Robert E. Margroff
Robert Ervien Margroff (born March 5, 1930 in Fayette County , Iowa ; died May 25, 2015 in La Crosse , Wisconsin ) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
Life
Margroff was born in 1930 on his parents' farm, Ervie and Lulu, née Timmons, in rural Iowa, where he was also a farmer for most of his life. After training as a typesetter, he worked for various newspapers, but returned to the farm after the death of his father. He noticed that his rural way of life was more of a hindrance than useful and that he would have found something or had more training opportunities as a typesetter in a town or small town. On the other hand: "Would I have been dissatisfied and unhappy enough to write?"
He published his first SF short story Monster Tracks in 1964 in If magazine . In 1968 the novel The Ring appeared, which he wrote together with Piers Anthony , in which criminals are equipped with an artificial conscience in the form of the eponymous ring, and which was also translated into German. From 1987 a five-part fantasy novel series was published, also in collaboration with Piers Anthony, about the adventures of the young Kelvin from the Kingdom of Rud, who, following a prophecy, goes in search of the golden dragon scales.
bibliography
- Adventures of Kelvin of Rud (novel series with Piers Anthony)
- 1 Dragon's Gold (1987)
- 2 Serpent's Silver (1988)
- 3 Chimaera's Copper (1990)
- 4 Orc's Opal (1990)
- 5 Mouvar's Magic (1992)
- Across the Frames (1992, omnibus edition from 1–3)
- Final Magic (1992, omnibus edition of 4 and 5)
- Novels
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The Ring (1968, with Piers Anthony)
- German: Der Ring. Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit # 23), 1973, ISBN 3-436-01701-9 .
- The ESP Worm (1970, with Piers Anthony)
- Short stories
- Monster Tracks (1964)
- Mandroid (1966, with Piers Anthony and Andrew J. Offutt )
- Swordsmen of the Stars (1967, with Andrew J. Offutt)
- Caterpillar Express (1968)
- The Book (1970, with Andrew J. Offutt)
- The Naked and the Unashamed (1971)
- Perchance to Wake (1972)
- Tribute (1974, with Andrew J. Offutt)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 284.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 701.
- John Clute , David Langford : Margroff, Robert E. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated April 7, 2018.
- Robert Reginald : Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A Checklist, 1700–1974 with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. Gale, Detroit 1979, ISBN 0-8103-1051-1 , pp. 989 f.
- Robert Reginald: Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. Arno Press, New York 1974, ISBN 0-405-06332-6 , p. 174.
Web links
- Robert E. Margroff in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Robert E. Margroff at Open Library
- Robert E Margroff in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- Robert Margroff (obituary, accessed May 22, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ “I've always felt more handicapped with my rural background than blessed. In a city or even a large town there might have been opportunities for typewriter employment that might have helped. In a city or large town there might have been educational opportunities. At age 44, I look back and wonder. But then there's the other side — with a different background would I have been dissatisfied and unhappy enough to have had to write? " Quoted from: Robert Reginald : Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A Checklist, 1700-1974 with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. Gale, Detroit 1979, ISBN 0-8103-1051-1 , p. 990.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Margroff, Robert E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Margroff, Robert Ervien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fayette County , Iowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 2015 |
| Place of death | La Crosse , Wisconsin |