(1943-    ) UK computer programmer, bibliographer and publisher, active in UK Fandom for many years. The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (1983 chap; rev 1984 chap) is an exhaustive Bibliography of one of the most prolific sf writers, and Who's Hugh?: An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms (1987) is similarly exhaustive in its listing of Pseudonyms. Criticized at first for its failure to annotate its findings – so that, for instance, pseudonyms used for sf could not be distinguished from others – it has shown itself accurate and comprehensive. By sourcing each attribution, so that readers can weigh the reliability of the ascriptions, it aspires to a greater methodological sophistication than is often found in sf scholarship. Robinson founded Beccon Publications, which he continues to run, in 1981; this Small Press has published Filk song collections and significant critical collections by John Clute, Paul Kincaid and Gary K Wolfe. Robinson is the Research Editor for this encyclopedia, compiling much basic data used for the third edition's author Checklists (as below). [JC/DRL]

Roger Robinson

born Haswell, County Durham: 5 December 1943

died

works

• The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1983) [bibliography: chap: Kenneth Bulmer: pb/Roger Robinson]
  • The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1984) [bibliography: chap: exp of the above: Kenneth Bulmer: pb/Roger Robinson]
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1984) [bibliography: chap: pb/nonpictorial]
• Ace Science-Fiction Double Books (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) [bibliography: chap: pb/nonpictorial]
• DAW Science-Fiction Books (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) [bibliography: chap: pb/nonpictorial]
• Who's Hugh?: An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) [nonfiction: hb/nonpictorial]
• Hale & Gresham Hardback Science Fiction (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1988) [bibliography: chap: Robert Hale Limited: pb/nonpictorial]
• (Re-)Commended Science Fiction (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1988) [nonfiction: chap: pb/nonpictorial]

works as editor

• The Old Grey Wassail Test (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) with Gytha North [anth: chap: Filk: pb/nonpictorial]
• On Filkley Moor (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1988) with Gytha North [anth: chap: Filk: pb/nonpictorial]
• The Drunken Rabble Project (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1990) with Gytha North [anth: chap: Filk: pb/nonpictorial]
  • And Then 3 Come Along Together: A Filk Omnibus (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 2001) with Gytha North [anth: omni of the above three: pb/nonpictorial]

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