Arthur Tofte
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.
bibliography
- 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)
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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)
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The Mission (1980)
- German: Peace on earth. In: Isaac Asimov , Martin Harry Greenberg , Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 412.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 971.
- John Clute : Tofte, Arthur R. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated August 12, 2018.
Web links
Commons : Arthur Tofte - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Arthur Tofte in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Arthur Tofte at Open Library
- Arthur Tofte in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- For state writer, it was happy ending , obituary in The Milwaukee Journal , May 23, 1980
personal data | |
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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 |