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Sarrantonio, Al
(1952-2025) US editor and author who began publishing work of genre interest with "Ahead of the Joneses" in Asimov's for March 1979. Much of his work was horror, sometimes tinged with sf (see Horror in SF), including his first novel, The Worms (1985), a Gothic tale set in Massachusetts with hints of H P Lovecraft; and the Equipoisal Moonbane ...
Space Command
Juvenile tv series (1953-1954). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for CBC TV. Produced and directed by Murray Chercover. Writers included Alfred Harris (see Harris Moore). Cast includes Andrew Anthony, Robert Barclay, James Doohan and Austin Willis. Uncertain number of 30-minute episodes. Black and white. / This all but forgotten series featured the adventures of the titular organization, based on ...
Mr Hublot
Luxembourg/French short animated film (2013). ZEILT productions, WATT frame. Directed by Alexandre Espigares and Laurent Witz. Written by Laurent Witz. No dialogue. 11 minutes. Colour. / Mr Hublot takes in a stray Dog, but it grows far too large for his apartment, so the pair move into a nearby derelict warehouse where they live happily. Mr Hublot has OCD and works alone at home; so the dog is both a trial and a comfort, but chiefly the latter. / Mr ...
Sherrow, C G
(? - ) US author in whose sf novel, Goorg-Chee: A Sci-Fi Quest for Freedom (2003), a human being awakens in a state of Amnesia, along with a number of beings who represent a range of Alien species; some sort of Godgame has clearly commenced. It may be that these various species are being tested for fitness. [JC]
Wessex, Martyn
Pseudonym of UK author P F Little (? - ) for two sf novels written for Robert Hale Limited: The Slowing Down Process (1974), in which a space capsule returns to Earth with a dead astronaut and the seeds of a lethal Pandemic; and Chain Reaction (1976), where human fertility is endangered by the effects of a new Drug. [JC/DRL]
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 ...