Weapon; Weatherhawk (1990), which involves violent intrigue surrounding a prototype plane; and Missile Zone (1991; vt Scimitar 1992), a sequel to Ambush at Osirak in which a ballistic missile being transported to Saudi Arabia is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. [JC/DRL]
Herbert Alexander Crowder
born Seattle: Washington, 1 July 1925
died Indian Wells, California: 2 September 2022
works
series
David Llewellyn
- Ambush at Osirak (Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1988) [David Llewellyn: hb/]
- Missile Zone (New York: Putnam, 1991) [David Llewellyn: hb/]
- Scimitar (New York: Jove Books, 1992) [vt of the above: David Llewellyn: pb/]
individual titles
- Weatherhawk (New York: Putnam, 1990) [hb/]
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