Robert Tralins Explained

Robert Tralins
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nationality:American
Occupation:Novelist
Years Active:1960s2010

Sandor Robert Tralins (April 28, 1926May 20, 2010) was an American author of science fiction and pulp magazine fiction. He reportedly authored more than 250 books, including pornography,[1] and used numerous pseudonyms.[2]

Life

Tralins attended Eastern College in Baltimore (later merged with the University of Baltimore).[3] He was a Marine Corps reservist during the mid-1940s.

In 1966, Tralins sued the Federal Communications Commission, National Collegiate Athletic Association, and American Broadcasting Company, claiming that residents of the northern United States were being shown games of better-quality football teams than those in the south.[4]

Career

Tralins' work The Sexual Fetish describes agalmatophilia ("statue-love") and frottage.[5] Kelso notes that Black Stud (1962), along with similar texts of the period that she traces to Mandingo (1957), "can perniciously reinforce hostile constructions of blacks", as they depict black people in a dehumanizing and hypersexualized manner.[6] In 1963, Tralins' work Pleasure Was My Business—a ghost-written account of the life and times of Rose Miller ("Madame Sherry"), a madam in Miami[7] —- was declared obscene by a Florida court.[8] [9] The finding was later reversed by the Supreme Court, in a per curiam opinion.[10]

In 1964, Tralins and a neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Michael M. Gilbert, taught ten-lesson memory courses.[11]

In 1966, he wrote Strange Events Beyond Human Understanding, a collection of stories of the paranormal. Some of his stories were adapted for television in 1992 in CBS' Miracles And Other Wonders.[12] In 1997, Tralins' tales were adapted for the TV show .[13]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Meacham. Andrew. 2010-05-25. Robert Tralins wrote banned and bordello books, as well as stories that inspired 'Beyond Belief'. Tampa Bay Times. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113411/http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/robert-tralins-wrote-banned-and-bordello-books-as-well-as-stories-that/1097642. 2015-04-02. Wayback Machine.
  2. Book: The Writers Directory 1980–82. 1979. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-349-03652-3. London. 1248. en. 10.1007/978-1-349-03650-9. Also writes as Ray Z. Bixby, Norman A. King, Keith Miles, Sean O'Shea, Rex O'Toole, Leland Tracy, Richard Trainor, Ruy Traube, Cynthia Sydney, and Dorothy Verdon.. July 26, 2020. September 23, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923024352/https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-349-03650-9. live.
  3. Book: https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofsc0000tuck/page/424/mode/1up. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. . 1978. Tuck. Donald H.. Donald H. Tuck. 2. Chicago. 424. Tralins, (S.) Robert.
  4. News: Author sues, claims football TV plot. ProQuest document number 1014490231. 1966-11-07. 71. 58. Broadcasting. 19. July 26, 2020. June 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200606051738/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1966/1966-11-07-BC.pdf. live.
  5. Book: Love, Brenda. The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices. 2002. Abacus. 0-349-11535-4. London. 7, 119. 59462960.
  6. Kelso. Sylvia. 1997. "Across Never": Postmodern Theory and Narrative Praxis in Samuel R. Delany's Neveryon Cycle. Science Fiction Studies. 24. 2. 289–301 at 296–297. 4240612. 0091-7729.
  7. Book: Freedman, Warren. Society on Trial: Current Court Decisions and Social Change. Charles C. Thomas. 1965. Springfield, Illinois. 148. 974108628.
  8. Tralins v. Gerstein, 151 So.2d 19 (1963) (Florida District Court of Appeal).
  9. News: Writer Sues on Book Ban . 26 July 2020 . The Miami Herald . March 22, 1961 . July 26, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726060034/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56091914/the-miami-herald/ . live .
  10. Tralins v. Gerstein, 378 U.S. 576 (1964).
  11. News: Wardlow . Jean . Remember Madame Sherry's Ghost? You probably do, but for the wrong reason, says S. Robert Tralins, author turned memory-teacher . 26 July 2020 . . November 15, 1964 . July 26, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726094052/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56091739/the-miami-herald/ . live .
  12. News: Deggans . Eric . Pinellas man's tales make their way to TV . 26 July 2020 . Tampa Bay Times . May 25, 1997 . July 26, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726060316/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56091808/tampa-bay-times/ . live .
  13. News: 2010-05-23. S. Robert Tralins. Baltimore Sun. July 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200726094641/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/baltimoresun/obituary.aspx?n=s-robert-tralins&pid=143061703. live.

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