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Darvill, Michael
(1937- ) UK painter, architect and author whose book-length narrative poem, Blessings from a Nuclear War (1987), carries with some metaphysical flourishing a figure named Adam (see Adam and Eve; Clichés) through the history of Homo sapiens on the planet, into the Near Future and an indistinctly described ...
Burstein, Michael A
(1970- ) US author, science teacher (with a Harvard degree and Boston University Master's in Physics) and science textbook editor who began to publish fiction of genre interest with "TeleAbsence" in Analog for July 1995, a Hugo finalist. He contributed several squibs to the same magazine's Probability Zero department (see Flash Fiction), beginning with ...
Moor Mother
Stage and recording name of US musician, vocalist and writer Camae Ayewa (1981- ), who has also published poetry and non-fiction under her own name. Her mix of socially conscious, highly literate and often inflammatory lyrics with a blend of hip-hop, industrial and experimental music has become increasingly influential, in her solo work, frequent collaborations, and as part of the groups Black Quantum Futurism and Irreversible Entanglements. Among her frequent themes, ...
Train to the End of the World
Japanese animated tv series (2024; original title Shūmatsu Torein Doko e Iku?). EMT Squared. Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and Fumihiko Suganuma. Written by Michiko Yokote. Voice cast includes Chika Anzai, Hina Kino, Erisa Kuon, Daisuke Namikawa, Nao Tōyama and Azumi Waki. Twelve 24-minute episodes, plus a recap episode. Colour. / The 7G Network Launch Ceremony in the City of Ikebukuro declares its new cellular ...
Jurassic Park
Film (1993). Amblin Entertainment/Universal. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R Molen. Written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, based on Jurassic Park (1990) by Crichton. Cast includes Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Mazello, Sam Neill, Bob Peck and Ariana Richards. 127 minutes. Colour. / A ...
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 ...