WHITEFORD, Wynne N(oel)

(1915-)

   Australian sf writer and (retired) motoring journalist, whose first sf may have been "Beyond the Infinite" for Adam and Eve in 1934. He wrote more sf in the 1950s, beginning to sell to overseas markets with "The Non-Existent Man" (1958 AMZ) and remaining quite prolific in USmagazines until 1960. His third period of writing began with short stories in the Kesrii series in 1978. His first novel, Breathing Space Only (1980), a rather downbeat post- HOLOCAUST tale, ends with its protagonistisolated among superior humans, returned from the stars, with whom he has nothing in common. It was followed by Sapphire Road (1982), Thor's Hammer (1983), The Hyades Contact (fixup 1987 US), which is part of the Kesriiseries, Lake of The Sun (1989 US) and The Specialist (1990 US). Several of these books imagine forms of evolved humanity; all are thoughtful, competent sf adventure stories.

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