- Robert Coulson
Robert Stratton "Buck" Coulson (
May 12 1928 -February 19 1999 ) was ascience fiction writer and, with his wife, writer and filmmakerJuanita Coulson , a well-known fan,filk singer, fanzine editor and bookseller.Coulson's novels include "But What of Earth?" (1976, ISBN 0-373-72044-0) (with
Piers Anthony ), "To Renew the Ages" (1976, ISBN 0-373-72026-2), and "Lazer Tag: Adventure No 1: High Spy" (1987, ISBN 0-88038-515-4). WithGene DeWeese , he wrote two novels set in fandom, "Now You See It/Him/Them..." (1975, ISBN 0-385-05624-9) and "Charles Fort Never Mentioned Wombats" (1977, ISBN 0-385-12111-3), and two Man from U.N.C.L.E novels under the pseudonym of Thomas Strattton, "The Invisibility Affair" and "The Mind-Twisters Affair" (both 1967).He served as Secretary of the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 1972-74. [http://www.sfwa.org/news/coulson.htm]Buck and Juanita Coulson edited the fanzine "
Yandro ", which was nominated for aHugo award 10 years in a row, from 1959 through 1968, and won in 1965 [http://www.nesfa.org/data/LL/Hugos/hugos1965.html] .Buck was a regular attendee, panelist, and bookseller at several Midwest
science fiction convention s, includingInConJunction andChambanacon , as well as frequently attendingCapricon ,Duckon ,Windycon , andWiscon . He was frequently seen wearing a skunkskin cap. Characters modelled on and named after him appear in two novels byWilson Tucker , "To the Tombaugh Station" and "Resurrection Days".Coulson died on
February 19 1999 , following a long illness.External links
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Robert%20Coulson His ISFDB listing]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/HugoNomList.html Locus Index to SF Awards]
* [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Yandro/] "Yandro" #122 Volume XI - No 3, online
* [http://www.sfwa.org/news/coulson.htm Obituary in SFWA News]
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