Clifford N. Geary (February 26, 1916 – May 31, 2008) was an American illustrator of science fiction, 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 "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 "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
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