Occupation Writer Awards Hammer Award Role Author | Name Robert Weinberg Nationality United States Edited works Lovecraft's Legacy | |
Born Robert Edward Weinberg
August 29, 1946 (age 77)
Newark, New Jersey ( 1946-08-29 ) Genre Science fiction
Horror
Superhero
Western Nominations Hugo Award for Best Related Work Books The Science of Superheroes, The Science of Supervillains, Horror of the 20th Century, Lovecraft's Legacy, The Termination Node Similar People Lois H Gresh, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Hugh B Cave, Ramsey Campbell, Robert M Price | ||
Robert Weinberg (also credited as Bob Weinberg, August 29, 1946 – September 25, 2016) was an American author, editor, published, and collector of science fiction. His work spans several genres including non-fiction, science fiction, horror, and comic books.
Biography
Born in New Jersey in 1946, Weinberg sold his first story in 1967. Most of his writing career was conducted part-time while also owning a bookstore; he became a full-time writer after 1997.
Weinberg was also an editor, and edited books in the fields of horror, science fiction and western.
Weinberg graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology.
From 1970 to 1981, Weinberg edited and published Pulp, a fanzine devoted to pulp magazines; Pulp became noted for its interviews with pulp writers such as Walter B. Gibson and Frederick C. Davis. He also published the Pulp Classics, Lost Fantasy, Weird Menace, and Incredible Adventures series of pulp reprints at the same time.
In comics, Weinberg wrote for Marvel Comics; his first job was on the series Cable, and he later created the series Nightside starring Sydney Taine a character who had previously appeared in a short story Weinberg wrote.
Weinberg sat on the 'Council of Six', a board of editorial advisers for Canadian publisher Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Along with another boardmember, George Vanderburgh, Weinberg took the editorial reins at Arkham House.
At Chicon 7, Weinberg received a Special Committee Award for his service to science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Due to health issues, Weinberg was unable to attend and the award was accepted on his behalf by Jane Frank. He died in Oak Forest, Illinois on September 25, 2016 at the age of 70.