Alexander Key (1) (1904–1979)
Auteur de The Forgotten Door
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Alexander Key, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Séries
Œuvres de Alexander Key
Fortune has horns [short story] 3 exemplaires
Saltwater scramble [short story] 2 exemplaires
The devil's jaw [short story] 2 exemplaires
A Whip for the Colonel [short story] 2 exemplaires
A bunch of keys : the autobiography of Alexander Key, written for the occasion of his 90th birthday, 27th October 1998,… (1998) 1 exemplaire
Breeze 1 exemplaire
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Breeze O' Wind [short story] 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Book of Dragons: Tales and Legends from Many Lands (1931) — Illustrateur, quelques éditions — 22 exemplaires
Escape to Witch Mountain [1995 TV movie] — Original story — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Key, Alexancder Hill
- Date de naissance
- 1904-09-21
- Date de décès
- 1979-07-25
- Lieu de sépulture
- Memory Garden Of Eufaula, Eufaula, Alabama, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- La Plata, Maryland, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Eufaula, Alabama, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Florida, USA
Georgia, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
North Carolina, USA - Études
- Chicago Art Institute
- Professions
- science fiction writer
children's literature writer - Courte biographie
- [from Escape to Witch Mountain, 1968]
Though Alexander Key was born in Maryland, he looks upon Florida as his native state. His people were early settlers there, and his childhood was spent on the famous Suwannee River. With the youthful dream of becoming a painter, he studied at the Chicago Art Institute, but it was long before his ambition was realized. Instead, he became nationally known as a book illustrator, then as a writer. His articles and short stories have appeared in many publications for young people, as well as in The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy, American Mercury, and other periodicals. He has written two adult novels and many books for younger readers.
It was during World War II, while he was serving in Naval Intelligence, that he became interested in robotics and man's future with machines -- a future that seemed almost unbelievable at the time. Later, home again in Florida, excited neighbors called him out one night to view two strange flying objects in the sky. Flying saucers? Whatever they were, they led him upon a fascinating line of research that today makes science fiction his favorite reading. Sprockets -- a Little Robot was his first book on this subject, followed by Rivets and Sprockets and Bolts -- a Robot Dog, all for younger readers. The Forgotten Door is a strange tale of a boy from another world for readers of all ages. Mystery of the Sassafras Chair is laid in the Carolina mountains where Alexander Key now lives, with his wife and son, and paints murals when he is not writing. His son, naturally, keeps a sharp watch for stray flying saucers, and hopes to be the first boy to go for a ride in one.
Membres
Discussions
Mysterious visitor/alien? boy jumps like a deer - rural setting pre-1998 à Name that Book (Décembre 2018)
Sci Fi Boy from a peaceful planet Stuck on Earth à Name that Book (Décembre 2018)
middles sci-fi: boy falls out of hole, learns English by reading minds à Name that Book (Janvier 2018)
YA Science Fiction, boy on the run, Blue Boy? à Name that Book (Août 2013)
Critiques
Listes
1970s (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 31
- Aussi par
- 11
- Membres
- 2,329
- Popularité
- #11,016
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 49
- ISBN
- 93
- Langues
- 2