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David McIlwain (21 January 1921 – 30 November 1981) better known by his pen name, Charles Eric Maine, was an English writer best known for several science fiction serials published in the 1950s and 1960s. He also wrote detective thrillers under the pen names Richard Rayner and Robert Wade.
Charles Eric Maine was born on 21 January 1921 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Atomic Man (1955), Spaceways (1953) and The Electronic Monster (1958). He was married to Clare Mary Came and Joan Lilian Hardy. He died on 30 November 1981 in London, England, UK.
- Writer
- January 21, 1921
- Charles Eric Maine
- November 30, 1981
Charles Eric Maine (pseudonym of David McIlwain; 21 January 1921 – 30 November 1981) was an English science fiction writer whose most prominent works were published in the 1950s and 1960s.
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- January 21, 1921
- Charles Eric Maine
- November 30, 1981
Sometimes lightly, sometimes with gravity, Maine's numerous books touch on a variety of sf themes from Rockets to Sociology, but generally without more than fitfully illuminating them; he was determinedly an author of middle-of-the-road Genre SF, and as such was successful.
Charles Eric Maine has 48 books on Goodreads with 2256 ratings. Charles Eric Maine’s most popular book is The Darkest of Nights (British Library Science ...
The Tide Went Out by Charles Eric Maine – Review. By Nigel Armitage. Today’s touchstone issues – the threat of global environmental catastrophe; the elite versus the masses; fake news – are also at the heart of Charles Eric Maine’s doom-laden novel, originally published in 1958.
Timeliner is a 1955 science fiction novel by British writer Charles Eric Maine. It was first published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton ; a paperback version by Bantam Books appeared the following year.
