Lory, Robert
Entry updated 18 November 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1936-2020) US public relations adviser and author, who began publishing sf with "Rundown" for Worlds of If (see If) in May 1963; his stories were assembled as A Harvest of Hoodwinks (coll 1970 dos). His sf novels, mostly light, fantasy-laced adventures, are unambitious but competent; they include Identity Seven (1974), which involves Identity Exchange in various realities, and The Thirteen Bracelets (1974), an exorbitant Satire set in a balkanized Near Future America. The Trovo series – The Eyes of Bolsk (1969 dos) and Master of the Etrax (1970) – and the Shamryke Odell sequence – Masters of the Lamp (1970 dos) and The Veiled World (1972 dos) – are Science Fantasy of an undemanding sort. The Dracula Vampire sequence, beginning with Dracula Returns! (1973) and ending with Challenge to Dracula (1975), features an immortal Dracula who has survived Atlantis only to be subjected to a villain's electronic control, gradually becoming a Superhero under duress; the Horrorscope sequence, beginning with The Green Flames of Aries (1974) and ending with Gemini Smile, Gemini Kill (1975) is horror, a genre with which he became identified (see Horror in SF). His contributions under the House Name Paul Edwards to the John Eagle Expeditor series of adventure thrillers were nonfantastic. [JC]
Robert Edward Lory
born Troy, New York: 29 December 1936
died February 2020 [death reported]
works
series
Trovo
- The Eyes of Bolsk (New York: Ace Books, 1969) [dos: Trovo: pb/Jack Gaughan]
- Master of the Etrax (New York: Dell Books, 1970) [Trovo: pb/Jeff Jones]
Shamryke Odell
- Masters of the Lamp (New York: Ace Books, 1970) [dos: with A Harvest of Hoodwinks below: Shamryke Odell: pb/Jack Gaughan]
- The Veiled World (New York: Ace Books, 1972) [dos: Shamryke Odell: pb/Kelly Freas]
Dracula
- Dracula Returns! (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1973) [Dracula: pb/Harry Borgman]
- The Hand of Dracula (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1973) [Dracula: pb/Harry Borgman]
- Dracula's Brother (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1973) [Dracula: pb/Harry Borgman]
- Dracula's Gold (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1973) [Dracula: pb/Harry Borgman]
- Drums of Dracula (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1974) [Dracula: pb/J Thompson]
- The Witching of Dracula (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1974) [Dracula: pb/]
- Dracula's Lost World (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1974) [Dracula: pb/Vic Valla]
- Dracula's Disciple (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975) [Dracula: pb/Vic Valla]
- Challenge to Dracula (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975) [Dracula: pb/Vic Valla]
Horrorscope
- The Green Flames of Aries (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1974) [Horrorscope: pb/John Holmes]
- The Revenge of Taurus (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1974) [Horrorscope: pb/John Holmes]
- The Curse of Leo (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1974) [Horrorscope: pb/John Holmes]
- Gemini Smile, Gemini Kill (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975) [Horrorscope: pb/John Holmes]
individual titles
- Identity Seven (New York: DAW Books, 1974) [pb/Kelly Freas]
- The Thirteen Bracelets (New York: Ace Books, 1974) [pb/Davis Meltzer]
collections
- A Harvest of Hoodwinks (New York: Ace Books, 1970) [coll: dos: with Masters of the Lamp above: pb/Gray Morrow]
- Boris Karloff Presents More Tales of the Frightened (New York: Pyramid Books, 1975) [coll: pb/]
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