Jean Sutton Explained

Jean Sutton
Birth Name:Eugenia Geneva Hensen
Birth Date:5 July 1916
Birth Place:Denmark, Wisconsin
Language:English
Nationality:United States
Genre:Juvenile science fiction
Spouse:Jefferson Howard Sutton

Eugenia Geneva "Jean" Sutton (July 5, 1917 – May 29, 2003) was an American science fiction author.

Life

Eugenia Geneva Hansen [1] was born on 5 July 1917. She married Jefferson Howard Sutton (1913–1979), with whom she wrote several science fiction novels for older children (juveniles). She wrote from 1950 to 1975, assisting her husband on several titles, and from 1967 was also named as coauthor.

Books (written 1965–1975)

The science fiction books were beloved by young teenagers; most however have been out of print since the early 1970s.

War - Novel about Marine's battle for the Matanikau River - Guadalcanal:

Teenage-Oriented (Juvenile) Science Fiction novels:

The Beyond (1967)

Plot Summary: An agent, sent to a distant planet where those with telepathic powers are banished, and ordered to find the person with the ability to move objects by thought, discovers to his horror that he is telepathic.[3]

The Programmed Man (1968)

The reported power of the N-bomb aboard a destroyer spaceship preserves peace for years in the federated solar systems until enemy teleporters discover the bomb does not exist.[4]

Lord of the Stars (1969)

Prologue: "Gultur, Lord of the Stars, knew his race was destined to conquer the Universe, for such was ordained when life first emerged from the slate-gray seas of Munga. He, himself, had decimated a score of worlds. But then, at the brink of his greatest victory, he encountered an alien youth who dwelt alone on the planet of an emerald sun."

The alien youth is an Earth child named Danny who was catapulted to the planet Wenda by his parents before their spacecraft was destroyed. Danny and his no-form (for life takes forms or no forms at all) and Zandro are our heroes. A fine copy of a mind-stretching adventure penned by the husband-and-wife team that gave us The Beyond and The Programmed Man.[5]

Alien from the Stars (1970)

The sole survivor of a space wreck is sought by a variety of earth agents whom he has little trouble eluding.[6]

The Boy Who Had the Power (1971)

Plot Summary: A boy who has lost his memory is a herder on a remote planet until a mysterious man gives him a beautiful stone to help him remember. Published by Putnam Books.[7]

Sources

. none . John Clute . Peter Nicholls . . New York . . 1386 . 1995 . 0-312-13486-X.

. none . Peter Nicholls (writer) . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . Granada Publishing Ltd. . 672 . 1979 . St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK . 0-586-05380-8.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Finding Aid Database . Jefferson Sutton Science Fiction Collection . 5 July 2011 . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180924190542/https://scua2.sdsu.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections%2Fcontrolcard&id=121 . dead .
  2. Book: The River: an Original Novel . www.worldcat.org . 13712918 . 5 July 2011.
  3. Book: The Beyond . www.worldcat.org . 469874 . 5 July 2011.
  4. Book: The Programmed Man . www.worldcat.org . 438778 . 5 July 2011.
  5. Book: Lord of the Stars . www.worldcat.org . 26085 . 5 July 2011.
  6. Book: Alien from the Stars . www.worldcat.org . 90595 . 5 July 2011.
  7. Book: The Boy Who Had the Power . www.worldcat.org . 145813 . 5 July 2011.