Robert Spencer Carr

Robert Spencer Carr
Born	March 26, 1909(1909-03-26) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	April 28, 1994(1994-04-28) (aged 85) Dunedin, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Short story writer, novelist
Nationality	United States
Period	1925–1948
Genres	Science fiction, fantasy

Robert Spencer Carr (March 26, 1909 – April 28, 1994) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He sold his first story to Weird Tales at age 15. At age 17 his novel, The Rampant Age, became a bestseller resulting in a movie contract.^[1] He is known for telling "the story of aliens in cold storage at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base following a 1947 UFO crash in New Mexico" in 1974.

Works

The Rampant Age (1928)
The Bells of St. Ivan's (1944)
The Room Beyond (1948)
Beyond Infinity (1951, stories)

External links

References

^ The Rampant Age at the Internet Movie Database

Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 198. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 93. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
"A Guide to the Robert Spencer Carr Papers". University of Florida, Smathers Libraries. http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/CarrRobert.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-17.

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Name	Carr, Robert Spencer
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Short description
Date of birth	March 26, 1909
Place of birth	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Date of death	April 28, 1994
Place of death	Dunedin, Florida, U.S.