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Dark Conspiracy
Role Playing Game (1991). Game Developers' Workshop (GDW). Designed by Lester Smith. / The world of Dark Conspiracy is one of disintegration, in which both society and reality have begun to collapse. It is set in a twenty-first century where, as in Dark Future (1988), economic failure and ecological breakdown have led to political fragmentation; the superpowers of the previous century have broken up ...
KUUNATIC
Japanese band (the name always stylized in all capital letters) made up of keyboardist Fumie Kikuchi, drummer Yuko Araki and bassist Shoko Yoshida, all three women also serving as vocalists and performing traditional Japanese instruments. Unlike much sf- and fantasy-inspired music, KUUNATIC's unpredictable blend of psychedelia and cosmic music with traditional Japanese forms such as gagaku, sounds genuinely otherworldly. Their debut album Gate of Klüna (2021) tells of the ...
DeCandido, Keith R A
(1969- ) US author and book-packager, almost all of whose work has consisted of Ties to various enterprises, including (in chronological order) {Spider-Man}, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Star Trek, the Resident Evil (2004) film franchise, World of Warcraft (see Online Worlds) and ...
Cat-Man
US Comic (1941-1946). Temerson, Helnit, Continental (#1-#5; #18-#32) and Holyoke (#6-#17). 33 issues; numbering is confusing, but #32 is the 33rd issue, there being two separate issues considered to be #26. Artists include Jack Alderman, L B Cole, Alan Mandel, Rudy Palais, Charles Quinlan Sr, C R Schaare and Allen Ulmer, with at least one cover by Alex Schomburg. Script writers include Herman C Browner, Charles Quinlan Jr, Don Rico ...
Clarke, A V
Professional working name of Aubrey Vincent Clarke (1922-1998), UK author and editor best known for his work in Fandom and Fanzines, beginning in 1947 and contributing to Slant in 1951-1952. In fan circles he wrote as A Vincent Clarke or Vince Clarke and, echoing the shorthand surnames of Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man (January-March 1952 ...
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 reviews on BBC Radio from 1974 and ...