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Watson, Ian
(1943-2026) UK teacher and author who lectured in English in Tanzania (1965-1967) and Tokyo (1967-1970) before beginning to publish sf with "Roof Garden Under Saturn" for New Worlds in 1969; he then taught Future Studies for six years at Birmingham Polytechnic, taking there one of the first academic courses in sf in the UK; he became a full-time writer in 1976, publishing around 200 short stories since 1969 at a gradually increasing tempo and with visibly ...
Curse of the Faceless Man
US film (1958). Robert E Kent Productions. Directed by Edward L Cahn. Written by Jerome Bixby. Cast includes Richard Anderson, Bob Bryant, Elaine Edwards, Felix Locher, Adele Mara and Luis Van Rooten. 67 minutes. Black and white. / In Pompeii, amongst the ruins of a temple dedicated to Isis, Archaeologists discover a lava covered body from the time of the 79 CE eruption; examined by museum curator Dr. Carlo Fiorello (Van Rooten), he finds the covering ...
Freed, Alexander
(? - ) US author of Videogames – including work on Star Wars: The Old Republic – Comics, Role Playing Games, and some fiction, most of this output contributed to the Star Wars universe. A game-based novel example is ...
Smith, E E [2]
In effect a pseudonym used by Gordon Eklund (whom see), who after expanding an old E E Smith story as Lord Tedric (March 1954 Universe by Smith; exp 1978) wrote further solo sequels variously credited as collaborations and as by Smith alone. [JC/DRL]
Masters of Science Fiction
US tv series (2007; vt Stephen Hawking's Sci-Fi Masters). IDT Entertainment, Industry Entertainment, MOSF Productions, Reunion Pictures, for ABC. Producers include Ben Browning, Brendan Ferguson and Adam Goldworm. Directors: Harold Becker, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Petroni, Mark Rydell and Michael Tolkin. Writers: Sam Egan, Harlan Ellison, Josh Olson, Darnell Martin, Michael Petroni and Michael ...
Clute, John
(1940- ) Canadian critic, editor and author, in the UK from 1969; married to Judith Clute from 1964, partner of Elizabeth Hand since 1996. He began to publish work of genre interest with an sf-tinged poem "Carcajou Lament" in Triquarterly for Winter 1960 [ie Autumn 1959]; he began consistently publishing sf reviews in his "New Fiction" column for the Toronto Star (1966-1967), and later in ...