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Star Trek: The Animated Series
US animated tv series (1973-1974; original title Star Trek; vt The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek). Filmation Associates, Norway Productions, Paramount Television. Creator and executive consultant Gene Roddenberry. Story editor and associate producer D C Fontana. Directed by Bill Reed and Hal Sutherland. Writers include D C Fontana, David Gerrold, ...
Universal Translator
Automated language translation is a highly convenient plot device for sf stories, facilitating Communication with Aliens without miring the action in realistic examination of Linguistic issues. An early example is the Language Rectifier facility of the Telephot videophone in Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 (April 1911-March 1912 ...
Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo
Japanese animated film (1972; vt Go Get Team 0011; vt Demon Dog Liner 0011 Transform!). Toei Animation. Created by Sasagawa Hiroshi. Directed by Takeshi Tamiya. Written by Yûgo Serikawa and Masaki Tsuji. Voice cast includes Haruko Kitahama, Minori Matsushima, Masako Nozawa, Kyoko Satomi, Machiko Soga and Masato Yamauchi. 50 minutes. Colour. / Some time in the future, Professor Hayashi (Yamauchi) has announced that Earth is threatened by ...
Leigh, Lora
Pseudonym of US author of erotic romances Christine Simmons (1965- ). Of sf interest is the Feline Breeds sequence, beginning with Tempting the Beast (2003), in which a Cat-like male – part of a Near Future programme in the Genetic Engineering of elite forces – encounters a sexually aroused woman reporter (see Sex; ...
Otherside Picnic
Japanese animated tv series (2021). Based on the Light Novels by Iori Miyazawa (illustrated by shirakaba). Liden Films, Felix Film. Directed by Takuya Satō. Written by Takuya Satō. Voice cast includes Yumiri Hanamori, Rina Hidaka, Ai Kayano and Miyu Tomita. Twelve 24-minute episodes. Colour. / As the title suggests, this work is influenced by Arkady and Boris Strugatski's ...
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 ...