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Roger MacBride Allen

b. 1957

American science fiction writer

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Born 1957. Roger MacBride Allen is an American writer, novelist and science fiction writer.

Roger MacBride Allen (born September 26, 1957) is an American science fiction author. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and grew up outside of Washington, D.C., graduating from Walt Whitman High School.

Background Allen's family moved to Bethesda, Maryland, in 1966, when he was nine years old. He earned a degree in journalism from Boston University, after-which he returned to suburban Washington DC.

Works

Allies and Aliens Allies and Aliens (1995) collects The Torch of Honor and Rogue Powers The Torch of Honor (1985) Rogue Powers (1986)

Hunted Earth The Ring of Charon (1990) The Shattered Sphere (1994) The Falling World (TBA)

Caliban Isaac Asimov's Caliban (1993) Isaac Asimov's Inferno (1994) Isaac Asimov's Utopia (1996)

Chronicles of Solace The Depths of Time (2000) The Ocean of Years (2002) The Shores of Tomorrow (2003)

BSI Starside BSI Starside: The Cause of Death (2006) BSI Starside: Death Sentence (2007) BSI Starside: Final Inquiries (2008)

Corellian (Star Wars) Star Wars: Ambush at Corellia (1995) Star Wars: Assault at Selonia (1995) Star Wars: Showdown at Centerpoint (1995)

Stand-alone novels Orphan of Creation (1988) Farside Cannon (1988) The War Machine: Crisis of Empire III (1989), with David Drake Supernova (1991), with Eric Kotani The Modular Man (1992), accompanying the novel is an essay by Isaac Asimov "Intelligent Robots and Cybernetic Organisms."

Historical Time Capsule: The Book of Record (2010) with Thomas B. Allen Mr. Lincoln's High Tech War (2008) with Thomas B. Allen

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Boston University

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Who is Roger MacBride Allen?

American science fiction writer

When was Roger MacBride Allen born?

Roger MacBride Allen was born on 26 September 1957 in Bridgeport.

What is Roger MacBride Allen's occupation?

Roger MacBride Allen is a writer, novelist and science fiction writer.

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Roger MacBride Allen is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Roger MacBride Allen

· Wikidata: Q1346691

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