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Conquest, Joan
(1883-1941) Pseudonym of UK author Mary Eliza Louise Cooke (Mrs Leonard Cooke), born Mary Eliza Gripper and also known as Sister Martin-Nicholson following her first, brief marriage in 1907 to Allen Martin Reuben Nicholson (1883-1915); she married Leonard Cooke in 1915. She is known for floridly euphemistic (though superficially daring) novels of high romance, typical of which are Leonie of the Jungle (1921), whose eponymous heroine escapes the ...
Keyhoe, Donald E
(1897-1988) US author of Pulp adventures, including lead novels for all three issues of the magazine Dr Yen Sin. He is of most sf interest perhaps for his Captain Philip Strange tales about a nascent Superhero – his mental acuity is equivalent to most Psi Powers – whose exploits as an ace fighter pilot in World War One ...
Space Western Comics
US Comic (1952-1953). Six issues. Charlton Comics (#40) and Capitol Stories (#41-#45), both companies having the same address. Artists include John Belfi, Stan Campbell and Lou Morales. At least some scripts by Walter Gibson. Five strips per issue (including a one-pager) plus a two-page text story. Nearly all the stories feature Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes – namely, cowboys ...
Anonymous SF Editors
This entry, as a companion to Anonymous (dealing with never-identified authors), notes uncredited and never-identified Anthology editors who owing to their anonymity can be referred to only by citing their productions. Anonymously edited sf Anthologies are not particularly common, unlike the case with ghost and horror stories. We do not treat pairs of novellas or novels bound in ...
Darlington, Andrew
(1947- ) UK poet and author, sometimes writing as Andy Darlington, who began to publish work of genre interest with "Stairs and Steps" in Corridor for May-June 1972; a selection of his poetry has been assembled as Euroshima Mon Amour: Poems from the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits (coll 2000 chap) (see Poetry), and a selection of his short fiction as A Saucerful of Secrets (coll 2016). Darlington's sf novel, ...
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 ...