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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 ...
No Blade of Grass
Film (1970). Symbol/MGM. Directed by Cornel Wilde. Written by Sean Forestal, Jefferson Pascal, based on The Death of Grass (1956; vt No Blade of Grass 1957) by John Christopher. Cast includes Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Anthony May and Jean Wallace. 96 minutes cut to 80 minutes. Colour. / Cereal crops all die and society breaks down. A family journeys across chaotic England, battling armed groups of marauders who ...
Gibbons, Gavin
(1922-1978) UK publisher and author of both nonfiction and fiction; of the latter, By Space Ship to the Moon: A Tale of Adventure in Outer Space for Boys (1958), a Young Adult tale whose modestly familiar contents are hinted at in the full title. Other titles with a sound of sf – like The Coming of the Space Ships (1956) or They Rode in Space Ships (1957) – are in fact UFO books, and ...
Anti-Clock: A Time Stop in the Life of Joseph Sapha
UK film (1979). Kendon Films, Jack Bond Films, Boyd/Co. Directed by Jane Arden and Jack Bond. Written by Arden. Cast includes Suzan Cameron and Sebastian Saville. 96 minutes. Black-and-white and colour. / Psychologist Professor J D Zonov (Saville) uses experimental techniques and Computer modelling to probe into the mind of Joseph Sapha (also Saville), a young man hovering on the verge of ...
Thor: Ragnarok
Film (2017). Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (see The Walt Disney Company) presents a Marvel Studios production. Directed by Taika Waititi. Written by Craig Kyle, Eric Pearson and Christopher Yost, based on the Marvel Comics character Thor by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Cast includes Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlet Johansson, Chris ...
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 ...