Mayne wrote very little pure sf the Earthfasts sequence, comprising Earthfasts ( 1966), Cradlefasts ( 1995) and Candlefasts ( 2000), is typical in that its sf elements crosshatch with Fantasy readings in a manner that ruthlessly evades any clear generic fix. His first book was Follow the Footprints ( 1953), the earliest of the many treasure-hunt stories he was to write. His style, which is sophisticated and sometimes oblique, was found difficult by some children others love him, as do some critics who see Mayne as perhaps the most distinguished UK writer of children's fiction in the late twentieth century, regardless of genre. His work is sometimes realistic, sometimes – especially in his later career – fantastic the Fantasies, however, are treated in so down-to-earth a manner that more often than not they naturalize the supernatural. (1928-2010) UK author whose work, more than a hundred titles, was published exclusively for children and Young Adult readers he also wrote as Martin Cobalt, as Dynely James in collaboration with Dick Caesar, and as Charles Molin.
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