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von Däniken, Erich
(1935-2026) Swiss author of a series of purportedly nonfiction books, beginning with Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1968; trans Michael Heron as Chariots of the Gods? 1969), which, based on a mass of often suspect and internally inconsistent data, argues that the Earth was visited by at least one Alien spacefaring race before and at the dawn of historical time; thus, for example, the Great Pyramid of ...
Wyatt, Rachel
(1929- ) UK-born dramatist and author, in Canada from 1957; of some sf interest is her first novel, The String Box (1970), set in a surrealized but seemingly Near Future City (see Absurdist SF) whose inhabitants follow maddening sets of rules to survive; possession of the eponymous box counts enormously. [JC]
Morrall, Clare
(1952- ) UK author whose earlier work, like her first novel, the nonfantastic Astonishing Splashes of Colour (2004), tend to feature characters immersed in edgily dysfunctional lives, with some sense that the pressure of the world may cause them to burst beyond the mundane into situations of psychic extremity. Her first novel of sf interest, When the Floods Came (2015), places its Young Adult protagonist into a ...
Boys, The
US tv series (2019-current). Kripke Enterprises, Point Grey Pictures, Original Film, Kickstart Entertainment, KFL Nightsky Productions, Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television. Created by Eric Kripke, based on the Comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. Various writers and directors. Cast includes Laz Alonso, Tomer Capone, Aya Cash, Chace Crawford, Claudia Doumit, Karen Fukuhara, Dominique McElligott, Colby Minifie, Nathan Mitchell, Erin Moriarty, Jack ...
Blythe, Daniel
(1969- ) UK author whose various works include The Encyclopedia of Classics 80s Pop (2002), and who is of sf interest for two Doctor Who ties, Doctor Who: The New Adventures: The Dimension Riders (1993) and Doctor Who: The New Adventures: Infinite Requiem (1995), which come close to the temporary end of the long series of Seventh Doctor tie-ins and feature a Doctor with grave thoughts; there are ...
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 ...