Rohmer, Richard H
Entry updated 7 April 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1924- ) Canadian soldier from 1942 until he retired with the rank of Major-General in 1978, lawyer and author; with some claim to being Canada's most decorated citizen; his novels almost invariably express a sense of fragile Paranoia about the political and economic prospects for his native land, thinly stretched as it is along the American border; more than once they involve an American Invasion of Canada. The Robert Porter sequence comprising Ultimatum (1973) and Exxoneration (1974) deals directly with Canadian-US conflicts in a not unlikely Near-Future frame, as America attempts to muscle Canada into providing it with the oil it needs to survive; the Joseph Roussel sequence, comprising Exodus UK (1975) and Separation (1976; rev vt Separation Two 1981), describes a forced emigration from the UK (because oil supplies are diminishing), then turns inward to express a similarly uneasy paranoia about separatism; the President John Hansen sequence, comprising Balls! (1979), Periscope Red (1980) and Triad (1981), deals worriedly with similar material; as do Retaliation (1982) and Starmageddon (1986). [JC]
Major-General Richard Heath Rohmer
born Hamilton, Ontario: 24 January 1924
works
series
Robert Porter
- Ultimatum (Toronto, Ontario: Clarke, Irwin, 1973) [Robert Porter: hb/uncredited]
- Ultimatum: Oil or War (New York: Pocket Books, 1974) [vt of the above: Robert Porter: pb/Brant Cowie]
- Exxoneration (Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1974) [Robert Porter: hb/uncredited]
- Ultimatum 2 (Toronto, Ontario: Dundurn Press, 2007) [Robert Porter: pb/uncredited]
Joseph Roussel
- Exodus UK (Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1975) [Joseph Roussel: hb/]
- Separation (Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1976) [Joseph Roussel: hb/Michael van Elsen]
- Separation Two (Markham, Ontario: Paperjacks, 1981) [rev vt of the above: Joseph Roussel: pb/uncredited]
President John Hansen
- Balls! (Toronto, Ontario: General Publishing, 1979) [President John Hansen: hb/John Lightfoot]
- Periscope Red (Toronto, Ontario: General Publishing, 1980) [President John Hansen: hb/John Lightfoot]
- Triad (Toronto, Ontario: General Publishing, 1981) [President John Hansen: hb/William C Read]
individual titles
- Retaliation (Toronto, Ontario: General Publishing, 1982) [hb/Henry Dunsmore]
- Starmageddon (Toronto, Ontario: Irwin Publishing, 1986) [hb/Peter Mossman]
- Death by Deficit (Toronto, Ontario: Stoddart, 1995) [hb/James Ireland, Clive Blewchamp and Jim Allen]
links
previous versions of this entry