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Klass, Judy
(1967- ) US playwright and author, daughter of occasional sf short story writer Morton Klass (1927-2001), niece of Philip Klass (William Tenn) and sister of David Klass, most of whose work of sf interest has been short stories, of which she has published over twenty since 1995, including "We'll Have Manhattan" (April/May 2004 Asimov's). Her first sf publication was a ...
Cowboy Bebop
Japanese animated tv series (1998-1999). Sunrise, Bandai Visual. Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. Written by Keiko Nobumoto and others. Voice cast includes Megumi Hayashibara, Unshō Ishizuka and Kōichi Yamadera. 26 episodes of 25 minutes. Colour. / In the year 2071, the Solar system is home to a colourful melting-pot (but largely Chinese) diaspora, made possible by localized Hyperspace gateways. Earth, however, ...
Masters of Horror
US tv series (2006-2008). Production companies include IDT Entertainment, Industry Entertainment and Nice Guy Productions for Showtime. Created by Mick Garris. Executive producers include Keith Addis, Morris Berger and Mick Garris. Directors include Joe Dante, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper and Lucky McKee. Writers include Stuart Gordon, Sam Hamm, Sean Hood and Richard Christian Matheson. ...
Mills, Jeff
(1963- ) US DJ, electronic musician and artist, one of the pioneers and most influential figures in Detroit techno, both in his solo work and as a member of Underground Resistance, from the 1980s onwards. Many entries in his voluminous discography are inspired by sf, their sleek textures, which were very alien sounding when they first appeared, often (successfully) attempting to evoke either spaceflight or the future. Self-explanatory titles include Time Machine ...
Altered States
Film (1980). Warner Bros. Directed by Ken Russell. Written by Sidney Aaron (Paddy Chayefsky), based on Altered States (1978) by Chayefsky. Cast includes Bob Balaban, Blair Brown, Charles Haid and William Hurt. 102 minutes. Colour. / Research scientist Jessup (Hurt) experiments with altered states of consciousness, with Drugs, and with a ...
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 ...