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D. E. A., pseudonym of M. Dominick Dr. A, pseudonym of Isaac Asimov A.L.O.E.: abbreviation of "A Lady of England", pseudonym of Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821-1893): Children's Fantasist [according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable] A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine (Dec 1949-Oct 1950): see Magazines Patricia Aakhus: * The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh [Story Line Press, Oct 1989] ISBN 0-934257-31-0, $12.95, 227 pages, trade paperback, Celtic/Viking historical fantasy; first novel Aalu, a.k.a. Aaru: in Egyptian mythology, the fields where food was grown for the dead; see: Egyptian Pantheon Donald Aamodt (1935-): * A Name to Conjure With [Avon, Aug 1989] ISBN 0-380-75137-2, sword & sorcery humor * A Troubling Along the Border [AvoNova, Dec 1991] ISBN 0-380-75827-X, sequel, alternate history Vance Aandahl (1944-): no known web page Vance Aandahl @ Locus/Contento story index Aaron: Patriarch of the priesthood of Judaism (see Exodus xxviii) Aaron's Serpent: a power so great that it absorbs lesser powers (see Exodus vii, 10-12) Chester Aaron: * Out of Sight, Out of Mind [Lippincott, Sep 1985] ISBN 0-397-32100-7 [Bantam Spectra, 1986] ISBN 0-553-26027-8 juvenile, telepathic twins vs. international terrorists Shale Aaron: * Virtual Death [HarperPrism, Aug 1995; Easton Press, Oct 1995] near-future "death artist" Ben Aaronovitch: Young-Adult Television-related novelizations: * 3 "Doctor Who" novelizations and 1 original novel based on "Doctor Who" * Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks [Target, June 1990] ISBN 0-426-20337-2, £2.50, 160pp, paperback * Doctor Who: The Also People [Doctor Who Books, Nov 1995] ISBN 0-426-20456-5, £4.99, 289pp, paperback * So Vile a Sin (co-author Kate Orman) [Doctor Who Books, Apr 1997] ISBN 0-426-20484-0, £5.99, 313pp, paperback Volume 56 of "The New Adventures" series * Transit [Doctor Who Books, Jan 1993] ISBN 0-426-20384-4, £3.99 (USA $5.95), 264pp, paperback original novel Aaru: see Aalu Aarvak, a.k.a. Arvak: Norse Mythic horse that pulls the Chariot of the Sun, as driven by the maiden Sol; see: Scandanavian Pantheon Abaddon: (1) the Angel of Bottomless Pit [Revelations ix, 11], see "Angel"; (2) the Bottomless Pit as such [John Milton, "Paradise Regained", IV, 624] Abaris the Hyperborean: mythic priest whom Apollo gave a magic arrow which provided both invisibility and the ability to ride through the air; according to Herodotus and Pindar, Abaris gave the arrow to Pythagorus; see: Greek/Roman Pantheon see: INVISIBILITY Cezarija Abartis: no known web page Lifetime Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America Cezarija Abartis @ Locus/Contento story index e-mail Cezarija Abartis Abaster: one of the horses of Pluto; see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Abatos: one of the horses of Pluto; see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Chris Abbey: Member of Horror Writers of America Chris Abbey Lloyd [Robert] Abbey (1943-): * The Last Whales [London: Grove Weidenfeld, Feb 1990] ISBN 0-8021-1100-9 [Doubleday UK, July 1990] ISBN 0-385-40115-9 [Bantam UK, Mar 1991] ISBN 0-553-40196-3 [New York: Ballentine, Aug 1991] ISBN 0-8041-0747-5, $5.95, 340pp, paperback Blue Whales point-of-view after nuclear war Lynn Abbey, pseudonym of Marilyn Lorraine Abbey (1948-): * the "Wooden Sword" books: * The Wooden Sword [Ace, Sep 1991] * Beneath the Web [Ace, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-441-00084-3 * 2 "Catwoman" books (co-author: Robert Lynn Asprin) * 4 "Dark Sun" books (game novelizations) * Daughter of the Bright Moon * The Black Flame [Ace, July 1985] ISBN 0-441-06587-2 sequel to "Daughter of the Bright Moon" * the "Ultima Saga" books * The Forge of Virtue (game novelization of "Ultima Saga") * the "Unicorn and Dragon" trilogy: * The Green Man * the "Thieves' World" novels (with Robert Lynn Asprin) * the "Thieves' World" graphic novels (with Tim Sales and Robert Lynn Asprin) * the "Elfquest" novels (with Richard Pini) Lynn Abbey [Marilyn Lorraine] @ AlphaRalpha Lynn Abbey@sff.net Lynn Abbey @ Dragon*Con Lynn Abbey @ Locus/Contento story index Marilyn Lorraine Abbey: see Lynn Abbey, above Anthony Abbott, pseudonym of Fulton Oursler Donald Abbott: * two "Oz" prequels: * How the Wizard Came to Oz [Books of Wonder, 1991] ISBN 0-929605-15-2 * The Magic Chest of Oz [Emerald City Press, May 1993] ISBN 0-929605-20-9 Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 Dec 1838-12 Oct 1926) Locus/Contento incorrectly gives lifespan as "(1839-1929)": author of "Flatland": Brian W. Aldiss [Billion Year Spree, New York: Shocken, 1974, p.106] says: "Beside the major figure of [Lewis] Carroll we may set a minor one, another scholar with an interest in mathematics, Edwin A. Abbott. Abbott was a Shakespearean scholar and theologian, now best remembered for that slender sport 'Flatland', first published in 1884 and still surviving by reason of its wit and originality.... This slender work is hardly science fiction..... but it has always attracted sf readers, not least because its lucid account of dimensions reminds us that we may be relatively as imperceptive of the reality of our universe as were the inhabitants of Flatland. Perhaps for this reason, the book was a favorite of C. S. Lewis." Edwin A. Abbot @ AlphaRalpha * Flatland [as "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions", under pseudonym "A. Square", Seely, 1884; Signet, June 1984] ISBN 0-451-51841-1, $2.95, 160pp, paperback Mathematical Fantasy novel. New A. K. Dewdney introduction. [Penguin, Jan 1987] ISBN 0-14-007615-8, £2.50, 91pp, trade paperback "Penguin Science Fiction Classics" series. [Princeton University Press, Apr 1991] ISBN 0-691-02525-8, $7.95, 103pp, trade paperback New Thomas Banchoff introduction Order from Princeton University Press 3175 Princeton Pike Lawrenceville NJ 08648 [as "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions", Dover, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-486-27263-X, $1.00, 83pp, trade paperback New Banesh Hoffmann introduction, a Dover Thrift edition. * Flatland/Sphereland [co-author Dionys Burger] [HarperPerennial, Apr 1994] ISBN 0-06-465132-4, $9.95, 103/107pp, trade paperback back-to-back (Ace Doubles style) omnibus New 1983 Isaac Asimov introduction, plus sequel "Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe [Crowell, 1965] Abdallah: the father of Mohammed, legendarily so handsome that 200 virgins were heartbroken when he married Amina [Washington Irving's "Life of Mahomet"] Abdals: in Islamic myth, people whose identity is known only to Allah, but who are necessary to maintaining the very existence of the universe; when one dies, Allah secretly appoints a replacement; this parallels the Hebrew myth of the Lamed Wufnik (of whom God secretly chooses 36); see: Islamic myth see: Jewish/Hebrew myth Abderus: Hercules' friend eaten by the horses of Diomedes see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Abdiel: Seraph (see "Angel") who resisted Satan's call to revolution [John Milton's "Paradise Lost", V, 805, 196) Achmed Abdullah, pseudonym of Achmed Abdullah Nadir Khan el-Durani el-Iddrissyeh (12 May 1881-12 May 1945), born the son of a Grand Duke in Yalta, now in the Ukraine, second cousin to Princess Nurmahal and Czar Nicholas II of Russia, author of "Aliens Souls" and half a dozen other Asian fantasies (and the screenplay for "The Thief of Baghdad"): nothing on the Web? Educated at Eton and Oxford, then the University of Paris; served with the British Army in China, the Near East, India, and France, and only after turned into a professional writer. Prolific storyteller, often for the Munsey magazines, and became famous for not only the screenplay of "The Thief of Baghdad" [H.K. Fly, 1924] but also "Lives of a Bengal Lancer." Autobiography is "The Cat Had Nine Lives" [1933]. * The Thief of Bagdad [Donning/Starblaze, Oct 1987] ISBN 0-89865-523-4, $12.95, 121pp, trade paperback reprint novelization of Douglas Fairbanks films, new P. Craig Russell illustrations. Kobo Abe' (1924-1993), Nobel Laureate Japanese author with at least 4 genre books: * The Ark Sakura [Knopf, Apr 1988] ISBN 0-394-55836-7, $18.95, 336pp, hardcover Kafkaesque ark/bomb shelter Fantasy, translated from Japanese ("Hakobune Sakura Maru") by Juliet Winter Carpenter. [London: Secker & Warburg, July 1988] ISBN 0-436-00023-7, £11.95, 336pp, hardcover * The Box Man [Knopf, 1974] * Inter Ice Age 4 [Knopf, 1970; Science Fiction Book Club; Berkely] the ocean level will rise to cover continents, so embryos are genetically engineereed to breathe underwater * The Woman in the Dunes [Knopf, 1974] {film hotlink to be done} Arthur William A Beckett (1844-1899), son of Gilbert Abbott A Beckett: * The Member for Wrottenborough [1892] political satire includes matriarchy in Eden-minus-Adamia (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.2) see: POLITICS Gilbert Abbott A Beckett (1811-1856): playwright of 50+ plays, some Fantasy (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.2) Gilbert Arthur A Beckett (1837-1891), son of Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, coauthor with W.S. Gilbert (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.2) R. Cox Abel, utopian author, nothing on the Web? * Trivana 1 [co-author C. Barren[ [Panther: 1966] see: UTOPIA Alex Abella (1950-): * The Killing of the Saints [Crown, Sep 1991] ISBN 0-517-58509-X [Penguin, Apr 1993] ISBN 0-14-017419-2, $4.95, 208pp, paperback Detective novel involving the Occult and Santaria Abenteuer Im Weltenraum, Hamburg, Germany (May 1948-May 1959): see Magazines Robert Abernathy,American writer/linguist, Harvard Ph.D. short story author, nothing on the Web? Stories include: "Heritage", Astounding SF, June 1942 "Saboteur of Space", Planet, Spring 1944 "The Ultimate Peril", Amazing Stories, march 1950 "Heirs Apparent", Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1954, and anthologized "Pyramid", Astounding SF, July 1954, and anthologized "Junior", Galaxy, January 1956, and anthologized Dafydd ab Hugh (1960-) Dafydd ab Hugh @ Dragon*Con Author of 14 books, including the Star Trek novels "Fallen Heroes" and "Balance of Power": * the "Arthur War Lord" books: * Arthur War Lord [AvoNova, Mar 1994] * Arthur War Lord, Book Two: Far Beyond the Wave [AvoNova, Sep 1994] * the "Doom" books * Doom: Endgame [Pocket, June 1996] computer game spinoff novel (co-author Brad Linaweaver) * Doom: Hell on Earth [Pocket, June 1996] computer game spinoff novel (co-author Brad Linaweaver) * Doom: Infernal Sky [Pocket, June 1996] computer game spinoff novel (co-author Brad Linaweaver) * Doom: Knee Deep in the Dead [Pocket, Aug 1995] computer game spinoff novel (co-author Brad Linaweaver) * Heroing [Baen, Oct 1987] heroic fantasy with female warrior * the "Star Trek" novels: * Star Trek Voyager: Invasion! Book Four: Final Fury [Pocket, Aug 1996] * Star Trek the Next Generation #33: Balance of Power [Pocket, Jan 1995] * Star Trek Deep Space Nine #5: Fallen Heroes [Pocket, Feb 1994] * Warriorwands [Baen, Oct 1990] female mercenary fantasy Dafydd ab Hugh@ Locus/Contento story index e-mail Dafydd ab Hugh as of Jan 1998 e-mail Dafydd ab Hugh old, invalid? Abhidhamma: #3 of the metaphysical trilogy "Tripitaka", the holiest books of Buddhism; Abhidhamma consists of 7 subtle treatises Abiogenesis: T. H. Huxley's term for the superstition that living organisms could spring from dead matter; we modern scientists instead believe that living organisms, by molecular evolution, sprang from the primordial "thin warm soup" of the precambrian oceans... Abominable Snowman, a.k.a. Yeti, half-Bear, half-human beast of the Himalayas Aboriginal Science Fiction: see Magazines Abou-Bekr (circa 573-634): a.k.a. Father of the Virgin (Ayesha), a.k.a. The First Caliph: the Chief Executive Officer of Islam after Mohammed, key to the Sunni faction Abou Hassan: in "The Arabian Nights" tale "The Sleeper Awakened", a rich merchant slipped into the Caliph's bed, and treated as the Caliph when he awoke, and against whom brainwashing tricks were used to make him forget his actual identity Abracadabra: magical charm based on the Kabala; see ISRAEL and JEWISH SCIENCE FICTION Abraham: patriarch of the Jews, about whom there are both Jewish and Islamic legends aplenty see: Islamic myth see: Jewish/Hebrew myth Greg Abraham: no known home page Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America e-mail Greg Abraham R. Vaughan Abrams (1949-): * Para [Seven Suns, Jan 1986] ISBN 0-931783-00-3 fantasy novel, series launch? Raymond Abrashkin, see his co-author J. Williams Abraxas: (1) Gnostic/cabbalist word for God, from which 365 emanations are emitted, because adding up the letters of the Greek alphabet that spell Abraxas totals 365; (2) the name engraved on jewels [see "Talisman"]; (3) one of the horses of Aurora Alex Abrejcha Alex Abrejcha this page lists both biographic and bibliographic data (science fiction plus nonfiction) as well as an autobiography "From Sweden to Outer Space." He also has information about disabilities (since he struggles with being a paraplegic with Multiple Sclerosis). Alex is providing a valuable service to writers, readers, and "to help some people with disabilities who are genre fans." e-mail Alex Abrejcha Absent-Minded Professor: 1961 Disney film, remade 1998 as "Flubber", see: News flash! 27 October 1996: The Real "Absent-Minded Professor" Dies Absolute Magnitude: see Magazines Abudah: in Ridley's "Tales of the Genii", a Baghdad merchant haunted by a hag Abundant Number: a number for which the sum of the proper divisors is greater than the original number. For example, 30 is divisible by 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, and 15 while 2 + 3 + 5 + 10 + 15 = 35 (see "Amicable Numbers", "Deficient Number", "Perfect Number") Abyla: one of the Pillars of Hercules, the other being Calpe Return to Authors A Table of Contents
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Acadine Fountain: Diodorus Siculus wrote of this magic fountain which tested the authenticity of documents: they floated if authentic and sank if not; today we do this with digital signatures and encryption... Ace Mystery (May 1936-Sep 1936): see Magazines Acephalites: (1) an assortment of mythical monsters without heads; (2) certain Christian schismatic entities who rejected Bishops Acestes: Sicilian who shot an arrow with such great velocity that it burst into flames [Virgil's "Aeneid", V, 525]; remarkable how well the ancient Greeks understood the limits of hypersonic flight... Achates: faithful sidekick of Aeneas [Virgil's "Aeneid"]; by extension his name denotes undying, valiant, stalwart, courageous devotion and friendship Chinua Achebe (1930-): best-known author of Nigeria: * Things Fall Apart [1958] realistic novel with some Ibo tribal mysticism as it affects a white man * No Longer At Ease [1960] sequel to "Things Fall Apart" with protagonist the grandson of the hero; great satire of corrupt Lagos * Arrows of God [1964] uneasy balance between Ibo tradition and "civilization" * A Man of the People [1966] political corruption exposed see: POLITICS * many short stories and poems; I don't which are explicitly Fantasy or Science Fiction See also Amos Tutuola (1920-): Nigerian (Yoruba) fantasy novelist Achemon: he and his brother Basalas always argued; they awoke and insulted Hercules, so he tied them upside-down to his club and carried them away see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Acheri: girl ghost in folktales of India who makes children sick, and is warded off by a red thread tied around the neck Acheron: River flowing through Hell (fed by the Styx, Phlegethon, Cocytus, and Lethe rivers); also an unrelated city in "Conan the Conquerer" by Robert E. Howard. See: THEOLOGY: Hell Acherusia: Hercules dragged Cerberus from Hell through this cave see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Chris Achilleos, full name Christos Achilleos (1947-): fantasy/science fiction artist, known for sophisticated airbrush technique, book covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs series, Robert E. Howard, John Norman's "Gor", others; film posters * Beauty and the Beast [1978] * Medusa [Paper Tiger, June 1988] ISBN 1-85028-052-5, £7.95, 144pp, trade paperback * Sirens [Paper Tiger, Sep 1986] ISBN 1-85028-012-6, £12.95, 128pp, hardcover Achilles: Great warrior in "The Iliad", by Homer; son of Peleus, King of the Myrmidons of Thessaly, grandson of Aeacus, bathed in the Styx (see "Acheron", above) as an infant to become invulnerable, but his Mom (the sea-nymph Thetis) held him by one heel which, untreated, remained vulnerable, and this "Achilles Heel" was the death of him, in battle, by an arrow. It was Apollo who navigated the fatal arrow of Paris. The real weakness of Achilles, however, was an out-of-control attitude. He sulked, pouted, and would not leave his tent to fight, because Agamemnon took his concubine away. "Achillean" thus has the double meaning of very strong (even invincible) and very stubborn and wrathful. He had two legendary horses, by the way: Balios and Xanthos. Achilles and the Tortoise: paradox of Zeno Justin Achilli: editor/anthologist: * The World of Darkness: Dark Tyrants [co-editor Rob Hatch] [White Wolf, June 1997] ISBN 1-56504-868-7, $12.99, 254pp, trade paperback original anthology, 13 stories vaguely based on role-playing game "Vampire: The Dark Ages" Achitophel: see Ahitophel Achor: Pliny said that the Cyreneans prayed to this god to keep insects away Gerrit Achterberg (1905-1962): the greatest 20th Century poet of The NETHERLANDS Reputation established after World War II when hailed by modernist poet/critic Paul Rodenko. His theme, again and again, is a personalized version of the myth of Orpheus, but with Eurydice combining the roles of lover and mother. This gives his poetry a depth of Oedipal suffering, which is only increased by his technical and scientific vocabulary: * various poems [Odyssey, tr. James Brockway, 1961] * Matiere [1952] selected poems in French * Breve Antologia [1968] selected poems translated into Spanish by Franco Carrasquer See: Greek Myths Acis: Son of Faunus, major crush on Galatea, crushed by a boulder by Polyphemus (the Cyclops) who also dug Galatea, and who was metamorphosed by the Gods into the River Acis [Ovid's "Metamorphoses", xiii, 750-968] See: Greek Myths Sgt. Ack Ack, fan pseudonym of Forrest J. Ackerman; "Ack Ack" itself is World War I slang for "Anti-Aircraft Gun" Kathy Acker (1944-30 Nov 1997): literary/SF author best known for short stories which deconstruct genre tropes: * Empire of the Senseless [Picador, May 1988] ISBN 0-330-30192-6 [Grove, Sep 1988] 0-8021-1079-7 An artist/author with 10 novels that grappled with sex and violence, she was best known in the mundane world for the books: * Blood and Guts in High School * Literal Madness * My Mother: Demonology * Pussy, King of the Pirates She also collaborated with Peter Gordon (composer) for the libretto of "Birth of a Poet", which opera was performed in 1985 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Her screenplay "Variety" was filmed in 1985. Based in Greenwich Village, New York, she became well-known as a performance artists, and dazzled audiences in clubs in the US and Great Britain. She supported herself as a stripper, for a time, while self-publishing her books and carrying them to one bookstore after another. Late in her life, she had relocated to San Francisco, and then died of breast cancer in Tijuana, Mexico. Forest J. Ackerman, full name Forest James Ackerman (24 Nov 1916-): a.k.a "4e Ackerman" World's #1 Sci-Fi Fan and Collector, founder (1934) L.A.S.F.S., Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (world's oldest fan organization), Lifetime Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; see Ackermuseum link, below. Forrest J. Ackerman @ AlphaRalpha Forrest J. Ackerman Ackermuseum: Forry Ackerman's Unbelievable Collection * Forrest J Ackerman's World of Science Fiction [General Publishing Group, Nov 1997] ISBN 1-57544-069-5, $30.00, 240pp, hardcover nonfiction photographic history of Science Fiction (print and film); plus John Landis Foreword, plus A. E. van Vogt; order from: General Publishing Group 2701 Ocean Park Blvd Suite 140 Santa Monica CA 90405 phone 310-314-4000 * Ackermanthology [ed. Forrest J Ackerman, General Publishing Group, Apr 1997] ISBN 1-57544-056-3, $12.95, 302pp, trade paperback, Frank Kelly Freas cover; 65 Science Fiction short-short stories; Authors include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, A. Merritt, H.G. Wells, plus John Landis introduction * I, Vampire: Interviews with the Undead [co-author Jean Marie Stine] See Jean Marie Stine. * New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow [co-authors Janrae Frank & Jean Marie Stine] See entry Janrae Frank. * Reel Future [co-author Jean Marie Stine] [cience Fiction Book Club #03719, Aug 1994, $12.98, 538pp, hardcover anthology, 16 stories that we adpated into movies [This predates the trade edition] [Barnes & Noble, Sep 1994] ISBN 1-56619-450-4, $9.98, 538pp, hardcover edition {To Be Done}: 4SJ's Sci-Fi Kaleidoscope Famous Monsters of Filmland A Foray to Forry's Vampirella Aconite, a.k.a. Wolfsbane, a.k.a. Monkshood: poisonous herb that sprang from drops from 3 heads of Cerberus' slavering foam when Hercules dragged the dog from Hell See: Greek Myths Acrasia: intemperate enchantress [Spencer's "Faerie Queen, II, xii] who turned her lovers into monsters and kept them in bondage Peter Ackroyd, full name Peter Warwick Ackroyd (1949-): Novels: * First Light [London: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1989; New York: Grove, Sep 1989; Abacus, Apr 1990] fantasy novel set near Neolithic grave which, when excavated, causes weird events (including the stars at night reverting to neolithic positions) * Hawksmoor [Hamish Hamilton, Sep 1985; Harper & Row, Jan 1986] modern detective vs. 18th century architect absorbed in demon-worship * The House of Doctor Dee [Hamish Hamilton, 1993; Penguin] ghosts Other: * various chapbooks of surrealist poetry * Dressing Up: Transvestism and Drag, the History of an Obsession [1979] nonfiction Stephen Acre, pseudonym of Frank Gruber Mark Acres, full name Mark Douglas Acres (1949-): * Dragon War [AvoNova, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-380-77296-5 * Dragonspawn [AvoNova, Feb 1994] ISBN 0-380-77295-7 * Runes Word Volume Five: Dark Divide [Ace, Oct 1991] ISBN 441-73698-X * Thunderscape #3: Indomitable Thunder [Harper Prism, Nov 1996] ISBN 0-06-105458-5, $5.50, 229pp, paperback ovelization based on the Strategic Simulations computer game Actaeon: (1) hunter caught a nude Diana bathing (or alternatively boasted that he could out-hunt her), so she turned him to a stag and his own dogs tore him to shreds; (2) one of the horses of Helios, who pull the Sun chariot See: Greek Myths Actian Games: Honoring Apollo, held at Actium, revived by Emperor Augustus Dr. Acula, pseudonym (the letters of "Dracula) of Forrest J. 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Gilbert Adair: * Alice Through the Needle's Eye [Macmillan, 1984] ISBN 0-333-37361-8 [Picador, 1985] ISBN 0-330-29158-0 [Dutton, 1988] ISBN 0-525-48375-6 sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice novels * Peter Pan and the Only Children [1987] * The Death of the Author [1992] parody of Vladimir Nabokov * The Postmodernist Always Rings Twice [1992] * A Void [1994] translation which never uses the letter "e" of the novel by Georges Perec, which also never uses the letter "e" Hazel Adair, pseudonym of H. I. Addis James B. Adair: * Deepcore [Berkley, Nov 1991] ISBN 0-425-13029-0, sabotage of undersea weapons research center * Deepcore 2: Boomer Down [Berkley, Feb 1992] ISBN 0-425-13180-7 undersea weapons research center vs. terrorists trying to seize damaged British submarine genre: techothriller/UNDER THE SEA Adam and Eve: the original downwardly mobile couple [Genesis, i-v] Nadia Adamant: * Hot Pursuit London: Headline, Nov 1993] ISBN 0-7472-4266-6, £4.99, 311pp, paperback Sex and cryonics Adamastor: Spirit of Cape of Good Hope (a.k.a. Cape of Storms) who appeared to Vasco da Gama in the "Lusiads" of Camoens (1524-1580) Art Adams, cartoonist @ Dragon*Con Ben Adams, a.k.a. Benjamin Adams: Member of Horror Writers of America Ben Adams@sff.net Bill Adams: * The End of Fame [Ballentine Del Rey, 1994] co-author Cecil Brooks ISBN 0-345-37839-3 * The Unwound Way [Ballentine Del Rey, 1994] co-author Cecil Brooks ISBN 0-345-37238-7 playwright entangled in false identity and revolutionary POLITICS Carmen Adams: * The Band [Avon Flare, May 1994] ISBN 0-380-77328-7 juvenile rock&roll horror (a weak copy of George R. R. Martin's "Armageddon Rag") * The Claw [Scholastic, Nov 1996] ISBN 0-590-13970-3 juvenile horror * Song of the Vampire [Avon Flare, Mar 1996] ISBN 0-380-78031-3 sequel to "The Band" Chuck Adams, pseudonym of E. C. Tubb Douglas Adams (1952-): Douglas [Noel] Adams Douglas Adams @ AlphaRalpha to be done: The Douglas Adams Worship Page Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Home Page Deep Thought (Cult) Douglas Adams The Ford Prefect Worship Page Dirk Gently's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) Glenda Adams, full name Glenda Emilie Adams (1939-): UTOPIAN author of AUSTRALIA: * Games of the Strong [Angus & Robertson, 1982] [USA: Cane Hill Press, May 1989] ISBN 0-943433-02-9, $8.95, 180pp, trade paperback Henry Adams (1838-1918): philosopher/historian/novelist, listed here for his provocative identification of the two conflicting forces of modern life as "the Virgin and the Dynamo" -- a concept relevant to understanding the centrality of Science Fiction to the modern condition John Adams, pseudonym of Johns S. Glasby, When The Gods Came (Badger, 1960; Arcadia 1967) Leith Adams, science fiction art editor: * Graven Images: the Best of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Film Art [co-authors Ronald V. Borst & Keith Burns] see Ronald V. Borst Louis J. A. Adams, pseudonym of Joe L. Hensley & Alexei Panshin Neal Adams (1941-): founder of Continuity Comics, comix artists for: * Archie * Ben Casey * Deadman [DC Comics] * The Spectre * Batman * Green Lantern * Green Arrow Nicholas Adams: house name and pseudonym of Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald: * Pep Rally [Harper Paperbacks, 1991] ISBN 0-06-106084-4 juvenile * Santa Claws [Harper, 1991] ISBN 0-06-106108-5 juvenile * Vampire Kiss [Harper, 1994] ISBN 0-06-106177-8, juvenile Richard Adams, full name Richard George Adams (1920-): Richard Adams @ AlphaRalpha Richard Adams: Watership Down Novels include: * The Plague Dogs (Knopf, 1978) * Shardik (Macmillan, 1975; Avon): smart bears * Watership Down (Macmillan, 1974; Avon): smart rabbits * Maia [Knopf, 1985] * Traveller [Knopf, 1988] Civil War from viewpoint of Robert E. Lee's horse Genre: BAMBI'S CHILDREN: animals who speak, think, or act human Anthologies: * Sinister and Unnatural Stories [1978] anthology * Grimm's Fairy Tales [1981] anthology * Richard Adams's Favorite Animal Stories [1981] anthology Other: * The Legend of Te Tuna [1982] chapbook, Pacific archepelago legend * The Bureaucrats [1985] chapbook, juvenile * The Day Gone By [1991] autobiography Robert Adams (1932-1990), pseudonym of Franklin Robert Adams, prolific author, best known for his "Horseclans" series, including: * The Coming of the Horseclans (Pinnacle, 1975) * Swords of the Horseclans (Pinnacle, 1977) * Revenge of the Horseclans (Pinnacle, 1977) now edited by Pamela Crippens Adams (1961-) * "The Castaways in Time" series * "The "Stairway to Forver" series * The Stairway to Forver (1988) * Monsters and Magicians (1988) * edited various Fantasy anthologies Terry Adams: * Sentience [Daw, Apr 1989] ISBN 0-88677-108-0 First Contact see: Me Human, You Alien: How to Talk to an Extraterrestrial * The Master of Chaos [Daw, Feb 1986] ISBN 0-88677-347-4 sequel to "Sentience" with telepathic First Contact expert W. S. Adams, British author, The Fourth Programme (London: Lawrence Wishart, 1955) God makes a broadcast, church and state are shaken William Adams: * The Unwound Way [Ballentine Del Rey, 1991] (co-author Cecil Brooks) Lost in space for a century, a playwright comes home to a weirdly altered worls, and becomes embroiled in revolution George Adamski (1891-?): are his flying saucer books SF or fact? I know what I believe...: nothing on the Web (so far as SF is concerned)? Charles Samuel Addams (7 Jan 1912-1988): genius cartoonist, father of "The Addams Family": nothing on the Web (so far as SF is concerned)? * Addams and Evil (New Tork: Random House, 1947) * The Addams Family Album (1991) * Afternoon in the Attic (1950) * Black Maria (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960) * Charles Addams Mother Goose (Windmill Books, 1967) * Creature Conforts (1981) * Dear Dead Days (New York: Putnam, 1959) * Drawn and Quartered (New York: Random House, 1942) * Favorite Haunts (1977) * The Groaning Board (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964) * Homebodies (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954) * Monster Rally (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950) * My Crowd (1971) * Nightcrawler (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957) * The World of Charles Addams (1991) winner of Hugo Award * others? Frequent appearances in The New Yorker * Two television series and three films have been based on his work Edmond G. Addeo, see co-author R. M. Garvin Adept: from Latin "adeptus", one who has attained magical knowledge; for example, in Alchemy, those who claimed to have the Philospher's Stone or the Secret of Life were "vere adeptus" Dr. Adder: pseudonym of K. W. Jeter (1950-): * Alligator Alley (co-author Mink Mole) see Mink Mole Hazel Iris [Wilson] Addis: author of (1953) "Stranger from Space": nothing on the Web? Joseph Addison (1672-1719): * Tesseract [Ballentine Del Rey, 1988] ISBN 0-345-34744-7 posthumous interdimensional first novel (?) Hugh Addison, pseudonym of Harry Collinson Owen Linda D. Addison, Bronx, New York: no known web site; Associate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; * Animated Objects [Space & Time, Oct 1997] ISBN 0-917053-09-5 $7.95, 110pp, trade paperback collection of 6 stories plus 38 poems, plus journal entries, plus Barry N. Malzberg introduction. A hardcover edition (-10-9, $14.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Space & Time: 138 West 70th St 4B New York NY 10023-4468 add $1.50 postage; for these special prices, be SURE to say that you heard of this book from Jonathan Vos Post's web site! e-mail Linda D. Addison Max Adeler, pseudonym of Charles Heber Clark (1841-1915): influence on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" with time travel story: * Professor Baffin's Island" (1880) a.k.a. "The Fortunate Island" [The Fortunate Island and Other Stories; UK: 1881; USA: 1882] * Other story collections with Fantasy entries (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.7): * Random Shots [1878] * Transformations [1883] * By a Bend in the River [1914] Aditi: Earth Mother in Hindu Myth, mother/wife/daughter of Vishnu, whose god-like sons were the Adityas (the chief among them being Varuna) see: Hindu Pantheon Patrick H. Adkins (1948-): * the "Titans" trilogy: * Lord of the Crooked Paths [Ace, 1987] Greek Titans and older Greek Gods * Master of the Fearful Depths [Ace, 1989] * Sons of the Titans [Ace, 1990] see: Greek/Roman Pantheon * Nonfiction: * Edgar Rice Burroughs: Bibliography and Price Guide [1974] chapbook Mark Adlard, pseudonym of Peter Marcus Adlard: Brian W. Aldiss [Billion Year Spree, New York: Shocken, 1974, p.304] says: "And writers whose reputation is still newer, such as Mark Adlard... were given a chance to shine in Harlan Ellison's mammoth anthology Dangerous Visions..." novels include the "City" trilogy: * Interface (Ace, 1978) * Volteface (Ace, 1978) * Multiface (Ace, 1978) Alan A. Adler (25 Dec 1916-?), wrote original story for "Forbidden Planet": nothing on the Web? Alan A. Adler was a member of the famous Adler family of Yiddish actors (patriarch Jacob P. Adler). New York University (English Literature major), worked for "Ripley's Believe It Or Not", owned a theatre in New York from the age of 21 (featuring opera), served in the United States Army Air Force (5th Air Force, Far Eastern Air Force, and 13th Bomber Command), producer of revival of "Front Page", and wrote various screenplays (most famously "Forbidden Planet"). One novel: "Mach 1: A Story of Planet Ionus" (New York: Farrar Strauss & Cudahy, 1957) [listed as "Allen Adler" in "the Science Fiction and Heroic Fantasy Author Index, Stuart W. Wells III, Duluth MN: Purple Unicorn Books, 1978] Bill Adler, Jr.: editor/anthologist: * Time Machines: The Best Time Travel Stories Ever Written [Carroll & Graf, Dec 1997] ISBN 0-7867-0493-4, $24.00, 382pp, hardcover anthology of 22 stories about time travel Authors include Jack Finney, Ray Bradbury, Connie Willis, Isaac Asimov genre: Time Travel C. S. Adler, full name Carole Schwerdtfeger Adler (1932-): * Eddie's Blue-Winged Dragon [Putnam, 1988; Avon Camelot, 1990] juvenile * Ghost Brother * The Silver Coach Roland Adlerberth (21 Sep 1923-), noted Swedish writer/librarian/translator/critic: nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from Sweden! He was said to have written the first article about Science Fiction in Sweden: "SF--Renaissance of the Adventure Novel" (Bibliotek Bladet, Sep 1951) with at least two bibliographic/critical sequels William Adlington (circa 1500-?): English classic translator: * The xi Bookes of the Golden Asse, Containing the Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius [UK: 1566] translation by William Adlington Adonai: Hebrew name for God, a.k.a Yahweh see: God Adonis: good-looking young god, beloved of Aphrodite, son of Myrrha gored by a boar. In one version of the myth, Aphrodite found the abandoned baby Adonis, and gave him to Persephone in the underworld. Aphrodite went to Hades to reclaim him, but Persephone had fallen in love with him. Zeus was called in as binding mediator, and decreed that Adonis was to alternate 6 months in Hades and 6 months on Earth. Aphrodite convinced Adonis to break the deal, so Persephone went to Aphrodite's primary lover, Ares, who transformed into the fatal boar. This entire story is an evolution from earlier Semitic myths of annual vegetation death and regeneration. In Babylonian myth, Adonis was Adon (Lord) Tammuz, god of Agriculture, lover of mother goddess Ishtar, yet half-yearly in the underworld. His equivalent in Syria was Baal. His equivalent in Egypt was Osiris. His equivalent in Phrygia was Attis, consort of Cybele. Attis was also killed by a boar, with violets springing up from his blood, parallel to anemones growing from the blood of Adonis. Adonis, by extension, means a handsome man. The Adonis myth was explored in the long Fantasy poem "Venus and Adonis" by William Shakespeare, a play astonishing to read in that: (1) Shakespeare started as a Fantasy poet before he became the first full-time professional playwright, in the modern sense; and (2) this poem foreshadows virtually every major theme he developed in his plays. see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Adrammelech: (1) God of Babylon to whom babies were burnt in sacrifice [II Kings xvii, 31] (2) Perhaps identical to the Sun God of Sepharvaim (Sippar) see: miscellaneous other mythologies Adrastus: (1) King of Argos who led the "Seven Against Thebes" see: Greek/Roman Pantheon; (2) Indian Prince murdered by Rinaldo [Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered", Book XX] and who fought the Crusaders to defend the King of Egypt Jack Adrian: pseudonym of Christoper Lowder (1945-): * Death Lands: Pilgrimmage to Hell [Gold Eagle, June 1986] ISBN 0-373-62501-4, $3.95, 380pp, paperback Science Fiction novel, part of Post-Atomic-Holocaust adventure series * The Flint Knife [see E. F. Benson] * Strange Tales from the Strand [edited from a century of the British magazine] [Oxford University Press, 1991] * Warning Whispers [See A. M. Burrage] Adventure (Nov 1910-April 1971): see Magazines Les Adventures Futuristes (Mar 1949-Sep 1949): see Magazines Adventures of Sword and Sorcery: see Magazines The Adversary: Satan [I Peter v, 8] See: Devil Adult Fantasy: means one thing when used as the antonym of "Children's Fantasy" in the sense of Dunsany or Lovecraft, and another when used to mean highly erotic or X-rated. That is: Lovecraft, or the Craft of Love. Advertisements: as of 14 May 1998, this Web domain doesn't have any. But if you're interested in reaching thousands of SF/Fantasy/Horror readers each and every day, and have $$$ to spend, please e-mail Your Humble Webmaster... Adytum: the non-public sanctum or holy-of-Holies of Greek and Roman temples see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Return to Authors A Table of Contents
Authors Beginning "Ae" Through "Ai"
A. E., pseudonym of George William Russell [1867-1935] cofounder with William Butler Yeats of the Dublin Lodge of the Theosophical Society, influence on James Joyce (who inserted him as a character in "Ulysses"), artist, painter, author: * Homeward [1894] story collection * The Mask of Apollo and Other Stories [1904] story collection * The Interpreters [1922] novel * The Avatars: A Futurist Fantasy [1933] * The Living Torch [1937] posthumously published collection of criticism Aegeus: King of Attica, father of Theseus, who sent Theseus to Crete to save Athens from having to deliver 7 boys and 7 virgin girls each year to Minos; Theseus forgot to hoist white sails, and sailed home rigged in black, so Aegeus read this signal from afar and drowned himself; let this be a warning to all programmers of how important a single bit can be in any graphics Aegir: Norse Ocean God, married to Ran, father of the 9 Billows (daughters dressed in white veils and robes) see: Scandanavian Pantheon Aegis: the shield of Zeus, constructed by Hephaestos, covered with the goatskin of Amalthea (who had suckled Zeus as a baby), symbolic of all divine protection. On the shield was the head of Medusa. When Zeus shook Aegis, the world shook with thunder. Zeus sometimes left Aegis for safekeeping with his daughter Athena, who could use it, or cover the Gorgon's head to block its paralyzing rays. The Iliad, though, calls Aegis a cloak or mantle. In any case, by extension, when someone acts "under the aegis of" an organization or person, they are bavked-up by that agent's power or sponsorship. see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Aegisthus: see Agamemnon (whom he murdered) Aegyptus: Son of Belus, twin brother of Danaus, king of what became known as Egypt see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Richard Aellen: * Redeye [Donald Fine, 1988; Sphere, 1990] twins separated at birth have a psychic connection which affects international intrigue see: EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION Aeneas: Son of Anchises (King of Dardanus) and Aphrodite, who fought in the Trojan War (according to Homer), and was a central figure in legends of Troy created after Homer Aeneid: Epic 12-book poem by Virgil, which gave Aeneas (above) the role of founder of Rome. Many wonderful fantasy verses contained therein... Aeolus: King of the Winds (according to Homer), having been empowered by Zeus. Zeus beat the Titans in battle, thus becoming king of the gods. To control the winds, he adopted the suggestion of his wife Hera, in assigning them to Aeolus, who lived in mythical Aeolia, and kept the winds bottled up in a cave. see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Hence "Aeolian" means produced by, carried by, or sounding like the wind. "Aeolistic" means orally long-winded (as I am, *sigh*). Musicologists further define: * "Aeolian attachment" to make louder the sound of a piano. * "Aeolian harp" set in an open window for wind-driven harmony. * "Aeolian minor scale" also called "Aeolian mode" * "Aeoline" which is, confusingly, both a musical stop and a harmonica * "Aeolodicon" a wind instrument * "Aeolomelodicon" a wind instrument * "Aeolopantolon" a wind instrument And finally, moving all the way from myth to Science, Hero of Alexandria [see my web page on Timeline: 1st Century] invented the Aeolipile or Aeolipyle (literally "ball of Aeolus" or "doorway of Aeolus") which we consider to be the world's first Steam Engine. L. Sprague de Camp wrote an alternate History where the Industrial Age began two thousand years early, when a time-traveller visits Hero... ALTERNATE WORLDS: history might have happened differently Aeon: (1) the age of the universe; (2) infinite time; (3) any age personified; (4) 1/365 the age of the universe according to Basilides [early 2nd Century]; (5) 1/30 the age of the universe according to Valentinus [Gnostic, 2nd Century] (6) see "Age" Aeschylus: the father of Greek Tragedy, author of 70 plays known by name, of which only 7 survive; said to have died when an eagle, mistaking his bald head for a rock, dropped a tortoise that cracked his skull Aesculapius: Latin version of the Greek "Asklepios", God of medicine, so of Apollo, father of Hygeia, his symbol being a staff about which a serpent twines Aesir: Northern European Elder Gods, including Ymir and Odin. Ymir is killed by a rebellion similar to Jupiter overthrowing Saturn, and of his corpse is the universe created, including Asgard, where the next generation of Gods hung out and did their thing... The 12 Aesir were: Odin (the C.E.O.), Thor, Tiu, Balder, Brag [God of Poetry], Vidar [God of Silence], Hoder, Hermoder, Hoenir, Odnir (married to Freyja), Loki, and Vali. See: "Elder Gods" See: THEOLOGY Aesop: author of animal fables, circa 600 B.C., see: BAMBI'S CHILDREN: animals who speak, think, or act human Aethon: one of the horses of Helios, who pull the Sun chariot see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Aetites: a.k.a. Gargites, a.k.a. Eagle Stones, magical healing stones found in eagles' nests [in Greek Myth] Aeton: one of the horses of Pluto; see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Afreet, a.k.a Afrit: 2nd most powerful of the 5 categories of Jinn see: Islamic myth Afterlife: see: Afterlife see IMMORTALITY Those who live forever, or try to Agamemnon: King of Mycenae; brother of Menelaus; son of Atreus; grandson of Pelops; leader of the Greek Army in the Trojan War; married to Clytemnestra; father of Orestes, Ippigenia [and/or Iphianassa], Laodice [and/or Electra], and Chrysothemis; he came home from Troy with King Priam's daughter Cassandra; he and Cassandra were slain by Clytemnestra and Clytemnestra's lover Aegisthus, who along with Clytemnestra was then slain by Orestes (a.k.a. Agamemnonides) Aganippe: (1) mythic fountain in foothills of Mount Helicon (in Boetia) which isnpires poetry and so is dedicated to the Muses (who are thus a.k.a. Aganippedes); (2) the Nymph of that fountain Agate: (1) actual semiprecious stone; (2) magic stone from Achates or Gagates river in Sicily which Pliny [XXXVII, 10] says will cause enemies' swords to slay their bearers, and to render the owner of the stone invisible see: INVISIBILITY Agdistes: God of the Bower of Bliss [Spenser's "Faerie Queen"] Agdistis: Mother Godess of Phrygia, possibly identical to the fertility goddess Cybele, born a hermaphrodite and made purely female by castration Age: (1) see Aeon; (2) Hesiod denotes 5 Ages: (i) Golden, Patriarchal, ruled by Saturn (ii) Silver, Voluptious, ruled by Jupiter (iii) Bronze, Warlike, ruled by Neptune (iv) Heroic, Renaissant, ruled by Mars (v) Iron, Present, ruled by Pluto; (3) Lucretius denotes 3 Ages (this nomenclature still used): (i) Stone (ii) Bronze (iii) Iron (4) Varro denotes 3 Ages (this nomenclature still used): (i) Dawn of Man to Deluge (ii) Deluge to 1st Olympiad [Mythical Period] (iii) 1st Olympiad to Varro's day (116-27 B.C.) [Historic Period] (5) Ovid denotes 4 Ages: (i) Golden (ii) Silver (iii) Bronze (iv) Iron (6) Shakespeare describes the 7 Ages of Man ["As You Like It", II, vii] Agelasta: When Demeter (Ceres), exhausted from her search for her daughter Persephone, sat down and rested upon a rock, the rock was named "Agelasta" [literally: "Joyless"] see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Agenor: Son of Poseidon; King of Tyre; Father of Europa, Cadmus, Phoenix, Cilix, and the other Agenorides see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Gordon Aghill, pseudonym of Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett Phyllis Carol Agins (1947-): * Suisan [Baen, 1992] ISBN 0-671-72112-7 Snow White & 7 Dwarves reinterpreted Aglalia: one of the 3 Graces [see "Graces"] Aglaonice: Wizardress of Thessaly who was able to mathematically predict eclipses, then blew her reputation by claiming to have the power to bring the Moon down from Heaven Agnostic: word created by T. H. Huxley in 1869 to name those who maintain skepticism over anything lacking proof, including God. Agonistes: [Greek: "Champion"], see: (1) "Samson Agonistes" [John Milton, 1671]; (2) "Sweeny Agonistes" [T. S. Eliot] Marjorie Agosin, full name Marjorie Stella Agosin Halpern (1955-): editor: * The Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women of Argentina and Chile [White Pine Press, 1991] ISBN 1-877727-15-6 story collection translated from Spanish Agur's Wish: "Give me neither poverty nor riches" [Proverbs, xxx, 8] Ahab: The Pequod's Master in "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville Ahasuerus: the Wandering Jew. See: ISRAEL and JEWISH SCIENCE FICTION Bert Ahearne, pseudonym of Albert Hernhuter Jerry Ahern: pseudonym of Jerome Morrell Ahern (1946-): * The Freeman * Miamigrad * The "Survivalist" novels Nos. 9-27 * WerewolveSS [Zebra/Pinnacle, 1990] genetically engineered Nazi werewolves on campus co-author Sharon Ahern Jerry Ahern @ Dragon*Con Sharon Ahern (1948-): Sharon Ahern @ Dragon*Con * WerewolveSS [Zebra/Pinnacle, 1990] genetically engineered Nazi werewolves on campus co-author Jerry Ahern Ahitophel, a.k.a. Achitophel: Counsellor to King David, who treasonously switched sides to become Counsellor to Absalom, and then hung himself when Absalom would not heed his advice [II Samuel xvii, 23]; Patron saint of disloyal consultants Prince Ahmed: in the "Arabian Nights", the fairy Paribanou gave him a magical tent that could be folded so small as to be carried in one's pocket, but could unfurl to shelter an entire army [my son Andrew comments that it takes the whole army to re-fold it]; he also had possession of the Apple of Samarkand, which could cure any disease Rollo Ahmed: expert and author on the occult, from EGYPT: see also: Christian Fantasy, Demon, Devil * The Complete Book Of Witchcraft [pub?, date?] * The Black Art [copyright 1938; Paperback Library, 1966, 1968] PL#166-7 Thanks to Lisa DuMond Trexler for research: satanism review: this book is chock-full of the legends of evils told from the puritanical perspective of the Church, though not sparing on anthropological details, even when embarrasing to said Church; a wonderful resource, it takes the popular perspective in which witches, sorcerers and magicians of past ages are roughly equivalent; it makes little real mention of 'Satanists' per se, though does talk about a little about 'Devil-worship' as a kind of hedonistic frenzy-worship involving sexuality. R. Lister's Sermons Still pursuing the intent of that "modern" Aldermaston "peace" seal designed by Lord Russell for use by contemporary radicals, we turned to Rollo Ahmed's 'Complete Book Of Witchcraft' (Paperback Library, New York, 1936). Ahmed notes that "There was a deeply seated belief in the fascination or enchantment of shadows; so that the witch, or magician, could use them to either produce sickness and death or to inspire love .... the shadow of the priest's fingers raised in blessing was considered [by Satanists] to have evil significance .... A remarkable thing connected with the hand so lifted, is that its shadow resembles the head and horns of the Goat of Baphomet (6) [Mendes], the symbol of black magic. The use of the 'shadow of blessing' was regarded as the legitimate prerogative of the Pope. and was most terribly exercised during the Dark Ages and at the times of the Inquisition .... Pictures representing the blessing were inscribed 'Benediction,' while upon the shadow appeared the word 'Maledictus.'" (Footnote 6) [Rollo Ahmed notes in the Complete Book Of Witchcraft that: "From the earliest days, the Deity worshipped in black magic was the source and creator of evil, the rival of goodness. Various forms of the Egyptian god Set, the Persian Ahriman, the Python of the Greeks, the Jewish Serpent, Saranas, Balial the Devil (derived from ancient Atlantis), and later Baphomet of the Templars, the Goat Deity of the witches' sabbath. In the ancient Kabala. Satan's name was that of Jehovah reversed, and he was not actually a devil but the negation of light and truth." The Knights Templars of the Middle Ages, cults of which are reported to have practiced revolting ceremonies before their huge idol in the form of a goat. were originally founded to protect the Holy Sepulchre, but some are said by Ahmed to have developed into Satan worshippers.] satanism/propaganda "The Black Art, by Rollo Ahmed, Paperback Library... "This is a wonderful book! full of the legends of evils told from the puritanical perspective of the Church, though not sparing on *any* anthropological details, even when embarrasing to said Church; a wonderful resource, though it does take the popular perspective of the time and equate witches, sorcerers and mages of past ages within its language; makes little real mention of 'Satanists', though does talk about 'Devil-worship': 'Sorcery and witchcraft, being in themselves evil, naturally seized upon the sexual instinct and passions to pervert them to their own ends. While, since the object of Satanic worship or demonism, was to swamp the personality in evil, no better means could be found than by first arousing lust and then giving it free play. In Europe the Witches' Sabbaths were the outstanding example of sexual depravity in connection with sorcery. Participants divested themselves of their clothing, and yielded themselve to every conceivable lustful impulse, this condition being further induced by the drug-like properties of the ointments and oils which were first smeared on the body.' 'From the end of the fifteenth century onwards small coteries, practising spells and enchantments and indulging in performances of the black mass, found an ugly fascination in lewd indulgences and a taking part in rituals entailed entire nakedness or partial exposure. Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind. We can imagine how the fashionable women of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, already robust to the point of crudity in their love affairs, welcomed opportunities of greater coarseness, with the added thrill of flirting with the Devil. Thanks again for research, and see the page for Lisa DuMond Trexler Ahola and Aholibah: religious prostitutes, or symbols of seekers after false faiths [Ezekiel, xxiii] Ahriman, a.k.a Angra Mainyu: the dualistic force of evil personified, forever in conflict with Ahura Mazda (a.k.a. Ormuzd), in the religion of later Zoroastrianism; earlier in Zoroastrianism, the personification of wickedness was Druj Ilse Aichinger (Madame Gunther Eich), German author/editor/playwrite: nothing on the Web? Also lived in South American and West Indies. The Black Art (London" Long, 1936) Help me out, fans from Austria! Robert [Fordyce] Aickman (1914-1981): British novelist/critic/Opera scholar, who edited the 1st through 8th "Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories" nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from England! Also: * The Breakfasters (1964) novel * Cold Hand in Mine: Eight Strange Stories (1975) * Dark Entries (1964) story collection * The Model (1987) novel * Night Voices (1985) story collection * Painted Devils: Strange Tales (1979) story collection * Powers of Darkness (1966) story collection * Sub Rosa: Strange Tales (1968) story collection * The Unsettled Dust (1990) story collection * We Are for the Dark (1951) collection of 6 stories * The Wine-Dark Sea (US: 1988; UK: 1990) story collection Kurt W. Aigner: * Allistar: Journey Through a Mind [Vantage, Apr 1985] ISBN 0-533-06159-8 Fantasy, vanity press publication Aikamme, Finland (Jun 1958-Mar 1959?): see Magazines Conrad Aiken (1889-1973) Major American poet, father of Joan Aiken and John Aiken, writings in many genres including the frequently anthologized short story "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" Novels: * King Coffin (1935) Story Collections: * Bring! Bring! (1925) * Costumes by Eros (1928) * Gehenna (1930) * Among the Last People * The Collected Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960) Plays include: * Mr. Arcularis Poetry Collections: * Earth Triumphant (1914) * John Deth, A Metaphsyical Legend, and Other Poems (1933) * Skylight One (1949) Joan Aiken, full name Joan Aiken Delano (1924-): daughter of Conrad Aiken, prolific young-adult author: * Black Hearts in Battersea [Cape, 1965; Dell/Yearling, 1987] juvenile alternate worlds fantasy * Bridle the Wind [Cape, 1983; Puffin] fantasy * The Cockatrice Boys [Gollancz, 1966; Tor, 1996] juvenile, England in Chaos as weird monsters invade * Cold Shoulder Road [Cape, 1995; Red Fox] juvenile alternate worlds fantasy, sequel to Black Hearts in Battersea * A Creepy Company * The Cuckoo Tree * Dido and Pa * A Fit of Shivers * Fog Hound, Wind Cats, Sea Mice * A Foot in the Grave * Give Yourself a Fright * A Goose on Your Grave * The Haunting of Lamb House * Is * Is Underground * The Kingdom Under the Sea * The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories * Midnight is a Place * The Moon's Revenge * Night Birds on Nantucket * The Shadow Guests * A Small Pinch of Weather * The Stolen Lake * Tale of a One-Way Street * The Teeth of the Gale * A Touch of Chill * Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories * A Whisper in the Night * The Whispering Mountain * The Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories * The Wolves of Willoughby Chase John [Kempton] Aiken (1913-1990) son of Conrad Aiken Novel: * World Well Lost (New York: Doubleday, 1971) Jim Aikin, full name James Douglas Aikin (1948-): * Walk the Moon's Road [Ballentine/Del Rey, 1985] ISBN 0-345-32169-3 first novel with interesting aliens * The Wall at the Edge of the World [Ace, 1993] ISBN 0-441-87140-2 telepathy and utopia see: UTOPIA see: EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION Ray Ainsbury, pseudonym of A. Hyatt Verrill William Harrison Ainsworth (4 Feb 1805-3 Jun 1882): Fantasy author/editor: nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from England! Manchester Grammar School, articled to law, known for editing: Ainsworth's Magazine (1842-1854) New Monthly Magazine other magazines, and for his 40+ novels, including: Rockwood (1834), not in the genre? Auriol, or The Elixer of Life (London: Routledge, 1898; other editions possibly decades earlier) Jean Airey: author of 2 "Doctor Who" parody and nonfiction books: * The Doctor and the Enterprise [Pioneer Books, Oct 1989] ISBN 1-55698-218-6, $9.95, 129pp, trade paperback humorous Science Fiction novel, fannish parody of Doctor Who, Star Trek, The Wizard of Oz; previously published in amateur press editions, this is 1st official publication. * Travel Without the Tardis [co-auhtor Laurie Haldeman] [Target, July 1986] ISBN 0-426-20240-6, £1.60, 160pp, paperback nonfiction, Dr. Who fan's guide to Scotland, England, and Wales (where episodes were filmed, and so forth). Return to Authors A Table of Contents
Authors Beginning "Aj"
Ajax: (1) Ajax the Greater, son of Telamon, King of Salamis, brave and strong yet stupid hero of the Trojan War who killed himself when Achilles' armor was awarded to Odysseus; (2) Ajax the Lesser [also in Homer] son of Oileus, King of Locris, attacker of King Prima's daughter Cassandra, shipwrecked and drowned by Poseidon Michal Ajvaz (1949): Czech author (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.14) Return to Authors A Table of Contents
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Akbar: Arabic title, literally "Really really great" Alan Burt Akers, pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer (1921-); under this pseudonym: * "Dray Prescott of Antares" * at least 5 novels of the "Delian Cycle" (Daw 1972-74) starting with "Transit to Scorpio" * at least 6 novels of the "Havilfar Cycle" (Daw 1974-76) starting with "Manhounds of Antares" * at least 3 novels of the "Krozian Cycle" (Daw 1976-77) starting with "The Tides of Kregen" * at least 2 novels of the "Valian Cycle" (Daw 1977-78) starting with "Secret Scorpio" Brian Dana Akers, grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan; 1975-1981 undergraduate and graduate study at the University of Michigan, including a year in India; studied Indian History and Sanskrit; employed as typographer and network manager; married to Loretta; Honorable Mention, Writers of the Future contest, 4th quarter 1995; forthcoming science fiction: "Death Looked Down", New Altars (anthology from Angelus Press). Brian Dana Akers includes at least 2 downloadable sample stories Brian Dana Akers' stories e-mail Brian Dana Akers Tanuki Aki: pseudonym of Charles de Lint Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) Japanese author and translator, best known for intricate ghost story "Rashomon" (1915) later filmed by Kurosawa (1951) {hot link to be done} Return to Authors A Table of Contents
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Aladdin: perhaps the best-known character of Arabian Fantasy, most recently seen in the 1992 Disney movie starring Robin Williams as the Genie. When you run your fingers over the keyboard, and web pages spring up, have you rubbed a magic lamp? See the related short story by Your Humble Webmaster: "King of the Jinns" A. J. Alan, pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert, English author and radio narrator: nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from England! Edited anthology: * Good Evening, Everyone! (London: Hitchinson, 1928) Story Collection: * The Best of A. J. Alan (1954) ed. Kenelm Foss Lloyd Alan: * Aunt Weird [HarperTrophy, 1995] ISBN 0-06-440560-5 juvenile, voodoo dolls * Night of the Gargoyles [HarperTrophy, 1995] ISBN 0-06-440604-0 Al Araf: [from Arabic "the partition"] the area between Paradise and Hell [a.k.a. Jahannam] where the souls go who belong to neither, namely babies, madmen, idiots, and those for whom good and evil deeds were in balance and await entry into Heaven [according to the Koran] see: Limbo Pedro A. de Alarcon (1833-1891) Spanish author, best known for * "The Three-Cornered Hat" (UK: 1891; from Spanish 1874 "El Sombrero de tres picos") * "The Friend of Death" (USA: 1890, tr. Frances J.A. Darr from "El amigo de la muerte") Alasnam: in the Arabian Nights, he was tasked with finding a ninth statue more valuable than the 8 diamond statues he owned: he found it, but it was really the perfect woman, whom he married; also, he was gifted by a Jinn with a mirror, "the touchstone of virtue", which revealed whether a girl was or was not a virgin, and would or would not remain faithful Alastair: pseudonym of Hans Henning (1887-1969): fantasy/literary illustrator Alastor: (1) avenging power that visits the sins of the father unto the children; (2) the evil genius of a house, a.k.a. Nemesis; (3) Percy Shelly's poem "Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude" Anthony Alban, pseudonym of Anthony A. Thomson: * Catharsis Central (London: Dobson, 1928; Berkely 1969) robots and murder * The Day of the Shield (Berkely, 1973) Peter Albano: * Attack of the Seventh Carrier [Zebra, 1989] Japanese World War II aircraft carrier is melted out of the arctic ice and saves the world * Return of the Seventh Carrier * Revenge of the Seventh Carrier * Supercarrier * Trial of the Seventh Carrier * Challenge of the Seventh Carrier [Zebra, Mar 1993] ISBN 0-8217-4096-2 Albany, a.k.a. Albainn, a.k.a. Albin: (1) the North of SCOTLAND, called by the Romans "Caledonia" and peopled by Picts; (2) northern Britain in Spenser's "Faerie Queen"; (3) The Duke of York's home as converted in 1803 to bachelors' apartments, where lived variously Byron, Lord Lytton, and Macaulay. Albatross: (1) Large sea-going bird; (2) symbolic center of Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" [see Coleridge, see "Ancient Mariner"] Alberich: (1) King of the Dwarves see: Scandanavian Pantheon; (2) the gnome who steals the gold guarded by the Rhine maidens, which he must later use as his own ransome to free him from the gods' captivity, in the Nibelungenleid [see Nibelungenleid] Nan Bowman Albinski: * Women's Utopias in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Fiction [Routledge, 1988] see: UTOPIA Albion: poetic and ancient name for Britain New Albion: the original name of California as annexed to Great Britain in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake Al Borak, a.k.a. Borak: the Angel Gabriel's beast which carried Mohammed to 7th Heaven, and was itself admitted with him; see: "Animals in Heaven" further down on this page see: Islamic myth Dawn Albright, editor: * Vision Quests [Allston MA: Angelus Press, Dec 1995] ISBN 0-9648653-1-9, Order from Angelus Press: 7 St. Luke's Road Allston MA 02134 phone: 617-783-0199 co-editor Sandra J. Hutchinson 2 original stories, 5 reprints, and one poem about shamanism * New Altars [co-editor Sandra J. Hutchinson] [Angelus Press, Feb 1997] ISBN 0-9648653-6-X, $14.95, 231pp, trade paperback original anthology of 19 Science Fiction and Fantasy stories plus 2 poems about spirituality and religion. (4 stories + one poem are reprints) Authors include Nancy Etchemendy, Tom Piccirilli, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Turzillo; plus Katherine Kurtz introduction see: THEOLOGY: Science Fiction or Fantasy about Religion Alfredo P. Alcala (1925-): comic book artist Kathleen J. Alcala: * Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist [Calyx Books, May 1992] 14 stories, fantasy and magical realism Vivian Alcock: * Ghostly Companions [Methuen, 1984] juvenile horror/fantasy collection * The Haunting of Cassie Palmer [Methuen, 1980; Mammoth, 1994] juvenile * The Monster Garden [Methuen, 1988; Delacorte] juvenile * Singer to the Sea God [Methuen, 1981; Delacorte] juvenile * The Stonewalkers [Methuen, 1981; Mammoth, 1991] juvenile * Timewreck [Mammoth, 1996] juvenile, time travel and alternate worlds Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) famous mainstream author who also wrote fantasy: * Louisa May Alcott's Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories [University of Tennessee Press, 1992] ISBN 0-87049-752-9 39 stories edited and introduced by Daniel Shealy Order from: University of Tennessee Press 293 Communications Bldg. Knoxville TN 37996 * A Whisper in the Dark [Barnes & Noble, June 1996] 12 gothic stories Alchemy: (1) ancestor of Chemistry, the false belief that lesser metals could be transmuted into gold, that there was a universal solvent (Alkahest) that could dissolve anything, that the philospher's stone could grant ultimate wisdom, that the Panacea could cure all disease, and that the Elixer of Life could bring Immortality see IMMORTALITY Those who live forever, or try to (2) Today, we use neutron bombardment to transmute elements, dissolve anything in high-temperature plasma, believe that we can find anything on the Internet, and hope that Nanotechnology will cure all diseases and let us live forever Alcina: (1) a.k.a. Circe in mythology; (2) a.k.a. Labe in Arabian myth; (3) the personification of carnality in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso" [1516]; (4) The opera by Handel [1735] Alcinoo poma dare: [Greek: to give apples to Alcinous] since Alcinous was the King of the Phaeacians, whose land was famous for its fruits, "to give apples to Alcinous" is synonymous with "to carry coals to Newcastle", "to bring owls to Athens", or "to pay Bill Gates for software" Alcmena: Daughter of Electryon (King of Mycenae), Wife of Amphitryon, and mother (thanks to Zeus) of Hercules; the myth is that Zeus came to Alcmena's bed disguised as Amphitryon, but magically made the night 3 times its normal length see: Greek/Roman Pantheon see: Time Travel Alcofribas Nasier: anagram pseudonym of Rabelais, under which the first two volumes of "Gargantua" and "Pantagruel" were published Aldebaran: [Arabic "al" = the, + "davaran" = the follower, since it rises after the Pleiades]: Alpha tauri, first magnitude red star Gill Alderman: Ireland-resident author: Gill Alderman author of "The Archivist" * The Archivist [Unwin Hyman] ISBN 0-04-440399-2 reviewer Colin Greenland wrote: "Set in an imperialist matriarchal culture on an alien planet where spaceflight is a thing of antiquity, [it is] a close-up study of a perverse relationship which incidentally causes the empire to totter." * The Face * The Cold Hill's Side * The Land Beyond [Unwin Hyman] ISBN 0-04-440729-7 magic and time-travelling circus * The Memory Palace [HarperCollins] ISBN 0-00-649773-X fantasy in which author enters the land he novelized and must battle evil Aldine Cheerful Library (1899-1905?): see Magazines Aldine Editions: superb octavo editions of Greek and Latin classics printed in Venice by the company started by Aldus Manutius in 1490; the type face "italics" was originally called "Aldine" because it was invented by Aldus' type-designer Francesco Griffo; Aldus the Younger (grandson of the founder) shut down the company to focus his attention on his successful take-over of the Vatican Press in 1590, and ever since, Science Fiction and fantasy authors have been left in the lurch when their publishers get embroiled in big-name politics Aldine Invention, Travel and Adventure Library, British reprint of Frank Reade Library, (Mar 1899-Nov 1905): see Magazines Brian [Wilson] Aldiss (18 Aug 1925-): extremely influential author/editor/critic "Non-Stop" (1958) is selected and praised in "Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels" by David Pringle "Hothouse" (1962) is selected and praised in "Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels" by David Pringle "Greybeard" (1964) is selected and praised in "Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels" by David Pringle Brian Aldiss @ AlphaRalpha Books include: * Barefoot in the Head (Doubleday, 1970) * The Book of Brian Aldiss * Bow Down to Null (Ace Double, 1960) a favorite of mine as a teenager * Brothers of the Head * Cryptozoic * The Dark Light Years * Earthworks * The Eighty Minute Hour * Enemies of the System * Frankenstein Unbound {film hotlink to be done} * Galaxies Like Grains of Sand * Greybeard * The Long Afternoon of Earth (a.k.a. "Hothouse") * The Malacia Tapestry * The Male Response * Moment of Eclipse * Neanderthal Planet * No Time Like Tomorrow * The Primal Urge * Report on Probability A * Starship * Starswarm * Vanguard from Alpha * Who Can Replace a Man? Margaret Aldiss: wife of Brian Aldiss (born Christie Manson) (1933-1997) * various short stories {to be done} * The Work of Brian W. Aldiss: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide [Borgo Press, July 1992] ISBN 0-89370-488-1, $29.00, 359pp, trade paperback nonfiction/reference partially annotated (by Brian Aldiss) bibliography of Aldiss' fiction plus non-fiction, plus Margaret Aldiss preface plus David Wingrove introduction, plus autobiographical afterword plus many photographs ISBN 0-89370-388-5, $39.00, hardcover, order from: The Borgo Press P.O. Box 2845 San Bernardino CA 92406 Please add $2.00 shipping. * A Is for Brian [co-editors Malcolm Edwards & Frank Hatherley] See Frank Hatherley Thomas Bailey Aldrich (11 Nov 1836-19 Mar 1907), American editor/novelist/poet/playwright: nothing on the Web? Marjorie Daw and Other People (Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1873) fantasy anthology Alan Aldridge (1943-): British illustrator/critic * The Penguin Book of Comics: A Slight History [1967] co-author George Perry * Phantasia of Dockland, Rockland, and Dodos [USA: 1981] chapbook * The Gnole [1991] ISBN 0-434-01788-4, ecological Fantasy co-author Stephen R. Boyett Alexandra Aldridge: academic critic: * The Scientific World View in Dystopia [University of Michigan Press, 1984] ISBN 0-8357-1572-8, $24.95 + postage, 97pp, hardcover nonfiction/criticism revised from doctoral thesis see: DYSTOPIA: really, really bad futures (opposite of "Utopia") Mary C. Aldridge: nothing on the Web? Associate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; e-mail Mary C. Aldridge Ray Aldridge: Ray Aldridge Ray Aldridge, born Syracuse, NY, 6 July 1948, son of Raymond Huebert & Muriel June Rice, married Nancy Ann Federoff, 18 May 1984, daughter April Ann. Published in Writers of the Future II, Amazing Stories, Aboriginal SF, F&SF; also a potter and glass designer; Sgt. USAF 1969-73 in Vietnam; Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America: Books: * The Emancipator Book I: The Pharaoh Contract [Bantam Spectra, Sep 1991] ISBN 0-553-29118-1, $4.50, 290pp, paperback, #1 of series set on a world run by interstellar corporation to breed slave laborers * The Emancipator, Book II: The Emperor of Everything [Bantam Spectra, Feb 1992] ISBN 0-553-29491-1, $4.50, 278pp, paperback This title was originally a phrase in the science fiction novel "The Leisure of the Theory Class" by Jonathan Vos Post, which was read in manuscript by Norman Spinrad, who used the title "The Emperor of Everything" in an essay, which finally was used for this Ray Aldridge novel. * The Emancipator, Book III: The Orpheus Machine [Bantam Spectra, Sep 1992] ISBN 0-553-29119-X, $4.99, 335pp, paperback e-mail Ray Aldridge Buzz Aldrin: second man on the moon: * Encounter With Tiber [co-author John Barnes] [Hodder & Stoughton, June 1996] ISBN 0-340-62450-7, £16.99, 560pp, hardcover near-future Science Fiction novel, plus Arthur C. Clarke foreword [Warner Aspect, July 1996] ISBN 0-446-51854-9, $21.95, 560pp, hardcover, Bob Eggleton cover art [New English Library, Nov 1996] ISBN 0-340-62451-5, £5.99, 560pp, paperback [Warner Aspect, May 1997] ISBN 0-446-60404-6, $6.50, 640pp, paperback, Bob Eggleton cover art Alecto: "she who rests not", one of the three Erinyes [Greek] or Furies [Latin] see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Alectorian Stone: stone allegedly found in cocks' stomachs, which magically makes the owner wealthy, brave, and strong, as with Milo of Crotona see: "Talisman" see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Alejandro, pseudonym of Alejandro Canedo Joseph Aleshkovsky (1929): see pseudonym Yuz Aleshkovsky Yuz Aleshkovsky: pseudonym of Joseph Aleshkovsky (1929): * A Ring in a Case [Northwestern University Press/Hydra, June 1995] ISBN 0-8101-1138-1, $24.95, 249pp, hardcover, Dark Fantasy/Satire about Demons (from Russian folklore and books), haunting a dogmatic atheist in Yeltsin's Moscow, Translated by Jane Anne Miller, see: Demon Dair Alexander, pseudonym of Christine Campbell Thomson David M. Alexander (21 Apr 1907-), American Mystery author with some SF stories: nothing on the Web? Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; * Tales for a Rainy Night [Crest, 1962] * Fane [Pocket/Timescape, 1981; Timescape, Jan 1984] ISBN 0-671-83154-2, $3.50, 311pp, paperback Fantasy novel Ed Alexander, pseudonym of Ed A. Emshwiller Jay Alexander, pseudonym of Victor J. Banis Lloyd Alexander (30 Jan 1924-), full name Lloyd Chudley Alexander: American Fantasy author: Lloyd Alexander @ AlphaRalpha * The "Prydain" novels: * The Black Cauldron [1965] * Coll and His White Pig [1965] * The Book of Three [1964] * The Castle of Light * The Castle of Llyr [1966] * The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain [1973] story collection * The High King [1968] * Taran Wanderer [1967] * The Truthful Harp [1967] * The "Westmark" novels: * Westmark [1981] * The Kestrel [1982] * The Beggar Queen [1984] * The "Vesper Holly" young adult novels: * The Illyrian Adventure [1986] * The El Dorado Adventure [1987] * The Drackenberg Adventure [1988] * The Jedera Adventure [1989] * The Philadelphia Adventure [1990] * Miscellaneous Fantasy * The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen [1991] * The House Gobbaleen [1995] juvenile * The Arkadians [1995] Reference: * Lloyd Alexander: A Bio-Bibliography [Greenwood Press, 1991] ISBN 0-313-26586-0, co-authors Michael O. Tunnell and James S. Jacobs * The Prydain Companion: A Reference Guide to Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles [Greenwood Press, 1989] ISBN 0-313-26585-2, hardcover co-authors Michael O. Tunnell and Lloyd Alexander Lynne Alexander: Locus/Contento lists: * Resonating Bodies [London: Macmillan UK 1988; New York: Macmillan Atheneum, May 1989] ISBN 0-689-12039-7, $18.95, 230pp, hardcover Literary Fantasy novel about an old musician and his intelligent 17th-century viola da gamba (few people remember that the air viola da gamba was the predecessor of the modern air guitar in teenagers' fantasies) Marc Alexander: full name Marc Elward Alexander (1929-): Fantasy author of NEW ZEALAND and (with pseudonym Mark Ronson) Horror author (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.17). Locus Contento lists: * Ancient Dreams [Headline, Dec 1988] ISBN 0-7472-3025-0, £3.50, 338pp, paperback Fantasy novel, #1 of "Wells of Ythan" series * Enchantment's End [Headline, Jan 1992] ISBN 0-7472-3834-0, £4.99, 434pp, paperback Fantasy novel, #4 of "Wells of Ythan" series * Magic Casements [Headline, Oct 1989] ISBN 0-7472-3026-9, £3.99, 342pp, paperback Fantasy novel, #2 of "Wells of Ythan" series * Shadow Realm [Headline, Apr 1991] ISBN 0-7472-3027-7, £4.99, 438pp, paperback Fantasy novel, #3 of "Wells of Ythan" series Ric Alexander: editor/anthologist, pseudonym of Peter Haining, (1940-): * Cyber-Killers [Orion/Millennium, June 1997] ISBN 0-75280-980-6, £9.99, 408pp, trade paperback anthology of 23 technological murder stories each briefly prefaced by its author (with first appearance noted); plus Peter F. Hamilton introduction; authors include: Terry Pratchett, William Gibson, Alfred Bester, Dean Koontz ISBN 0-75280-783-8, hardcover, £16.99 Roger Alexander: Locus/Contento lists: * Glimpses [Delphic Publications, Mar 1995] ISBN 0-9642850-0-2, $24.95, 310pp, hardcover Science Fiction allegory of year 2515, when people are merely cybernetic memories plus stored DNA, depending on ark spaceships to convey the chosen handful to new worlds -- if they can escape the Antichrist (see Christian Science Fiction) Order from: Delphic Publications, Inc. 362 Gulf Breeze Parkway #107 Gulf Breeze FL 32561 800-260-3759 Add $3.00 shipping. Sigmund B[owman] Alexander (1873?-?), American Arthurian author with some SF stories: nothing on the Web? * 10 Of Us: Original Stories and Sketches (Boston: Laughton MacDonald, 1888) Thea Alexander: * 2150 A.D. (Warner, 1976) Sherman Alexie: * Reservation Blues [Atlantic Monthly Press, June 1995] ISBN 0-87113-594-9, $21.00, 306pp, hardcover [Warner, Sep 1996] ISBN 0-446-67235-1, $12.99, 306pp, trade paperback Literary Fantasy novel of elderly man's deal with the Devil which leads him to an Indian reservation, where his enchanted guitar encourages Spokane Indian teenagers to form a band Athena Alexis: Locus/Contento lists: * Along Came a Spider [Dell, Nov 1991] ISBN 0-440-20663-4, $4.50, 322pp, paperback Horror [Piatkus, June 1992] ISBN 0-7499-0119-5, £14.95, 322pp, hardcover Katina Alexis: pseudonym of Katina Parthemos Strauch, (1946-); Locus/Contento lists: * Souls [Pocket, Feb 1992] ISBN 0-671-67626-1, $4.99, 300pp, paperback Horror: woman fights to prevent theft of her soul. * Witch [Pocket, Nov 1990] ISBN 0-671-67627-X, $4.50, 343pp, paperback Horror: Satanist kills ladies by psychic attack in Georgia village Alfadir: [Norse "father of all"]: refers to Odin see: Scandanavian Pantheon Alfana: Gradosso's horse ["Orlando Furioso"] Alfar: (1) Elves in Norse mythology; (2) dockalfar, in German legends, live deep in caves and mines; (3) The Old English name "Aelfric" literally means "ruler of Elves" see: Scandanavian Pantheon Felipe Alfau: pioneering Magical Realist novelist; Locus/Contento lists: * Locos [Farrar & Rinehart, 1936; revised in Dalkey Archive, 1988; Vintage, July 1990] ISBN 0-679-72846-5, $8.95, 206pp, trade paperback Alice Alfonsi: Horror editor/anthologist; Locus/Contento lists: * Dark Seductions [co-editor John Scognamiglio[ [Zebra, Oct 1993] ISBN 0-8217-4331-7, $4.50, 351pp, paperback original anthology 14 Horror stories about Love (all by Zebra authors) Hannes Alfven, Swedish Nobel laureate physicist who wrote SF under pseudonym O. Johannesson: nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from Sweden! See: Aurora Leclaire Gowans Alger (1898-?), a leading Scottish occult editor: nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from Scotland! * Gaelic Ghosts: Tales of the Supernatural from Scotland [under his Gaelic pseudonym Sorche Nic Leodhas] [New York: Holt, 1964] Judith Alguire: FEMINIST Science Fiction novelist; Locus/Contento lists: * Zeta Base [Naiad Press, Aug 1991] ISBN 0-941483-94-0, $9.95, 191pp, trade paperback, Lesbian far-future Science Fiction novel the sun is transforming in disturbing ways... Ali: Mohammed's son-in-law and cousin, said to have gorgeous eyes Ali Baba: the Arabian Nights hero who steals the treasures of the 40 Thieves by copying their cave's security password: "open sesame" Aliboron: jackass in La Fontaine's "Fables" Jaffer Ali: Locus/Contento lists: * The Official Prisoner Companion [see co-author Matthew White] Alice in Wonderland: see Lewis Carroll Alien Worlds, British, (Aug 1966): see Magazines Alifanfaron: the giant that Don Quixote claimed was commander of the army which his sidekick could see was really just a flock of sheep; this was a learned commentary on Ajax (see "Ajax") in madness attacking another flock of sheep, whom he took to be the sons of Atreus Al Kadr: the night in Ramadan when Angels come to Earth, and Gabriel tells humans the divine decrees [Koran, xcvii] see: Angels see: God see: Magazines Margaret Allan: pseudonym of W. T. Quick: Locus/Contento lists: * The Mammoth Stone [Penguin/Signet, Feb 1993] ISBN 0-451-17497-6, $5.99, 391pp, paperback Prehistoric novel, 1st of new series * Spirits Walking Woman [Penguin/Onyx, Jan 1998] ISBN 0-451-19039-4, $5.99, 410pp, paperback Prehistoric novel, featuring Olmec woman with unusual powers Paula Allardyce, pseudonym of Ursula Torday Ted Allbeury, full name Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury] (1907-): Locus/Contento lists: * All Our Tomorrows [London: Panther, 1982; New York: Mysterious Press, Sep 1989] ISBN 0-89296-183-X, $18.95, 260pp, hardcover espionage/thriller/Science Fiction set in near future England where two men join the underground resistance against Russian conquerors. First American edition (Panther 1982). [Warner/Mysterious Press, Aug 1990] ISBN 0-445-40914-2, $4.95, 296pp, paperback see: POLITICS Phil Allcock: Young Adult fantasist; Locus/Contento lists: * The Fading Realm [Phoenix, Aug 1992] ISBN 0-85476-318-X, £3.99, 279pp, paperback 3rd of "Stories of the Realm" trilogy * In Search of the Golden Sceptre [Phoenix, Oct 1991] ISBN 0-86065-907-0, £3.99, 287pp, paperback, 2nd of "Stories of the Realm" trilogy * The Will of Dargan [Kingsway, Nov 1989] ISBN 0-86065-760-4, £2.99, 224pp, paperback Allegory: Northrop Frye says that fiction is allegory "the events of a narrative obviously and continuously refer to another simultaneous structure of events or ideas." Not a politically correct concept in the Age of Deconstruction, as it presumes that literature MEANS something. All-Hallow's Eve, a.k.a. Hallowe'en, a.k.a Halloween, a.k.a Nutcrack Night", a.k.a. "Holy Eve": the holiday on 31 October, favorite of Ray Bradbury, as definitively portrayed in its original Scottish form in Burns' poem "Hallowe'en"; in Scottish legend, those born on Halloween have the gift of Second Sight, as did the character Mary Avenel in Sir Walter Scott's "The Monastery" [1820] Anita Allen: Fantasy editor; Locus/Contento lists: * New Dominions: Fantasy Stories by Virginia Writers [see co-editor Mike Allen] Bill Allen: Fantasy editor; Locus/Contento lists: * Midnight Journeys [see co-editor Davi Dee] Derek Allen: Juvenile Horror author; Locus/Contento lists: * Blood from the Mummy's Tomb [Hutchinson, Oct 1986] ISBN 0-09-167880-3, £5.95, 144pp, hardcover, 1st of new "Fleshcreepers" line; juvenile retooling of Bram Stoker's "The Jewel of Seven Stars" [Beaver, Oct 1986] ISBN 0-09-949730-1, £1.75, 144pp, paperback Dexter Allen, academic romantic fantasy author on Mesoamerica: nothing on the Web? [Charles] Grant [Blairfindie] Allen (1848-1899), leading Canadian science writer and SF/Fantasy novelist: Grant Allen @ AlphaRalpha Brian W. Aldiss [Billion Year Spree, New York: Shocken, 1974, p.142] says: "'Grant Allen and I were in the tradition of Godwin and Shelley,' said [H.G.] Wells. Grant Allen was a Darwinian. Like Wells, he used the future to mirror the evils of the present, and his _The British Barbarians_ (1895) presents a scientist from a distant future working as an anthropologist among a savage tribe in an English suburb, as he investigates the current shibboleths on class, sex, property, and creed. Grant Allen's best-known novel is _The Woman Who Did_, also published in 1895, about a woman who bears and cares for an illegitimate child--a daring theme at the time, which may have moved Wells toward the writing of _Ann Veronica_." F. M. Allen, pseudonym of Edmond Downey (1856-1937): Irish light Fantasy author: * A House of Tears [USA: 1888] * Brayhard: The Strange Adventures of One Ass and Seven Champions [1890] * The Little Green Man [1895] leprechaun launches 1849 California Gold Rush Grant Allen: full name Charles Grant Allen Blairfindie (1848-1899): scientist, teacher, author, born in Canada, lived in West Indies briefly and in Great Britain the rest of his life. Psuedonyms included J. Arbuthnot Wilson, Cecil Power, Olive Pratt Rayner, Martin Leach Warborough (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.19) Novels: * The Woman Who Did [1895] feminist SF * The British Barbarians [1895] * The Evolution of the Idea of God [1897] * Kalee's Shrine [1886] a.k.a. The Indian Mystery [USA: 1902] * The Devils Die [1888] * The White Man's Foot [1888] * The Great Taboo [1890] * Michael's Crag [1893] Collections: * Strange Stories [1884] story collection * The Beckoning Hand [1887] story collection, title story an early Voodoo fiction * The Tents of Shem [1891] story collection * Ivan Greet's Masterpiece [1893] story collection * The Desire of the Eyes [1895] story collection * Twelve Tales [1899] "best of" story collection Henry M. Allen, see co-anthologist W. D. Howells Henry Wilson Allen, novelist of: * Genesis Five [Morrow, 1968] Russian SUPERMAN nothing on the Web? James Allen, SF agent: nothing on the Web? e-mail Karen Jordan Allen Associate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America Lori Negridge Allen: nothing on the web? Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America Mary Ann Allen: pseudonym of Rosemary Pardoe, (1951-): Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * The Angry Dead [Crimson Altar Press, 1986] no ISBN, £1.30, 37pp, paperback story collection of 10 ghost stories, Colin P. Langeveld illustrations M[arion] C. Allen (12 Dec 1914-?), Kansan anthologist of "Shock!": nothing on the Web? Mary C. Allen, full name Mary Charlotte Chocqueel Allen (1909-) editor: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Great Ghost Stories in Large Print [G. K. Hall, May 1988] ISBN 0-8161-4423-0, $18.95, 390pp, hardcover anthology of 13 ghost stories (large print edition) Mary Elizabeth Allen: editor: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * All Hallows' Eve: Tales of Love and the Supernatural [Walker, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-8027-1252-5, $19.95, 247pp, hardcover original anthology, 16 romantic (mostly Regency) ghost stories Mike Allen: editor: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * New Dominions: Fantasy Stories by Virginia Writers [co-editor Anita Allen] [Allen & Allen Productions, 1995] no ISBN, $4.95, 76pp, original chapbook anthology, 7 short stories, plus 5 poems, plus several short prose vignettes (1 poem is reprinted) marked as 2nd edition; order from: Allen & Allen Productions P.O. Box 13511 Roanoke VA 24034-3511 Roger McBride Allen (1957-): Hard SF author, Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America Roger MacBride Allen author's home page Roger MacBride Allen @ AlphaRalpha Roger MacBride Allen Roger MacBride Allen@sff.net old, invalid? Books: * The Depths of Time [New York: Bantam Books, March 2000] first book of a projected trilogy, "The Chronicles of Solace." The second and third volumes are to be entitled "The Ocean of Years" and "The Shores of Tomorrow" (Titles of volumes II and III are provisional). The Depths of Time explores a future where interstellar travel is possible, if costly and difficult, and the terraforming of planets is routine. Admiral Anton Koffield discovers a dangerous if hidden flaw in the techniques then being used to terraform the planet Solace. He rushes there with a warning -- but is delayed in transit for over a century, to find a world still unaware of the disaster that is about to overtake it. * The Game of Worlds [New York: Avon, 19XX] This book is part of David Brin's new young adult series, "Out of Time." In the series, young time travelers from the present and the past are recruited to help save the future. In The Game of Worlds, three time travelers are forced to take the place of Human diplomats during the first face-to-face meeting with a dangerous alien race. * Isaac Asimov's Utopia [New Yor: Ace Books, November 1996] Third book in the CALIBAN triology. A young scientist proposes a daring plan to revitalize the dying world of Inferno -- but the robots of Inferno are determined to prevent all risk, all danger -- even if the risk might save the world. Click on Mr.Allen's home page to see a sample chapter. * Star Wars -- The Corellian Trilogy [New York: Bantam Books, 1995] paperback * Ambush at Corellia * Assault at Selonia * Showdown At Centerpoint Han Solo takes his wife, Leia Organo Solo, Chewbacca, and his three children to visit his home world of Corellia. It is supposed to be nothing more than a family vacation, with a little politicking thrown in on the side. Instead, Han and his family stumble into the middle of a dangerous rebellion -- one that could cause the New Republic itself to fall. * Allies & Aliens [New York: Baen Books, June 1995] paperback revised and updated edition of his first two books, THE TORCH OF HONOR and ROGUE POWERS. These two books tell the story of the first interstellar war -- a war interupted by the First Contact with a friendly -- and very dangerous -- species of aliens -- who just happen to be occupying the battlefield. * Orphan of Creation [New York: Baen Books, 1988] paperback The bones of a australopithicine -- a form of pre-human thought to be extinct for a millions -- are found in Mississippi, and seem to date from the period just before the Civil War. As the evidence mounts that australopithicines are alive in the present day, a question that no one ever thought to ask before suddenly become more more urgent -- what, exactly, is a human being. * Farside Cannon [New York: Baen Books, 1989] paperback Scientists working in the high arctic wastes of Iceland discover proof that an asteroid strike killed the dinosaurs. But their evidence is less than welcome to the people planning to move the asteroid Cornucopia into Earth orbit. There seems to be only one way to stop the asteroid -- and the only place to do it from is the lunar Farside. This book takes place in the same universe as the Hunted Earth series, about a hundred years prior to THE RING OF CHARON. * The Ring of Charon [New York: Tor Books, December 1990] paperback The first book of "the Hunted Earth." An incredibly powerful group of aliens, the Charonians, steal the planet Earth, removing it completely from the Solar System. * The Shattered Sphere [New York: Tor Books, July 1994] hardcover [New York: Tor Books, September 1995] paperback The Second Book of the Hunted Earth. In the second volume, something so powerful it can threaten the Charonians has broken loose in the universe. But how can humanity defeat the Adversary without so much as knowing what it is? * Isaac Asimov's Caliban [New York: Ace Books, 1993] trade paperback In this first book of a three-book series of Robot mysteries, an eminent roboticist is savagely attacked -- and all the evidence points to something impossible -- that a robot attacked her. But Sheriff Alvar Kresh soon learns, much to his horror, that, all of a sudden, such a thing is possible -- because the scientist who was attacked had made some changes in the Three Laws. * Isaac Asimov's Inferno [New York: Ace Books, 1994] trade paperback A political assassination throws the planet Inferno into chaos just as draconian measures to rescue the planetary climate are going into effect. But as soon becomes apparent, solving the case could easily wreck the delicate political structure of the re-terraforming project. * Isaac Asimov's Utopia [New York: Ace Books, 1996] The third and final book of the series. See above for details. * The Modular Man [New York: Bantam Books, 1992] paperback In a world where the line between man and machine has become increasingly blurred, a robotic household maintenance unit is arrested for murder, and the dead man's widow decides to defend the machine herself. For the case is not just about murder. The prosecution wants the court to rule that no machine can stand trial, because no machine has rights under the law. Except there are very good reasons to argue this one does -- because the prosecution believes the dead man is very much alive, his mind stored inside the robot. In effect, the victim has been arrested for murdering himself. * Supernova (co-author Eric Kotani) [publisher?, date?] As the twentieth century draws to its close, a young scientist discovers evidence that Sirius B, one of the closest stars to Earth, is about to undergo a Supernova explosion. Indeed, it may have already exploded, with the explosion shock wave already on its way to Earth. At first, it seems just a scientific curiosity, but even from a distance of many light years, a supernova explosion can have strange -- and disastrous -- consequences. * The War Machine [New York: Baen Books, 1989] paperback (co-author David Drake) The Pact, the despotic and corrupt system that has held all the worlds and star sytems together for so long, is finally starting to unravel. But as bad as it is, the chaos and upheaval that will come in the wake of the Pact's collapse can only be worse. A young officer, his marriage wrecked for the momentary advantage of one political faction over another, is forced to do battle against a unseen enemy in the name of the Pact. e-mail Roger MacBride Allen NEW: preferred e-mail Roger MacBride Allen non-preferred e-mail Roger MacBride Allen old address? Royce H. Allen: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * La Luz Canyon/Going Mobile [co-author Glen E. Cox) [Roadkill Press, Apr 1993] no ISBN, $6.00, 23/17pp, Original chapbook anthology, 2 horror stories back-to-back (Ace Doubles style), Melissa Sherman cover art and illustrations, Order from: Roadkill Press Little Bookshop of Horrors 10380 Ralston Rd. Arvada CO 80004 Please include $1.00 for postage be SURE to say that you found this chapbook through the magicdragon website Sheila Rosalynd Allen: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * The Helpful Ghost [Walker, July 1990] ISBN 0-8027-1118-9, $19.95, 224pp, hardcover Regency romance novel/ghost story, 3rd of "Lovers of Steadford Abbey" series, featuring Sir Harry's meddlesome spirit [Diamond, Jun 1993] ISBN 1-55773-908-0, $3.99, 203pp, paperback * The Meddlesome Ghost [Walker, Sep 1989] ISBN 0-8027-1083-2, $18.95, 224pp, hardcover Regency romance novel/ghost story, 2nd of "Lovers of Steadford Abbey" series, featuring Sir Harry's meddlesome spirit who must do penance for an evil life by helping mortal lovers. [Diamond, Feb 1993] ISBN 1-55773-858-0, $3.99, 204pp, paperback * The Passionate Ghost [Walker, May 1991] ISBN 0-8027-1158-8, $19.95, 200pp, hardcover Regency romance novel/ghost story, 4th of "Lovers of Steadford Abbey" series, featuring Sir Harry's meddlesome spirit [Jove, Aug 1993] ISBN 0-515-11165-1, $3.99, 200pp, paperback. * The Reluctant Ghost [Walker, 1989; Diamond, Oct 1992] ISBN 1-55773-803-3, $3.99, 193pp, paperback Regency romance novel/ghost story, 1st of "Lovers of Steadford Abbey" series, featuring Sir Harry's meddlesome spirit Tom Allen: pseudonym of Tom Shippey, editor (1943-): Locus/Contento lists: * Tales From the Darkside, Volume I [see co-editor Mitchell Galin] Thomas B. [Tom] Allen: nonfiction newswriter and author on SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence): nothing on the Web? * Quest--A Report on Extraterrestrial Life (Philadelphia: Chilton, 1965) Vergie Allen: Science Fiction author of CANADA Locus/Contento lists: Books: * Journeys [Commonwealth Publications, 1996] ISBN 1-55197-067-8, $4.99, 309pp, paperback mystical Science Fiction novel; troubleshooter tries to straighten out earthquake ridden war-torn planet; order from: Commonwealth Publications 9764-45th Ave Edmonton AB Canada T6E 5C5 orders 800-491-7737; Commonwealth Publications William Rodney Allen: critic; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Nonfiction Books: * Understanding Kurt Vonnegut [University of South Carolina Press, Feb 1991] ISBN 0-87249-722-4, $24.95, 192pp, hardcover novel by novel analysis of Vonnegut, plus bibliography; order from: University of South Carolina Press Columbia SC 29208. * Conversations With Kurt Vonnegut [University Press of Mississippi, Sep 1988] ISBN 0-87805-358-1, $14.95, 305pp, trade paperback nonfiction anthology of interviews and articles ISBN 0-87805--357-3, hardcover, $27.95 Isabel Allende (1942-) Niece of Chile's President Salvador Allende (1908-1973), born in Peru, lived in Chile, Venezuela, now resident in USA. Magical Realist and postmodernist author: * The House of the Spirits [USA: 1985] translation of La Casa de los espiritus [Spain: 1982] * Eva Luna [1987; USA tr. 1988] Albert J. Alletzhauser: Locus/Contento lists: * Quake [London: Bloomsbury, Jan 1997] ISBN 0-7475-3033-5, £15.99, 383pp, hardcover near-future science fiction/thriller All Hallow's Eve: the term now commonly compressed to "Halloween" Harry Allighan (1898-?), wrote a 1962 political SF novel foretelling the end of apartheid: "Verwoerd--The End" (London: Boardman, 1961): nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from South Africa! see: POLITICS Cedric Allingham (1922-?), British UFO pioneer * Flying Saucers from Mars (London: F. Muller, 1954) Margery [Louise] Allingham (1904-1966): award-winning British Mystery author who wrote at least one SF novel on telepathy "The Mind Readers." The father of this Web Page author (Samuel H. Post, see below) published some of her work in American paperback editions: nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from England! The following paperback edition was edited and published by my father, Samuel H. Post, for MacFadden-Bartell Corporation, New York: Margery Allingham, "The Mind Readers", (75-175, 1967) William Allingham (1824-1889) see Richard Doyle (who illustrated a William Allingham poem), Andrew Lang (author of Fantasy novel based on Richard Doyle's illustration of the William Allingham poem): * In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World [1870] Richard Doyle illustrator, text is William Allingham poem * In Fairyland [1884] chapbook by Andrew Lang based on Richard Doyle's illustration of the William Allingham poem Clyde Allison, pseudonym of William Knowles Sam Allison, pseudonym of Noel M. Loomis Susan Allison: distinguished Science Fiction editor; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books Edited: * The Fantasy Sampler [Berkley/Ace, Oct 1985] no ISBN, free to members of 1985 World Fantasy Convention, unpaginated, galley excerpts from then-forthcoming Fantasy books from Ace and Berkley Arthur Allport, pseudonym of Raymond Z. Gallun Lee Allred: Associate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America cartographer, radar maintenance technician, commercial artist, butcher's assistant, soldier, missionary, construction foreman, ranch hand, newspaper sports photographer; currently on active duty with the US Air Force installing fiber optics and data networks worldwide for the military Lee Allred author's home page Lee Allred in John Campbell Awards biography pages Short Fiction: * "For the Strength of the Hills" (novellette) [L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol. 13, Bridge Publications, Los Angeles, 1997] ISBN 1-573-18064-5 final nominee for the 1997 Sidewise Award for Alternate History, short form e-mail Lee Allred Michael Allred: Michael Allred @ Dragon*Con Aaron Allston, author and computer game scripter, lives in Austin, Texas area: * Galatea in 2-D [Baen, Aug 1993] ISBN 0-671-72182-8, $4.99, 257pp, paperback Fantasy novel:commercial illustrator's painting comes to life, dragging him into magical battle * Doc Sidhe [Baen, May 1995] ISBN 0-671-87662-7, $5.99, 337pp, paperback Fantasy novel set in an ALTERNATE WORLD where an "Doc Savage" elf battles supernatural evil in a weird 1930s New York * The Bard's Tale: Thunder of the Captains [see co-author Holly Lisle] * The Bard's Tale: Wrath of the Princes [see co-author Holly Lisle] * Car Warriors 2: Double Jeopardy [Tor, Dec 1994] ISBN 0-812-53463-8, $4.99, 215pp, paperback novelization based on Steve Jackson game Aaron Allston Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America web site includes movie reviews of: * The Lost World * Men in Black * Hercules * Volcano many others e-mail Aaron Allston All-Story Magazine (Jan 1905-Mar 1914): see Magazines Tom Allum: British juvenile SF author: nothing on the Web? Help me out, fans from England! "Boy Beyond the Moon", a.k.a. "Emperor of Space" (London: Blackie, 1959) Alma: [Italian: soul]: prsonifies the soul in Spenser's "Faerie Queene" [II, ix-xi] Alma Mater: (1) in Roman myth, this phrase literally means "nourishing mother" as an epithet for the Earth Mother Terra or Tellus, or alternatively as an epithet for Ceres or Cybele, whose mother-goddess cult spread from Asia Minor and was ebentually honored as the mother of all gods, identified with the Greek goddess Rhea (wife of Cronus). There is a more complicated parallel with Ashtoreth (in the Old Testament as a pagan goddess) who was the Near Eastern Astarte, also known as Ishtar in Babylonia, Inanna in Sumeria, and related functionally to Terra and Demeter. In parallel with Isis, her brother/husband died each year, and was reborn/rescued from Hades. See also: Adonis, Cereal, Sacred Cow. (2) The school from which you graduated. For example, my Alma Mater was caltech, the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, where I earned a rare double B.S. in Mathematics and English Literature. Almagest: [Arabic: Al Majisti]: Ptolemy's 13-volume astronomical compendium [mid 2nd Century] as translated into Arabic circa 820; the definitve work of Astronomy until Copernicus upset the applecart Almanac: [Arabic origin obscure]: medieval Latin word for a calendar of days and months with astronomical information and whatever else the authors/editors wanted to satick in, which sometimes verged on Science Fiction or Fantasy Almanzor: [Arabic: the invincible]: (1) title of various rulers, including the 2nd Abasside Calph Abu Jafar Abdullah (712-775) who was the founder of the city of Baghdad; (2) charcter in Dryden's "Conquest of Grenada" [1672]; (3) servent in Moliere's "Precieuses Ridicules" [1659] Jocelyn Almond: Locus/Contento lists: * The Faceless Tarot [see co-author Keith Seldon] Gregg Almquist: Locus/Contento lists: * Beast Rising [Pocket, Sep 1987] ISBN 0-671-63497-6, $3.50, 256pp, paperback Horror * Wolf Kill [Pocket, Dec 1990] ISBN 0-671-67184-7, $4.50, 273pp, paperback Horror weregirl seeks revenge on her own family Alnaschar's Dream: in Arabian Nights, Alnaschar spends his entire investment portfolio on a basket of glassware, which he intended to invest until rich enough to marry the daughter of the vizier, but imagining himself already arguing with this potential wife, he kicked the basket, shattering his investment, and his dreams Marcelo Alonso: science editor: Locus/Contento lists: * The World of 2044: Technological Development and the Future of Society [co-editors Morton A. Kaplan and Charles Sheffield] see Charles Sheffield Gerald A. Alper: * My Name is Vladimir Sloifoiski (Curtis, 1970) Hans Joachim Alpers, my literary agent in Germany, nothing on the web? Lifetime Associate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America Hamburg, Germany e-mail Hans Joachim Alpers Alpha: (1) first letter of Greek alphabet; (2) "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last" [Revelations, I, ii] Alpha, Sweden, see Sam J. Lundwall: see Magazines Alpheus and Arethusa: Alpheus was a river god who fell for the nymph Arethusa, who fled to the island of Ortygia, where Artemis transformed her to a fountain, and Alpheus flowed underground to join her, which shows that the ancient Greeks knew about underground rivers, aquifers, and the like... Elaine Marie Alphin: Locus/Contento lists: * Ghost Cadet [Holt, Apr 1991] ISBN 0-8050-1614-7, $14.95, 182pp, hardcover Young Adult Fantasy: lad befriends deceased Civil War soldier Alruna-wife: German equivalent of Roman Lares or Penates: household goddess Al-Sirat: the bridge, no wider than a sword's edge, between Hell and Heaven, across which all who seek Paradise must cross see: Islamic myth Rosalyn Alsobrook: Locus/Contento lists: * Time Storm [Zebra/Pinnacle, July 1993] ISBN 1-55817-728-0, $4.99, 475pp, paperback Romance/TIME TRAVEL set in year of great Johnstown Flood Alsvid, a.k.a. Alswider: Norse Mythic horse that pulls the Chariot of the Moon, see: Scandanavian Pantheon Altair, pseudonym of Anthony Jerome Griffin Steve Alten: * Meg [Headline, Dec 1997] ISBN 0-7472-5744-2, £5.99, viii+343pp, paperback Science Fiction/Fantasy: prehistoric shark savages contemporary American shore. Huge advertising budget, enormous advance for film rights, hasn't bitten me yet... Robert Edmond Alter: * Path to Savagery (Avon, 1969) ALTERNATE WORLDS: history might have happened differently Althea's Brand: (1) In Greek myth, Althea gave birth to Meleager, and overheard the Fates say that he would live only as long as the piece of wood (the "brand") on her hearth was not fully burnt away by fire. Althea grabbed and hid the smoldering wood, and Meleager, rather than dying in infancy, lived to vigorous manhood. But then ensued the Hunt for the Calydonian Boar, sent by Artemis to harass the kingdom of Calydonia. Meleager assembled the posse to kill the monster beast. Joing the team was super-huntress Atalanta, with whom Meleager fell at once in love. He slew the supernatural wild boar, skinned it, and presented the hide to Atalanta, as a love token. This annoyed Althea's brothers, in the posse, who said that it was against protocol for him to give away the hunt's spoils. Enraged, he drew his sword and sliced them down where they stood. Althea was strongly displeased that Meleager had murdered his uncles. Grieving, raging, she removed the brand from hiding, and flung it back on the fire. As soon as it was consumed, the Fates had their way, as always, and Meleager instantly perished, which ruined that first date with Atalanta. See also "Amber" downwards on this web page. (2) Hence, by extension, an object that can destroy you, and upon which your reputation or your very life depends. Daniel Altieri: Locus/Contento lists: * Shangri-La [see co-author Eleanor Cooney)] Altis: the area sacred to Zeus in Olympia see: Greek/Roman Pantheon Mark A. Altman: 6 Star Trek books {to be done} Thomas Altman: pseudonym of Campbell Black (1944-): Locus/Contento lists: * The Intruder [Corgi, Dec 1986] ISBN 0-552-13000-1, £2.50, 249pp, paperback Horror (reprint of original publication {to be done}) * The True Bride [Bantam, 1982; Corgi, 1984] ISBN 0-552-12232-7, £1.50, 212pp, paperback Horror [Severn House, Dec 1986] ISBN 0-7278-1386-2, £8.95, 224pp, hardcover Jens H. Altmann, Ahrensburg, Germany; nothing on the web? Associate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America Andrea Alton, Colorado; no known home page Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Demon of Undoing [Baen, June 1988] ISBN 0-671-65413-6, $3.50, 308pp, paperback Science Fiction, planet of cat people, where exile Fenobar becomes involved with humans (whom they fear as demons) Lucas Jose D'Alvarenga: Fantasy author from Brazil (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy" by John Clute & John Grant, 1997, p.22) John Alvarez, pseudonym of Lester del Rey R. Alvarez, pseudonym of Lester del Rey Liv Margareth Alver, author in Norway, nothing on the web? Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America e-mail Liv Margareth Alver e-mail Liv Margareth Alver old, invalid? Manuel Alverado: Locus/Contento lists: * Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text [see co-author John Tulloch] Emily Alward, new Active Member of SFWA as of October 1996, no known home page Short Fiction: * "Summer Fair" * "Renunciates of Darkover" (DAW Books) * "Like a Moth to the Flame" in "Towers of Darkover" (DAW) * "Nicolodeon" in "Herotica 3" (Plume/Penguin) Books Edited: * The Magic Within [co-editors Diane Holmes and Alicia Rasley] [WorldEdge Press, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-9641438-9-5, $9.95, 201pp, trade paperback anthology of 24 stories, all original, about women with magic and power, mostly by small-press authors see: FEMINIST Order from WorldEdge Press 2138 E. Broad Ripple Ave #143 Indianapolis IN 46220-2312 e-mail Emily Alward 27 October 1996: THE REAL "ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR"