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Fischer, P J
(? - ) US author whose first novel Julia and the Dream Maker (2003) – first of a projected series – follows three young experimenters whose discoveries lead to AI and portals into other worlds. [JC]
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
US animated tv series (2018-2020). DreamWorks Animation. Developed by/Executive Producer Noelle Stevenson. Directors include Jen Bennett, Roy Burdine and Mandy Clotworthy. Writers include Josie Campbell, Katherine Nolfi, Laura Sreebny and Noelle Stevenson. Voice cast includes Lauren Ash, Aimee Carrero, Karen Fukuhara, Morla Gorrondona, Keston John, AJ Michalka, Marcus Scribner, Lorraine Toussaint and Christine Woods. 52 24-minute episodes plus twelve shorts. Colour. / A reboot of ...
Drury, David M
(1951- ) US electrical engineer, academic and author whose Jupiter Station sequence, comprising All the Gold of Ophir (2005) and Jupiter's Shadow (2007), is set on a satellite orbiting Jupiter from which suspect substances and other mysteries seem to originate, and follows the search of a private detective for the truth behind the actions of the Conglomerated Mining and Manufacturing Company. [JC]
Nestle, Tom
(? - ) US author, of whom nothing is known under this name beyond a soft-porn Space Opera, Orgies in Space (1978; vt Star Whores 1978 as by A J Rimmer; vt Space Whores 1979 as by Rimmer). [JC]
Tiedemann, Mark W
(1954- ) US author who began to publish work of genre interest with "The Spacer Walks" in Space and Time for December 1983 as M William Tiedemann; The Gravity Box and Other Spaces (coll 2014) is a good selection of his shorter work, which ranges from Hard SF to Steampunk and fantasy. His contributions to the Isaac Asimov's Robot Mysteries ...
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 ...