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Robert A. Collins

Collins, Robert Arnold

April 25, 1929 – June 27, 2009 (aged 80)

Birth place: Miami, Florida, USA

70 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
August 1979 100 Review Thomas Burnett Swann: A Brief Critical Biography and Annotated Bibliography Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, August 1979
November 1981 2 Essay Editorial: 'Curvew Shall Not Ring... ' (not yet, anyhow) Fantasy Newsletter, #42 November 1981
November 1981 Editor Fantasy Newsletter - 1981 Fantasy Newsletter, #42 November 1981
November 1981 3 Review Starship & Haiku Fantasy Newsletter, #42 November 1981
December 1981 2 Essay Editorial: Horning In On the Art Show Controversy Fantasy Newsletter, #43 December 1981
January 1982 Editor Fantasy Newsletter - 1982 Fantasy Newsletter, #44 January 1982
January 1982 27 Review Spacetime Donuts Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #1, January-February 1982
June 1982 4 Essay Editorial: ICFA, Wagner, Searles & Co. Fantasy Newsletter, #48 June 1982
June 1982 12 Review J. R. R. Tolkien Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #5, June 1982
June 1982 10 Review The Yellow Peril: Chinese Americans in American Fiction 1850-1940 Fantasy Newsletter, #48 June 1982
July 1982 30 Review Warlock's Gift Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #6, July-August 1982
August 1982 4 Essay Editorial (Fantasy Newsletter #50) Fantasy Newsletter, #50 August 1982
September 1982 4 Essay Editorial: ... In Your Face! No, in Yours! Fantasy Newsletter, #51 September 1982
September 1982 34 Review Friday Fantasy Newsletter, #51 September 1982
October 1982 32 Review Light on the Sound Fantasy Newsletter, #52 October 1982
October 1982 32 Review Worlds of George O. Fantasy Newsletter, #52 October 1982
November 1982 29 Interview Anniversary Interview with FN's Founder, Paul Allen Fantasy Newsletter, #53 November 1982
November 1982 18 Review Time's Dark Laughter Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #9, November 1982
January 1983 Editor Fantasy Newsletter - 1983 Fantasy Newsletter, #55 January 1983
March 1983 24 Interview Julian May Interview Fantasy Newsletter, #57 March 1983
March 1983 6 Essay Thomas Burnett Swann: A Retrospective Fantasy Newsletter, #57 March 1983
April 1983 18 Essay Swann on Swann: The Author's Conscious Use of Fantasy Fantasy Newsletter, #58 April 1983
June 1983 4 Essay Ding Dong Diablo! Fantasy Newsletter, #60 June-July 1983
September 1983 34 Essay Letter (Locus #272) Locus, #272 September 1983
October 1983 41 Review The Throne of Madness Fantasy Newsletter, #63 October-November 1983
January 1984 Editor Fantasy Review - 1984 Fantasy Review, #64 January 1984
April 1984 4 Essay The Editor's Notebook (SF & Fantasy Review, April 1984) SF & Fantasy Review, April 1984
May 1984 37 Review Vampire Junction Fantasy Review, May 1984
October 1984 4 Essay Enough of thie "Russian Roulette" with the Human Race! Fantasy Review, October 1984
January 1985 Editor Fantasy Review - 1985 Fantasy Review, January 1985
April 1985 33 Review The Scope of the Fantastic — Culture, Biography, Themes, Children's Literature Fantasy Review, April 1985
April 1985 32 Review The Scope of the Fantastic — Theory, Technique, Major Authors Fantasy Review, April 1985
May 1985 Editor Fantasy Review - 1985 Fantasy Review, May 1985
September 1985 28 Review Modern Science Fiction and the American Literary Community Fantasy Review, September 1985
September 1985 16 Review Robots and Empire Fantasy Review, September 1985
October 1985 Editor Fantasy Review - 1985 Fantasy Review, October 1985
October 1985 43|43.4 Review The Scope of the Fantastic — Theory, Technique, Major Authors: Selected Essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film Science Fiction Chronicle, #73 October 1985
November 1985 4 Essay T-Shirts for "Touchstones" (New Lamps for Old) Fantasy Review, November 1985
1986 95 Review The Scope of the Fantastic — Culture, Biography, Themes, Children's Literature Extrapolation, Spring 1986
1986 95 Review The Scope of the Fantastic — Theory, Technique, Major Authors Extrapolation, Spring 1986
January 1986 Editor Fantasy Review - 1986 Fantasy Review, January 1986
January 1986 4 Review Godbody Fantasy Review, January 1986
January 1986 4 Essay Godbody: A Scripture Worthy of Modern Homage Fantasy Review, January 1986
May 1986 Essay A Personal Note to the Readership Fantasy Review, May 1986
May 1986 37|37.06 Review The Scope of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film Science Fiction Chronicle, #80 May 1986
July 1986 32 Review Fantasy Review, November 1985 The Horror Show, Summer 1986
September 1986 Editor Fantasy Review - 1986 Fantasy Review, September 1986
January 1987 Editor Fantasy Review - 1987 Fantasy Review, January-February 1987
July 1987 4 Essay After Nine Years, We Go Back to the Drawing Board Fantasy Review, July-August 1987
1988 Editor IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1988 IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1988
1988 Editor IAFA Newsletter, Summer 1988 IAFA Newsletter, Summer 1988
1989 Editor IAFA Newsletter, Winter 1989 IAFA Newsletter, Winter 1989
May 1989 334 Essay 1989 Conference on the Fantastic Locus, #340 May 1989
June 1989 48 Review Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 Dagon, June-August 1989
July 1989 68|68.5 Review Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 Interzone, July-August 1989
1990 28 Review Children's Fantasy IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1990
1990 Editor IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1990 IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1990
1990 21 Review Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 Quantum, Spring 1990
1990 22 Review Understanding Ursula K. Le Guin IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1990
April 1990 20 Review Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 Vector 155
June 1990 22 Review Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989 Locus, #353 June 1990
1991 Editor IAFA Newsletter, Winter 1991 IAFA Newsletter, Winter 1991
1991 41 Review Pathways to Elfland: The Writings of Lord Dunsany IAFA Newsletter, Winter 1991
March 1991 23 Essay Letter (NYRSF, March 1991) The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1991
March 1991 23 Essay Letter [2] (NYRSF, March 1991) The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1991
July 1991 23 Essay Letter (NYRSF, July 1991) The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1991
August 1991 21 Essay Letter (NYRSF, August 1991) The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1991
February 1992 58 Review Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1990 Locus, #373 February 1992
September 1995 19 Review Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991 Vector 185
March 1996 60 Review Modes of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Twelfth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts Locus, #422 March 1996

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1983 Hugo Award Best Fanzine Fantasy Newsletter - 1982 Finalist
1984 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Fantasy Newsletter - 1983 Finalist
1985 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Fantasy Review - 1984 Nominee
1986 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Fantasy Review - 1985 Finalist
1987 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Fantasy Review - 1986 Finalist
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