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Poyer, Joe

Working name of US author Joseph John Poyer (1939-2018) for his fiction, beginning with "Mission 'Red Clash'" in Analog for December 1965, Analog being a magazine with which he was closely associated. Of his novels, Operation Malacca (1968), about the use of talking dolphins for military purposes, and North Cape (1969) are Technothrillers. Tunnel War (1979) is an Alternate-History tale involving the 1911 construction of a Channel Tunnel Under the Sea. Poyer has also written novels in other genres. [JC]

Joseph John Poyer Jr

born Battle Creek, Michigan: 30 November 1939

died Tustin, California: 3 April 2018

works (selected)

• Operation Malacca (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1968) [hb/Ted Bernstein]
• North Cape (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1969) [hb/]
• Tunnel War (New York: Atheneum, 1979) [hb/Fred Marcellino]
• Vengeance 10 (London: Michael Joseph, 1981) [hb/Alun Hood]

links

• Joe Poyer
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 17:20 pm on 11 July 2025.
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