Coulson, Robert
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1928-1999) US author, a long-time fan (known in fandom as Buck Coulson) who edited, with his wife Juanita Coulson, the fanzine Yandro, winner of a 1965 Hugo. He began writing work of genre interest with two Man from U.N.C.L.E. novelizations with Gene DeWeese – who became his permanent writing partner – both as by Thomas Stratton: The Invisibility Affair (1967) and The Mind-Twisters Affair (1967). With the exception of To Renew the Ages (1976), a mildly anti-Feminism Post-Holocaust adventure, and the less interesting High Spy (1987), his remaining novels were written with DeWeese. They include Gates of the Universe (1975; rev vt Nightmare Universe 1985), a mildly amusing Space Opera, but more notably the Joe Karns sequence of Recursive tales spoofing sf and sf Conventions, Now You See It/Him/Them (1975) and Charles Fort Never Mentioned Wombats (1977). Coulson's solo revision of But What of Earth? (1976) from the Piers Anthony manuscript, published as a collaboration, proved controversial. Anthony (see his entry) has argued his sense of the matter at great length; neither author, in fact, approved of the final editing by Laser Books. [JC]
Robert Stratton Coulson
born Sullivan, Indiana: 12 May 1928
died 19 February 1999
works
series
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- The Invisibility Affair (New York: Ace Books, 1967) with Gene DeWeese, writing together as by Thomas Stratton [tie to The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Man from U.N.C.L.E.: pb/]
- The Mind-Twisters Affair (New York: Ace Books, 1967) with Gene DeWeese, writing together as by Thomas Stratton [tie to The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Man from U.N.C.L.E.: pb/]
individual titles
- Gates of the Universe (Toronto, Ontario: Laser Books, 1975) with Gene DeWeese [pb/Kelly Freas]
- Nightmare Universe (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1985) with Gene DeWeese [rev vt of the above: pb/Jeff Easley]
- Now You See It/Him/Them (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1975) with Gene DeWeese [Karns: hb/Lawrence Ratzkin]
- But What of Earth? (Toronto, Ontario: Laser Books, 1976) with Piers Anthony [pb/Kelly Freas]
- To Renew the Ages (Toronto, Ontario: Laser Books, 1976) [pb/Kelly Freas]
- Charles Fort Never Mentioned Wombats (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977) with Gene DeWeese [Karns: hb/]
- High Spy (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1987) [Lazer Tag Adventure: pb/]
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