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Stannard, Russell
(1931- ) UK physicist and author, much of whose nonfiction attempts to reconcile modern science and Religion. He is of sf interest for the Uncle Albert series of didactic tales for relatively young readers beginning with The Time and Space of Uncle Albert (1989). The structure of the sequence – children present Uncle Albert with questions, which he answers through guided tours of the physical universe – ...
Morgan, Kathleen
(1950- ) US author whose later work is self-identified as designed for a Christian market, and tends to involve conversations of the unfaithful whose quest for love is defective; the Guardians of Gadiel sequence beginning with Giver of Roses (2005) is so couched. / Morgan is of more specific sf interest for some tales that read as singletons but are very loosely associated through background elements, beginning with The Knowing Crystal ...
Guay-Poliquin, Christian
(1982- ) Canadian author, active from before 2005, who is of sf interest for three novels set in the slow catastrophe of a Near Future world increasingly devastated by Climate Change. After a continent-wide power outage, the protagonist of Le Fil des kilomètres (2013; trans Jacob Homel as Running on Fumes 2016) sets off on a ...
Elton, James
A House Name of the John Spencer and Co imprint Badger Books. The only sf title to appear under this byline was The Quest of the Seeker (1958) by W H Fear. [DRL/SH]
Melton, Henry
(1949- ) US author who began publishing work of genre interest with "We Hold These Rights ..." in Stellar #3 (anth 1977) edited by Judy-Lynn del Rey; his loose Small Towns, Big Ideas sequence for the Young Adult market, beginning with Emperor Dad (2007), tends to feature young protagonists who flummox the big world outside with the aid of ...
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 ...