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Bruckner, Karl
(1906-1982) Austrian author almost all of whose 30 or so books – many of them written for children, many of them sf – remain untranslated. In Nur zwei Roboter? (1963; trans Frances Lobb as The Hour of the Robots 1964), Russian agents steal advanced Robot designs from America; fortunately, once the robots (named William and Natasha) are built, their mutual affection causes the world to look to peace. ...
DC Extended Universe
Initially known by viewers and critics as the DC Cinematic Universe, in order to point out obvious similarities between the competing DC and Marvel Shared World imperiums, the DC Extended Universe provides a simpler narrative of origins and story-bibles than does the much larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, which was first promulgated in 2008. But Marvel Comics and its ...
This Magazine Is Haunted
Horror Comic initially published by Fawcett (1951-1953); who, when they put their comic production on hiatus for several years, sold it to Charlton Comics. Perhaps due to the moral panic stirred by Fredric Wertham that led to the imposition of the Comics Code, Charlton suspended publication after 1954, with a revival in 1957-1958. / 1. US ...
Sparhawk, Bud
Working name of US author John C Sparhawk (1937- ), who began to publish work of genre interest with "The Tomkins Battery Case" in Analog for August 1976, his best known short work being the Sam Boone sequence of tales beginning with "Sam Boone and the Thermal Couple" (October 1995 Analog), about a helterskelter but competent human who deals with visiting Aliens from various parts of ...
Hyper Doll
Japanese animated OVAs (1995; original title Rakusho! Hyper Doll; vt Hyper Doll: Mew & Mica the Easy Fighters). Triangle Staff. Based on the Manga by Shimpei Itoh. Directed by Makoto Moriwaki. Written by Ryou Motohira. Voice cast includes Mayumi Iidzuka, Seizou Katou, Kuujira, Mitsuaki Madono, Hidetoshi Nakamura, Yukana Nogami, Ritsuo Sawa, Yuri Shiratori and Fumihiko Tachiki. Two OVAs of circa 44 minutes; ...
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 (1966-1967), and later in ...