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Nebula Science Fiction
UK large-Digest-size magazine. 41 issues Autumn 1952-August 1959, published by Crownpoint Publications, Glasgow, Autumn 1952-April 1955, and by Peter Hamilton September 1955-August 1959; edited by Peter Hamilton. Issues were numbered consecutively after Vols 1 and 2 of four nos each; what should have been Vol 3 #1 was actually marked #9. Publication was quite irregular except for July 1957-February 1959, which was monthly apart from the omission of November and ...
Maddock, Larry
Pseudonym of Jack Owen Jardine (1931-2009), a creative director in radio, for his Agent of T.E.R.R.A. series, speedy Time Operas starring Hannibal Fortune and an Alien sidekick, agents of the eponymous Time Police engaged in a prolonged Changewar to save Earth from her enemies. The series comprises The Flying Saucer Gambit (1966), ...
Richardson, Nancy
(? - ) US author of a series of Ties to the Star Wars universe, the Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights sequence beginning with Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights #1: The Golden Globe (1995). [JC]
King Kong [magazine]
UK tabloid-size Cinema magazine. Published by Sportscene Publishers Limited. No editor named. One undated issue 1977. / One of several one-issue publications which capitalized on the remade King Kong (1976), this magazine was primarily a large poster when unfolded. Also included were some articles about the various films featuring the titular creature since the original King Kong (1933); ...
Rigg, Robert B
(1913-1986) US soldier and author of several nonfiction texts on military topics. His sf novel War – 1974 (1958) puts into the didactic fictional form of a Future-War narrative about World War Three his speculations about developments in Weapons and tactics. After an initial exchange of nuclear ICBMs, and an attempted Soviet Invasion of America, East ...
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 ...