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Broderick, Damien
(1944-2025) Australian author, editor and critic; he had a PhD in the semiotics of fiction, science and sf with special reference to the work of Samuel R Delany. He edited four anthologies of Australian sf: The Zeitgeist Machine (anth 1977), Strange Attractors (anth 1985), Matilda at the Speed of Light (anth 1988) and Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction (anth ...
Ould, Chris
(?1959- ) UK author whose sf novel, Road Lines (1985), is a Near-Future thriller set in an apocalyptic landscape reminiscent, to some, of the Mad Max films, though the main setting, a coercive inner-city Keep where the lower classes are imprisoned, lacks the escapist momentum of the movie. [JC]
Almond, David
(1951- ) UK author, much of his work being nonfantastic, though illuminated by hints that the seemingly ordinary world cannot be fully understood in mundane terms; most of his early work was written for a Young Adult readership; some later titles have been released in both young adult and adult formats. His first stories were assembled as Sleepless Nights (coll 1985) and A Kind of Heaven (coll 1997); his first ...
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, The
Film (1955). Milner Brothers Productions, American Releasing Corporation (see American International Pictures). Produced by Jack Milner. Directed by Dan Milner. Written by Lou Rusoff from an original story by Dorys Lukather. Cast includes Rodney Bell, Cathy Downs, Norma Hanson (uncredited), Vivi Janiss, Phillip Pine, Helene Stanton, Kent Taylor and Michael Whalen. 80 minutes. Black and white. / Bodies are washing up on a ...
Hansen, Vern
Working name of UK author Victor Joseph Hanson (1920-2001), who began publishing work of genre interest with "The Hands" for Occult Shorts #2 in 1946 as by V J Hanson, and author as Vern Hansen of some routine sf published over a brief span: The Twisters (coll 1963), Creatures of the Mist (1963), in which ape-like Aliens (see Apes as Human) invade from outer space, Claws of the Night ...
Nicholls, Peter
(1939-2018) Australian editor and author, primarily a critic and historian of sf through his creation and editing of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction [see below]; resident in the UK 1970-1988, in Australia from 1988; worked as an academic in English literature (1962-1968, 1971-1977), scripted television documentaries, was a Harkness Fellow in Film-making (1968-1970) in the USA, worked as a publisher's editor (1982-1983), often broadcast film and book reviews on BBC Radio from 1974 and ...