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Broderick, Damien
(1944-2025) Australian author, editor and critic; he had a PhD in the semiotics of fiction, science and sf with special reference to the work of Samuel R Delany. He edited four anthologies of Australian sf: The Zeitgeist Machine (anth 1977), Strange Attractors (anth 1985), Matilda at the Speed of Light (anth 1988) and Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction (anth ...
Theme Parks
While there were precursors that are said to have anticipated the idea, Walt Disney (see The Walt Disney Company) effectively introduced the theme park as it is now perceived in 1955, when Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California, with rides that not only provided thrills but also featured exotic settings, characters, and (sometimes) a loose story line; after it proved very popular, other companies created many other theme parks. Naturally, many of ...
Brodeur, Greg
(1957- ) US author and screenwriter, married since 1979 to Diane Carey, who began to publish work of genre interest with Star Trek: The Next Generation #31: Foreign Foes (1994) in collaboration with Dave Galanter. Further Ties to Star Trek: The Next Generation and other Star Trek franchise ...
Marshall, Bruce
(1899-1987) Scottish author in active service both in World War One and World War Two, whose first work of interest was As a Thief in the Night and Other Stories (coll 1919), almost certainly self-published; the title story is a Future War tale involving the Christian countries of the west against a barbarian China (see Yellow Peril). ...
Hall, G Stanley
(1844-1924) US psychologist and author whose early acceptance of the theory of Evolution influenced his early studies in education and childhood development (see Psychology), which he interprets as a period of "Storm and Stress" within a rigorously defined arena: an only child (he claimed, for instance, obtusely) is "a disease in itself". His overall characterization of childhood as riven by conflicts with parents, mood disorders, ...
Robinson, Roger
(1943- ) UK computer programmer, bibliographer and publisher, active in UK Fandom for many years. The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer (1983 chap; rev 1984 chap) is an exhaustive Bibliography of one of the most prolific sf writers, Kenneth Bulmer, and Who's Hugh?: An SF Reader's Guide to Pseudonyms (1987) is similarly exhaustive in its ...