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Allaby, Michael
(1933- ) UK author, mostly of nonfiction texts in fields like Ecology; but his The Greening of Mars (1984) with James Lovelock (of Gaia Hypothesis fame), though basically a nonfiction study of how Mars might be settled, is told as a fictionalized narrative whose tone is upliftingly Utopian. [JC]
Robinson, E A
(? -? ) US author in whose The Disk: A Tale of Two Passions (1884; vt The Disk: A Prophetic Reflection 1884), with G (George) A Wall, a series of Inventions – optical cables capable of harnessing the Sun's light, imperishable food (see Food Pills), disease-eliminating injections – plays second fiddle to a tale of sexual passions. The ...
Reed, P Fishe
(1817-1887) artist and author whose Lost Race novel for boys, Beyond the Snow; Being a History of Trim's Adventures in Nordlichtschein (1873), carries its protagonist to the North Pole, where a civilization of abnormally tall and thin folk is discovered. [JC]
Bolivia
Science fiction in Bolivia is permeated with indigenous Myths of Origin (see Mythology) [see also The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below] and references to national culture. The Bolivian sf genre may be divided into two spheres, respectively relating to the Fantasy world and to sf as a genre that seeks to address both the mythical universe and indigenous heritage. / ...
Miles, Terry
(1966- ) Canadian filmmaker, broadcaster and author who is of sf interest for the Rabbits series of Near Future novels beginning with Rabbits (2021), set in a complex Cyberspace-like Virtual Reality Zone dominated by the eponymous highly immersive Videogame, the structure ...
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 ...