The Eyes of the Killer Robot

Name: The Eyes of the Killer Robot
Rating: 4.166666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: John Bellairs
ISBN: 9781497637740

by John Bellairs, Edward Gorey

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176 pages1986Open Road MediaISBN 9781497637740

Fiction Children's Horror Mystery Science Fiction

About this book

Evaristus Sloane is a scientist who has invented a baseball-playing robot. But the robot can only be activated by human eyes, and the maniacal wizard has selected none other than 13-year-old Johnny Dixon as the next donor. A unique plot and non-stop suspense

Publication Details

Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 1986
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9781497637740

About John Bellairs

<a href="http://bellairsia.com">John Bellairs</a> (1938–1991) was an American novelist working primarily in the Gothic genre. He is best-known for the children's classic The House with a Clock in its Walls 1973) and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel The Face in the Frost (1969). Bellairs held a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University and a master's in English from the University of Chicago. He combined writing and teaching from 1963 to 1971, including a year at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> that coincided with that school's storied <a href="http://www.bellairsia.com/the_life/il/gis.html">Grotesque Internecine Struggle</a>. After 1971, he took up writing as his full-time work. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/John_Bellairs">Shimer College Wiki</a>)