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'''Roger Robinson''' is a London based fan and [[small press]] publisher. He discovered fandom in the 1970s when he joined the City Lit Science Fiction evening class. He was one the committee for the [[BECCON]] conventions in the 1980s, and took the name for [[Beccon Publications]], his small press which has been publishing since 1981. He is keen quizzer, a regular in the book room and used to do auctions at conventions. He is the Research Editor on ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]''.
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'''Roger Robinson''', a [[London]]-based fan and [[small press]] publisher, discovered [[fandom]] in the 1970s when he joined the City Lit Science Fiction evening class.  
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He was on the [[committee]] for the [[BECCON]] conventions in the 1980s, and took the name for '''Beccon Publications''', his [[small press]], which has been publishing since 1981. He is a keen quizzer, member of the [[City Illiterates]], a regular in the book room and used to do [[auctions]] at [[conventions]]. He is the Research Editor on ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]''.
  
 
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* 1992 -- [[Doc Weir Award]]
 
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==Beccon Publications==
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A [[small press]] run by Robinson, publishing [[fiction]], [[filk]] songbooks and [[critic]]al works.
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Publications include:
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===Fiction ===
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* ''[[The Beccon Plays]]'' by The [[Beccon]] Committee (1985)
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* ''The Drabble Project'' by Rob Meades and [[David Wake]] (eds.) (1988)
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* ''Drabble II: Double Century'' by Rob Meades and [[David Wake]] (eds.) (1990)
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* ''Drabble Who'' by David Howe and [[David Wake]] (eds.)  (1993)
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* ''A Load of Old BoSh'' by [[Bob Shaw]] (1995)
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* ''Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol'' by [[Elizabeth Hand]] (2006)
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===Filk ===
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* ''[[The Old Grey Wassail Test]]'' by [[Gytha North]] (ed) (1987)
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* ''[[On Filkley Moor]]'' by [[Gytha North]] (ed) (1988)
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* ''[[The Drunken Rabble Project]]'' by [[Gytha North]] (ed) (1990)
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* ''[[Labyrinth of Shadows]]'' by [[Lawrence Dean]] (1992)
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* ''[[Under Loch and Key]]'' by [[Lissa Allcock]] (ed) (1995)
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* ''[[Bitter Lemmings]]'' by [[Tom Holt]] (1997)
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* ''[[Zander's Little Book of Filks]]'' by [[Zander Nyrond]] (1999)
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* ''[[Access All Arias]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2001)
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* ''[[...And Then 3 Come Along Together]]'' by [[Gytha North]] and Roger Robinson (eds.) (2001)
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* ''[[Under Filk Wood]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2005)
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* ''[[On the Filk Road]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2009)
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* ''[[Quarter Tome]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2013)
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* ''[[Pick-a-Ditty Circle]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2014)
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===Critical Works ===
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* ''Scores: Reviews 1993-2003'' by [[John Clute]] (2003)
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* ''Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996'' by [[Gary K. Wolfe]] (2005)
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* ''What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction'' by [[Paul Kincaid]] (2008)
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* ''Canary Fever: Reviews'' by [[John Clute]] (2009)
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* ''Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001'' by [[Gary K. Wolfe]] (2010)
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* ''Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006'' by [[Gary K. Wolfe]]  (2011)
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* ''Pardon This Intrusion'' by [[John Clute]] (2011)
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* ''Stay'' by [[John Clute]] (2014)
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* ''Call and Response'' by [[Paul Kincaid]] (2014)
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* ''Sticking to the End'' by [[John Clute]] (2022)
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===Other Works ===
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* ''[[Who's Hugh?]]'' by [[Roger Robinson]] (1987)
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* ''[[The Best of Conrunner]]'' by [[Ian Sorensen]] (1995)
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* ''[[A Very British Genre]]'' by [[Paul Kincaid]] (1995)
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* ''Naomi Mitchison - towards a bibliography'' by [[Caroline Mullan|Mullan]], Robinson & [[Violet Williams|Williams]] (2013)
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[https://www.beccon.org/ Beccon Publications website.]
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Latest revision as of 03:20, 7 May 2023

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Roger Robinson, a London-based fan and small press publisher, discovered fandom in the 1970s when he joined the City Lit Science Fiction evening class.

He was on the committee for the BECCON conventions in the 1980s, and took the name for Beccon Publications, his small press, which has been publishing since 1981. He is a keen quizzer, member of the City Illiterates, a regular in the book room and used to do auctions at conventions. He is the Research Editor on The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:


Beccon Publications[edit]

A small press run by Robinson, publishing fiction, filk songbooks and critical works.

Publications include:

Fiction[edit]

Filk[edit]

Critical Works[edit]

Other Works[edit]

Beccon Publications website.


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