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Fabian, Stephen E
(1930-2025) American artist, sometimes credited as Steve Fabian or simply Fabian. The self-trained Fabian first worked as an electronic engineer, but he began contributing art to Fanzines in the late 1960s and became a full-time professional artist in 1973. He did a number of covers and interior art for SF Magazines, mostly Amazing, Fantastic, and ...
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]
Dundas, Ever
(? - ) Scottish author whose first novel, the nonfantastic Goblin (2017), traces the picaresque life of its eponym from around September 1939 – date of the historical UK-government-induced pet massacre, executed in fear that feed would run short – and the present. Her second novel HellSans (2022), Satirically depicts a Near Future UK whose inhabitants are ...
Burgess, Scott Alan
(1964- ) US fan and critic who has contributed two Bibliographies to the Borgo Press Bibliographies of Modern Authors series: of Reginald Bretnor in The Work of Reginald Bretnor: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide (1989) and of Dean Ing in The Work of Dean Ing: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide (1990 ...
Fantasy Film Journal
Letter-size saddle-stapled Cinema magazine printed on middle-grade paper. Published by Quarterly Nostalgia Graphics. Editor: unknown. Two numbered but undated issues in 1977. / Short-lived but well-produced publication which like so many others failed to obtain adequate distribution. #1 was largely dedicated to Star Wars (1977), but also featured material on Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (see ...
Nicholls, Peter
(1939-2018) Australian editor and author, primarily a critic and historian of sf through his creation and editing of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction [see below]; resident in the UK 1970-1988, in Australia from 1988; worked as an academic in English literature (1962-1968, 1971-1977), scripted television documentaries, was a Harkness Fellow in Film-making (1968-1970) in the USA, worked as a publisher's editor (1982-1983), often broadcast film and book reviews on BBC Radio from 1974 and ...