High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Edward Vardeman (sometimes called Vardebob) (1947- ) is an American science fiction fan and writer. He got his start in writing by writing for science fiction fanzines, and was nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Vardeman is one of the founders of Bubonicon, a science fiction convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the author of more than fifty fantasy and science fiction novels. He created the Cenotaph Road series of science fantasy novels; co-wrote the Swords of Raemllyn series (with George W. Proctor) and the The War of Powers series with Victor Milan; and wrote Ruins of Power, a MechWarrior: Dark Age story. He wrote the original story novels Mutiny on the Enterprise focusing on Captain Kirk battling his own crew, and "The Klingon Gambit," another official Star Trek novel.