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Michels, Christine
(1957- ) Canadian author of several romantic Space Operas. To Share a Sunset (1990) with Bernice Carstensen (? - ), writing together as Sharice Kendyl, is a Planetary Romance set on a planet whose habitable portions are threatened by a great Wastelands, which the protagonists must cross while becoming involved with one another. ...
Morris, M E
(1926-2005) US aviator and author whose Alpha Bug (1986) is a Near Future tale in which the Soviet Union attempts to create its own Star Wars system. The Icemen: A Novel of Antarctica (1988), about a cadre of Nazis planning to attack the world from Antarctica, is nonfantastic, except for a secret biological Weapon whose release could bring doom. [JC]
Bester, Alfred
(1913-1987) US editor and author, born in New York, his first two sf novels – on which his reputation increasingly depends – both being largely set in a vividly presented future New York. Educated in both humanities and sciences – including Psychology, perhaps the most important "science" in his sf – Bester entered sf when he submitted a story to Thrilling Wonder Stories. Mort ...
Meacham, Beth
(1951- ) US author and editor, married to Tappan King from 1978. She worked first as an sf bookseller before joining Ace Books in 1981, where she developed the careers of Greg Bear, Orson Scott Card and Tim Powers, among others; she also discovered James P Blaylock and oversaw ...
Kamen Rider
1. Japanese live-action tv series (1971-1973; vt Masked Rider). Created by Shotaro Ishinomori. Toei Company. Directors include Itaru Orita, Masahiro Tsukada and Minoru Yamada. Writers include Masaru Igami, Masayuki Shimada and Mari Takizawa. Voice cast includes Hiroshi Fujioka and Takeshi Sasaki. 98 24-minute episodes. Colour. / This was the series that began a very successful Tokusatsu ...
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 ...