LEESON, Robert (Arthur)

LEESON, Robert (Arthur)
(1928-)
   UK editor and writer, active from the mid-1940s. He began publishing his books for children, in which he has since specialized, with Beyond the Dragon Prow (1973), an historical romance. Of sf interest isthe Time Rope sequence - Time Rope (1986), Three Against the World (1986), The Metro Gangs Attack (1986) and At War with Tomorrow (1986) - in which asharp social awareness of the contemporary world is focused through a TIME-TRAVEL plot with ample conflicts; and the Zarnia Experiment sequence- comprising Landing in Cloud Valley (1991; vt The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 1: Landing 1993), Fire on the Cloud (1991; vt The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 2: Fire! 1993), The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 3: Deadline (1993), \#4: Danger Trail (1993), \#5: Hide and Seek (1993) and \#6: Blast Off! (1993).
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   Other works: The Third Class Genie (1975); Slambash Wangs of a Compo Gormer (1987); Landing in Cloud Valley (1991), which begins the projected Cloud Valley sequence.

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