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Holt, Robert Lawrence

(1939-    ) US author of Technothrillers whose Good Friday (1987), set in the Near Future, describes the Soviet invasion of Saudi Arabian oilfields on the sacred day of the title; in Peacemaker (1991) with Frank R Holt, an AI goes mental, almost causing a Star Wars Disaster. [JC]

Robert Lawrence Holt

born 1939

works

• Good Friday (Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: AERO, 1987) [hb/]
• Peacemaker (London: Headline, 1991) with Frank R Holt [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 11:09 am on 12 March 2026.
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