Schealer, John M
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1920-2008) US businessman and author whose Zip-Zip sequences, beginning with Zip-Zip and His Flying Saucer (1956), offers Space Opera adventures for younger readers; Mars and Venus are visited harmlessly. The Sycamore Warrior: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt (1960) verges on the fantastic in its depiction of the effects of a mysterious statue on two young protagonists, one from 2650 BCE, the other from 1470 BCE. [JC]
John Milton Schealer
born Boyertown, Pennsylvania: 5 July 1920
died 11 February 2008
works
series
Zip-Zip
- Zip-Zip and His Flying Saucer (New York: E P Dutton, 1956) [Zip-Zip: hb/Hans Helweg]
- Zip-Zip Goes to Venus Dutton (New York: E P Dutton, 1958) [Zip-Zip: hb/Hans Helweg]
- Zip-Zip and the Red Planet (New York: E P Dutton, 1961) [Zip-Zip: hb/Hans Helweg]
individual titles
- The Sycamore Warrior: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt (New York: E P Dutton, 1960) [hb/]
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