Robinson, Roger
Entry updated 26 October 2021. Tagged: Author, Critic.
(1943- ) UK computer programmer, bibliographer and publisher, active in UK Fandom for many years. The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (1983 chap; rev 1984 chap) is an exhaustive Bibliography of one of the most prolific sf writers, and Who's Hugh?: An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms (1987) is similarly exhaustive in its listing of Pseudonyms. Criticized at first for its failure to annotate its findings – so that, for instance, pseudonyms used for sf could not be distinguished from others – it has shown itself accurate and comprehensive. By sourcing each attribution, so that readers can weigh the reliability of the ascriptions, it aspires to a greater methodological sophistication than is often found in sf scholarship. Robinson founded Beccon Publications, which he continues to run, in 1981; besides several of Robinson's own bibliographies, this Small Press has published several assemblies of Filk songs and significant critical collections by John Clute, Paul Kincaid and Gary K Wolfe.
Robinson was and is the Research Editor for the Third and Fourth Editions of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-2021; 2021-current), compiling much basic data used for the author Checklists (as below) and curating the Picture Gallery since its inception. [JC/DRL]
Roger Robinson
born Haswell, County Durham: 5 December 1943
works
nonfiction
- The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1983) [bibliography: chap: Kenneth Bulmer: pb/Roger Robinson]
- The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1984) [bibliography: chap: exp of the above: Kenneth Bulmer: pb/Roger Robinson]
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1984) [bibliography: chap: pb/nonpictorial]
- Ace Science-Fiction Double Books (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) [bibliography: chap: pb/nonpictorial]
- DAW Science-Fiction Books (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) [bibliography: chap: pb/nonpictorial]
- Who's Hugh?: An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) [nonfiction: hb/nonpictorial]
- Hale & Gresham Hardback Science Fiction (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1988) [bibliography: chap: Robert Hale Limited: pb/nonpictorial]
- (Re-)Commended Science Fiction (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1988) [nonfiction: chap: pb/nonpictorial]
works as editor
- The Old Grey Wassail Test (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1987) with Gytha North [anth: chap: North edited with Robinson's technical assistance: Filk: pb/Kevin Dixon]
- On Filkley Moor (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1988) with Gytha North [anth: chap: North edited with Robinson's technical assistance: Filk: pb/Sue Mason]
- The Drunken Rabble Project (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 1990) with Gytha North [anth: chap: North edited with Robinson's technical assistance: Filk: pb/Sue Mason]
- And Then 3 Come Along Together: A Filk Omnibus (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 2001) with Gytha North [anth: omni of the above three: texts revised: pb/Sue Mason]
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