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Wallace West | |
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| Born | May 22, 1900 |
| Died | March 8, 1980(1980-03-08) (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Notable works | The Bird of Time (1959) |
Wallace West ((1900-05-22)May 22, 1900 – (1980-03-08)March 8, 1980) was an American science fiction writer.
Biography
West was born May 22, 1900.
He began publishing during the 1920s. His story "Static" appeared in Sea Stories Magazine in 1926 and the story "Loup-Garou" in Weird Tales in 1927. The majority of West's work, which was published prior to the 1960s, was short fiction. His few novels, mostly published after World War II, were mostly re-workings of his pre-war short fiction.
He is credited with suggesting the plot to the Arch Oboler radio play Profits Unlimited.
Bibliography
Film history
- Alice in Wonderland (1934)
- Betty Boop in Snow-White (1934)
- Paramount Newsreel Men with Admiral Byrd in Little America (1934)
Novels
- The Bird of Time (1959)
- Lords of Atlantis (1960)
- The Memory Bank (1962)
- River of Time (1963)
- The Time-Lockers (1964)
- The Everlasting Exiles (1967)
Short stories
- "The Last Filibuster" (1967)
References
- Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 1317. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 452–453. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.
External links
- Works by Wallace West at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Wallace West at the Internet Archive
- Works by Wallace West at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Wallace West at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Wallace West at IMDb
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