Lovin, Roger
Entry updated 7 August 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1941-1991) US journalist and author who began to publish work of genre interest with "Apostle" (in Flame Tree Planet: An Anthology of Religious Science-Fantasy, anth 1973, edited by Roger Elwood; much exp as Apostle 1978), which is Christian sf, describing the conversion of an entire Alien planet by a Christ-figure (see Religion). He also wrote as by Rodgers Clemens, using that name for The Presence (1977), in which an enigmatic Monster is discovered living in a remote lake.
This author claimed in a newspaper interview to have been born Roger Watlington, which seems unlikely; he and his family were listed in the 1950 US census as Lovin. It has been suggested that his death was faked, which also seems unlikely. [JC]
Roger Robert Lovin
born Knoxville, Tennessee: 11 May 1941
died New Orleans, Louisiana: 1 November 1991
works (selected)
- The Presence (Fawcett Gold Medal, 1977) as by Rodgers Clemens [pb/Don Ivan Punchatz]
- Apostle (Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company/Starblaze, 1978) [first version appeared in Flame Tree Planet: An Anthology of Religious Science-Fantasy (anth 1973) edited by Roger Elwood: illus/pb/Kelly Freas]
collections
- The Roger Robert Lovin Science Fiction Hornbook (Metairie, Louisiana: Stardragon, 1980) [coll: chap: pb/E Legarto]
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