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Robinson, Roger

Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Critic.

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(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. In June 2022 it was announced on the Beccon Publications website that Clute's Sticking to the End (coll 2022) would be the final book from this press.

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), regularly supplying new and corrected Checklist entries, and curating the Picture Gallery since its inception. [JC/DRL]

Roger Robinson

born Haswell, County Durham: 5 December 1943

works

nonfiction

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]

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