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Turenne, Raymond
Working name of French diplomat, banker and author Raymond Auzias-Turenne (1861-1940), in Canada from 1890; he also wrote as by Amès Sémiré. Of sf interest is Le dernier mamouth (1904 as Raymond Auzias de Turenne; trans as The Last of the Mammoths 1907), in which the eponymous survivor is hunted down in its despoiled Lost World. [JC]
Zierold, Norman
(1927-2018) US author whose sf novel is The Skyscraper Doom (1972), in which a bizarre Disaster is inflicted upon New York, whose most notable effect is the melting of high buildings. [JC/DRL]
Jackson, Stuart
(? -2006) UK teacher and author, whose Tracer (1990) depicts a Near Future Britain whose government jails AIDS victims. [JC]
Lensman [series]
Influential Space Opera series created by E E Smith (whom see for full discussion). Other authors of stories set in the Lensman universe are William Ellern, Hideyuki Furuhashi and David Kyle, the last focusing on the three Alien allies of the main series hero Kim Kinnison who like him ...
Pallen, Condé B
(1858-1929) US author and editor; in the latter capacity he was one of the editors, with C G Herbermann and others, of The Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1918 15vols). Crucible Island: A Romance, an Adventure and an Experiment (1919), a Dystopia, describes the disillusioning experiences of a young radical who is transported to the Island of Schlectland, where socialism has been allowed to run rampant for two ...
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 ...