HOSKINS, Robert

(1933-)

   US writer and editor. RH began publishing sf with "Feet of Clay" for If in 1958 as by Phillip Hoskins. He worked as a literary agent 1967-8, and served as senior editor with Lancer Books 1969-1972. His firstpublished novel, Evil in the Family (1972) as by Grace Corren, is a TIME-TRAVEL fantasy. The Shattered People (1975) is FAR-FUTURE sf, pittinga primitive culture against a technological civilization which has been exploiting it. The Stars sequence - Master of the Stars (1976 Canada), To Control the Stars (1977) and To Escape the Stars (1978) - is based looselyon RH's "The Problem Makers" (1963), and describes a cluster of galactic civilizations, connected by a system of ancient stargates, over a period of eons. Legacy of the Stars (1979) as by John Gregory is an sf adventure unconnected to the sequence. RH's books make no claims to be anything more than entertaining action adventures.As an anthologist, RH is of primary importance as editor of the INFINITY series of original anthologies: Infinity \#1 (anth 1970), \#2 (anth 1971), \#3 (anth 1972), \#4 (anth 1972)and \#5 (anth 1973).

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   Other works: Tomorrow's Son (1977); Jack-in-the-Box Planet (1978), juvenile sf; The Attic Child (1979) as by Grace Corren; The Night Runner: The Gemini Run * (1979) as by Michael Kerr.Other works as editor: First Step Forward (anth 1969); The Stars Around Us (anth 1970); Swords against Tomorrow (anth 1970); The Far-Out People (anth 1971); Tomorrow One (anth 1971); Wondermakers (anth 1972); Strange Tomorrows (anth 1972); The Edge of Never (anth 1973), fantasy; Wondermakers 2 (anth 1974); The Liberated Future (anth 1974); The Future Now: Saving Tomorrow (anth 1977); Against Tomorrow (anth 1979).