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Emshwiller, Peter R

(1959-    ) US actor, illustrator and author, son of Carol Emshwiller and Ed Emshwiller, who has also worked as Stoney Emshwiller; of sf interest is his Near Future series of noir tales – The Host (1991) and Short Blade (1992) – set in a New York directly extrapolated (seemingly) from the mean-streets City 1970s Manhattan threatened to become. The action is intense but the ambience now seems less than prescient. [JC]

Peter Robert Emshwiller

born Levittown, New York: 5 February 1959

works

• The Host (New York: Bantam Spectra, 1991) [pb/Paul Youll]
• Short Blade (New York: Bantam Spectra, 1992) [pb/Paul Youll]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 11:12 am on 7 October 2026.
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