(?1948-    ) US author. His Not Quite Human sequence of young-adult sf tales is about a teenage Android, beginning with Not Quite Human #1: Batteries Not Included (1985) and ending with Not Quite Human #6: Killer Robot (1986). The Arcade Explorers sequence, all written with Laure Smith, begins with Arcade Explorers #1: Save the Venturians! (1985) and ends with Arcade Explorers #4: The Magnetic Ghost of Shadow Island (1985). He also wrote two titles for the Explorer sequence: Destination: Brain (1987) and Escape from Jupiter (1987). We do not list his Intergalactic Spy sequence of graphic puzzle books.

McEvoy has also written one nonfiction text of interest, Samuel R. Delany (1985), a bio-critical study of the writer. [JC]

Seth McEvoy

born ?1948

died

works

series

Not Quite Human

• Not Quite Human #1: Batteries Not Included (New York: Pocket Books, 1985) [Not Quite Human: pb/Gary Ruddell]
• Not Quite Human #2: All Geared Up (New York: Pocket Books, 1985) [Not Quite Human: pb/Gary Ruddell]
• Not Quite Human #3: A Bug in the System (New York: Pocket Books, 1985) [Not Quite Human: pb/Gary Ruddell]
• Not Quite Human #4: Reckless Robot (New York: Pocket Books, 1986) [Not Quite Human: pb/Enric]
• Not Quite Human #5: Terror at Play (New York: Pocket Books, 1986) [Not Quite Human: pb/Tricia Zimic]
• Not Quite Human #6: Killer Robot (New York: Pocket Books, 1986) [Not Quite Human: pb/]

Arcade Explorers

• Arcade Explorers #1: Save the Venturians! (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Laure Smith [Arcade Explorers: pb/]
• Arcade Explorers #2: Revenge of the Raster Gang (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Laure Smith [Arcade Explorers: pb/]
• Arcade Explorers #3: The Electronic Hurricane (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Laure Smith [Arcade Explorers: pb/]
• Arcade Explorers #4: The Magnetic Ghost of Shadow Island (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Laure Smith [Arcade Explorers: pb/]

Explorer

• Destination: Brain (New York: Scholastic/Byron Preiss Visual Publications, 1987) [tie to the Shared World: Explorer: pb/Paul Rivoche]
• Escape from Jupiter (New York: Scholastic/Byron Preiss Visual Publications, 1987) with Walter P Martishius [tie to the Shared World: Explorer: pb/Bob Eggleton]

individual titles

• The Red Rocket (New York: Bantam, 1985) [pb/]

nonfiction

• Samuel R. Delany (New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1984) [nonfiction: Samuel R Delany: hb/Martin Quint]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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