Gresh, Lois H
Entry updated 1 May 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1956- ) US author who began publishing work of genre interest with "CAFEBABE" (in Infinite Loop, anth 1993, ed Larry Constantine), and who has written fiction and nonfiction for both adult and Young Adult audiences, beginning with a Near Future Technothriller The Termination Node (1999) with Robert E Weinberg; TechnoLife 2020: A Day in the World of Tomorrow (2001) combines a Near Future novella with nonfiction sections designed to explicate the story. The Chuck Farris books, each in collaboration with her son Danny Gresh, are children's fiction centred on PlayStation2 Videogames. A further sf novel is Blood and Ice (2011), featuring alien Vampires; Eldritch Evolutions (coll 2011) assembles sf, dark fantasy and horror stories.
Most of Gresh's nonfiction deals with various fantasy or sf universes, either individual as in The Truth about A Series of Unfortunate Events: Eyeballs, Leeches, Hypnotism, and Orphans – Exploring Lemony Snicket's World (2004) and The Hunger Games Companion – The Unauthorized Guide to the Series (2011), or shared, as in The Computers of Star Trek (1999) with Robert E Weinberg. [JC/DRL]
Lois Harriet Gresh
born March 1956
works (selected)
series
Chuck Farris
- Chuck Farris and the Tower of Darkness (Montreal, Quebec: ECW Press, 2001) with Danny Gresh [Chuck Farris: pb/]
- Chuck Farris and the Labyrinth of Doom (Montreal, Quebec: ECW Press, 2001) with Danny Gresh [Chuck Farris: pb/]
- Chuck Farris and the Cosmic Storm (Montreal, Quebec: ECW Press, 2002) with Danny Gresh [Chuck Farris: pb/]
Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu
- The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (New York: Titan Books, 2017) [Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu: pb/]
- The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (New York: Titan Books, 2018) [Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu: pb/]
- The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (New York: Titan Books, 2019) [Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulhu: pb/]
individual titles
- The Termination Node (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1999) with Robert E Weinberg [pb/Barclay Shaw]
- TechnoLife 2020: A Day in the World of Tomorrow (Montreal, Quebec: ECW Press, 2001) [novella with nonfiction essays in explanation: pb/Guylaine Régimbald]
- Blood and Ice (Lake Orion, Michigan: Elder Signs Press, 2011) [pb/Malcolm McClinton]
- Terror by Numbers: A Wall Street Thriller (Cedar Crest, New Mexico: Book View Café, 2012) [ebook: na/]
collections
- Eldritch Evolutions: 26 Weird Science Fiction, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Stories (Hayward, California: Chaosium, 2011) [coll: Cthulhu Mythos: pb/Paul Carrick]
- Cult of the Dead and Other Weird and Lovecraftian Tales (New York: Hippocampus Press, 2015) [coll: pb/Robert H Knox]
nonfiction
- The Computers of Star Trek (New York: Basic Books, 1999) with Robert E Weinberg [nonfiction: Star Trek: hb/Shasti O'Leary-Soudant]
- Dragonball Z: An Unauthorized Guide (New York: St Martin's Press, 2000) with Danny Gresh [nonfiction: pb/]
- The Science of Superheroes (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002) with Robert E Weinberg [nonfiction: pb/]
- The Science of Supervillains (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2004) with Robert E Weinberg [nonfiction: pb/]
- The Truth about A Series of Unfortunate Events: Eyeballs, Leeches, Hypnotism, and Orphans – Exploring Lemony Snicket's World (New York: St Martin's Press, 2004) [nonfiction: Lemony Snicket: pb/]
- The Science of Anime: Mecha-Noids and AI-Super-Bots (New York: St Martin's Press, 2005) with Robert E Weinberg [nonfiction: Mecha: pb/]
- The Fan's Guide to Spiderwick Chronicles (New York: St Martin's Press, 2006) [nonfiction: pb/]
- The Ultimate Unauthorized Eragon Guide: The Hidden Facts Behind the World of Alagaesia (New York: St Martin's Press, 2006) [nonfiction: pb/Chris Cocozza]
- Exploring Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (New York: St Martin's Press, 2006) [nonfiction: Philip Pullman: pb/Cliff Nielsen]
- The Science of James Bond (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2006) with Robert E Weinberg [nonfiction: hb/]
- The Science of Stephen King (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2007) with Robert E Weinberg [nonfiction: pb/]
- The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series (New York: St Martin's Griffin, 2008) [nonfiction: Twilight Zone: pb/]
- The Hunger Games Companion – The Unauthorized Guide to the Series (New York: St Martin's Press, 2011) [nonfiction: Suzanne Collins: pb/]
works as editor
- Dark Fusions: Where Monsters Lurk! (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2013) [anth: hb/Steve Upham]
- Innsmouth Nightmares (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2015) [anth: hb/Ben Baldwin]
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