Smith, Sherwood
Entry updated 13 January 2025. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of US author Christine I Smith Lowentrout (1951- ), much of whose work has been fantasy, and much of her production under other pseudonyms, usually for the production of Ties. As Robyn Tallis, she wrote four Planet Builders Ties: Rebel from Alphorion (1989), Visions from the Sea (1989), Giants of Elenna (1989) and Fire in the Sky (1989); as Nicholas Adams, she wrote a Horror High tie, Final Curtain (1991); she has written under yet other names as well. The large Sartorias-deles group of connected subseries comprises a variety of Young Adult Fantasy tales and is not listed below. With Dave Trowbridge (1950- ), who also edits a computer trade magazine, she has written the Exordium sequence, comprising Phoenix in Flight (1993), Ruler of Naught (1993), A Prison Unsought (1994), The Rifter's Covenant (1995) and The Thrones of Kronos (1996), is Space Opera complicated through the depiction of a complex ruling family and its offshoots in Planetary Romance fashion. She has collaborated on late works co-signed by Andre Norton [for details see Checklist below]. [JC]
Christine I Smith Lowentrout
born 28 May 1951
works (selected)
series
Planet Builders
- Rebel from Alphorion (New York: Ballantine/Ivy Books, 1989) as by Robyn Tallis [tie: Planet Builders: pb/Bob Eggleton]
- Visions from the Sea (New York: Ballantine/Ivy Books, 1989) as by Robyn Tallis [tie: Planet Builders: pb/]
- Giants of Elenna (New York: Ballantine/Ivy Books, 1989) as by Robyn Tallis [tie: Planet Builders: pb/Keith Birdsong]
- Fire in the Sky (New York: Ballantine/Ivy Books, 1989) as by Robyn Tallis [tie: Planet Builders: pb/]
Exordium
- Phoenix in Flight (New York: Tor, 1993) with Dave Trowbridge [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- Ruler of Naught (New York: Tor, 1993) with Dave Trowbridge [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- A Prison Unsought (New York: Tor, 1994) with Dave Trowbridge [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- The Rifter's Covenant (New York: Tor, 1995) with Dave Trowbridge [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
- The Thrones of Kronos (New York: Tor, 1996) with Dave Trowbridge [Exordium: pb/Jim Burns]
Free Traders: Solar Queen (for full series see Andre Norton)
- Derelict for Trade: A Great New Solar Queen Adventure (New York: Tor, 1997) with Andre Norton [Free Traders: Solar Queen: hb/Nicholas Jainschigg]
- A Mind for Trade: A Great New Solar Queen Adventure (New York: Tor, 1997) with Andre Norton [Free Traders: Solar Queen: hb/Peter Peebles]
Time Traders
For the full series see Andre Norton.
- Echoes in Time (New York: Tor, 1999) with Andre Norton [Time Traders: hb/Julie Bell]
- Atlantis Endgame (New York: Tor, 2002) with Andre Norton [Time Traders: hb/Julie Bell]
- Time Traders III (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2002) with Andre Norton [omni of the above two: Time Traders: hb/Steve Hickman]
individual titles
- Final Curtain (New York: HarperCollins, 1991) as by Nicholas Adams [tie: Horror High: pb/]
works as editor
- Beyond the Last Star: Stories from the Next Beginning (place not given: SFF Net, 2002) [anth: pb/]
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