Non-RAH YA Sci-Fi?

[jeriendhal]

Here's a query: Can anyone point me in the direction of some good 1940's-50's science fiction juvenile novels that weren't written by Robert Heinlein? I know there were many, but for the life of me I'm blanking on any titles or authors beyond Isaac Asimov's "Lucky Starr" books (which aren't exactly what I'm looking for, since the protagonist in them is an adult.)

Just trying to get some further inspiration for GURPS Solar Space, so I can re-start it and perhaps submit for consideration to e23.

Comments

[scarfman]

There's the Mushroom Planet novels by, uh, Cameron? Edith Cameron?

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Never heard of those. I'll have to look for them.

[firedrake-mor.livejournal.com]

They're not that early, but I find myself thinking of the Tom Swift books "Tom Swift and the Nuclear Highway," etc., and even the "Danny Dunn" books, but I think those started in the 60s.

[angryricecooker.livejournal.com]

The original Tom Swift books are actually much earlier than this-- from the teens to the early fourties. However, there was a series from the 50s through 70s as well. Wikipedia has a good article about it

[(Anonymous)]

Arthur C. Clarke. Also Fritz Leiber (He's knownn more for fantasy but he also did sci--fi). Fred Pohl? I know lots of writers but it's hard to keep track of dates in sci-fi. Oh yeah, Bradbury too, though I never was big into him.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Fred Pohl I'm going to have to look for. I once owned a paperback YA novel by him that had a boy joining a sumbersible only equivilent to the USN. Damned if I can remember the name or plot though.

[xinef.livejournal.com]

Early Andre Norton? Maybe published under name of Andrew North (not sure about that).

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

How about H. Beam Piper's Four Day Planet? Also some other Piper, like Little Fuzzy and its sequels, although we could argue about how juvenile juvenile is.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Never heard of Four Day Planet. I'll look for it. Thank you.

[chaypeta.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if it's the correct time period you're after but I used to love Andre Norton's stuff as a kid. Main characters where often young too.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

I'm going to try and read more of her work. Started in on the collected "Solar Queen" books, but had to return them to the library before I finished them.