Vira, Soma
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1932-2003) Indian-born poet and author, based in USA where she died. She is of sf interest for her Planet Keepers sequence beginning with Checkmating Aliens (1996); the publication sequence, with later volumes in terms of internal chronology published earlier, seems not to correlate with the order in which the series was written. In a highly baroque Space Opera idiom, the sequence describes complicated conflicts and joinings between humans and Aliens, mostly conducted on an Earth ravaged by Climate Change. Vira's individual novels occupy venues very similar to those experienced in her series. The citations of titles and dates throughout her published work are insecure. [JC]
Soma Vira
born British India: 20 November 1932
died ?New York: 6 August 2003
works
series
Planet Keepers
- Checkmating Aliens (New York: Space Link Books, 1996) [Planet Keepers: pb/]
- Good-Bye Alien God (New York: Space Link Books, 1996) [Planet Keepers: pb/]
- Nikita's Shadows (New York: Carlton Press Corporation, 1995) [Planet Keepers: pb/]
- Lord Kito's Revenge (New York: Carlton Press Corporation, 1994) [Planet Keepers: pb/]
individual titles
- Earth Trap: Rings Around the World (New Delhi, India: National Publishing House, 1993) [pb/]
- Angel Trails, Double Lives (New York: Space Link Books, 1996) [pb/]
- Angel Trails: The Seventh Connection (New York: Space Link Books, 2000) [pb/]
- Kuru Trap: The Forbidden Blood (New York: Space Link Books, 1997) [pb/]
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