Smith, Robert Arthur
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1944- ) UK-born author, in Canada from an early age; he is of sf interest for The Kramer Project (1975), a Near Future Technothriller describing in a Cold War frame a conflict between the Russians and the West over the Invention of a serum capable of raising Intelligence, though with unknown side-effects. His remaining novels are horror, including Vampire Notes (1990), an unusually intricate take on Vampire topoi. [JC]
Robert Arthur Smith
born Kidderminster, Worcestershire: 1944
works
- The Kramer Project (Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada, 1975) [hb/Mayer and Garbutt]
- The Prey (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1977) [pb/uncredited]
- The Toymaker (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1984) [pb/uncredited]
- The Keeper (Greenwich, Connecticut: Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal, 1986) [pb/uncredited]
- Deadly Admirer (Greenwich, Connecticut: Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal, 1987) [pb/uncredited]
- Vampire Notes (Greenwich, Connecticut: Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal, 1990) [pb/uncredited]
- Silent Witness (Greenwich, Connecticut: Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991) [pb/uncredited]
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