Education
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tofte graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1925 and began a career in advertising, including a stint as advertising manager of the Tom Thumb Miniature Golf business.
(Laser Books September 1975 release. Original science fict...)
Laser Books September 1975 release. Original science fiction novels, three novels were issued per month beginning August 1975 until the line folded in February 1977.
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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tofte graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1925 and began a career in advertising, including a stint as advertising manager of the Tom Thumb Miniature Golf business.
He has an award named after him, which is given to the category of children"s literature by the Council for Wisconsin Writers. His earliest writing included stories published in Esquire and in other general interest magazines. After joining the Fictioneers, a Milwaukee writers group which also included Stanley G. Weinbaum, he published five science fiction stories between 1938 and 1940, beginning with "The Meteor Monsters" in Amazing Stories.
He described Weinbaum as a "close friend" who sparked his interest in science fiction.
In 1938, Tofte became a copy chief in the Industrial Group Advertising Department of Allis-Chalmers. He remained with the company until his 1969 retirement, becoming manager of the Publications and Industrial Press Department in 1958.
Tofte was also active in industry groups, and had been a vice president of the National Industrial Advertising Association as well as president of the Milwaukee Industrial Advertising Club. After his retirement, Tofte returned to writing.
He sold a string of short sf stories to Roger Elwood, followed by two novels to Elwood"s Laser Books line.
The novels reportedly sold about 75,000 copies each. He published three more science fictional novels as well as a historical novel, and sold short stories to magazines including Family Circle and Boys" Life. Tofte died of caner in 1980 at his Wisconsin home.
A "family novel about raising a hyperactive child", Thursday"s Child appeared posthumously, as did translations of hist first two sf novels into Italian.
Short stories "Warriors of Mars" (1938) "The Meteor Monsters" (1938) "Purge of the Deaf" (1938) "Revolt of the Robots" (1939) "The Power and the People" (1940) "The Speeders" (1973) "When the Cold Came" (1974) "A Thirst for Blood" (1974) = Short stories in Swedish "Krigarna på Mars" - Published in: Jules Verne-Magasinet (Veckans äventyr), 3/1943 "Robotarnas uppror" - Published in: Jules Verne-Magasinet (Veckans äventyr), 9/1940.
( A Texas Ranger puts it all on the line for a woman who ...)
(A full-length version of the short story upon which the w...)
(Laser Books September 1975 release. Original science fict...)