death_date death_place birth_place pseudonym nationality birth_date genre article_title name occupation
16 february 2004 los angeles , california long beach , california steve hahn , tak hallus american 13 july 1941 science fiction mystery stephen robinett
 stephen allen robinett novelist , journalist , lawyer
stephen robinett

stephen allen robinett -lrb- 13 july 1941 -- 16 february 2004 -rrb- was an american writer of science fiction and mystery novels and short stories .
robinett 's first publication was part of the march 1969 edition of the magazine `` analog science fiction and fact '' : the novelette `` minitalent '' , which was published with his most-used pseudonym , tak hallus -lrb- which he claimed was persian for `` pseudonym '' -rrb- .
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 the state of california .
he died on 16 february 2004 from complications caused by hodgkins disease .
