Jean Sutton

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

Jean Sutton
Born	Eugenia Geneva Hensen (1916-07-05)5 July 1916 Denmark, Wisconsin
Died	29 May 2003(2003-05-29) (aged 86)
Language	English
Nationality	United States
Genre	Juvenile science fiction
Spouse	Jefferson Howard Sutton

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:

• The River, 1966 (a forgotten squad of marines battles at a river)^[2]

Teenage-Oriented (Juvenile) Science Fiction novels:

• The Beyond (people transcend to a Small Magellanic Cloud)
• The Programmed Man (3 way spy novel with empire, telepaths, and breakaway star group)
• Lord of the Stars (orphan on a planet circling an emerald Green sun defeats alien invasion)
• Alien From The Stars (alien crash lands on Earth)
• The Boy Who Had the Power (boy has memory crystal)

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]

References

1. "Finding Aid Database". Jefferson Sutton Science Fiction Collection. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
2. The River: an Original Novel. OCLC 13712918. Retrieved 5 July 2011 – via www.worldcat.org.
3. The Beyond. OCLC 469874. Retrieved 5 July 2011 – via www.worldcat.org.
4. The Programmed Man. OCLC 438778. Retrieved 5 July 2011 – via www.worldcat.org.
5. Lord of the Stars. OCLC 26085. Retrieved 5 July 2011 – via www.worldcat.org.
6. Alien from the Stars. OCLC 90595. Retrieved 5 July 2011 – via www.worldcat.org.
7. The Boy Who Had the Power. OCLC 145813. Retrieved 5 July 2011 – via www.worldcat.org.

Sources

• Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 1386. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
• Nicholls, Peter (1979). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK: Granada Publishing Ltd. p. 672. ISBN 0-586-05380-8.

External links

• Jean Sutton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Jefferson Sutton Science Fiction Collection, 1943–1985 Archived 2018-09-24 at the Wayback Machine