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Vanewords, John Pre
(? -? ) UK author of The Great Miracle; Or The Man Who Could Not Be Killed [for full subtitle see Checklist] (1914) describes the career of a kind of Superman, whose invulnerability and ability to pass through walls comes from a Magic spell, and who becomes a moderately sympathetic Antihero in his defiance of civilization. [JC]
Nope
Film (2022). Universal Pictures presents a Monkey's Paw production. Written and directed by Jordan Peele. Cast includes Keith David, Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott and Steven Yeun. 130 minutes. Colour. / At his ranch outside Los Angeles, an African-American horse trainer (David) is killed by a bizarre rain of coins, keys and other household objects. Six months later his children OJ (Kaluuya) and Emerald (Palmer) are struggling to keep the ranch afloat, ...
DeVos, Elisabeth
(1966- ) US software designer and author, whose first novel, The Seraphim Rising (1997), translates its already extreme Central Florida setting into a Near Future venue infected by a false Messiah, whose exposure as a video producer creates chaos in Orlando. DeVos has written short fiction since this debut; further novels are hoped for. [JC]
Whedon, Joss
(1964- ) US filmmaker, who has also worked to particular impact in television and comics. His father and grandfather had both worked as screenwriters and lyricists, and two brothers and a sister-in-law followed him into the business, often as his co-writers. His first writing jobs were in television, where he wrote episodes for the third season of Roseanne (1989-90) and for the short-lived television version of Parenthood (1990). His first ...
Kato, Ken
Apparent pseudonym of the unidentified US or Japanese author (1950- ) of the unfinished Yamato sequence of Military SF Space Operas beginning with Yamato: A Rage in Heaven (1990) [for vts see Checklist]; sectors of the galaxy under American and Japanese control come to blows. There are many battles. [JC]
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 ...