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Main, Carol

(?   -    ) UK author of Young Adult novels, including the Fraser Family sequence, comprising The White Planet (1982), Planet of Evil (1983) and Planet of Adventure (1986), featuring lightly sketched Space Opera adventures on various planets; echoes of the Robinsonade are also lightly sketched in. Betony and the Sorcerer (1990: vt Spellbound! 1991) is fantasy. [JC]

Carol Main

born

works

series

Fraser Family

• The White Planet (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982) [Fraser Family: hb/]
• Planet of Evil (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983) [Fraser Family: hb/]
• Planet of Adventure (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986) [Fraser Family: hb/]

individual titles

• Betony and the Sorcerer (London: The Bodley Head, 1990) [hb/Ann Johns]
  • Spellbound! (London: Random House/Red Fox, 1991) [vt of the above: pb/Amelia Rosato]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 13:41 pm on 7 March 2026.
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