LYNDS, Dennis

(1924-)

   US editor and writer whose sf consists of 2 sf adventures as by Michael Collins - Lukan War (1969) and The Planets of Death (1970) - and several late contributions under the house name Maxwell Grant to the The Shadow book sequence, earlier titles in which had been mainly reprints oflead novels from the pulp magazine The Shadow (1931-49), mostly by Walter B. Gibson (also as Grant). DL's additions followed on from Gibson's lastcontribution to the series (Return of the Shadow * (1963)): The Shadow Strikes * (1964), Shadow Beware * (1965), Cry Shadow! * (1965), The Shadow's Revenge * (1965), Mark of the Shadow * (1966), Shadow Go Mad * (1966), The Night of the Shadow * (1966) and Destination Moon * (1967).

   JC