罗伯特·富兰克林·杨
20世纪美国科幻短篇小说家,主要作品有《The Last Yggdrasill》和《The Dandelion Girl》(蒲公英女孩)。[1][2]
人物生平以及作品概述 罗伯特·富兰克林·杨(Robert Franklin Young,1915-1985),是一位美国科幻小说作家。他几乎一生都生活在美国的纽约州,除了第二次世界大战中在太平洋战场的三年半服役外。他和妻子在伊利湖(Erie, Lake)一代也有房产。
罗伯特·F·杨的小说创作生涯长达三十多年,直到死神到来那一刻,他都没有放下手中的笔,从1953年开始,他陆续在种类繁多的杂志上发表了约一百篇短篇故事,起初在《Startling Stories》,然后是《PlayBoy》(花花公子),《The Saturday Evening Post》,但他最著名的是作为一位长期的投稿人,在杂志《Magazing of Fiction》和《Science Fiction》上发表了当时最受读者欢迎的一系列有关女巨人和她们不走运的男性迷恋者(giantesses and their hapless male devotees)的故事。杨的小说类型主要是以诗意而浪漫的短篇小说为主,但足以雷·布莱伯利以及 Theodore Sturgeon 相提并论。其中许多作品由法国的《Galaxie》,《Fiction》以及《livre de Poche》的科幻选集发行了法文版。在意大利,他的多数作品由 Urania 杂志发行。
但无论是在美国,还是其他地区,杨还只能算小有名气——几乎在他逝世之前,科幻小说界才了解到他在水牛城(布法罗城 Buffalo system)的一所高中当了几十年的看门人。
罗伯特·F·杨最著名的作品应该算是《The Last Yggdrasill》和《The Dandelion Girl》(蒲公英女孩)。前者于八十年代初发表在《Ballantine》,迪斯尼花了大钱买下了这部小说的改编权,但并没有推出它的电影。而后者发表于《The Saturday Evening Post》1961年的四月,它深深地影响了日本动画导演出渊裕的《翼神世音》、key社的《CLANNAD》以及杨后来的作品《Little Dog Gone》,不仅如此《The Dandelion Girl》还被提名为雨果奖最佳故事。
在《CLANNAD》中关于一之濑琴美的故事中,《The Dandelion Girl》的女主人公朱莉(Julie)的一句话被多次强调:

Day before yesterday I saw a rabbit,
and yesterday a deer,
and today, you.
(前天我看见了一只兔子,昨天看见了一只鹿,而今天是你。)
作品列表Novels(小说)
发表时间
The Last Yggdrasill
1982
Eridahn
1983
The Vizier's Second Daughter
1985
Starfinder
1980
La Quete de la Sainte Grille(published in France only 仅在法国发表)
1975
Collections(作品集)
出版时间
The Worlds of Robert F. Young
1965
A Glass of Stars
1968
Starfinder
1980
Memories of the Future(eBook collection)
2001
Short Fiction(短片科幻故事)
登载的杂志
发表时间
Abyss of Tartarus
If
Oct. 1971
Added Inducement
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Mar. 1957
Beneath the Painted Ocean
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Mar. 1980
Boy Meets Dyevitza
Amazing
Oct. 1962
Chrome Pastures
If
Apr. 1956
Clay Suburb
Amazing
Nov. 1975
The Construction Company
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jul. 1980
The Courts of Jamshyd
Infinity Science Fiction
Sep. 1957
The Dandelion Girl(蒲公英女孩)
The Saturday Evening Post
Apr. 1961
Doll-Friend
Amazing
Jul. 1959
A Drink of Darkness
Fantastic
Jul. 1962
Emily and the Bards Sublime
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jul. 1956
Enter Ciely
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jun. 1977
Flotsam
Starfinder
1980
Flying Pan
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Nov. 1956
The Fugitives
A Glass of Stars
1968
The Garden in the Forest
Astounding
Sep. 1953
Ghosts
Worlds of If
Jan./Feb. 1973
The Girl Who Made Time Stop
The Saturday Evening Post
Apr. 22, 1961
Goddess in Granite
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Sep. 1957
The Grown-Up People's Feet
Fantastic Universe
Jun. 1955
The Haute Bourgeoisie
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jan. 1980
Hopsoil
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jan. 1961
In the Crypt
Starfinder
1980
Jetsam
Starfinder
1980
Jungle Doctor
Startling Stories
Fall 1955
L'Arc De Jeanne
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jan. 1966
Little Dog Gone
Worlds of Tomorrow
Feb. 1964
Little Red Schoolhouse
Galaxy
Mar. 1956
The Man in the Moon
Cavalier
Feb. 1969
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Amazing
Jul. 1963
Neither Do They Reap
A Glass of Stars
1968
Nikita Eisenhower Jones
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Aug. 1960
The Ogress(由 William F. Nolan 编辑 )
The Future is Now
1970
On the River
Fantastic
Jan. 1965
One Love Have I
If
Apr. 1955
The Other Kids
Fantastic Universe
Mar. 1956
A Pattern for Penelope
If
Oct. 1954
Peeping Tommy
Galaxy
Aug. 1965
Perchance to Dream
Fantastic
Feb. 1975
Production Problem
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jun. 1959
Project Hi-Rise
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Nov. 1978
Promised Planet
If
Dec. 1955
The Pyramid Project
Amazing
Jun. 1964
Robot Son
Fantastic Universe
Sep. 1959
Romance in a Twenty-first Century Used-Car Lot
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Nov. 1960
The Rose
Starfinder
1980
Santa Clause
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jan. 1959
Star Mother
Amazing
Jan. 1959
The Stars Are Calling Mr. Keats
Amazing
Jun. 1959
Thirty Days Had September
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Oct. 1957
To Fell a Tree
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jul. 1959
Victim of the Year
Fantastic
Aug. 1962
When Time Was New
If
Dec. 1964
Wish Upon a Star
Fantastic Universe
Dec. 1956
Written in the Stars
Venture
Sep. 1957
The Years
Galaxy
Sep. 1972
Your Ghost Will Walk…
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Jul. 1957
Yours, —Guy(由 Charles L. Grant 编辑)
Shadows 4
1981