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Robert F. Young

Lifespan
1915 – 1986
Nationality
American
Active
1957 – 1969
Works held
18

Robert F. Young (1915–1986) spent nearly his whole life in western New York and, for much of his writing career, worked as a school janitor, a fact the SF community learned only near the end. His prolific short fiction, beginning in 1953, was prized for a poetic, romantic style that drew comparisons to Bradbury and Sturgeon. His tender time-travel tale 'The Dandelion Girl' remains his best-loved work.

The works

  1. 1969
    Cover of The deep space scrolls The deep space scrolls
  2. 1964
    Cover of I bring fresh flowers I bring fresh flowers
  3. 1963
    Cover of A Knyght Ther Was A Knyght Ther Was Cover of Boarding party Boarding party Cover of Jupiter found Jupiter found Cover of Redemption Redemption Cover of Sweet Tooth Sweet Tooth Cover of The Girl in His Mind The Girl in His Mind
  4. 1962
    Cover of Boy meets dyevitza Boy meets dyevitza Cover of The blonde from Barsoom The blonde from Barsoom
  5. 1961
    Cover of The Girls from Fieu Dayol The Girls from Fieu Dayol
  6. 1960
    Cover of Bruggil's bride Bruggil's bride
  7. 1959
    Cover of Star Mother Star Mother
  8. 1958
    Cover of Collector's Item Collector's Item Cover of The Servant Problem The Servant Problem Cover of The leaf The leaf
  9. 1957
    Cover of Pilgrims' project Pilgrims' project Cover of The courts of Jamshyd The courts of Jamshyd

Wrote across

1950s1960s

Recurring themes

Social SFSpace OperaDystopiaFirst ContactPost-ApocalypticTime TravelArtificial IntelligenceColonization

Kindred authors shared themes

Randall GarrettEvelyn E. SmithFrederik PohlJim HarmonPhilip K. DickRobert SilverbergRog PhillipsStephen Marlowe

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterMack ReynoldsAlan Edward NourseH. Beam PiperRobert SilverbergFritz LeiberBryce WaltonCharles L. Fontenay

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