Tag: Gary Westfahl
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Emanations Vol. 8
The eighth volume of the critically acclaimed Emanations literary anthology series, Octo-Emanations , includes a new Penny Turin story by Bill Ectric, “The Psychogeography of the Gnostic Phalanx Society.” The book also contains stunning new art, illustrations, and writing from around the world. The forty-two contributors represent South Korea, Canada, India, Oman, Kenya, Nepal, France, Nigeria, the United Kingdom,…
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Her Body Electric
First up, here is Gary Westfahl to give us some background on actress, writer, and psychic researcher with a PhD from the University of California, Thelma Moss, also known as Thelma Schnee: She wrote screenplays for two episodes of Science Fiction Theatre: “The Negative Man” (story by Ivan TORS) (1955), “The Throwback” (1956); and…
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Suit Up
Right: Gary Westfahl At LOCUS Online, Paul Di Filippo reviews the new book, The Spacesuit Film: A History 1918 – 1969, by one of my favorite commentators, the always erudite and entertaining Dr. Gary Westfahl. Filippo says: As the subtitle to this volume indicates, Westfahl will venture back almost to the dawn of cinema to…
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What Science Fiction Leaves Out
Gary Westfahl discusses four things that are seldom included in science fiction stories, either in print or on film.: 1. Journalism 2. People in the future speculating about their future 3. The pursuit of enjoyment 4. Normal pets, like dogs and cats In looking for illustrations for the above collage, I came to realized just…
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We Chose to Put a Man on the Moon
Gary Westfahl has written an intriguing essay on the science fiction of J. G. Ballard. Here are a couple of excerpts to whet your appetite: “The question that should be haunting science fiction is: why did Ballard get it right, while all of the other science fiction writers were getting it wrong? Why did their apparently logical and well-grounded predictions about…
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Shedding More Light
Some time ago, I wrote about my wish to learn more about Ali Mirdrekvandi, whom I first heard about from Gary Westfahl, and several people got into the discussion. A few days ago, someone with a website called ShahreFarang dropped in to Bill Ectric’s Place to post this link about Mirdrekvandi from the Encyclopaedia Iranica. The creators of…
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Another Trip to the World of Westfahl
Over at World of Westfahl, Professor Gary has a relatively new entry in his Biographical Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film. This one is on film director Erle C. Kenton, whose credits include A Haunted House (short) (1922), Island of Lost Souls (1932), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), and The Cat Creeps (1946).…
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Meta Mystery or Zoroastrian Scholarship?
I first saw the name on Gary Westfahl’s vast science fiction reference and biographical site, World of Westfahl. But, does Westfahl know more than he is telling? Is Ali Mirdrekvandi really the name of a self-educated Iranian author of a 1965 book called No Heaven for Gunga Din, or a pseudonym for another writer? The…