Author:David McIlwain

David McIlwain
(1921–1981)

English author of science fiction and detective thrillers, also wrote under the name Charles Eric Maine

Works

  • Spaceways (1953) (variant title: Spaceways Satellite) Copyrighted in the United States until 2054 due to Renewal RE299106
  • Highway J (1953) (reprinted in anthology: Other Worlds, Other Times, 1969)
  • Crisis 2000 (1955 UK, 1959 US)
  • Timeliner (1955)
  • Escapement (1956) (variant title: The Man Who Couldn't Sleep) Copyrighted in the United States until 2052 due to Renewal RE220612 Copyrighted in the United States until 2054 due to Renewal RE311035
  • High Vacuum (1956)
  • The Tide Went Out (1958) (revised in 1977 with variant title: Thirst!)
  • World Without Men (1958) (transcription project)
    • (revised in 1972 with variant title: Alph)
  • Count-Down (1959) (variant title: Fire Past the Future)
  • Subterfuge (1959)
  • Calculated Risk (1960)
  • He Owned the World (1960) (variant title: The Man Who Owned the World) Copyrighted in the United States until 2056 due to Renewal RE388670
  • "Counter-Psych" in Amazing Stories, 35 (11) (November 1961)
  • The Mind of Mr. Soames (1961)
  • The Darkest of Nights (1962) (variant title: Survival Margin)
  • B.E.A.S.T. (1966)
  • Alph (1972)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) before 1964, and copyright was not renewed.

Works could have had their copyright renewed between January 1st of the 27th year after publication or registration and December 31st of the 28th year. As this work's copyright was not renewed, it entered the public domain on January 1st of the 29th year.


This author died in 1981, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 43 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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