Collins, Robert A
Entry updated 3 October 2022. Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor.
(1929-2009) US scholar of science fiction who founded the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (1980-current), and edited various critical magazines and anthologies. His first published work was Thomas Burnett Swann: A Brief Critical Biography and Annotated Bibliography (1979 chap) (see Thomas Burnett Swann). The magazines include Fantasy Review (2) for some years from 1981, SFRA Newsletter (1987-1989) and Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (from 1988). His anthologies are The Scope of the Fantastic [see Checklist for subtitles] (anth 1985 2vols) co-edited with Howard D Pearce, the 1989-1994 sequence Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual co-edited with Robert Latham, and Modes of the Fantastic [see Checklist for subtitle] (anth 1995), also with Latham. One of the IAFA Awards is named in Collins's honour. [DRL]
see also: Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review.
Robert Arnold Collins
born Miami, Florida: 25 April 1929
died Boca Raton, Florida: 27 June 2009
works
nonfiction
- Thomas Burnett Swann: A Brief Critical Biography and Annotated Bibliography (Boca Raton, Florida: Florida Atlantic University, 1979) [nonfiction: chap: pb/photographic]
works as editor
series
Book Review Annual
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 (Westport, Connecticut: Meckler, 1988) with Rob Latham [nonfiction: anth: Book Review Annual: hb/nonpictorial]
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989 (Westport, Connecticut: Meckler, 1990) with Rob Latham [nonfiction: anth: Book Review Annual: hb/nonpictorial]
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1990 (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1991) with Rob Latham [nonfiction: anth: Book Review Annual: hb/nonpictorial]
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991 (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994) with Rob Latham [nonfiction: anth: Book Review Annual: hb/nonpictorial]
individual titles
- The Scope of the Fantastic – Culture, Biography,Themes, Children's Literature: Selected Essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985) with Howard D Pearce [nonfiction: anth: first of two volumes: in the publisher's Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series: hb/nonpictorial]
- The Scope of the Fantastic – Theory, Technique, Major Authors: Selected Essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985) with Howard D Pearce [nonfiction: anth: second of two volumes: in the publisher's Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series: hb/nonpictorial]
- Modes of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Twelfth Annual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1995) with Robert Latham [nonfiction: anth: in the publisher's Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series: hb/nonpictorial]
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