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Suzuki Kōji
(1957-2026) Japanese author and essayist, largely known in English through the Cinema adaptations of several of his books, the international success of which obscured his wide-ranging domestic output. His horror and Equipoisal fiction proceeded 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 Simon Brett's ...
Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, The
Japanese animated film (2010); original title Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu. Based on the Light Novel by Nagaru Tanigawa. Kyoto Animation. Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and Yasuhiro Takemoto. Written by Fumihiko Shimo. Voice cast includes Minori Chihara, Yūko Gotō, Aya Hirano, Daisuke Ono and Tomokazu Sugita. 162 minutes. Colour. / A sequel to the popular ...
Little Joe
Austrian/German/UK film (2019). Magnolia Pictures / Coop99 / Essential Filmproduktion / The Bureau / Arte / BBC Films / BFI. Directed by Jessica Hausner. Written by Jessica Hausner and Geraldine Bajard. Cast includes Emily Beecham, Kit Connor, Kerry Fox and Ben Whishaw. 105 minutes. Colour / Plant breeder Alice (Beecham), working for a laboratory that creates new strains of plants for ...
Noyes, Ralph
(1923-1998) UK author whose sf novel, A Secret Property (1985), depicts an Invasion of UFOs without great originality. [JC]
Latham, William
(1964- ) US author of some belated Ties to the extinct Television series Space 1999, beginning with Space 1999: Resurrection (2002). [JC]
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 ...