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Suzuki Kōji
(1957-2026) Japanese author and essayist, largely known in English through the Cinema adaptations of several of his books, the international success of which obscured his wide-ranging domestic output. His horror and Equipoisal fiction proceeded in tandem with a wide array (not listed here) of books on young fatherhood and occasional works on motorcycle travel. He was also the translator of Simon Brett's ...
Friend, Oscar J
(1897-1963) US literary agent, editor and author who worked for the Standard Magazine chain on Captain Future, Startling Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories during 1941-1944, a period when these magazines were most specifically aimed at adolescents. The editorial director at the time was Leo Margulies, with whom Friend later edited three anthologies (see below). ...
Adventure into Mystery
US Comic (1956-1957). Marvel Comics. 8 issues. Artists include Bill Everett, John Forte, George Roussos, Robert Q. Sale and Manny Stallman. Script writers include Carl Wessler. 36 pages, comprising 6 strips and a short text story. / Adventure into Mystery was an anthology series of predominantly sf stories, save for #8 which included only one. #1 opens with "Future Tense" in which a caped man introduces himself to ...
Astronauta, El
["The Astronaut"] Spanish film (1970). C B Films SA. Directed by Javier Aguirre. Written by Pedro Masó and Antonio Vich. Cast includes Paquito Cano, Antonio Ferrandis, Tony Leblanc, José Sazatornil, José Luis López Vasquez and Puri Villa. 86 minutes. Colour. / After opening with images of actual Space Flights and a sequence showing Pepe Fernández (Leblanc) cavorting in a spacesuit on ...
Freedom Force
Videogame (2002). Irrational Games (IG). Designed by Robb Waters, Ken Levine. Platforms: Mac, Win. / Freedom Force is a Computer Role Playing Game which emphasizes tactical combat, set in the 1962 of Silver Age Superhero Comics. The tone is knowing and self aware; it is not so much a game based on 1960s comics as a game about them. The ...
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 ...