Charles A. Spano Jr. (born 1948), sometimes bylined without his middle initial, is an American writer who co-wrote one of the first original

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based on the universe of the ''

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'' television series. ''

Spock, Messiah! ''Spock, Messiah!'' (September 1976) is the second original novel based on television series ''Star Trek'' intended for adult readers, written by Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano, Jr. It was preceded by ''Spock Must Die!'' (1970), and ' ...

'', co-authored by

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and Spano Jr. It was first published by

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in 1976, and reissued in October 1984 () and by the Bantam imprint Spectra in September 1993 (, cover by Kazuhiko Sano). Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and a teacher by profession, he is married to Mary Rose McAndrew, with whom he has four children. Among his other writings are the short- short story "Drawing Board", published in the

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''Microcosmic Tales'' (Taplinger, 1980, ) and edited by

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, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander; and the short story "Grain of Truth", published in the

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'' Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact'' (Dec. 1980) and reprinted in the book ''A Spadeful of Spacetime'' (Ace, 1981), edited by Fred Saberhagen. He has also been writing an alternate history novel centering on Alaska.

External links

The Locus Index to Science Fiction
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070927001652/http://www.diversebooks.com/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Charles_A._Spano,_Jr. Bibliography Summary* * (no LC catalog records April 2022) 1948 births Living people American science fiction writers 20th-century American novelists American male novelists 20th-century American male writers {{sf-writer-stub