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Darwinia
Videogame (2005). Introversion Software (IS). Designed by Chris Delay. Platforms: Lin, Mac, Win (2005); rev vt Darwinia+ XB360 (2010). / As in Theodore Sturgeon's short story "Microcosmic God" (April 1941 Astounding), Darwinia's protagonist plays God to a world of rapidly evolving and surprisingly involving creatures (see Evolution). ...
Alper, Gerald A
(? - ) Writer of whom nothing is known beyond his authorship of the Time-Travel novel My Name Is Vladimir Sloifoiski (1970), a routine exploration of Identity issues. [JC]
Swan, Thor
(1903-1978) US author in whose Near Future Satire Furfooze: A Tale Fantastique (1939) the body of an advanced creature from the Ice Age is brought back to life (see Apes as Human). [JC]
Merrill, Harrison R
(1884-1938) US poet, academic and author of Ko-i-Chito: The Indian Boy (1937), a tale for children set in what would become Utah, mixing together Lost Race and Prehistoric SF influences. [JC]
Monsters and Things
Letter-size, saddle-stapled Magazine printed on newsprint-quality paper. Magnum Publications. Editor: Larry T Shaw (credited as L T Shaw). Managing Editor: M J Shapiro. Two issues, January and April 1959. / Nominally a Cinema magazine like its companion title Monster Parade, Monsters and Things contained considerable short fiction as well as some film ...
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 ...