Carey Rockwell

Carey Rockwell is not a real individual author but a collective pseudonym used by the American publisher Grosset & Dunlap for the Tom Corbett: Space Cadet series of juvenile science fiction novels published between 1952 and 1955. Because it is a collective byline, public information about nationality, birth and death dates, and other personal details is limited, and the identity of the actual writers remains unresolved to this day. The seven works held in the collection all center on space adventure, such as Treachery in Outer Space, On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Sabotage in Space, Danger in Deep Space, The Revolt on Venus, The Space Pioneers, and Stand by for Mars! Their plots often involve academy training, interstellar travel, conspiracies, and crisis response, with a tense and brisk style aimed at young readers, making them a microcosm of American juvenile science fiction publishing in the 1950s.