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Kelly, Teague M
(? -? ) US author in whose sf tract, Mucca Scob; Or, Threads of Pre-Historic and Present History, Concatenated (1885), the elder of a Native American tribe in northern California describes to the narrator his several Reincarnations over the previous thousands of years; several of these lives having been led on other planets, he is in fact an Alien. His ...
Bien, H M
(1831-1895) German-born rabbi and author, in the US from an early age; his book of poems, Oriental Legends and Other Poems (coll 1883), contains some fantasy content. Of sf interest is Ben-Beor: A Story of the Anti-Messiah. In Two Divisions (1891; vt Ben-Beor: A Historical Story. In Two Divisions 1892), the first division of which involves a journey to the Moon by Elijah in a fiery chariot, the second of which engages with a ...
Muir, Ward
(1878-1927) UK photographer and author whose "Further East than Asia": A Romantic Adventure (1919) is set in a Lost World – an Island in the Far East – whose inhabitants gain longevity (see Immortality) through bathing in a radioactive pool, which also gives them leprosy. [JC]
Pantheon
US animated online tv series (2022-current). AMC Studios, Titmouse. Based on the work of Ken Liu. Created by Craig Silverstein. Directors include Ed Tadem and Melchior Zwyer. Writers include Craig Silverstein. Voice cast includes Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Chris Diamantopoulos, Rosemarie DeWitt, William Hurt, Raza Jaffrey, Daniel Dae Kim, Heather Lind and Ajay Mehta. Eight 41-44 minute episodes. Colour. / The company Logorhythm has the ...
Tibbets, Anne
(? - ) US author whose Young Adult The Line sequence, beginning with Carrier (2014 ebook), is set in a Dystopian Near Future American where female teenagers are housed in coercive Keeps where they serve as Sex slaves. With a young man she has come to love, they attempt to escape into the ...
Langford, David
(1953- ) UK author, critic, editor, publisher and sf fan, in the latter capacity recipient of 21 Hugo awards for fan writing – some of the best of his several hundred pieces are assembled as Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (coll 1992 chap US; much exp vt The Silence of the Langford 1996; exp 2015 ebook) as Dave Langford, edited by Ben Yalow – plus five Best Fanzine Hugos ...