Bob Buckley

Robert "Bob" Thompson Buckley (born 1943 in Louisville , Kentucky ) is an American science fiction writer.

Life

Buckley studied psychology at the University of San Diego and then worked as a programmer. Between 1979 and 2004 he published over 20 short stories in the SF magazine Analog , where his first novel World in the Clouds appeared in sequels, which came in third in the Analog Readers Poll 1981. His story World of Crystal, Sky of Fire (1985) also came third in the 1986 Analog Readers Poll.

bibliography

Novels

• World in the Clouds (3 parts in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, March 1980  ff.)
• Mars Awakened (2017)

Short stories

1970:

• A Matter of Orientation (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, June 1970 )

1972:

• The Star Hole (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, October 1972 )
  • German: The star hole. In: Hans Joachim Alpers (Ed.): Kopernikus 3. Moewig Science Fiction # 3523, 1981, ISBN 3-8118-3523-8 .

1974:

• Forced Change (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1974 )
  • German: Forced change. Translated by Joachim Körber . In: Hans Joachim Alpers (Ed.): The crystal ship. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5726), 1980, ISBN 3-426-05726-3 .
• Encounter Below Tharsis (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, December 1974 )

1975:

• The Hunters of Tharsis (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, February 1975 )

1976:

• Transfigurement (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April 1976 )
  • German: The transformed. In: Hans Joachim Alpers (Ed.): Kopernikus 3. Moewig Science Fiction # 3523, 1981, ISBN 3-8118-3523-8 .
• Chimera (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, December 1976 )
  • German: Chimeras. Translated by Klaus Diedrich. In: Hans Joachim Alpers (Ed.): Beasts for Norn. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5722), 1980, ISBN 3-426-05722-0 .

1978:

• The Runners (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April 1978 )
  • German: Die Renner. Translated by Monika Paul. In: Jack M. Dann and Gardner R. Dozois (eds.): The large dinosaur reading book. Goldmann, 1992, ISBN 3-442-08233-1 .

1979:

• Time's Window (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1979 )

1981:

• Where No Man Goes (in: Omni, February 1981 )
  • German: Journey into no man's land. Translated by Rainer Schmidt. In: Hans Joachim Alpers (Ed.): Kopernikus 4. Moewig Science Fiction # 3539, 1981, ISBN 3-8118-3539-4 .

1984:

• Peace in the Valley (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, August 1984 )

1985:

• Ride a Dark Horse (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April 1985 )
• World of Crystal, Sky of Fire (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, October 1985 )
• Runner (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, December 1985 )

1986:

• Red Wolf (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, July 1986 )

1990:

• The Man on the Spot (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1990 )

2004:

• The Dragon Wore Trousers (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2004 )
• Fool Efficient (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2004 )

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 70.

Web links

• Bob Buckley in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Bob Buckley in the Bibliography of German Science Fiction ( Stories )
• Bob Buckley in the Science Fiction Awards + Database
• Bob Buckley on UNZ.org
• World in the Clouds , review by James Davis Nicoll (accessed November 26, 2017)