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Franklin Robert Adams

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born

August 31, 1933 in The United States

died

January 04, 1990

gender

male

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Franklin Robert Adams (August 31, 1933 - January 4, 1990) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, formerly a career soldier. He is best known for his "Horseclans" books. He wrote as Robert Adams, an abbreviated form of his full name.

Adams was an early pioneer of the post-holocaust novel. His Horseclans novels are precursors to many of today's attempts at this type of story, many of which do not exhibit his painstakingly detailed world view or extraordinary plot follow-through (many of his Horseclans books are so interlinked that they make sense only when read in order; he did not create many "stand alone" books in the series).

Hallmarks of Adams' style include a focus on violent, non-stop action, meticulous detail in matters hi...more

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Books by Franklin Robert Adams

Average rating: 3.66 · 3,168 ratings · 214 reviews · 28 distinct works

	The Coming of the Horseclans by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.64 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1975 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Swords of the Horseclans by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.63 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Bili the Axe (Horseclans, #10) by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.86 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Man Called Milo Morai (Horseclans, #14) by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.81 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	A Woman of the Horseclans (Horseclans, #12) by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.72 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Champion of the Last Battle (Horseclans, #11) by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.70 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Clan of the Cats (Horseclans, #18) by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.84 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	Madman's Army (Horseclans, #17) by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.58 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1987	My rating:
	Friends of the Horseclans by Franklin Robert Adams (editor), Pamela Crippen-Adams (editor), Robert Adams (Editor) 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	Of Quests and Kings (Castaways in Time, #3) by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams 3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Franklin Robert Adams

Horseclans (18 books)
by Franklin Robert Adams, Robert Adams

3.67 avg rating — 1,872 ratings

Quotes by Franklin Robert Adams

“Baseball's Sad Lexicon

These are the saddest of possible words:
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
Trio of Bear-cubs, fleeter than birds,
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double --
Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble:
Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
― Franklin Robert Adams

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