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Carver, Jeffrey A
(1949-2026) US author who began publishing sf with "... Of No Return" in Fiction Magazine for 1974. His first novel, Seas of Ernathe (1976), which serves as an introduction to the loose Star Rigger sequence of Space Operas, showed early signs of a love of plot and thematic complexity which would take him some time, and several novels, to control. The continuation, Star Rigger's Way (1978), for instance, combines quest ...
Your Forma
Japanese animated tv series (2025). Geno Studio. Based on the Light Novel by Mareho Kikuishi (illustrated by Tsubata Nozaki). Directed by Takaharu Ozaki. Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. Voice cast includes Kana Hanazawa, Kensho Ono and Chiwa Saitō. Thirteen 24-minute episodes. Colour. / In an Alternate History 2023 most people wear "Smart Thread" ...
Fisher, Nancy
(? - ) US author of medical thrillers featuring drugs and techniques marginally in advance of what was available at the point of publication; Vital Parts (1993), for instance, concerns an Immortality Drug; Special Treatment (1996) is about a fitness-enhancement regime beyond the current professional sports medicine; Code Red (1998) and Code Blue ...
Spencer, David
(1965- ) US author whose work of sf interest is primarily restricted to his Tie to the Alien Nation universe, Alien Nation #6: Passing Fancy (1994), which is obedient to its requirements. Earlier he wrote the lyrics for Alan Brennert's Weird Romance (first performed 14 June 1992 WPA Theatre, New York). [JC]
Adlard, Mark
Working name used by UK author Peter Marcus Adlard (1932- ) for all his books. Until his retirement in 1976 he was a manager in the steel industry, and his knowledge of managerial and industrial problems plays a prominent role in his Tcity trilogy: Interface (1971), Volteface (1972) and Multiface (1975). The series is set in a city of the Near Future. By calling it Tcity, Adlard plainly ...
Robinson, Roger
(1943- ) UK computer programmer, bibliographer and publisher, active in UK Fandom for many years. The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (1983 chap; rev 1984 chap) is an exhaustive Bibliography of one of the most prolific sf writers, Kenneth Bulmer, and Who's Hugh?: An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms (1987) is similarly exhaustive in its ...