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Broderick, Damien
(1944-2025) Australian author, editor and critic; he had a PhD in the semiotics of fiction, science and sf with special reference to the work of Samuel R Delany. He edited four anthologies of Australian sf: The Zeitgeist Machine (anth 1977), Strange Attractors (anth 1985), Matilda at the Speed of Light (anth 1988) and Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction (anth ...
Valier, Max
(1895-1930) Austrian engineer and author, in active service during World War One. He is of early interest for Weltende ["World's End"] (1922 chap; exp vt Weltuntergang ["Doomsday"] 1923), a nonfiction survey of various ways in which the End of the World might occur. He is mainly known as a pioneer in rocket research in association with Hermann ...
Kettering Incident, The
Australian tv series (2016). Porchlight Films/Sweet Potato Films. Created by Victoria Madden and Vincent Sheehan. Written by Victoria Madden, with Louise Fox, Andrew Knight and Cate Shortland. Directed by Tony Krawitz and Rowan Woods. Continuing cast (usually all 8 episodes) includes Miranda Bennett, Elizabeth Debicki, Suzi Dougherty, Damon Garneau, Damien Garvey, Sacha Horler, Adam Kanneglesser, Matthew Le Nevez, Kevin MacIsaac, Henry Nixon, Anthony ...
Bengal
Describing sf in Bangla (or the Bengali language) is a topic fraught with difficulties. Any understanding of sf in this linguistic region must begin with an analysis of kalpabigyan, the term generally used as a very rough analogue to sf in Bangla at present. / First of all, there are problems of definition, as kalpabigyan, which is a recent formulation (see below), has a wider range of meanings and applications than those usually associated with sf, because at least in part it ...
Andromeda
Canadian-American tv series (2000-2005; vt Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda US). Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment. Created by Robert Hewitt Wolfe from an idea by Gene Roddenberry. Producers include Wolfe, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Kevin Sorbo, Robert Engles and Karen Wookey. Writers include Wolfe, Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer, Larry Barber and Paul Barber. Directors include Jorge Montesi, Allan Eastman, ...
Langford, David
(1953- ) UK author, critic, editor, publisher and sf fan, in the latter capacity recipient of 21 Hugo awards for fan writing – some of the best of his several hundred pieces are assembled as Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (coll 1992 chap US; much exp vt The Silence of the Langford 1996; exp 2015 ebook) as Dave Langford, edited by Ben Yalow – plus five Best Fanzine Hugos ...