Alfred Slote

Infobox Writer


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name = Alfred Slote
birthdate = Birth date and age|1926|09|11|mf=y
birthplace = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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nationality = American
period = 1953–present
genre = Children's literature

Alfred Slote (born September 11, 1926) [cite news|title=On This Day in History: September 11, Popular Writer of Books for Children|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=23&id=15338|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=2007-09-11|accessdate=2007-10-08 ] is a children's author known for his numerous sports and space novels. His writing has been described as "making space travel seem as ordinary as piling in the family wagon for a jaunt to McDonald's" [cite news|first=Virginia|last=Hamilton|title=Fanciful Worlds|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DD1738F935A15757C0A967948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=1981-04-26|accessdate=2007-10-08 ] . Slote's 1991 novel "Finding Buck McHenry" was adapted into a 2000 television film. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Biography

Works

* "Denham Proper" (1953)
* "Lazarus in Vienna" (1956)
* "The Princess Who Wouldn't Talk" (1964)
* "Strangers and Comrades" (1964)
* "The Moon in Fact and Fancy" (1967)
* "Air in Fact and Fancy' (1968)
* "Termination; the closing at Baker plant" (1969)
* "Stranger on the Ball Club" (1970)
* "Jake" (1971)
* "The Biggest Victory" (1972)

* "My Father, the Coach" (1972)
* "Hang Tough, Paul Mather" (1973)
* "Tony and Me" (1974)
* "Matt Gargan's Boy" (1975)
* "The Hotshot" (1977)
* "Love and Tennis" (1979)
* "The Devil Rides With Me and Other Fantastic Stories" (1980)
* "Clone Catcher" (1982)
* "Rabbit Ears" (1982)
* "A Friend Like That" (1988)
* "Moving In" (1988)
* "Make-Believe Ball Player" (1989)
* "The Trading Game" (1990)
* "Finding Buck McHenry" (1991)

Robot Buddy series

* "My Robot Buddy" (1975)
* "My trip to Alpha I" (1978)
* "C.O.L.A.R. : a tale of outer space" (1981)
* "Omega Station" (1983)
* "The Trouble on Janus" (1985)

Slote's five book series shows the life of Jack Jameson and his robot buddy Danny One as they have adventures in a future society that has developed androids that mimic human beings perfectly and has space transportation via cryonics.

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NAME = Slote, Alfred
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = American children's author of sports and science fiction novels.
DATE OF BIRTH = September 11, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH = New York City, United States
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