Talk:Clifford Geary

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[edit] Star Beast

Are you sure Star Beast was illustrated by Geary? I have the edition shown in the book's article (Scribner's 1954, appears to be the original hardcover edition). The style looks different, and the only illustrations are the cover and the frontispiece. There is no credit for the illustrator on the copyright page. The only concrete information I've been able to find is here http://www.enter.net/~torve/critics/Dimension/hd03-1.html , which seems to imply that the books that Geary did were the second through ninth in the juvenile series. That would include Star Beast and Tunnel in the Sky. However, Tunnel in the Sky's cover doesn't look to me like Geary's style, and I'd prefer a more definitive and clear source of information.--24.52.254.62 17:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I did find at least two different reference that indicated the Star Beast was his illustration, (one) but it is possible they are in error. I was unable to confirm Tunnel in the Sky as his, so I left it off the list. Citizen in the Galaxy was illustrated by L.E. Fisher, so Geary did stop at some point and did not do all the juveniles. Hu 22:05, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Interesting -- maybe Geary just got tired of the white-on-black style. I wonder, too, why Star Beast, unlike the earlier ones, has only a cover and a frontispiece.--24.52.254.62 02:13, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Cliff is alive and well, though he does not use the internet. Will ask him about the two books in question. Anything else you'd like to ask about? I would contact you directly if I knew how. Feel free to contact me!--Geary101 12:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)