Franklin Robert Adams (August 31, 1933 – January 4, 1990), who published as Robert Adams, was an American

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and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

writer. He is known best for his ''

Horseclans Horseclans is a science fiction series by American writer Robert Adams, set in a North America that had been thrown back to a medieval level by a full-scale nuclear war. Background The books mainly concern the doings of the "Horseclans", a noma ...

'' books.

Writings

Robert Adams is known primarily for his post-apocalyptic fiction. His first book, ''Coming of the Horseclans'', published in 1975, was the first of his post-apocalyptic works, and began his ''Horseclans'' series. The series is notable for having a detailed world and labyrinthine timeline (many of his ''Horseclans'' books are so cross-referenced that they make sense only when read in sequential order). The ''Horseclans'' series became his best-known works. While he never completed the series, he wrote 18 novels in the ''Horseclans'' series before his death. From 1979 to 1989, Adams published several books as part of the series ''Castaways in Time''. They used some elements of the "Horseclans" novels (phonetic accents and themes of civilization versus barbarism). While not as popular as the ''Horseclans'' series, it has a readership for its unique premises. Beginning in 1985, Adams published several anthologies which he co-edited with a number of editors including

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, Pamela Crippen Adams, and Charles G. Waugh. He later began publishing ''The Stairway To Forever'' book series in 1988, but only was able to complete two books of the series before his death. Adams' style includes violent, almost non-stop action, and meticulous detail for matters both historical and military. As some of his series progressed he sometimes digressed, expounding conservative and especially

libertarian Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's e ...

opinions. Adams died in

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on January 4, 1990.

Bibliography

Source:"ADAMS, (Franklin) ROBERT"
at "Books, Listed by Author", The Locus Index to Science Fiction, accessed December 30, 2009.

Horseclans

# ''The Coming of the Horseclans'' (1975) # ''Swords of the Horseclans'' (1976) # ''Revenge of the Horseclans'' (1977) # ''A Cat of Silvery Hue'' (1979) # ''The Savage Mountains'' (1979) # ''The Patrimony'' (1980) # ''Horseclans Odyssey'' (1981) # ''The Death of a Legend'' (1981) # ''The Witch Goddess'' (1982) # ''Bili the Axe'' (1982) # ''Champion of the Last Battle'' (1983) # ''A Woman of the Horseclans'' (1983) # ''Horses of the North'' (1985) # ''A Man Called Milo Morai'' (1986) # ''The Memories of Milo Morai'' (1986) # ''Trumpets of War'' (1987) # ''Madman's Army'' (1987) # ''The Clan of the Cats'' (1988)

Castaways in Time

# ''Castaways in Time'' (1980) # ''The Seven Magical Jewels of Ireland'' (1984) # ''Of Quests and Kings'' (1986) # ''Of Chiefs and Champions'' (1987) # ''Of Myths and Monsters'' (1988) # ''Of Beginnings and Endings'' (1989)

Stairway to Forever

# ''The Stairway to Forever'' (1988) # ''Monsters and Magicians'' (1988) # ''Guideposts to Danger'' (planned title, never written)

Anthologies edited

Magic in Ithkar (with
Andre Norton Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name ...
)

# '' Magic in Ithkar'' (1985) # '' Magic in Ithkar 2'' (1985) # ''

Magic in Ithkar 3 ''Magic in Ithkar 3'' is a shared universe, shared world anthology of fantasy stories edited by Andre Norton and Robert Adams (science fiction writer), Robert Adams. It was first published as a trade paperback by Tor Books in October 1986 and late ...

'' (1987) # ''

Magic in Ithkar 4 ''Magic in Ithkar 4'' is a shared world anthology of fantasy stories edited by Andre Norton and Robert Adams. It was first published as a paperback by Tor Books in July 1987. Summary The book collects fourteen original short stories by various ...

'' (1987)

Other

* ''Barbarians'' (1986), ed. (with

and Charles G. Waugh) * ''Barbarians II'' (1987), ed. (with

Pamela Crippen-Adams Pamela may refer to: *''Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded'', a novel written by Samuel Richardson in 1740 *Pamela (name), a given name and, rarely, a surname *Pamela Spence, a Turkish pop-rock singer. Known as her stage name "Pamela" * MSC ''Pamela'', ...

and Martin H. Greenberg) * ''Friends of the Horseclans'' (1987), ed. (with Pamela Crippen-Adams) * ''Friends of the Horseclans II'' (1989), ed. (with Pamela Crippen-Adams) * ''

Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds ''Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds'' is an anthology of alternate history short works edited by Robert Adams, Martin H. Greenberg and Pamela Crippen Adams. It was first published in paperback by Signet Books in July 1987. The book collect ...

'' (1987), ed. (with Pamela Crippen-Adams and Martin H. Greenberg) * ''Hunger for Horror'' (1988), ed. (with Pamela Crippen-Adams and Martin H. Greenberg) * ''Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers'' (1988) (with Pamela Crippen-Adams and Martin H. Greenberg) * ''Alternatives'' (1989) (with Pamela Crippen-Adams) * ''Phantom Regiments'' (1990), ed. (with Pamela Crippen-Adams and Martin H. Greenberg)

Citations

General sources

''New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors''

External links

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Bibliography
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