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Fury, The
Film (1978). Frank Yablans Presentations/Twentieth Century Fox. Directed by Brian De Palma. Written by John Farris, based on his The Fury (1976). Cast includes John Cassavetes, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Amy Irving, Fiona Lewis and Andrew Stevens. 118 minutes. Colour. / After his success with Carrie (1976), it seems cynical of director De Palma to have made another film about destructive teenage ...
Trutz-Baumwoll, J M
Pseudonym of the unidentified author (? -? ) of "Sendschreiben des deutsch-englischen Zukunfspolitiker" (1871 Außerordentliche Beilage zur Allgemeinen Zeitung; trans anon as Forewarned! Forearmed!: The Suggested Invasion of England by the Germans 1871 chap), which takes the Battle of Dorking as a model for the real Invasion of England, an event that (at least as far as ...
Sapper
Pseudonym of UK author Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937), who wrote many thrillers and stories of World War One, in which he served. Initially writing as H C McNeile (the byline used for US editions of all his short stories), "Sapper" became famous for the creation in Bull-Dog Drummond: The Adventures of a Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull (1920) of Bull-Dog Drummond, a thuggish antisemitic crime-fighting gentleman vigilante, some of ...
Potter, Robert
(1831-1908) Irish-born author and clergyman, in Australia from early manhood; his sf novel The Germ Growers: An Australian Story of Adventure and Mystery (1892; vt The Germ Growers: The Strange Adventures of Robert Easterley and John Wilbraham 1892) was published in Australia as by Robert Easterley and John Wilbraham, the names of the protagonists, but in the UK as "edited by" Potter. A race of discarnate beings, denizens of the ...
King Star King
US animated tv series (2013-2014). Mirari Films, Titmouse, Williams Street. Created by Eric Kaplan and JJ Villard. Directed by J J Villard. Written by Tommy Blacha and James Merrill. Voice cast includes Tommy Blacha, Rachel Butera, Robin Atkin Downes, Eric Kaplan, Mallory McGill and J J Villard. Seven episodes comprising the pilot plus a season of six episodes of circa 11 minutes. Colour. / "Twelve trillion years before the alleged Big Bang" (see ...
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 ...