Robin Wayne Bailey

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Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952) is an American writer of speculative fiction, both fantasy and science fiction.^[1] He is a founder of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1996) and a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA, 2005–2007).

Life[]

Bailey graduated from North Kansas City High School and received a B. A. in English and Anthropology and a M. A. in English Literature from Northwest Missouri State University.^[2] He debuted as a fiction writer with the novel Frost, published by Timescape Books in 1983 and followed with two sequels and a few short stories during the next three years. Bailey's works include Shadowdance, the Frost series, The Brothers of the Dragon, and Dragonkin fantasy trilogies and Swords Against the Shadowland, a novel interpolated in the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series of sword and sorcery stories by Fritz Leiber. A direct sequel to Leiber's most famous story "Ill Met in Lankhmar" (1970), Swords Against the Shadowland was named one of the seven best fantasy novels of 1998 by genre newszine Science Fiction Chronicle. Bailey was a finalist for the annual Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "The Children's Crusade" (2007).^[3]

In conjunction with the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (KaCSFFS) and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas, Bailey and James Gunn founded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1996.^[4] The Hall of Fame later merged under a special agreement with Paul G. Allen's and in 2004 it became part of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle. The hall of fame is now a part of the larger EMP Museum (named simply for "Experience Music Project", which has somewhat reduced the focus on its science fiction component). Beginning in 2013, it once again inducted people for contributions to fantasy, the original name also having been restored;^[5] Bailey continues to serve on its annual induction committee.

Before serving as SFWA president (2005–2007), Bailey was SFWA South-Central Regional Director for nine years; he was also the host of three of the Association's annual Nebula Awards Weekends, including two in Kansas City.^{[citation needed]}; as a result, Bailey received a special "Service to SFWA Award" in 1998.^[3]

Works[]

Novels[]

• Frost trilogy:
  • Frost, Timescape Books, 1983 ISBN 0-671-45596-6; Tor Books, 1987, ISBN 0-04-823248-3
  • Skull Gate, Tor, 1985, ISBN 0-8125-3139-6
  • Bloodsongs, Tor, 1986, ISBN 0-8125-3141-8
• Enchanter, Avon Books, 1989, ISBN 0-380-75386-3 — Zork
• The Lake of Fire, Bantam Books, 1989, ISBN 0-553-28185-2 — Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon, Book 4
• Night Watch, TSR Books, 1990, ISBN 0-88038-914-1 ... which was set in Greyhawk City but did not feature the "Greyhawk Adventures" tradedress.,^[6] and was instead chosen to launch a new imprint called TSR Books.
• The Lost City of Zork, Avon, 1991, ISBN 0-380-75389-8 — Zork fiction
• Shadowdance, White Wolf Books, December 12, 1991, ISBN 1-56504-946-2
• Brothers of the Dragon trilogy:
  • Brothers of the Dragon, Roc Books, 1992, ISBN 0451452518
  • Flames of the Dragon, Roc, 1994, ISBN 0-451-45289-5; UK title, Straight on til Mourning
  • Triumph of the Dragon, Roc, 1995, ISBN 0-451-45437-5; UK title, The Palace of Souls
• Swords Against the Shadowland, White Wolf Books, 1998, ISBN 978-1-56504-893-5, reissue 2009 by Dark Horse Books — interpolated in Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series
• Night's Angel, Meisha Merlin Books, 2002, ISBN 978-1-892065-67-4
• Dragonkin trilogy
  • Dragonkin Vol 1, iBooks/Simon & Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-5854-0
  • Dragonkin: Talisman, iBooks/S&S, 2004, ISBN 1-59687-027-3
  • Dragonkin: Undersky, iBooks/S&S, 2006, ISBN 1-59687-312-4
• Turn Left to Tomorrow (science fiction collection), Yard Dog Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-893687-84-4
• THE FANTASTIKON: Tales of Wonder (a fantasy stories collection), Yard Dog Press, June 2012, ISBN 978-1-937105-30-3

As editor[]

• Architects of Dreams: The SFWA Author-Emeritus Anthology, Meisha Merlin Books, 2003 ISBN 1-892065-97-5
• Through My Glasses Darkly: Five Stories by Frank M. Robinson, KaCSFFS Press, 2002, ISBN 0-935128-02-6

Short fiction[]

• "" (co-writer with Rob Chilson), Amazing Stories, July 1987
• "", , edited by Marian Z. Bradley, Daw Books 1989
• "", Meltdown, edited by Caro Soles, Masqerade Books 1994
• "", , edited by Caro Soles & Stan Tal, First Badboy 1994
• "", , edited by Margaret Weis, Ace Books, 1995
• "", , edited by Martin Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Daw Books 1996
• "", Space Opera, edited by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Daw Books 1996
• "", , reprinted in , edited by Stephen Pagel & Warren Lapine, Tor Books, 1997
• "", , edited by Andre Norton, Daw Books 1999
• "", , edited by Martin Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Daw Books 2000
• "Blindfold", , edited by Martin Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Daw Books 2000
• "", The Chick is in the Mail, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books 2000
• "", X-Men: Legends, edited by Stan Lee, Ace Books, 2000
• "", , edited by Martin Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Daw Books 2000
• "", Silicon Dreams, edited by Martin Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Daw Books 2001, reprinted in , edited by Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber 2001 ‡
• "", , edited by Martin Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Daw Books,2001
• "", , edited by Martin Greenberg & John Helfers, Ace Books 2001
• "", , published by Stephen Pagel, Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc. June 2002
• "", Future Wars, edited by Martin Greenberg & Larry Segriff, Daw Books 2003 ‡
• "", , edited by Julie Czerneda & Isaac Szpindel, Daw Books 2004
• "", Women at War, edited by Tanya Huff & Martin Greenberg, Daw Books, 2005,reprinted , (Full-Throttle Space Tales#3), edited by Dayton Ward, Science Fiction Press, 2009
• "The Children's Crusade" , Heroes in Training, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines, Daw Books, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7564-0438-3 (Nebula Nominee 2008) ‡
• "" , Tales of Zorro, edited by Richard Dean Starr, Moonstone Books, 2008
• "", , edited by Deborah J. Ross, Norilana Books, 2008 ISBN 978-1-934169-91-9 ‡
• "", edited by Deborah J. Ross, Norilana Books, 2009
• "The Price of Beauty" , , edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, 2009
• "" , , edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, 2009
• "" , edited by Elisabeth Waters,Norilana Books, 2010
• "" , edited by Joe Gentile and Mike Bullock, Moonstone Books, 2010
• "", , Vampires in the Suburbs, edited by Esther Friesner, Baen Books, 2010
• "," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine
• "", Sword and Sorceress, edited by Marian Z. Bradley, Daw Books
• "" ,, edited by Marion Z. Bradley, Daw Books
• "" ,, edited by Marian Z. Bradley
• "", Turn the Other Chick, edited by Esther M. Friesner, Baen Books
• "", , edited by Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel, White Wolf Books
• "" ,, edited by Joe Gentile and Howard Hopkins, Moonstone Books, 2011

Thieves World stories[]

• "Daughter of the Sun," , edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey, Ace Books
• "," , edited by Robert Lyn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace Books
• "," , edited by Robert Lyn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace Books
• "," , edited by Robert Lyn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace Books
• "," , edited by Robert Lyn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace Books
• "Protection," , edited by Lynn Abbey, Tor Books
• "," , edited by Lynn Abbey, Tor Books

Graphic novels[]

• The Spider, Judgement Knight, Art by Cortney Skinner, edited by Joe Gentile, Moonstone, 2009. (Pulp Ark Award nominee 2010)

Poems[]

• Change is Coming, edited by Prospero's Books Kansas City,MO, 2003
• Ecce Homo, The Badboy Book of Erotic Poetry, edited by David Laurents, Badboy 1995
• Thanksgiving,The Badboy Book of Erotic Poetry, edited by David Laurents, Badboy 1995
• Jack, The Badboy Book of Erotic Poetry, edited by David Laurents, Badboy 1995
• 'In The Eye',"A Midsummer Night's Press", engaver Bernard Brussel-Smith 1998 only 126 copies
• "Zombies in Oz and Other Undead Musing," [collection of Zombie Poems], edited by Selina Rosen, Yard Dog Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9824704-3-5

Recording[]

• "", music by Robin W. Bailey. Producer Eric Gerds, 1989.

Ebook editions[]

• Shadowdance, E-Reads released 2012
• Frost, E-Reads released 2012
• Skull Gate'', E-Reads released 2012
• Bloodsongs, E-Reads released 202
• Swords Against the Shadowlands, E-Reads released 2012
• Touch of Moonlight, Skyrider Press 2012, Amazon Kindle
• Keepers o Earth, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon Kindle
• Toy Soldiers,, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon Kindle
• Saddle Tramps, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon Kindle
• Two to Tomorrow, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon Kindle
• Payday, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon Kindle
• Children's Crusade, Skyrider Press released 2013, Amazon Kindle
• Dragonkin, Vol 1, Amazon Kindle 2013
• Turn Left to Tomorrow, Amazon Kindle 2013
• THE FANTASTIKON: Tales of Wonder, Amazon Kindle 2013
• "Zombies in Oz and Other Undead Musing", Amazon Kindle 2013

Audiobook editions[]

• Shadowdance, Audible Books, 2012
• Frost,Audible Books, 2012
• Skull Gate, Audible Books, 2012
• Bloodsongs, Audible Books, 2012

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

• Robin Wayne Bailey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Robin W. Bailey at Library of Congress Authorities, with 12 catalog records