Robert Coulson

Robert Coulson
Robert Coulson
Born	Robert Stratton Coulson; May 12, 1928; filk songwriter
Nationality	American
Genre	science fiction

Robert Stratton "Buck" Coulson (May 12, 1928 – February 19, 1999) was an American science fiction writer, well-known

fanzine editor and bookseller from Indiana

.

Biography

He served as Secretary of the

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 1972 to 1974.^[1]

Coulson and his wife, writer and filker Juanita Coulson, edited the mimeographed fanzine Yandro, which was nominated for the Hugo Award 10 years in a row, from 1959 through 1968, and won in 1965.^[2] Yandro featured Coulson's incisive reviews of books and, especially, fanzines.

Film critic and one-time active fan

Harry Warner or Buck Coulson had to say about me – well, that was important."^[3]

Buck was a regular attendee, panelist, and bookseller at several Midwest science fiction conventions, including InConJunction and Chambanacon, as well as frequently attending Capricon, DucKon, Windycon, and Wiscon. He was frequently seen wearing a skunkskin cap. Characters modelled on and named after him appear in two novels by Wilson Tucker, To the Tombaugh Station and Resurrection Days.

Outside of science fiction, he worked as a technical writer. Coulson died on February 19, 1999, following a long illness.

Bibliography

Coulson's novels include But What of Earth? (1976,

ISBN 0-88038-515-4

).

With

ISBN 0-385-12111-3); and two Man from U.N.C.L.E novels under the pseudonym of Thomas Stratton, The Invisibility Affair and The Mind-Twisters Affair (both 1967). Thomas Stratton may be the only author to have a book accepted and the dedication rejected (the editor thought 'To my wives and child' was too risque for the intended audience).^{[citation needed}

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