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Frank M. Robinson

Lifespan
1926 – 2014
Nationality
American
Active
1951 – 1958
Works held
11

Frank M. Robinson (1926–2014) began in the 1950s SF magazines, ‘The Maze’, the telepathy novel The Power (filmed by George Pal), and went on to co-write techno-thrillers including The Glass Inferno, a source for the film The Towering Inferno. Later in life he was an openly gay activist, a speechwriter for Harvey Milk, and a celebrated collector and historian of the pulp magazines.

The works

  1. 1958
    Cover of Decision Decision
  2. 1955
    Cover of Cosmic Saboteur Cosmic Saboteur Cover of Guaranteed—Forever! Guaranteed—Forever! Cover of Wanted: One Sane Man Wanted: One Sane Man Cover of You Don't Walk Alone You Don't Walk Alone
  3. 1954
    Cover of The Worlds of Joe Shannon The Worlds of Joe Shannon
  4. 1952
    Cover of The Girls From Earth The Girls From Earth
  5. 1951
    Cover of Beyond the Ultra-Violet Beyond the Ultra-Violet Cover of The Fire and the Sword The Fire and the Sword Cover of The Reluctant Heroes The Reluctant Heroes Cover of Two Weeks in August Two Weeks in August

Wrote across

1950s

Recurring themes

Social SFSpace OperaFirst ContactColonizationPsychic PowersDystopiaMilitary SFHard SF

Kindred authors shared themes

Alan Edward NourseBryce WaltonGeorge O. SmithH. B. FyfeH. Beam PiperJim HarmonJoseph SamachsonMurray Leinster

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Stephen MarloweRandall GarrettRobert SilverbergBryce WaltonAlan Edward NourseH. Beam PiperMurray LeinsterWinston K. MarksCharles L. FontenayPoul Anderson

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