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Velle, Gaston
(1868-1953) French filmmaker. A director of over 80 short films, Velle was an important pioneer in the use of special effects, mainly working for Pathé Frères and the Società Italiana Cines. / The majority of Velle's films are Fantastika, though only a few can be said to be sf, and even these are borderline. Most are Fantasy, many being Féerie or "fairy plays": Velle produced ...
Wildig, Laura
(1880-1972) UK artist, playwright and author, none of her plays being significantly fantasticated; she is of mild sf interest for the Equipoisal Pandora's Shocks (1927), whose protagonist, a Scientist, uses his skills to extract an Avatar in the form of a genie from his own body. The genie has romantic adventures. [JC]
Conde, Víctor
(1973- ) Pseudonym of author Alfredo Moreno Santana, one of the most prolific sf, fantasy, horror and Young Adult writers in Spain. He has published more than thirty novels, one collection and almost a hundred of short stories, plus half a dozen mainstream books, all this in just over twenty years. His contributions to Spanish and Latin American sf magazines and anthologies number about one hundred. / Conde ...
Your Forma
Japanese animated tv series (2025). Geno Studio. Based on the Light Novel by Mareho Kikuishi (illustrated by Tsubata Nozaki). Directed by Takaharu Ozaki. Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. Voice cast includes Kana Hanazawa, Kensho Ono and Chiwa Saitō. Thirteen 24-minute episodes. Colour. / In an Alternate History 2023 most people wear "Smart Thread" ...
Risk 2210 AD
Board Game (2001). Avalon Hill (AH). Designed by Craig Van Ness, Rob Daviau. / Risk 2210 is an excellent example of a game that is easy to learn and hard to master. The rules are a variant of those in Risk (1957 Miro as La Conquete de Monde) designed by Albert Lamorisse, a highly abstract representation of the Napoleonic wars which encourages the formation of rapidly shifting alliances between players. In Risk 2210's ...
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 ...