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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 ...
Rushton, William
(1937-1996) UK actor, cartoonist, editor, journalist and author who often wrote or drew as Willie Rushton. The influence of J B Morton is particularly clear in serial cartoon Satires like Brimstone Belcher (June 1960-March 1961 Liberal News), an influence which permeated the journal Private Eye, which Rushton co-founded in 1961. As actor and comic, he was a founding participant in the UK satirical ...
Bush, Catherine
(1961- ) Canadian author, most of whose work is nonfantastic, including her best-known novel, The Rules of Engagement (2000). She is of sf interest for Blaze Island (2020), set in an Alternate History whose Near Future is not easily distinguishable from consensus reality. An unprecedentedly severe hurricane (at least Category Five) devastates ...
Umiński, Władysław
(1865-1954) Polish journalist, educator and writer, one of the earliest Polish science fiction writers; known as "the Polish Jules Verne" and sometimes credited with popularizing science fiction in Poland. / Like Verne, Umiński was a prolific writer, authoring over 30 novels; also as with Verne, only some had sf elements. He debuted with the maritime novel Zwycięzcy oceanu ["Conquerors of the Ocean"] (1890 ...
Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
Performance (2010). Based on Dhalgren (1975; rev 1977; rev 2001) by Samuel R Delany. Adapted and directed by Jay Scheib, featuring Sarita Choudhury, Caleb Hammond, and Mikéah Ernest Jennings. Set by Peter Ksander. Videography by Carrie Mae Weems and Jay Scheib. / Bellona, Destroyer of Cities is a multimedia performance based on Samuel R Delany's mobius-like novel ...
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 ...