author
Louis Charbonneau
1924–2017
Best known for sharp, idea-driven science fiction, this American novelist also wrote crime stories and westerns. His books often imagine uneasy futures shaped by control, technology, and pressure on ordinary people.
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The sentinel stars : a novel of the future
by Louis Charbonneau
Corpus earthling
by Louis Charbonneau
About the author
Born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 20, 1924, Louis Charbonneau was an American writer who worked across science fiction, crime fiction, and westerns. Reference sources agree that he died in Lomita, California, on May 11, 2017.
Science fiction readers especially remember him for No Place on Earth (1958), a dystopian novel that helped define his reputation. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction also notes other speculative novels including Corpus Earthling, The Sentinel Stars, Psychedelic-40, and Barrier World.
He also wrote under the name Carter Travis Young, widening his range beyond science fiction. Even when his settings changed, his work kept a strong interest in systems of power, social pressure, and the ways modern life can turn unsettling.