Lindsay, David T
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1897-1953) Scottish author, in active service during World War One, most of his eighteen books being adventure tales, usually juveniles (see Children's SF), all published between 1936 and 1940, often involving feats in aircraft. Of sf interest are The Ninth Plague (1936), about a Mad Scientist's attempts to block off the Sun's rays and cause the End of the World; The Green Ray (1937), in which the eponymous Ray is used to stall airplanes in flight; and the marginal Air Bandits (1937). [JC]
David Tod Lindsay
born St Monans, Fife, Scotland: 5 March 1897
died Edinburgh, Scotland: 3 March 1953
works (selected)
- The Ninth Plague (London: John Hamilton, 1936) [hb/Anderson]
- The Green Ray (London: John Hamilton, 1937) [hb/Eric Duncan]
- Air Bandits (London: John Hamilton, 1937) [hb/]
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