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Mooser, Stephen
(1941- ) US author, prolific as an author of books for younger children; of sf interest are his contributions to the Which Way Books series of interactive Gamebooks, beginning with Space Raiders and the Planet of Doom (1983) and ending with Monster Express (1986). [JC]
Debans, Camille
(1833-1910) French journalist and author, some of whose work, little yet translated, is sf. His Future War tale, Les Malheurs de John Bull (1884; trans as John Bull's Downfall 1884; vt John Bull's Misfortunes 1884); new trans Brian Stableford as The Misfortunes of John Bull in coll 2015 [for subtitles and further details see Checklist below], applies ...
Cummings, M A
Working name of Mona A Cummings (1914-1999), US author of romances as Monette Cummings, and of short stories in various genres, her work of genre interest beginning with "The Brides of Ool" in Planet Stories in 1955. Her collection is Exile and Other Tales of Fantasy (coll 1968), which contains some Planetary Romances. [JC]
Teitelbaum, Michael
(? - ) US author of several Young Adult Ties to various Superhero series or films, including two Spider-Man stories: The Adventures of Spider-Man (2002), novelizing Spider-Man (2002), and Spider-Man 2: Friends and Foes (2004 chap), novelizing Spider-Man 2 ...
Twilight: 2000
Role Playing Game (1984). Game Designers' Workshop (GDW). Designed by Frank Chadwick. / Famously one of the most depressing RPGs ever created, Twilight: 2000 is a Post-Holocaust game set in the immediate aftermath of World War Three. The player characters are the remnants of a military unit, struggling to survive amongst the ...
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 ...