Roberson, Rick
Entry updated 25 May 2026. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1956- ) US author who began to publish work of sf interest with "Cloudlab" and "The Beckoning Trail", the latter in collaboration with Sylvia Louise Engdahl and both first appearing in Universe Ahead: Stories of the Future (anth 1975) edited by Engdahl and Roberson, otherwise consisting mostly of reprints; his only other published sf story appeared in another anthology edited by Engdahl solo. He also collaborated with Engdahl on two popular-science books, The Subnuclear Zoo: New Discoveries in High Energy Physics (1977) and Tool for Tomorrow: New Knowledge about Genes (1979). [DRL]
Ricky James Roberson
works
nonfiction
- The Subnuclear Zoo: New Discoveries in High Energy Physics (New York: Atheneum, 1977) with Sylvia Louise Engdahl [nonfiction: hb/]
- Tool for Tomorrow: New Knowledge about Genes (New York: Atheneum, 1979) with Sylvia Louise Engdahl [nonfiction: hb/]
works as editor
- Universe Ahead: Stories of the Future (New York: Atheneum, 1975) with Sylvia Louise Engdahl [anth: hb/Richard Cuffari]
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