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Smith, Robert Charles

(1938-    ) UK author, prolific in various genres under several pseudonyms, including Roger C Brandon, Robert Charles and Charles Leader. A Clash of Hawks (1975) as Robert Charles depicts a Near Future conflict between Israel and the Arab world; Flowers of Evil (1981) as by Robert Charles is horror; and Nightworld (1984; vt The Comet 1985), also as by Charles, is an expertly told but fairly unadventurous sf Disaster tale, in which a Comet threatens to destroy the world, but does not. [JC]

Robert Charles Smith

born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: 10 May 1938

works

• A Clash of Hawks (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975) [pb/]
• Flowers of Evil (London: Futura, 1981) as by Robert Charles [pb/]
• Nightworld (London: Corgi Books, 1984) [pb/]
  • The Comet (New York: Tor, 1985) [vt of the above: pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 06:33 am on 11 November 2025.
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