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End of the World
Together with Utopias and cautionary tales, apocalyptic visions form one of the three principal traditions of pre-twentieth-century futuristic fantasy. Visions inspired by the religious imagination go back into antiquity (see Mythology; Religion), and the artist John Martin depicted vast biblical catastrophes with particular relish from the 1820s to the 1850s; but the ...
Mills, C J
(1944- ) US author known only for her Winter World sequence of Planetary Romances – beginning with Winter World (1988) and ending with Winter World #5: Zjhanne's Book (1992) – featuring various adventures on a strife-beset frozen world; marital conflicts are focused upon. [JC]
Zoline, Pamela
Working name of US painter and author Pamela Lifton-Zoline (1941- ), in the UK 1963-1986. In the late 1960s she illustrated several stories in a collage-derived style for New Worlds, including Thomas M Disch's Camp Concentration (July-October 1967 New Worlds; 1968). She began publishing work of genre interest with "The Heat Death of the Universe" (July 1967 ...
Suzuki Kōji
(1957- ) Japanese author and essayist, largely known in English through the Cinema adaptations of several of his books, the international success of which has obscured his wide-ranging domestic output. His horror and Equipoisal fiction proceeds in tandem with a wide array (not listed here) of books on young fatherhood and occasional works on motorcycle travel. He was also the translator of ...
Outer Limits: An Illustrated Review, The
US oversize Fanzine, roughly 27 x 21 inches published in similar format to a trade paperback. Scorpio 13 Publishing. Publisher/Editor: Ted C Rypel. Two numbered, undated issues, 1977. The intended publication schedule was quarterly. / Focused on The Outer Limits (1963-1965), this was perhaps the first US fanzine dedicated to an sf Television series other than ...
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 (1966-1967), and later in ...