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Wehrstein, Karen
(1961- ) Canadian author who began publishing work of genre interest with "O.R.3" in Shivers: Canadian Tales of the Supernatural (anth 1990) edited by Greg Ioannou and Lynne Missen. She has contributed three titles to Fifth Millenium, a Shared World fantasy sequence devised and controlled by S M Stirling (for titles see Checklist). [JC]
Buffery, Judith
(1943- ) UK author known exclusively for her Space-Opera Star Lord Saga: The Sheeg (1979), Saffron (1979), The Iron Clog (dated 1979 but 1980) and Gringol Weed (1980). [JC]
Berk, Howard
(1925-2016) US screenwriter and author of several books, including the interesting sf novel The Sun Grows Cold (1971), in which a man whose brain has been tampered with and whose previous life may have been disastrous reawakens (see Sleeper Awakes) in a terrifying Ruined Earth, most of whose inhabitants, who seem insane, lurk Underground, though an unpleasant elite occupies ...
Monsters, Inc.
Animated film (2001). Walt Disney Pictures (see The Walt Disney Company), Pixar. Directed by Pete Docter, David Silverman and Lee Unkrich. Cast includes Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs and John Goodman. Written by Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson, based on a story by Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston. 88 minutes. Colour. / Why are all children scared of the door once the light is turned off at ...
Homeboys in Outer Space
US tv series (1996-1997). Sweet Lorraine Productions/Touchstone Television for the UPN Television network. Created by Ehrich Van Lowe. Produced by Stan Foster, Lee Kimbrough, Jeffrey Lambert, and Miguel Nunez, Jr. Directors included, Gerry Cohen Matthew Diamond Patrick Maloney, and Glyn Turman. Writers included Chuck Cummings, Kimbrough, Stu Kreisman, and Michael Shipley. Cast includes Darryl M Bell, Felix Bell and Rhona Bennett (voice only). 21 25-minute episodes. Colour. / A pair ...
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 ...