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Sullivan, Sheila

(1927-    ) Malaysian-born editor and author, in the UK from an early age; her critical nonfiction was usually written as Sheila Bathurst. Her sf novel Summer Rising (1975; vt The Calling of Bara 1976) depicts a Post-Holocaust adventure beginning in a London devastated by a slow collapse of civilization intensified by a Pandemic; the protagonist, who has been raped, embarks upon a Fantastic Voyage ending in a complexly evolved Ireland. [JC]

Sheila Bathurst Sullivan

born Malaya: 29 January 1927

died November 2007

works

• Summer Rising (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975) [hb/]
  • The Calling of Bara (New York: E P Dutton, 1976) [vt of the above: 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 04:03 am on 14 May 2026.
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