Rohmer, Richard H
Entry updated 11 November 2024. 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. 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]
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