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Watson, Ian
(1943-2026) UK teacher and author who lectured in English in Tanzania (1965-1967) and Tokyo (1967-1970) before beginning to publish sf with "Roof Garden Under Saturn" for New Worlds in 1969; he then taught Future Studies for six years at Birmingham Polytechnic, taking there one of the first academic courses in sf in the UK; he became a full-time writer in 1976, publishing around 200 short stories since 1969 at a gradually increasing tempo and with visibly ...
Ng Yi-Sheng
(1980- ) Singapore poet, playwright and author, initially recognized for his poetry, of which there are several collections, beginning with last boy (coll 2006); his Anthologies tend to focus, as does his poetry, on gay issues and experiences. He is perhaps best known internationally for his short fiction, beginning with "Agnes Joaquim, Bioterrorist" in Fish Eats Lion: New Singaporean Speculative Fiction (anth ...
Little Lies We All Tell, The
Japanese animated tv series (2022; vt 4-Nin wa Sorezore Uso o Tsuku). Studio Flad. Based on the Manga by Madoka Kashihara. Directed by Makoto Hoshino. Written by Megumi Shimizu. Voice cast includes Megumi Han, Natsumi Murakami, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Ayane Sakura and Chiemi Tanaka. Eleven 23-minute episodes. Colour. / Four friends at Kashihara Girls Academy each have a secret. Chiyo (Murakami) is a ninja who was sent to ...
Kołodziejczak, Tomasz
(1967- ) Polish author of Fantastika; also a screenwriter, publisher, and editor of books, Comics, and Role-Playing Games. / He debuted at age 17 with the serialized short story "Kukiełki" ["Rag Dolls"] (22-29 September 1985 Przegląd Techniczny #38-#39) and quickly became active in Polish sf Fandom, ...
DuPrau, Jeanne
(1944- ) US author of Young Adult novels, those of specific sf interest being her City of Ember sequence – The City of Ember (2003), The People of Sparks (2004) and The Prophet of Yonwood (2006), all three assembled as The Books of Ember (omni 2008), plus The Diamond of Darkhold (2008) – set in a Ruined Earth two ...
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 ...