Frank M. Robinson

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Frank Malcolm Robinson (* 9. August 1926 in Chicago , Illinois ; † the thirtieth June 2014 in San Francisco , California ) was an American science fiction - writers .

Life

Robinson was drafted into the US Navy after school and various office jobs , where he served as a radar technician until the end of the war . After the war, he studied physics at Beloit College , Wisconsin , where he in 1950 with a Phi Beta Kappa - Bachelor graduated. Because he could not find a job where he could make a living from writing, he volunteered and took part in the Korean War. It was at this time that he began writing his first SF short stories and published his first story in Astounding magazine in 1950 . After returning from the war, he studied journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston , Illinois , where he received his Masters in 1955 . From 1955 Robinson worked for the Sunday newspaper Family Weekly and from 1956 for the Science Digest . In 1959 he moved to the men's magazine Rogue , went to Cavalier in 1965 and to Playboy in 1969 , which he left in 1973 to devote himself only to writing. In the 1970s, Robinson was also a speechwriter for Harvey Milk after moving to San Francisco, and made a cameo as himself in the 2008 biography Milk .

His first novel The Power (1956) was filmed under the same title in 1968 by Byron Haskin . He published other thrillers with SF elements, some with Thomas N. Scortia . One of her greatest successes was The Glass Inferno , filmed with great success as the Flaming Inferno . A second joint work The Gold Crew was filmed for television under the title The Fifth Missile (1986).

Robinson was a recognized collector and expert on pulp magazine science fiction . As such, he received the First Fandom Sam Moskowitz Archive Award in 2008 . As a member of First Fandom , he was inducted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame in 2001. He was also the author of several books on Pulp-era literature and SF art. His SF story Science Fiction of the 20th Century won both the Hugo Award and the Locus Award in 2000. In recognition of the unconventional aspects of his SF, he received the Emperor Norton Award in 2004 and, as an LGBT author, the Lambda Literary Award for The Dark Beyond the Stars in 1992 . Posthumously, he received the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award in 2018 for writers deserving new attention.

bibliography

Novels
  • The Power (1956)
    • German: The merciless power. Translated by MF Arnemann. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 111), 1959. Also called: The silent power. Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31037, 1982, ISBN 3-548-31037-0 .
  • The Glass Inferno (1974, with Thomas N. Scortia)
  • The Prometheus Crisis (1975, with Thomas N. Scortia)
  • The Nightmare Factor (1978, with Thomas N. Scortia)
  • The Gold Crew (1980, with Thomas N. Scortia)
  • The Great Divide (1982, with John Levin)
  • Blow-out! (1987, with Thomas N. Scortia)
  • The Dark Beyond the Stars (1991)
    • English: The darkness beyond the stars. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5376, 1999, ISBN 3-453-14013-3 .
  • Waiting (1999)
  • The Donor (2004)
Collections
  • A Life in the Day of ... and Other Short Stories (1981)
  • Through My Glasses Darkly (2002)
Short stories
  • The Maze (1950)
  • The Santa Claus Planet (1951)
  • Situation Thirty (1951)
  • The Reluctant Heroes (1951)
  • Two Weeks in August (1951)
  • Beyond the Ultra-Violet (1951)
  • "Good Luck, Columbus!" (1951)
  • The Fire and the Sword (1951)
    • English: The fire, the sword and the paradise. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 7. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3085), 1966.
  • Untitled Story (1951)
  • You've Got to Believe (1951)
  • The Hunting Season (1951)
  • The Girls from Earth (1952)
  • Viewpoint (1953)
  • The Night Shift (1953)
    • German: ruler of the night. In: GM Schelwokat (Ed.): 7 Werewolf Stories. Heyne (Heyne Anthologies # 27), 1968.
  • Muscle Man (1953)
  • Quiz Game (1953)
    • German: question and answer game. In: Hans Stefan Santesson (Ed.): The secret invaders. Moewig (Terra Nova # 165), 1971.
  • The Day the World Ended (1953)
  • Decision (1953)
  • Guaranteed - Forever! (1953)
  • The Siren Sounds at Midnight (1953)
  • Planted! (1953, also as The Observe , 2003)
  • Quarter in the Slot (1954)
  • The Lonely Man (1954)
  • The Worlds of Joe Shannon (1954)
  • One Thousand Miles Up (1954, as Robert Courtney)
  • The Oceans Are Wide (1954)
  • The Dead End Kids of Space (1954)
  • Cosmic Saboteur (1955)
  • Dream Street (1955)
  • Four Hours to Eternity (1955, as SM Tenneshaw)
  • You Don't Walk Alone (1955)
  • Wanted: One Sane Man (1955)
  • A Rover I Will Be (1960, as Robert Courtney and Frank M. Robinson)
  • The Wreck of the Ship John B. (1967)
  • A Life in the Day Of ... (1969)
  • "East Wind, West Wind" (1972)
  • Downhill All the Way (1974)
  • Merry Christmas, No. 30267 (1993)
  • The Greatest Dying (1993)
  • 1969 Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll (1994)
  • Dealer's Choice (1994)
  • Hail, Hail, Rock and Roll (1994)
  • One Month in 1907 (1994)
  • The Phantom of the Barbary Coast (1995)
  • Causes (1997)
  • Love Story (2003)
  • The Errand Boy (2010)
Non-fiction
  • Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines (1998, with Lawrence Davidson)
  • Science Fiction of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History (1999, with John Gunnison, also as Book of Science Fiction , 2002)
  • The Incredible Pulps: A Gallery of Fiction Magazine Art (2006)
  • Not So Good a Gay Man (2017)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Robinson, Frank M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robinson, Frank Malcolm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 2014
Place of death San Francisco