Robert Weinberg (author) explained

Robert Weinberg
Birth Name:Robert Edward Weinberg
Birth Date:29 August 1946
Birth Place:Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Oak Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality:American
Genre:Science fiction
Horror
Superhero fiction
Western

Robert Edward Weinberg[1] (August 29, 1946 – September 25, 2016) was an American author, editor, publisher, and collector of science fiction. His work spans several genres including non-fiction, science fiction, horror, and comic books.

Biography

Born in New Jersey in 1946, Weinberg sold his first story in 1967. Most of his writing career was conducted part-time while also owning a bookstore; he became a full-time writer after 1997.

Weinberg was also an editor, and edited books in the fields of horror, science fiction and western.

Weinberg graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology.

From 1970 to 1981, Weinberg edited and published Pulp, a fanzine devoted to pulp magazines; Pulp becamenoted for its interviews with pulp writers such as Walter B. Gibson and Frederick C. Davis. Pulp ran for 14 issues.[2] He also published the Pulp Classics, Lost Fantasy, Weird Menace, and Incredible Adventures series of pulp reprints at the same time.

In comics, Weinberg wrote for Marvel Comics; his first job was on the series Cable, and he later created the series Nightside starring Sydney Taine a character who had previously appeared in a short story Weinberg wrote.[3]

Weinberg sat on the 'Council of Six', a board of editorial advisers for Canadian publisher Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Along with another boardmember, George Vanderburgh, Weinberg took the editorial reins at Arkham House.

At Chicon 7, Weinberg received a Special Committee Award for his service to science fiction, fantasy, and horror.[4] Due to health issues, Weinberg was unable to attend and the award was accepted on his behalf by Jane Frank.[5] He died in Oak Forest, Illinois, on September 25, 2016, at the age of 70.[6]

Bibliography

Anthologies edited

Pulp Classics #6 (1974)

Books written

Comics

Comics work includes:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert E. Weinberg (1946-2016) . 26 September 2016 . Locus Mag . 20 June 2019 . Robert Edward Weinberg was born August 29, 1946 in New Jersey..
  2. Marvin Lachman, The Heirs of Anthony Boucher, Poisoned Pen Press Inc., (p. 63).
  3. http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/nssydney.htm Sydney Taine
  4. Web site: Weird Tales Interview with Robert Weinberg.
  5. Web site: Silver . Steven . Steven H Silver . Hugo Award Winners . SF Site News . SF Site.com . September 4, 2012 . September 5, 2012 . August 22, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160822160411/https://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/09/04/hugo-award-winners/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Robert e. Weinberg (1946-2016). 26 September 2016.