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Ward, George Whiteley
(? -? ) UK author who published occasionally in English magazines from around 1900; his juvenile tales for Chums, like "The Chessmen of Ghor Khi Laht" (19 January 1924 Chums), are apparently fantastic. He is of sf interest for Drelma: A Tale of the Great Sahara (1908), a Lost Race tale in which Ancient Egyptians are discovered in the modern Sahara. [JC]
Howitt, William
(1792-1879) UK author, married to Mary Howitt (1799-1888) who was the first translator of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]. He wrote several tales classifiable as fantasies; Pantika: Or, Traditions of the Most Ancient Times (coll 1835 2vols) assembles several of these, including "Nichar, the Exile of Heaven", which describes a ...
SFinks
Polish Semiprozine – so described by its founder Wojtek Sedeńko – devoted to Fantastika; first published from Olsztyn in Autumn 1994. [See also Publishing history below.] Conceived as a Polish analogue of the trade journal Locus, this was initially a quarterly carrying nonfiction content such as bibliographic listings, publisher and author profiles, ...
Spider-Man [tv]
1. Animated tv series (1967-1970; vt Spiderman). GrantRay-Lawrence Animation with Krantz Films (first season); Krantz Films solo (seasons 2 and 3). ABC-TV/Syndicated. Produced by Ray Patterson, Ralph Bakshi. Directors included Bakshi, Patterson, Grant Simmons, Gray Morrow. Writers included John Romita Sr, Fred Halliday, Dick Robbins and Lin Carter. Based on characters created by Stan ...
Eckstrom, Jack Dennis
(? - ) US author of whom nothing is known beyond his authorship of The Time of the Hedrons (1968), an unremarkable sf adventure. [JC]
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 ...