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Murray, Will
Working name of US author William Patrick Murray (1953-2026), who showed an interest throughout his career in Superheroes of the Pulp tradition (on which he was a known authority) such as Doc Savage, about which figure he wrote the nonfiction Secrets of Doc Savage (1981 chap). In this context he had been literary agent for Lester Dent's estate since 1979. ...
Coleman, Claire G
(1974- ) Australian author, more fully described as Wirlomin-Noongar-Australian; her first novel Terra Nullius (2017) comes close to allegory (but escapes) in its depiction of what seems to be a fantasticated rendering of the Aboriginal experience in Australia, but which turns out to be a relatively deadpan but strongly moving narrative set in the distant Near Future where the Aboriginals are in ...
Cast, P C
(1960- ) US author, almost exclusively of Young Adult fantasy, much of it with her daughter Kristin Cast in the House of Night sequence beginning with Marked (2007), set in an Alternate History version of America inhabited by both homo sapiens and "vampyres" (see Vampires); she also collaborated on a sequel series, ...
Makeruna! Makendō
Japanese animated OVA (1995; vt Don't Lose, Makendo). OLM, Inc. Directed by Kazuya Murata. Written by Yasuhiro Komatsuzaki. Voice cast includes Shigeru Chiba, Ryo Horikawa, Mika Kanai, Yasuhiro Komatsuzaki, Hikaru Midorikawa, Kotono Mitsuishi and Yuko Nagashima. 23 minutes. Colour. / After being kidnapped, Kaimyouji Eizan (Komatsuzaki) wakes in the laboratory of Dr Mud (Chiba), a green-skinned, pink-haired ...
Van Beverhoudt, O
(1871-? ) US author in whose Melzar: A Tale of the Jericho Road (1913) a Lost Race is discovered in the deserts of northern Africa. [JC]
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 ...