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Dearen, Patrick

(1951-    ) US author, almost exclusively of Westerns set in Texas, in his native Pecos country; he began his career, however, with two sf novels: The Shakwa (1979) with Al Kinney Jr, writing together as Gene March, whose protagonist is drawn through Hyperspace into a kind of dreamland, where he becomes the eponymous figure of great power and destiny; and Starflight to Faroul (1980), a metaphysical Space Opera whose heroes escape Prison in order to find the eponymous planet, where creation may have begun (see Cosmology). [JC]

Patrick March Dearen

born Texas: 1 May 1951

works (selected)

• The Shakwa (New York: Zebra Books, 1979) with Al Kinney Jr, writing together as Gene March [pb/]
• Starflight to Faroul (New York: Tower Books, 1980) [pb/Romas Kukalis]
• Starflight to Destiny (Sierra Vista, Arizona: Treble Heart Books, 2013) [pb/photographic]

links

• Patrick Dearen
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 12:19 pm on 7 October 2026.
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