Clifford Geary

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'''Clifford N. Geary''' (February 26, 1916 – May 31, 2008)<ref name=obit/> was an American illustrator of science fiction,<ref name=NYT/> especially Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile series" published by Scribner's from 1948 to 1956, and of popular science.

Many of his Heinlein illustrations are done in a reversed-ground white-on-black style. Alexei Panshin's [http://www.panshin.com/critics/Dimension/hdcontents.html#Contents "Heinlein in Dimension"] (a controversial work that Heinlein is said to have disavowed) acknowledges Geary's contribution to this important element of the Heinlein oeuvre, calling his work [http://www.panshin.com/critics/Dimension/hd03-1.html#Geary "quite unusual and quite striking."]

Geary was raised in the Boston area and was educated at the Massachusetts School of Art. In later life he lived in Brooklyn and the Adirondacks. His book illustrations were sometimes credited to "Clifford Geary".

==Books illustrated== === By Geary === * ''Ticonderoga: A Picture Story'', by Clifford N. Geary, David McKay Company, New York, 50 p.

===Heinlein=== * ''Space Cadet'', 1948 * ''Red Planet'', 1949 * ''Farmer in the Sky'', 1950 * ''Between Planets'', 1951 * ''The Rolling Stones'', 1952 * ''Starman Jones'', 1953 * ''The Star Beast'', 1954 * ''Time for the Stars'', 1956 * ''The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag'' (collected stories), 1959 (not in the juvenile series)

===Margaret O. Hyde=== * ''Atoms Today & Tomorrow'' by Margaret O. Hyde, revised edition, McGraw Hill, 1959 * ''Exploring Earth and Space'' by Margaret O. Hyde, McGraw-Hill, 159 p., various years 1957-1967 * ''Where Speed is King'' by Margaret and Edwin Hyde, McGraw-Hill, 1955, 1961

===Other=== * ''Signal Hill'' by Edward A. Herron * ''Clara Barton, Red Cross Pioneer'' by Alberta Powell Graham, New York: Abingdon Press, 1956 * ''Science the Super Sleuth'' by Lynn Poole, McGraw Hill, 1954 * ''Your Trip into Space'' by Lynn Poole, McGraw-Hill * ''The Hideout Club'' by Frank Reilly, Rinehart, 147 p., 1948 * ''The Magic Bat'' by Clem Philbrook, Macmillan, 1954 * ''The Real Book About Space Travel'' by Hal Goodwin, Garden City Books, 1952

==References== {{Reflist |25em |refs=

<ref name=obit> [http://www.chesmorefuneralhome.com/obituaries/clifford-n-geary/17934/ "Clifford N. Geary"]. Obituaries; Chesmore Funeral Home (Chesmorefuneralhome.com). Retrieved 2018-09-06.</ref> <ref name=NYT> [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E3D9173AF937A25754C0A96E9C8B63 "Geary, Clifford"]. Paid Notice: Deaths. ''The New York Times'' July 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-06.</ref> }}

== External links ==

* {{ISFDB name|76433}} * {{LCAuth|n50018239|Clifford N. Geary|7|}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Geary, Clifford}} Geary, Clifford N. Category:2008 deaths Category:1916 births