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McBratney, Sam
(1943- ) UK author of The Final Correction (1978), a compact, acerbic sf novel set on a colony planet (see Colonization of Other Worlds) which effectively serves as a Prison for delinquents from Earth, each denizen subjected to a daily Memory Edit; the tale, ostensibly told in Young Adult terms, subjects its ...
Walton, Jo
(1964- ) Welsh author, mostly of fantasy, in Canada from 2002, now a Canadian citizen, who began to publish work of genre interest with "At the Bottom of the Garden" in Odyssey for November/December 1998, though a novel, The Rebirth of Pan (written 1990s; 2015), preceded this. Some of her short fiction, like Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction (6 February 2009 Tor.com; 2010 ...
Fennerton, William
Pseudonym of UK author and BBC foreign correspondent Ian Campbell McDougall (1921-2015), most of whose seven novels under this name are Technothrillers that fight shy of sf content. Of sf interest, however, is The Lucifer Cell (1968), which portrays an abject, dope-addicted UK ten years after a successful Invasion by China, which now dominates the civilized world; but there is some hope that the Americans and the ...
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
US tv series (1983-1985). Filmation Associates, Mattel. Developed by Lou Scheimer, based on Mattel's toy line Masters of the Universe. Directors include Steve Clark, Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Ernie Schmidt and Gwen Wetzler. Writers include Douglas Booth, Paul Dini, Larry DiTillio, Brynne Stephens, J Michael Straczynski and David Wise. Voice cast includes John Erwin, Linda Gary, Erik Gunden and Alan Oppenheimer. Two seasons with a ...
Todd, Larry S
(1948-2024) US author and illustrator who began to publish work of genre interest with cartoons in Imagination from the June 1956 issue. His first prose story was "Simon Says" in If for June 1965, as Lawrence S Todd; he also published stories in Galaxy and Worlds of Tomorrow in the 1960s, and contributed artwork to all three magazines. In the 1970s he collaborated with ...
Clute, John
(1940- ) Canadian critic, editor and author, in the UK from 1969; married to Judith Clute from 1964, partner of Elizabeth Hand since 1996. He began to publish work of genre interest with an sf-tinged poem "Carcajou Lament" in Triquarterly for Winter 1960 [ie Autumn 1959]; he began consistently publishing sf reviews in his "New Fiction" column for the Toronto Star ...