Robert Spencer Carr

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name = Robert Spencer Carr


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birthdate = Birth date|1909|3|26
birthplace = Washington, D.C., U.S.
deathdate = Death year and age|1994|1909
deathplace = city-state|Dunedin|Florida, U.S.
occupation = Short story writer, novelist
nationality = United States
period = 1925–1948
genre = Science fiction, fantasy
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Robert Spencer Carr 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 [imdb title|0021284|The Rampant Age] . 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. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_n4_v21/ai_19727575] ]

Works

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

External Links

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_n4_v21/ai_19727575 Son of originator of 'Alien Autopsy' story casts doubt on father's credibility]

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title = A Guide to the Robert Spencer Carr Papers
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publisher = University of Florida, Smathers Libraries
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url = http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/CarrRobert.htm
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accessdate = 2008-03-17