# Stephen Robinett

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{{short description|American novelist}}

{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [:Template:Infobox writer/doc](/source/%3ATemplate%3AInfobox_writer%2Fdoc) -->
| name        = Stephen Allen Robinett
| pseudonym   = Steve Hahn, Tak Hallus
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1941|07|13}}
| birth_place = [Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California)
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2004|02|16|1941|07|13}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California
| occupation  = {{flatlist|
* Novelist
* journalist
* lawyer
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| nationality = American
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| genre       = [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction)<br>[mystery](/source/Mystery_fiction)
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'''Stephen Allen Robinett''' (13 July 1941 &ndash; 16 February 2004) was an American writer of [science-fiction](/source/science-fiction) and mystery [novel](/source/novel)s and short stories.

Robinett's first publication appeared in the March 1969 edition of the magazine ''[Analog Science Fiction and Fact](/source/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)'', the novelette "Minitalent", which was published with his most-used pseudonym, Tak Hallus (derived from the Persian ''[takhallus](/source/takhallus)''). By the mid-1970s, however, he had begun using his own name. He published two novels, ''Stargate'' and ''The Man Responsible'' during the mid-1970s, and continued to publish novels and short fiction until the early 1990s.

He also wrote extensively in the area of business journalism and was a lawyer licensed in California.

He died on 16 February 2004 from complications caused by [Hodgkins disease](/source/Hodgkins_disease).<ref>{{cite web
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  | first = Steven H.
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  | title = Obituary: Stephen Robinett
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  | url = http://www.sfsite.com/news/2009/07/31/obituary-stephen-robinett/
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== Bibliography ==

===Novels===
*''Mindwipe!'' (1976) (as Steve Hahn)
* ''Stargate'' (1976)
* ''The Man Responsible'' (1978)
* ''Final Option'' (1990)
* ''Unfinished Business'' (1990)

===Collections===
*''Projections'' (1979)

==References==
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Category:American male novelists
Category:American science fiction writers
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Category:20th-century American male writers

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