Rob Chilson
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{{Short description|American science-fiction writer}}
Robert Chilson (born 1945) is an American science fiction author.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1gjAQAAIAAJ |title=St. James guide to science fiction writers |author=Jay P. Pederson}} Robert was born in Oklahoma. At about age six, he decided to be a writer.
He was discovered by John W. Campbell which led him to write stories for Analog, including collaborations with William F. Wu.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qkmF8HvP_gC |title=Gateways to forever: the story of the science-fiction magazines from 1970 to 1980|author=Mike Ashley, Michael Ashley |isbn=978-1-84631-002-7 |year=2007}}
Bibliography
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= Novels =
- {{cite book |author=Chilson, Robert |title=As the curtain falls |location= |publisher=DAW Books |year=1974 }}
- The Star-Crowned Kings (1975).[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/robert-chilson/starcrowned-kings.htm References to Chilson writing The Star-Crowned Kings]
- The Shores of Kansas (1976)
- Men Like Rats (1989)
- Rounded with Sleep (1990)
- Black as Blood (1998)
;Isaac Asimov's Robot City series
The series is based on Isaac Asimov's Robot series.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws4bAQAAIAAJ |title=The ultimate guide to science fiction |author=David Pringle}}
- 5. Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge (1988) {{isfdb title|id=6341|title=Refuge}}
= Short fiction =
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!|Year !|First published !|Reprinted/collected !|Notes |
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Less stately mansions
|2011 |{{cite journal |author=Chilson, Rob |date=July–August 2011 |title=Less stately mansions |journal=F&SF |volume=121 |issue=1&2 |pages=67–83}} | |Short story |
data-sort-value="tansy tree"|The tansy tree
|2014 |{{cite journal |author=Chilson, Rob |date=January–February 2014 |title=The tansy tree |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=134 |issue=1–2 |pages=76–90}}[http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/546790-analog-january-february-2014-a.html Review in SFF Chronicles forum.] | |Short story |
data-sort-value="tarn"|The tarn
|2015 |{{cite journal |author=Chilson, Rob |date=July–August 2015 |title=The tarn |department= |journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=135 |issue=7&8 |pages=102–118}} | |Novelette |
The Mystery of My Death
|2025 |Chilson, Rob (March–April 2025) "The Mystery of My Death". Asimov's Science Fiction | |Short story |
References
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External links
- [http://www.robchilson.name Homepage]
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