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Robie Macauley (1919–1995)

Author of Technique in Fiction

13+ Works 287 Members 2 Reviews

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Includes the names: Robie Mccauley, Robie Macauley (ed.)

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Works by Robie Macauley

Technique in Fiction (1964) 141 copies

A Secret History of Time to Come (1979) 113 copies

The Seven Basic Quarrels of Marriage: Recognize, Defuse, Negotiate, and Resolve Your Conflicts (1990) — Author — 11 copies

The end of pity, and other stories 5 copies

America and Its Discontents 4 copies

The disguises of love (1952) 4 copies

Gallery of Modern Fiction Stories from the Kenyon Review (1966) — Editor — 3 copies

The Kenyon Review: Vol. 28, No. 4 (sept. 1966) 1 copy

The Kenyon Review, Vol. XXIV No. 1 (Winter 1962) (1962) — Editor — 1 copy

The Kenyon Review: Vol. XXIII, Spring 1961, #2 1 copy

Kenyon Review Winter 1964 (Vol. XXVI No. 1) 1 copy

The Kenyon Review (Volume XXIV, No. 3) Summer, 1962 (1962) 1 copy

The Seven Basic Quarrels of Marriage : Recognize, Defuse, Negotiate and Resolve Your Conflicts (1997) 1 copy

Associated Works

Parade's End (1925) — Introduction, some editions — 1,752 copies

The Rise of Silas Lapham [Norton Critical Edition] (1885) — Contributor — 99 copies

Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 30 copies

New World Writing: First Mentor Selection (1952) — Contributor — 11 copies

The Best American Short Stories 1951 (1951) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Best American Short Stories 1958 (1958) — Contributor — 5 copies

Ellery Queen's Aces of Mystery (1975) — Contributor — 4 copies

32 Współczesne Opowiadania Amerykańskie - Tom II — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Macauley, Robie Mayhew
Birthdate: 1919-05-31
Date of death: 1995-11-20
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Place of death: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA
Education: Kenyon College (BA ∙ 1941)
University of Iowa (MFA ∙ 1950)
Olivet College
Occupations: novelist
short-story writer
essayist
literary critic
editor
professor (show all 7)
special agent (U.S. Counter-Intelligence Corps)
Relationships: Taylor, Peter Hillsman (friend)
Ford, Ford Madox (teacher)
Ransom, John Crowe (teacher)
O'Connor, Flannery (friend)
Organizations: U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps (special agent)
The Kenyon Review (editor)
Playboy (fiction editor)
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (co-founder)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (show all 13)
Quadrant Magazine
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress for Cultural Freedom
International PEN Congress
Houghton Mifflin (senior editor)
National Book Awards (judge)
Ploughshares International Writing Seminars (co-founder)
Awards and honors: Legion of Merit
Robie Macauley Award for Fiction
Phi Beta Kappa
Rockefeller Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fulbright Research Fellow

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Reviews

A Secret History of Time to Come by Robie Macauley

Oddly disjointed time travel story...falls back on common tropes of the genre.

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bookdraig | 1 other review | Oct 13, 2021 |

A secret history of time to come by Robie Macauley

good sf.
Noted during my 1980's attempt to read every book in my small town library.

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juniperSun | 1 other review | Dec 4, 2014 |

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Statistics

Works: 13
Also by: 8
Members: 287
Popularity: #81,379
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 12
Languages: 2

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