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Carlson, Dale

(1935-    ) US author who sometimes publishes her nonfiction as Dale Bick Carlson; her work is primarily designed for Young Adult audiences, like the Jenny Dean sequence of juvenile mysteries beginning with The Mystery of the Shining Children (1983) and ending with The Secret of the Invisible City (1984). Some of her earlier singletons are of stronger sf interest, such as Frankenstein: The Immortal Story of a Monster Created by a Young Scientist Hoping to Be a Benefactor (1968), or The Human Apes (1972), in which three young protagonists discover in Africa a race of apes (see Apes as Human) whose Technology and civilization in general have far outstripped Homo sapiens. Carlson's work is lively, and consistently displays a loving-kindness about the natural world. [JC]

Dale Elissa Bick Carlson

born New York: 24 May 1935

works

series

Jenny Dean

• The Mystery of the Shining Children (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1983) [Jenny Dean: hb/]
• The Mystery of the Hidden Trap (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1983) [Jenny Dean: hb/]
• The Secret of the Third Eye (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1983) [Jenny Dean: hb/]
• The Secret of the Invisible City (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1984) [Jenny Dean: hb/]

individual titles

• Frankenstein: The Immortal Story of a Monster Created by a Young Scientist Hoping to Be a Benefactor (New York: Golden Books, 1968) [hb/Neil Boyle]
• The Human Apes (New York: Atheneum, 1972) [hb/]
• The Mountain of Truth (New York: Atheneum, 1972) [illus/Carol Nicklaus: hb/]
• The Plant People (New York: Franklin Watts, 1977) [chap: hb/]
• The Shining Pool (New York: Atheneum, 1979) with Danny Carlson [hb/Ronald Himler]
• The Frog People (New York: E P Dutton, 1982) [chap: hb/]
• The Secret Operation Brain (New York: Golden Book, 1984) [other books in this series are not sf: James Budd: hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 02:48 am on 19 April 2024.
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