Arthur Tofte

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Arthur Reginald Tofte (born June 8, 1902 in Cook County , Illinois ; died May 21, 1980 in Wauwatosa , Wisconsin ) was an American writer, best known for his science fiction and fantasy .

He published a few short stories as early as the 1930s, starting with The Meteor Monsters (1938), but then worked for many years in advertising at Allis-Chalmers , only after his retirement there in 1969 did he begin to write full-time. His first novel was Crash Landing on Iduna (1975), a robinsonad on an unknown planet. In 1977 the sequel Survival Planet followed .

Tofte died of cancer in 1980 at the age of 77. He had a son and a daughter.

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Crash Landing on Iduna (series of novels)
  • 1 Crash Landing on Iduna (1975)
  • 2 Survival Planet (1977)
Novels
  • Walls Within Walls (1975)
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1976, novel version)
  • The Ghost Hunters (1978)
Short stories
  • The Meteor Monsters (1938)
  • Purge of the Deaf (1938, with Leo A. Schmidt)
  • Revolt of the Robots (1939)
  • Warriors of Mars (1939)
  • The Power and the People (1940)
  • Fateful First Day on Xene (1972)
  • Alone in Space (1973)
  • Terrafied (1973)
  • The Speeders (1973)
    • German: The fast drivers. In: Roger Elwood (ed.): Beyond Tomorrow. Ueberreuter, 1976, ISBN 3-8000-3137-X .
  • Torchbearer (1973)
  • A Thirst for Blood (1974)
  • Survival on a Primative Planet (1974)
  • The Red Stone Key (1974)
  • When the Cold Came (1974)
  • The Berserks (1974)
  • The Most Horriblest Monster (1976)
  • Captured! (1977)
  • The Mission (1980)

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personal data
SURNAME Tofte, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tofte, Arthur Reginald (full name); Tofter, Arthur (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Cook County , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1980
Place of death Wauwatosa , Wisconsin