Tralins, S Robert
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1926-2010) US author, prolific in several genres under more than one name and author of various borderline-sf tales, often involving Sex. They include: Dragon's Teeth (1973) as Keith Miles; the Valentine Flynn series beginning with What a Way to Go! (1966) and ending with Invasion of the Nymphomaniacs (1967), all as Sean O'Shea; Future Sex (1979) and Pleasure Planet (1979) as Starr Trainor (a tentative identification); and, as Tralins, the Miss from S.I.S. sequence – The Miss from S.I.S. (1966), The Chic Chick Spy (1966) and The Ring-A-Ding UFOs (1967) – Ghoul Lover (1972) and #3 in a Frankenstein sequence (other vols by various hands). As Tralins he wrote two sf novels, The Cosmozoids (1966), a tale of Paranoia in which Alien invaders create pod people, and Android Armageddon (1974), a Computer-driven Dystopia; the Signal books, comprising Signal: Intruder (1992) and Signal: Blackbird (1992) are a Near Future Technothriller sequence; Deadshot (1993), a singleton, takes place in a similar venue. [JC]
Sandor Robert Tralins
born Baltimore, Maryland: 28 April 1926
died Clearwater, Florida: 20 May 2010
works
series
Valentine Flynn
- What a Way to Go! (New York: Belmont Books, 1966) as by Sean O'Shea [Valentine Flynn: pb/]
- Operation Boudoir (New York: Belmont Books, 1967) as by Sean O'Shea [Valentine Flynn: pb/]
- Win with Sin (New York: Belmont Books, 1967) as by Sean O'Shea [Valentine Flynn: pb/]
- The Nymph Island Affair (New York: Belmont Books, 1967) as by Sean O'Shea [Valentine Flynn: pb/]
- Invasion of the Nymphomaniacs (New York: Belmont Books, 1967) as by Sean O'Shea [Valentine Flynn: pb/]
- The Topless Kitties (New York: Belmont Books, 1967) as by Sean O'Shea [Valentine Flynn: pb/]
Miss from S.I.S.
- The Miss from S.I.S. (New York: Belmont Books, 1966) [Miss from S.I.S.: pb/]
- The Chic Chick Spy (New York: Belmont Books, 1966) [Miss from S.I.S.: pb/]
- The Ring-A-Ding UFOs (New York: Belmont Books, 1967) [Miss from S.I.S.: pb/]
Signal
- Signal: Intruder (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1991) [Signal: pb/]
- Signal: Blackbird (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1992) [Signal: pb/]
individual titles
- The Cosmozoids (New York: Belmont Books, 1966) [pb/Richard Powers]
- Ghoul Lover (New York: Popular Library, 1972) [pb/Gray Morrow]
- Dragon's Teeth (New York: Popular Library, 1973) as by Keith Miles [pb/Jeff Jones]
- Android Armageddon (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1974) [pb/Vincent Di Fate]
- Future Sex (New York: Pleasure Books, 1979) as by Starr Trainor [attributed to Tralins: pb/]
- Pleasure Planet (New York: Pleasure Books, 1979) as by Starr Trainor [attributed to Tralins: pb/]
- Deadshot (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1993) [pb/]
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