Robert "Bob" Martin, Date of Birth

    

Robert "Bob" Martin

American writer

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1948

Profession: novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Robert "Bob" Martin

  • Robert "Bob" Martin (born October 8, 1948), was the original editor of Fangoria, the magazine of horror and exploitation film.
  • Martin steered the publication from 1979 to 1986—the slasher-film boom years. A collaborative relationship with writer-director Frank Henenlotter resulted in a novelization Martin adapted from Henenlotter's feature film Brain Damage and two produced screenplays, Basket Case 3: The Progeny and Frankenhooker, with Martin writing initial drafts from Henenlotter's detailed outlines.
  • In 1994, Martin, under the name "Ed Flixman" became editor of Sci-Fi Entertainment (later renamed to SCI FI Magazine), the "official magazine" of the Sci-Fi Channel, and continued in that capacity through October 1996.
  • His column of film news continued to run in that magazine, until a blistering argument with the new editor regarding remarks in Martin's column that the new editor feared might incur the wrath of the Sci-Fi Channel.
  • In December 1996, Martin relocated from his native New York to Los Angeles, where he mostly worked as an Internet techie, but also wrote press materials for a few films, most notably The People vs.
  • Larry Flynt, in which his description of Flynt as "the last champion of the sexual revolution" stirred the wrath of Gloria Steinem, generating considerable press for the film.
  • (In Martin's original, the phrase had been "the last champion of a failed sexual revolution.")As of March, 2006, he was working as a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas.
  • That career was cut short by a stroke that left him incapable of handling cards or chips as professionally required.
  • After a period spent on disability, Martin joined the horror portal Dread Central as a regular contributor in May 2009.

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