Bickerton, Derek
Entry updated 4 August 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1926-2018) US linguist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii; of marginal sf interest, but a cognitively intriguing examination of the problems of Communication between species, King of the Sea (1979), tells of the experiences of a man who lives with Dolphins. [JC]
Derek Bickerton
born Bebington, Cheshire: 25 March 1926
died 5 March 2018
works
- King of the Sea (New York: Random House, 1979) [hb/Terry Steadham]
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