This author, an American novelist and former film scriptwriter and sound effects editor, crafted science fiction narratives that often blended espionage thriller elements with speculative concepts. His work delved into mysteries surrounding lost vessels reappearing in modern times, exploring uneasy mixes of time slips and supernatural phenomena. He also examined clandestine scientific experiments and their far-reaching consequences, even venturing into alternate history scenarios involving high-stakes geopolitical maneuvers.
A biographical sketch of Melville Herskovits, an American anthropologist who helped establish African and African-American studies in American academia, that conveys his personality, his contributions to anthropology, and of the time in which he lived and worked.