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Florman, Samuel C

(1925-2024) US civil engineer and author, who wrote competent essays and nonfiction books on his subject of concentration; his one sf novel, The Aftermath: A Novel of Survival (2001), less impressively follows the story of a batch of engineers who survive the Holocaust, founding a town they call Engineering Village in South Africa; and proceed from triumph to triumph. [JC]

Samuel Charles Florman

born New York: 19 January 1925

died New York: 3 February 2024

works

• The Aftermath: A Novel of Survival (New York: St Martin's Press, 2001) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 00:05 am on 15 August 2026.
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