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Crowley, John
(1942-2026) US teacher and author who also worked in documentary films and television for some time beginning in 1966. His sf novels have had a considerable impact on the field, and his fantasies established him as a figure whose work courteously but deeply stretched the boundaries of genre literature. / His first novel, The Deep (1975), is set on a flat discworld (see Flat Earth) resting on a pillar that extends beyond measurement into the ...
Pacific Rim
American film (2013). Warner Brothers/Legendary Pictures. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro. Written by Travis Beacham and del Toro, based on a story by Beacham. Cast includes Charlie Day, Idris Elba, Burn Gorman, Charlie Hunnam, Robert Kazinsky, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini and Ron Perlman. 131 minutes. Colour. / As a prelude to their colonization of Earth, Aliens from another Dimension have ...
Mason, Rhonda
(? - ) US editor and author who began to publish work of genre interest with a fantasy tale, "Love's Consequence" in Modern Magic (anth 2006) edited by W H Homer. Her first novel, The Empress Game (2015), is sf; though not exactly Young Adult in its orientation, as her female warrior protagonist is an experienced killer, the galactic tournament to the death (see ...
Climate Fiction Prize
Juried Award sponsored by the company Climate Spring CIC and presented each year to the author of a notable novel dealing with Climate Change issues. The first presentation of the £10,000 prize in 2025 was to a non-genre work, but the second winner is of direct sf interest. [DRL] Winners 2025: Abi Daré, ...
Robert, Katee
(1987- ) US author, almost exclusively of fantasy with romance elements; they also write as by Kat Taylor [these titles are not listed below]. Robert is of sf interest for the Dark Olympus sequence beginning with Neon Gods (2021), set in an abstractly distant-Near-Future Dystopian City where it is possible to channel Avatars of Greek ...
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 ...