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Hussingtree, Martin
Pseudonym of UK politician, journalist and author Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin (1899-1958), a Labour Member of Parliament 1929-1931 and 1945-1947; son of the British politician Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), Labour prime minister 1935-1937; his pseudonym is taken from Martin Hussingtree, a small village in Worcestershire not far from the Baldwin family ironworks factory in Wilden. Baldwin's experiences during active service in World War One were devastating, avowedly ...
Thomson, Amy
(1958- ) US author whose first novel, Virtual Girl (1993), cunningly updates the Icon of the female Robot, long a locus for uneasy speculation among older sf writers (see Feminism). Maggie, the protagonist of this Near-Future tale, is an AI and consequently illegal, as independent artificial intelligences have been ...
Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The
US animated online tv series (2008-2010). Cartoon Network Studios, Saerom Animation. Created and directed by Thurop Van Orman. Writers include Alex Hirsch, John Infantino, Steve Little, Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, J.G. Quintel, Cole Sanchez, Sean Szeles, Pendleton Ward and Somvilay Xayaphone. Voice cast includes Brian Doyle-Murray, Steve Little, Thurop Van Orman and Roz Ryan. 46 22-minute episodes (usually comprising two stories) and seven shorts. Colour. / In a loosely ...
Freedom Force
Videogame (2002). Irrational Games (IG). Designed by Robb Waters, Ken Levine. Platforms: Mac, Win. / Freedom Force is a Computer Role Playing Game which emphasizes tactical combat, set in the 1962 of Silver Age Superhero Comics. The tone is knowing and self aware; it is not so much a game based on 1960s comics as a game about them. The ...
Dreamscape
Film (1984). Bella Productions/Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises. Directed by Joseph Ruben. Written by David Loughery, Chuck Russell, Ruben, based on a story by Loughery. Cast includes Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw, David Patrick Kelly, Christopher Plummer, Dennis Quaid and Max Von Sydow. 99 minutes. Colour. / A gambler with psychic powers (Quaid) is persuaded to take part in experiments in "dreamlinking" at a research centre. He learns how to enter other people's dreams and interact with them. ...
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 ...