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Laser Books
Laser Books was a line of 58 paperback science fiction (SF) novels published from 1975 to 1977 by Canadian romance powerhouse Harlequin Books. Laser published three titles per month, available by subscription as well as in stores. The books were limited to 50,000-60,000 words. They were numbered as a series, though each was a standalone novel. All the covers were painted by Hugo Award winning artist Kelly Freas. Editorial problems Tim Powers, whose first book was published by Laser, has said that ''Epitaph in Rust'' was "mangled" by the editors at Laser Books. An unedited version was later issued by a different publisher. Piers Anthony had problems with their publication of his novel ''But What Of Earth?''. This novel was also issued later, through Tor Books. Harlequin edited the Laser books to conform to the standards then imposed on the Harlequin Romances. This included prohibition of blasphemous and scatological words and explicit sexual scenes, but not of sexual situations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Nelson (author)
Radell Faraday Nelson (October 3, 1931 – November 30, 2022) was an American science fiction author and cartoonist most famous for his 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film ''They Live''. Personal life Nelson was born October 3, 1931, in Schenectady, New York, the son of Walter Hughes Nelson and Marie Reed. He has one younger brother, Trevor Reed Nelson. Ray became an active member of science fiction fandom while still a teenager at Cadillac High School in Cadillac, Michigan. After graduation, he attended the University of Chicago (studying theology), then spent four years studying in Paris, where he met Jean-Paul Sartre, Boris Vian and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William Burroughs and other Beat Generation icons. In Paris, he worked with Michael Moorcock smuggling then-banned Henry Miller books out of France. While there, he also met Norwegian Kirsten Enge, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Sohl
Gerald Allan Sohl Sr. (December 2, 1913 – November 4, 2002) was an American television scriptwriter and science fiction author who wrote for ''The Twilight Zone'' (as a ghostwriter for Charles Beaumont), '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (once using the pseudonym "Nathan Butler"), and other shows. He wrote more than twenty novels as well as feature film scripts. He also wrote the nonfiction works ''Underhanded Chess'' and ''Underhanded Bridge'' in 1973. Novels ''New York Times'' reviewer Villiers Gerson described his 1953 novel ''The Transcendent Man'' as "contain ngenough twists to afford the reader a few hours' entertainment" despite being "oversimplified in motivation." P. Schuyler Miller found the plot unconvincing. Gerson later panned Sohl's ''The Altered Ego'', saying "This wordy book lacks characterization, emotion, suspense, and interest." His 1955 '' Point Ultimate'' is a piece of Cold War invasion literature: in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Carver
Jeffrey A. Carver (born 1949) is an American science fiction author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, graduated from Brown University, and lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His 2000 novel ''Eternity's End'' was a nominee at the 2001 Nebula Awards; in 2022 he was honored with the Helicon Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1995, Carver developed and hosted the educational TV series ''Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing'', which has since been made available online. Bibliography ;The Chaos Chronicles #''Neptune Crossing'' (1994), #''Strange Attractors'' (1995), #''The Infinite Sea'' (1996), #''Sunborn'' (2008), #''The Reefs of Time'' (2019) #''Crucible of Time'' (2019) ;The Star Rigger universe #''Seas of Ernathe'' (1976), #''Star Rigger's Way'' (1978, revised edition 1994), #''Panglor'' (1980, revised edition 1996), #''Dragons in the Stars'' (1992), #''Dragon Rigger'' (1993), #''Eternity's End'' (2000), ;Starstream series #''From a Changeling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James R
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lampton
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bischoff
David F. Bischoff (December 15, 1951 – March 19, 2018) was an American science fiction and television writer. General background Born in Washington D.C., Bischoff wrote science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. He began writing during the early 1970s and had more than 80 books published. Bischoff was known best for novelizations of popular movies and television series including ''Aliens'', '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', Star Trek: The Next Generation, and ''WarGames''. Early career Bischoff began writing science fiction and reviews of the genre while studying at the University of Maryland. His first publications were for ''Thrust'', a fanzine offering science fiction commentary and criticism. The editor, Doug Fratz, later converted ''Thrust'' to a trade magazine, for which Bischoff was a regular contributor. His first novel, '' The Seeker'' (with Christopher Lampton) was published in 1976, and in 1978 Bischoff coauthored "Tin Woodman", a short sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Green (science Fiction Author)
Joseph Lee Green (born 1931) is an American science fiction author and a charter member of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He is a prolific short story author best known for his novel ''Gold the Man''. His work has been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, French, Polish and Dutch. Biography Green was born in 1931. He received his BA from the University of Alabama and has variously worked as a mill hand, construction worker and a supervisor for Boeing. His chief employment was in the American space program for which he worked for 37 years, retiring from NASA as Deputy Chief of the Education Office at Kennedy Space Center. His specialty was the preparation of NASA fact sheets, brochures and other such publications for the general public, in which complex scientific and engineering concepts were explained in layman's language. Bibliography Fiction Novels * ''The Loafers of Refuge'' (1965) * '' Gold the Man'' (also known as ''The Mind Behind the Eye'', (1971) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry, but eventually focused on his writing career. In an obituary in ''Gizmodo'', he is described as "a tireless ambassador for the future." Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. In addition to his solo writing, he wrote several novels with collaborators including Larry Niven. Pournelle served a term as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Pournelle's journalism focused primarily on the computer industry, astronomy, and space exploration. From the 1970s until the early 1990s, he contributed to the computer magazine ''Byte'', writing from the viewpoint of an intelligent user, with the oft-cited credo, "We do this stuff so you won't ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birth Of Fire
''Birth of Fire'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Jerry Pournelle. It was first published by Laser Books in 1976, later published by Baen Books. It is related to the books '' Exiles to Glory'' and ''High Justice High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judicial power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents. Low just ...'', and with those two, form a starting point for the CoDominium series. Plot The book starts out in a year sometime between 2000 and 2050. It begins with Garrett Pittson, a respected gang member who hasn't found his path in life, caught in the middle of a gang war and then caught by the police. He is sentenced to prison for twenty years but takes up his lawyer's offer of being shipped out to a colony on Mars where the conditions are rough and the pay unfair. Once arriving the events stir up and he ends up p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morressy
John Morressy (December 8, 1930 – March 20, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer and a professor of English at Franklin Pierce College. He died at Sullivan, New Hampshire where he lived. Bibliography Novels * ''The Blackboard Cavalier'' (1966) * ''The Addison Tradition'' (1968) * ''A Long Communion'' (1974) * ''The Humans of Ziax II'' (1974) * ''The Windows of Forever'' (1975) * ''The Extraterritorial'' (1977) * ''The Drought on Ziax II'' (1978) * ''The Juggler'' (1996) ;Del Whitby series * ''Starbrat'' (1972) * ''Stardrift'' (1973; also known as ''Nail Down the Stars'') * ''Under a Calculating Star'' (1975) * ''A Law for the Stars'' (1976) * ''Frostworld and Dreamfire'' (1977) * ''The Mansions of Space'' (1983) ;Iron Angel series * ''Ironbrand'' (1980) * ''Greymantle'' (1981) * ''Kingsbane'' (1982) * ''The Time of the Annihilator'' (1985) ;Kedrigern series * ''A Voice for Princess'' (1986) * ''The Questing of Kedrigern'' (1987) *''Kedrigern in Wanderlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Malcolm
Donald Malcolm (1930–2013) was a Scottish author of science fiction and fact who was active as a writer from the mid-1950s until the mid-1970s. Some of his nonfiction was written under the pen name Roy Malcolm. Career Malcolm's work was published in the magazines ''New Worlds'', ''Nebula Science Fiction'', ''Astounding Science Fiction'', the anthology series ''New Writings in SF'', and the anthologies ''Out of This World 4'' (1964), ''Lambda I and Other Stories'' (1965), and ''Starfield'' (1989). His reviews appeared in the magazine ''Vector''. Much of Malcolm's short fiction falls into two sequences, the "Preliminary Exploration Team" and the "Dream Background" stories. Neither series has been collected. His novels, both published by Laser Books Laser Books was a line of 58 paperback science fiction (SF) novels published from 1975 to 1977 by Canadian romance powerhouse Harlequin Books. Laser published three titles per month, available by subscription as well as in stores. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
