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Two Weeks in August
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
24 pages, Paperback
Published March 4, 2016
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About the author
Frank M. Robinson
122 books59 followersFrank M. Robinson was an American science fiction and techno-thriller writer. he got his start writing for the old pulp fiction magazines. He wrote several novels with Thomas N. Scortia until Scortia's death in 1986.
Born in Chicago, Illinois. Robinson was the son of a check forger. He started out in his teens working as a copy boy for International News Service and then became an office boy for Ziff Davis. He was drafted into the Navy for World War II, and when his tour was over attended Beloit College, where he majored in physics, graduating in 1950. Because he could find no work as a writer, he ended up back in the Navy to serve in Korea, where he kept writing, read a lot, and published in Astounding magazine.
After the Navy, he attended graduate school in journalism, then worked for a Chicago-based Sunday supplement. Soon he switched to Science Digest, where he worked from 1956 to 1959. From there, he moved into men's magazines: Rogue (1959–65) and Cavalier (1965–66). In 1969, Playboy asked him to take over the Playboy Advisor column. He remained there until 1973, when he left to write full-time.
After moving to San Francisco in the 1970s, Robinson, who was gay, was a speechwriter for gay politician Harvey Milk; he had a small role in the film Milk. After Milk's assassination, Robinson was co-executor, with Scott Smith, of Milk's last will and testament.
Robinson is the author of 16 books, the editor of two others, and has penned numerous articles. Three of his novels have been made into movies. The Power (1956) was a supernatural science fiction and government conspiracy novel about people with superhuman skills, filmed in 1968 as The Power. The Glass Inferno, co-written with Thomas N. Scortia, was combined with Richard Martin Stern's The Tower to produce the 1974 movie The Towering Inferno. The Gold Crew, also co-written Scortia, was a nuclear threat thriller filmed as an NBC miniseries and re-titled The Fifth Missile.
He collaborated on several other works with Scortia, including The Prometheus Crisis, The Nightmare Factor, and Blow-Out.
In 2009 he was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame
Born in Chicago, Illinois. Robinson was the son of a check forger. He started out in his teens working as a copy boy for International News Service and then became an office boy for Ziff Davis. He was drafted into the Navy for World War II, and when his tour was over attended Beloit College, where he majored in physics, graduating in 1950. Because he could find no work as a writer, he ended up back in the Navy to serve in Korea, where he kept writing, read a lot, and published in Astounding magazine.
After the Navy, he attended graduate school in journalism, then worked for a Chicago-based Sunday supplement. Soon he switched to Science Digest, where he worked from 1956 to 1959. From there, he moved into men's magazines: Rogue (1959–65) and Cavalier (1965–66). In 1969, Playboy asked him to take over the Playboy Advisor column. He remained there until 1973, when he left to write full-time.
After moving to San Francisco in the 1970s, Robinson, who was gay, was a speechwriter for gay politician Harvey Milk; he had a small role in the film Milk. After Milk's assassination, Robinson was co-executor, with Scott Smith, of Milk's last will and testament.
Robinson is the author of 16 books, the editor of two others, and has penned numerous articles. Three of his novels have been made into movies. The Power (1956) was a supernatural science fiction and government conspiracy novel about people with superhuman skills, filmed in 1968 as The Power. The Glass Inferno, co-written with Thomas N. Scortia, was combined with Richard Martin Stern's The Tower to produce the 1974 movie The Towering Inferno. The Gold Crew, also co-written Scortia, was a nuclear threat thriller filmed as an NBC miniseries and re-titled The Fifth Missile.
He collaborated on several other works with Scortia, including The Prometheus Crisis, The Nightmare Factor, and Blow-Out.
In 2009 he was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame
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August 22, 2025
Blind validation.
There's always a black sheep at work, and one that always brags about their life. Everyone in the office is tired of hearing McCleary always blabbing about his otherworldly smart kids, or his super fast car, and especially fed up about his fancy vacation-time always in the most expensive and luxurious places in the planet. But is anything of it true? Or just hogwash?
This was ok, kinda fun! It's ok to be trustful, but another thing being naive. One should always be smart enough to test the truth sometimes, rather than believe anything blindly. With some people, you just never know!
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1951] [8p] [Sci-Fi] [2.5] [Not Recommendable]
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★★★☆☆ 50 Short Science Fiction Tales <--
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Validación ciega.
Siempre hay una oveja negra en el trabajo, y una que siempre alardea de su vida. Todos en la oficina están cansados de escuchar a McCleary siempre parloteando sobre sus hijos super inteligentes o su auto hiper veloz, y especialmente hartos de sus elegantes vacaciones siempre en los lugares más caros y lujosos del planeta. ¿Pero es verdad algo acaso? ¿O simplemente mentiras?
Esto estuvo bien, ¡algo divertido! Está bien ser confiado, pero otra cosa es ser ingenuo. Uno siempre debe ser lo suficientemente inteligente como para testear la verdad de vez en cuando, en lugar de creer todo ciegamente. Con algunas personas, ¡nunca se sabe!
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1951] [8p] [Ciencia Ficción] [2.5] [No Recomendable]
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There's always a black sheep at work, and one that always brags about their life. Everyone in the office is tired of hearing McCleary always blabbing about his otherworldly smart kids, or his super fast car, and especially fed up about his fancy vacation-time always in the most expensive and luxurious places in the planet. But is anything of it true? Or just hogwash?
This was ok, kinda fun! It's ok to be trustful, but another thing being naive. One should always be smart enough to test the truth sometimes, rather than believe anything blindly. With some people, you just never know!
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1951] [8p] [Sci-Fi] [2.5] [Not Recommendable]
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★★★☆☆ 50 Short Science Fiction Tales <--
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Validación ciega.
Siempre hay una oveja negra en el trabajo, y una que siempre alardea de su vida. Todos en la oficina están cansados de escuchar a McCleary siempre parloteando sobre sus hijos super inteligentes o su auto hiper veloz, y especialmente hartos de sus elegantes vacaciones siempre en los lugares más caros y lujosos del planeta. ¿Pero es verdad algo acaso? ¿O simplemente mentiras?
Esto estuvo bien, ¡algo divertido! Está bien ser confiado, pero otra cosa es ser ingenuo. Uno siempre debe ser lo suficientemente inteligente como para testear la verdad de vez en cuando, en lugar de creer todo ciegamente. Con algunas personas, ¡nunca se sabe!
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1951] [8p] [Ciencia Ficción] [2.5] [No Recomendable]
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October 31, 2023
I listened to this as part of The 11th Science Fiction Megapack. It was very interesting with will developed characters lots of action and misdirection leading to the conclustion. 2023
pulbished in the 1950s
pulbished in the 1950s
March 3, 2023
Audiobook.
October 9, 2023
Book description and photo do not match this pulp SF short story from 1951.
August 5, 2024
The romancers are always the first to arrive, and it’s called a camelozepard.
January 13, 2025
Hilarious story of one-upmanship between co-workers culminating in a joke about taking a vacation to Mars—but was it actually a joke?
April 29, 2025
An amusing tale. Just when you think you pulled one over on the master storyteller at work...
Definitely makes you wonder. Maybe nothing really is as it seems.
Definitely makes you wonder. Maybe nothing really is as it seems.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews