Leeson, Robert
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1928-2013) UK editor and author, active from the mid-1940s, who began publishing his books for children, in which he has since specialized, with Beyond the Dragon Prow (1973), an historical romance. Of sf interest is the Time Rope sequence – Time Rope (1986), Three Against the World (1986), The Metro Gangs Attack (1986) and At War with Tomorrow (1986) – in which a sharp social awareness of the contemporary world is focused through a Time-Travel plot with ample conflicts; and the Zarnia Experiment sequence – comprising Landing in Cloud Valley (1991; vt The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 1: Landing 1993), Fire on the Cloud (1991; vt The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 2: Fire! 1993), The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 3: Deadline (1993), The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 4: Danger Trail (1993), The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 5: Hide and Seek (1993) and The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 6: Blast Off! (1993) – in which a Robot from an Alien planet contacts four adolescents who are not aware of their common destiny, which lies in the stars. [JC]
Robert Arthur Leeson
born Barnton, Cheshire: 31 March 1928
died 29 September 2013
works
series
Time Rope
- Time Rope (London: Longmans, 1986) [Time Rope: hb/]
- Three Against the World (London: Longmans, 1986) [Time Rope: hb/]
- At War with Tomorrow (London: Longmans, 1986) [Time Rope: hb/David Brown]
- The Metro Gangs Attack (London: Longmans, 1986) [Time Rope: hb/]
Zarnia Experiment
- Landing in Cloud Valley (London: Mammoth, 1991) [Zarnia Experiment: pb/Bob Harvey]
- The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 1: Landing (London: Mammoth, 1993) [vt of the above: Zarnia Experiment: pb/]
- Fire on the Cloud (London: Mammoth, 1991) [Zarnia Experiment: pb/Bob Harvey]
- The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 2: Fire! (London: Mammoth, 1993) [vt of the above: Zarnia Experiment: pb/]
- The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 3: Deadline (London: Mammoth, 1993) [Zarnia Experiment: pb/]
- The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 4: Danger Trail (London: Mammoth, 1993) [Zarnia Experiment: pb/]
- The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 5: Hide and Seek (London: Mammoth, 1993) [Zarnia Experiment: pb/]
- The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 6: Blast Off! (London: Mammoth, 1993) [Zarnia Experiment: pb/]
Genie
- The Third Class Genie (London: Collins, 1975) [Genie: hb/]
- Genie on the Loose (London: Collins/Fontana, 1984) [Genie: pb/]
individual titles (selected)
- Beyond the Dragon Prow (London: Collins, 1973) [hb/]
- Slambash Wangs of a Compo Gormer (London: Collins, 1987) [hb/Steve Crisp]
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