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Clark, Margaret Goff

(1913-2004) US author for children, whose Barney sequence – Barney and the UFO (1979; vt The Boy from the UFO 1981), Barney in Space (1981; vt The Boy from the UFO Returns 1981) and Barney on Mars (1983) – is an sf adventure of some interest, though neither UFOs or Mars are treated with any great originality. [JC]

Margaret Goff Clark

born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: 7 March 1913

died 25 August 2004

works

series

Barney

• Barney and the UFO (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1979) [Barney: hb/Ted Lewin]
  • The Boy from the UFO (New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1981) [vt of the above: Barney: pb/Ted Lewin]
• Barney in Space (New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1981) [Barney: pb/]
  • The Boy from the UFO Returns (New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1981) [vt of the above: Barney: pb/Ted Lewin]
• Barney on Mars (New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1983) [Barney: pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 10:21 am on 21 April 2026.
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