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Butterfly Effect, The
Film (2004). New Line Cinema presents a Benderspink/FilmEngine production. Directed by J Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress. Written by Gruber, Bress. Cast includes John Patrick Amedori, Irene Gorovaia, Elden Henson, Ashton Kutcher, William Lee Scott, Amy Smart and Melora Walters. 113 minutes (115 minutes director's cut). Colour. / Young Evan Treborn, "Event Reborn" (Kutcher, Amedori), has a traumatic childhood in which he suffers periodic "blackouts" in times of stress, having no memory ...
Summer Hikaru Died, The
Japanese animated tv series (2025-current; original title Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu). Cygames Pictures. Based on the Manga by Mokumokuren. Directed and written by Ryōhei Takeshita. Voice cast includes Yumiri Hanamori, Chiaki Kobayashi, Chikahiro Kobayashi, Wakana Kowaka and Shūichirō Umeda. Twelve 23-minute episodes to date. Colour. / The god (see Gods and Demons) Nonuki-sama ...
Benford, James
(1941- ) US experimental physicist, author and fan, identical twin brother of Gregory Benford. The brothers were active in Fandom as Greg and Jim Benford from an early age, launching the Fanzine Void in May 1955; James dropped out after 13 issues and was replaced by Ted White for #14 in February 1958. James began to ...
Blair, Kate
(? - ) UK-born author, in Canada from 2008. In her first novel, the Equipoisal Young Adult Transferral (2015), a medical solution (see Medicine) designed to deal with all diseases has deeply affected very Near Future London. The solution, to transfer diseases ...
Rock, Pam
Joint pseudonym of a writing team comprising Barbara Andrews (? - ) and Pamela S Hanson (? - ), Hanson being Andrews's daughter; they also write nonfantastic romantic fiction as by Jennifer Drew, Pam Andrews Hanson, Evangeline Kelley. As Rock they are responsible for the romantic Planetary Romance Moon sequence beginning with Moon of Desire (1993), set on a ...
Clute, John
(1940- ) Canadian critic, editor and author, in the UK from 1969; married to Judith Clute from 1964, partner of Elizabeth Hand since 1996. He began to publish work of genre interest with an sf-tinged poem "Carcajou Lament" in Triquarterly for Winter 1960 [ie Autumn 1959]; he began consistently publishing sf reviews in his "New Fiction" column for the Toronto Star ...