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Sanders, Lawrence

(1920-1998) US author best known for the Deadly Sin novels (The First Deadly Sin was filmed in 1980) and for the thriller The Anderson Tapes (1970), filmed in 1971. The Tomorrow File (1975) depicts a Near-Future America on a large canvas. At the Dystopian heart of the book can be found the Department of Bliss (Satisfaction Section), whose functions in a jaded country are pejoratively analysed. Of his many remaining books, some – like The Tangent Factor (1978) (from the Peter Tangent sequence) and The Sixth Commandment (1978) (from the Commandment sequence) dealing with a search for Immortality – are borderline sf. The Passion of Molly T (1984) depicts a near future in Feminist terms. As Mark Upton, he wrote a fantasy, Dark Summer (1979). [JC]

see also: Pulp.

Lawrence Arthur Sanders

born New York: 15 March 1920

died Pompano Beach, Florida: 7 February 1998

works

• The Tomorrow File (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1975) [hb/]
• The Tangent Factor (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1978) [hb/]
• The Sixth Commandment (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1978) [hb/]
• Dark Summer (New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1979) as by Mark Upton [hb/]
• The Passion of Molly T (London: New English Library, 1984) [pb/]
• Capital Crimes (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1989) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 02:19 am on 27 July 2024.
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