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Wallace West
BornMay 22, 1900
DiedMarch 8, 1980(1980-03-08) (aged 79)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksThe Bird of Time (1959)
West's novelette "Outlaw Queen of Venus" was the cover story for the February 1944 issue of Fantastic Adventures
West's novelette "The Time-Lockers" was the cover story for the August 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly

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 1927 with the story "Loup-Garou" in Weird Tales. 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

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.


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