John Kempton Aiken
b.10 Oct 1913 Cambridge, Massachusetts
d. 12 August 1990 Rye, Sussex
(1913-1990) US-born UK author, son of Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) and brother of Joan Aiken #8254012 and Jane Aiken Hodge (1917-2009) #191855720. John Aiken published his first sf story, "Camouflage", with Astounding in April 1943, in the Probability Zero sequence of short-shorts; though his first sizeable effort was "Dragon's Teeth", with New Worlds #3, October 1947; but he did not remain active in the field. He published two novels with Robert Hale Limited, The Lid Off (1969) and World Well Lost (fixup 1970 as John Paget; as Aiken 1971). The latter, based on his 1940's New Worlds stories, describes with some energy a conflict between a totalitarian Earth and free-minded colonists in the system of Alpha Centauri. Conrad Aiken, Our Father (1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge, is a revealing memoir.
The Lid Off (London: Robert Hale, 1969)
World Well Lost (London: Robert Hale, 1970) as by John Paget
World Well Lost (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1971) as by John Aiken
Nightly Deadshade (London: Macmillan, 1971) thriller: nonfiction
Conrad Aiken Remembered (Rye, East Sussex: Anthony Neville, 1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge nonfiction: memoir:
Author: John Aiken Author Record # 583
Legal Name: Aiken, John Kempton
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Birthdate: 10 October 1913
Deathdate: 12 August 1990
Alternate Names: John K. Aiken, John Paget
Note: Son of.. 192448093 Conrad Potter Aiken adopted in 1901 by Taylor (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and was U.S. Poet Laureate from 1950-2. Brother of Jane Aiken Hodge and Joan Aiken
Found this Aug 1 http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?583
His father Conrad had 3 Spouses
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929) mother of kids
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20141109/news/141109371%3ftemplate=ampart
Father Conrad went to live with, and adored.
1989, Jane, Joan and their brother John wrote a small book "Conrad Aiken Remembered."
John wrote that his father never once talked about the family slaughter. His daughters remembered he had warned them not to have children because the family was cursed. His sister, Elizabeth had gone mad in her teens. When Aiken was dying — in Savannah, where he had lived next door to his childhood home — he thought Jane, his daughter, was his sister. He told her "Never forget, Elizabeth, our parents were wonderful people.'"
b.10 Oct 1913 Cambridge, Massachusetts
d. 12 August 1990 Rye, Sussex
(1913-1990) US-born UK author, son of Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) and brother of Joan Aiken #8254012 and Jane Aiken Hodge (1917-2009) #191855720. John Aiken published his first sf story, "Camouflage", with Astounding in April 1943, in the Probability Zero sequence of short-shorts; though his first sizeable effort was "Dragon's Teeth", with New Worlds #3, October 1947; but he did not remain active in the field. He published two novels with Robert Hale Limited, The Lid Off (1969) and World Well Lost (fixup 1970 as John Paget; as Aiken 1971). The latter, based on his 1940's New Worlds stories, describes with some energy a conflict between a totalitarian Earth and free-minded colonists in the system of Alpha Centauri. Conrad Aiken, Our Father (1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge, is a revealing memoir.
The Lid Off (London: Robert Hale, 1969)
World Well Lost (London: Robert Hale, 1970) as by John Paget
World Well Lost (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1971) as by John Aiken
Nightly Deadshade (London: Macmillan, 1971) thriller: nonfiction
Conrad Aiken Remembered (Rye, East Sussex: Anthony Neville, 1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge nonfiction: memoir:
Author: John Aiken Author Record # 583
Legal Name: Aiken, John Kempton
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Birthdate: 10 October 1913
Deathdate: 12 August 1990
Alternate Names: John K. Aiken, John Paget
Note: Son of.. 192448093 Conrad Potter Aiken adopted in 1901 by Taylor (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and was U.S. Poet Laureate from 1950-2. Brother of Jane Aiken Hodge and Joan Aiken
Found this Aug 1 http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?583
His father Conrad had 3 Spouses
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929) mother of kids
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20141109/news/141109371%3ftemplate=ampart
Father Conrad went to live with, and adored.
1989, Jane, Joan and their brother John wrote a small book "Conrad Aiken Remembered."
John wrote that his father never once talked about the family slaughter. His daughters remembered he had warned them not to have children because the family was cursed. His sister, Elizabeth had gone mad in her teens. When Aiken was dying — in Savannah, where he had lived next door to his childhood home — he thought Jane, his daughter, was his sister. He told her "Never forget, Elizabeth, our parents were wonderful people.'"
John Kempton Aiken
b.10 Oct 1913 Cambridge, Massachusetts
d. 12 August 1990 Rye, Sussex
(1913-1990) US-born UK author, son of Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) and brother of Joan Aiken #8254012 and Jane Aiken Hodge (1917-2009) #191855720. John Aiken published his first sf story, "Camouflage", with Astounding in April 1943, in the Probability Zero sequence of short-shorts; though his first sizeable effort was "Dragon's Teeth", with New Worlds #3, October 1947; but he did not remain active in the field. He published two novels with Robert Hale Limited, The Lid Off (1969) and World Well Lost (fixup 1970 as John Paget; as Aiken 1971). The latter, based on his 1940's New Worlds stories, describes with some energy a conflict between a totalitarian Earth and free-minded colonists in the system of Alpha Centauri. Conrad Aiken, Our Father (1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge, is a revealing memoir.
The Lid Off (London: Robert Hale, 1969)
World Well Lost (London: Robert Hale, 1970) as by John Paget
World Well Lost (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1971) as by John Aiken
Nightly Deadshade (London: Macmillan, 1971) thriller: nonfiction
Conrad Aiken Remembered (Rye, East Sussex: Anthony Neville, 1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge nonfiction: memoir:
Author: John Aiken Author Record # 583
Legal Name: Aiken, John Kempton
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Birthdate: 10 October 1913
Deathdate: 12 August 1990
Alternate Names: John K. Aiken, John Paget
Note: Son of.. 192448093 Conrad Potter Aiken adopted in 1901 by Taylor (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and was U.S. Poet Laureate from 1950-2. Brother of Jane Aiken Hodge and Joan Aiken
Found this Aug 1 http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?583
His father Conrad had 3 Spouses
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929) mother of kids
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20141109/news/141109371%3ftemplate=ampart
Father Conrad went to live with, and adored.
1989, Jane, Joan and their brother John wrote a small book "Conrad Aiken Remembered."
John wrote that his father never once talked about the family slaughter. His daughters remembered he had warned them not to have children because the family was cursed. His sister, Elizabeth had gone mad in her teens. When Aiken was dying — in Savannah, where he had lived next door to his childhood home — he thought Jane, his daughter, was his sister. He told her "Never forget, Elizabeth, our parents were wonderful people.'"
b.10 Oct 1913 Cambridge, Massachusetts
d. 12 August 1990 Rye, Sussex
(1913-1990) US-born UK author, son of Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) and brother of Joan Aiken #8254012 and Jane Aiken Hodge (1917-2009) #191855720. John Aiken published his first sf story, "Camouflage", with Astounding in April 1943, in the Probability Zero sequence of short-shorts; though his first sizeable effort was "Dragon's Teeth", with New Worlds #3, October 1947; but he did not remain active in the field. He published two novels with Robert Hale Limited, The Lid Off (1969) and World Well Lost (fixup 1970 as John Paget; as Aiken 1971). The latter, based on his 1940's New Worlds stories, describes with some energy a conflict between a totalitarian Earth and free-minded colonists in the system of Alpha Centauri. Conrad Aiken, Our Father (1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge, is a revealing memoir.
The Lid Off (London: Robert Hale, 1969)
World Well Lost (London: Robert Hale, 1970) as by John Paget
World Well Lost (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1971) as by John Aiken
Nightly Deadshade (London: Macmillan, 1971) thriller: nonfiction
Conrad Aiken Remembered (Rye, East Sussex: Anthony Neville, 1989) with Joan Aiken and Jane Aiken Hodge nonfiction: memoir:
Author: John Aiken Author Record # 583
Legal Name: Aiken, John Kempton
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Birthdate: 10 October 1913
Deathdate: 12 August 1990
Alternate Names: John K. Aiken, John Paget
Note: Son of.. 192448093 Conrad Potter Aiken adopted in 1901 by Taylor (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and was U.S. Poet Laureate from 1950-2. Brother of Jane Aiken Hodge and Joan Aiken
Found this Aug 1 http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?583
His father Conrad had 3 Spouses
Jessie McDonald (1912–1929) mother of kids
Clarissa Lorenz (1930)
Mary Hoover (1937)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20141109/news/141109371%3ftemplate=ampart
Father Conrad went to live with, and adored.
1989, Jane, Joan and their brother John wrote a small book "Conrad Aiken Remembered."
John wrote that his father never once talked about the family slaughter. His daughters remembered he had warned them not to have children because the family was cursed. His sister, Elizabeth had gone mad in her teens. When Aiken was dying — in Savannah, where he had lived next door to his childhood home — he thought Jane, his daughter, was his sister. He told her "Never forget, Elizabeth, our parents were wonderful people.'"
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