Roberta Rogow Explained

Roberta Rogow
Birth Date:7 March 1942
Nationality:American
Education:Queens College, City University of New York (BA)
Columbia University (MLS)

Roberta Rogow (born March 7, 1942;[1] [2]) is an American writer of speculative fiction and fan fiction and a filk singer-songwriter. She graduated with a BA from Queens CUNY in 1962 and Columbia University with an MLS in 1971.[3]

Career

Rogow is a children's librarian by profession. She started her writing career as the editor of Grip, a media-based fanzine, 1978–1996.[4]

She has written several mystery novels based on a(n imaginary) collaboration between Arthur Conan Doyle and Lewis Carroll. She has also penned a number of short stories, including contributions to the shared world science fiction series Merovingen Nights.

Critical acclaim

In a review of The Problem of the Surly Student, Publisher's Weekly stated that "In clear, sometimes lyrical prose, the author paints an engaging and palpable picture of Victorian Oxford with its complex society of dons, undergraduates, scouts and townspeople. Rogow is particularly good at dramatizing the status of women as university students."[5] About the same book, Kirkus Review stated "Rogow provides an interesting look at the manners and mores of the academic world of the Victorians."[6]

S. Malkah Cohen in reviewing Murders in Manatas states: "Ms Rogow has carefully thought thru the many twists and turns that politics, language, religion and more would have taken if the Moors had taken hold of more of southern Europe and became a major world power."[7]

Tim Lieder notes that Rogow writes likeable characters with enjoyable plot contrivances.[8]

Filking

See main article: article and Filk. As a filksinger, she has appeared at science fiction conventions, mostly in the Northeast United States, including Albacon. She has also appeared internationally, at Torcon 3.[9]

Rogow has characterized her filk tapes as "electronic fanzines" that reach about 2,000 people.[10]

Roberta was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame on April 20, 2013.[11]

Roberta has recorded 8 filk tapes and 5 CDs, some of which were self-published. Her current music publisher is Floating Filk Studios.[12]

She has also published 18 songbooks called "Rec-Room Rhymes".

Personal

Rogow lived in Fair Lawn, New Jersey from 1972 to 2002.[13] Since 2002, she has lived in Irvington, New Jersey.

Works

Books & Stories

Filk CDs

References

  1. Web site: Stories, Listed by Author: Rogan, Peter R. (continued) – Rohmer, Sax . The Locus Index to Science Fiction . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061017122443/http://www.locusmag.com/index/s630.html . October 17, 2006 . October 13, 2006.
  2. Rogow, Roberta . 2007 . Alive and Filking . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514030845/http://www.floatingfilk.com/aliveandfilking.html . 14 May 2008 . dead . CD . Holbrook, NY . Floating Filk Studios . FFS-004 . track 1, "[Introduction to] 'DS9 Farewell.
  3. Web site: Rogow, Roberta 1942– Encyclopedia.com . 2023-07-06 . www.encyclopedia.com.
  4. Web site: Roberta Rogow . OverDrive . June 11, 2016 . -->.
  5. Web site: THE PROBLEM OF THE SURLY SERVANT: A Charles Dodgson/Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery by Roberta Rogow .
  6. Web site: THE PROBLEM OF THE SURLY SERVANT | Kirkus Reviews .
  7. Book: Murders in Manatas . May 14, 2013 . Zumaya Otherworlds .
  8. Web site: "Peppercorn Rent" by Roberta Rogow (Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre) .
  9. http://prog.torcon3.info/schedule/beta0819.pdf Torcon 3 official program
  10. Lisa A. Lewis, The Adoring audience: fan culture and popular media, p. 230 (Routledge, 1992),, see also pp. 221–222, 233, found at Google books. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  11. Web site: HoF: Roberta Rogow . May 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160702055232/http://www.filkontario.ca/hof/inductees/rogowr.html . July 2, 2016 .
  12. Web site: Floating Filk . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219155150/http://www.floatingfilk.com/ . 2014-12-19 . 2023-07-05.
  13. via Associated Press. "On The Light Side Of News", The Gettysburg Times, March 9, 1977. Accessed May 10, 2016. "The first index of Star Trek stories, written by fans in the 10 years the show has been off the air, is being put together by a Fair Lawn librarian. Roberta Rogow has purchased 20,000 index cards on which she hopes to compile the 'Trekindex', a guide to finding all the works."
  14. Web site: Roberta Rogow .

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