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Womack, Marian
(1975- ) Spanish translator, editor and author, married to James Womack, now mostly resident in the UK. She writes Gothic, weird and sf tales in both Spanish and English and teaches in the Oxford University writing programme. She has contributed to important Anthologies, such as The Best of Spanish Steampunk (anth 2015), which she ...
Ziemkiewicz, Rafał A
(1964- ) Polish author of Fantastika, right-wing journalist and publicist, notable for his contributions to social science fiction and political discourse in post-communist Poland. After studying Polish literature at the University of Warsaw, from which he graduated with a master's thesis on science fiction, Ziemkiewicz became actively involved in the Polish Fandom community through his ...
Echo
US Comic-book series by writer/artist Terry Moore, published by his company Abstract Studios in 30 black-and-white issues (March 2008-June 2011), later collected in Graphic Novel form (six volumes 2008-2011). Inspired by the Large Hadron Collider and similar innovations in modern Physics, the story revolves around Julie Martin, a woman who has accidentally become imprinted with the remains of a ...
Barbor, H R
(1893-1933) UK journalist, poet, playwright and author whose Against the Red Sky: Silhouettes of Revolution (1922), a Near Future tale set in Britain, posits a successful left-wing working-class revolution (see Politics) which establishes a government sanely balanced between public and private enterprise. [JC]
Ayreon
Heavy-metal prog-rock band founded by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen (1960- ). The group's first album, The Final Experiment (1995) is a curious and rather lurid combination of Dark Age Arthuriana and futuristic apocalypse: scientists from the year 2084 send messages back in time (see Time Radio) to a fifth-century minstrel called Ayreon who then relays their doomy message in song. Actual Fantasy (1996) is ...
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 ...