Colombo, John Robert
Entry updated 14 April 2025. Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor, Poet.
(1936- ) Canadian author and editor of over 80 books, notably anthologies of Canadiana and works of popular reference, the most important volume of this sort with general interest being the large Colombo's Canadian References (1976). Books with sf relevance include: CDN SF&F: A Bibliography of Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1979 chap) with Michael Richardson, Alexandre L Amprimoz and John Bell; Blackwood's Books: A Bibliography Devoted to Algernon Blackwood (1981); Years of Light: A Celebration of Leslie A. Croutch (1982). The Great Wall of China: An Entertainment (1966 chap) and Mostly Monsters (coll 1977) are volumes of found Poetry with fantastic content. Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (anth 1979) was the first anthology of Canadian sf, and Not to Be Taken at Night: Thirteen Classic Canadian Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural (anth 1981) likewise for Canadian Horror fiction. [PN]
see also: Canada.
John Robert Colombo
born Kitchener, Ontario: 24 March 1936
works
- The Great Wall of China: An Entertainment (Montreal, Quebec: Delta, 1966) [poetry: chap: found poetry: pb/nonpictorial]
- Colombo's Canadian References (Toronto, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 1976) [encyclopedia: hb/Theo Dimson]
- Mostly Monsters (Willowdale, Ontario: Hounslow Press, 1977) [poetry: found poetry: pb/]
- CDN SF&F: A Bibliography of Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Toronto, Ontario: Hounslow Press, 1979) with Michael Richardson, Alexandre L Amprimoz and John Bell [nonfiction: chap: pb/uncredited]
- Colombo's Book of Marvels (Toronto, Ontario: NC Press, 1979) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Mysterious Canada: Strange Sights Extraordinary Events and Peculiar Places (Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada, 1988) [anth: rev vt of the above: hb/]
- Blackwood's Books: A Bibliography Devoted to Algernon Blackwood (Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1981) [nonfiction: Algernon Blackwood: pb/]
- Years of Light: A Celebration of Leslie A. Croutch: A Compilation and a Commentary (Toronto, Ontario: Hounslow Press, 1982) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Mackenzie King's Ghost and Other Personal Accounts of Canadian Hauntings (Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1991) [nonfiction: pb/]
- UFOs over Canada: Personal Accounts of Sightings and Close Encounters (Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1991) [nonfiction: pb/]
works as editor
- Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Toronto, Ontario: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1979) [anth: hb/D J Shaw]
- Friendly Aliens: Thirteen Stories of the Fantastic Set in Canada by Foreign Authors (Toronto, Ontario: Hounslow Press, 1981) [anth: pb/]
- Not to Be Taken at Night: Thirteen Classic Canadian Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural (Toronto, Ontario: Lester and Orpen Dennys, 1981) with Michael Richardson [anth: hb/]
- Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1982) [anth: hb/Norval Morrisseau]
- Worlds in Small: An Anthology of Miniature Literary Compositions (Toronto, Ontario: Cacanadadada Press, 1992) [anth: chap: pb/Alvin Jang]
- Tesseracts Fourteen: Strange Canadian Stories (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2010) with Brett Alexander Savory [anth: Tesseracts: Tesseracts: pb/Erik Mohr]
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