Richard Matheson

Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. ^[1]

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A Stir of Echoes

A Stir of Echoes is a supernatural novel by American writer Richard Matheson, published in 1958.

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Abu and the 7 Marvels

Abu and the Seven Marvels is a 2002 illustrated fairy tale novel by Richard Matheson, and illustrated by William Stout.

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Aldo Ray

Aldo Ray (born Aldo Da Re; September 25, 1926 – March 27, 1991) was an American actor of film and television.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965.

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Allendale, New Jersey

Allendale is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)

Amazing Stories is an American anthology television series created by Steven Spielberg, that originally ran on NBC in the United States from September 29, 1985, to April 10, 1987.

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American International Pictures

American International Pictures LLC (AIP or American International Productions) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios.

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And When the Sky Was Opened

"And When the Sky Was Opened" is the eleventh episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC (formerly Andrews, McMeel and Parker (1975–1986) and Andrews and McMeel (1986–1997)) is a company that publishes books, calendars, and related toys.

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Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and bible fiction. Richard Matheson and Anne Rice are 20th-century pseudonymous writers, 21st-century pseudonymous writers, American fantasy writers, American horror writers, dark fantasy writers and writers of Gothic fiction.

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Anthology film

An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film, or portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of several shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise, or author.

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy

On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.

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Beat Generation

The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era.

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Bid Time Return

Bid Time Return is a 1975 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson.

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Biographical film

A biographical film or biopic is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people.

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Bloody Disgusting

Bloody Disgusting is an American multi-media company, which began as a horror genre-focused news site/website specializing in information services that covered various horror medias, including: film, television, video games, comics, and music.

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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967.

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Born of Man and Woman

"Born of Man and Woman" is a science fiction short story by American writer Richard Matheson, originally published in the July 1950 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

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Born of Man and Woman (short story collection)

Born of Man and Woman is the first collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Richard Matheson, published in hardcover by Chamberlain Press in 1954.

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Bourbon Street Beat

Bourbon Street Beat is a private detective television series that aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960, starring Richard Long as Rex Randolph and Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, with Arlene Howell as detective agency secretary Melody Lee Mercer and Van Williams as Kenny Madison.

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Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement

The Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement annually recognizes one to three living artists for "superior achievement in an entire career" which has "substantially influenced the horror genre".

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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974 film)

Dracula, also known as Bram Stoker's Dracula and Dan Curtis' Dracula, is a 1974 British made-for-television gothic horror film and adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brooklyn Eagle

The Brooklyn Eagle (originally joint name The Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat, later The Brooklyn Daily Eagle before shortening title further to Brooklyn Eagle) was an afternoon daily newspaper published in the city and later borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, for 114 years from 1841 to 1955.

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Brooklyn Technical High School

Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech and administratively designated High School 430, is a public high school in New York City that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Buckskin (TV series)

Buckskin is an American Western television series starring Tom Nolan, Sally Brophy, and Mike Road.

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Button, Button (The Twilight Zone)

"Button, Button" is the second segment of the 20th episode of the first season of the revival of the television series The Twilight Zone.

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Cell (novel)

Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by American author Stephen King.

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Charles Beaumont

Charles Beaumont (born Charles Leroy Nutt; January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont are American fantasy writers, American horror writers, American weird fiction writers and writers of Gothic fiction.

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Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.

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Cheyenne (TV series)

Cheyenne is an American Western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1962.

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Chris Carter (screenwriter)

Christopher Carl Carter (born October 13, 1956) is an American television and film producer, director and writer who gained fame in the 1990s as the creator of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files.

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Chris Matheson (screenwriter)

Christopher David Matheson (born December 11, 1959) is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Cold Sweat (1970 film)

Cold Sweat is a 1970 French-Italian international co-production starring Charles Bronson and directed by Terence Young.

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Combat!

Combat! is an American television drama that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967.

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Dan Curtis

Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror)

"Dance of the Dead" is the third episode of the first season of Masters of Horror.

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De Sade (film)

De Sade (German: Das Ausschweifende Leben des Marquis De Sade) is a 1969 American-German drama film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Keir Dullea, Senta Berger and Lilli Palmer.

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Dead of Night (1977 film)

Dead of Night is a 1977 American made-for-television anthology horror film starring Ed Begley Jr., Anjanette Comer, Patrick Macnee, Horst Buchholz and Joan Hackett.

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Death Ship (The Twilight Zone)

"Death Ship" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on a 1953 short story with the same title by Richard Matheson.

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Dennis Wheatley

Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) was a British writer whose prolific output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through to the 1960s. Richard Matheson and Dennis Wheatley are writers of historical fiction set in the modern age.

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Digital Spy

Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.

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Dracula (1931 English-language film)

Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role.

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Dread Central

Dread Central is an American website founded in 2006 that is dedicated to horror news, interviews, and reviews.

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Duel (1971 film)

Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller television film directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Dying Room Only

Dying Room Only is a 1973 American made-for-television horror mystery thriller film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Cloris Leachman and Ross Martin.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Richard Matheson and Edgar Allan Poe are American fantasy writers, American horror writers, American male essayists, American weird fiction writers, ghost story writers, Surrealist writers and writers of Gothic fiction.

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Edgar Awards

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America which is based in New York City. Richard Matheson and Edgar Awards are Edgar Award winners.

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Edgar Wright

Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker.

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Elevation (novella)

Elevation is a novella by American author Stephen King, published on October 30, 2018, by Scribner.

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Elizabeth Linington

Barbara "Elizabeth" Linington (March 11, 1921 – April 5, 1988) was an American novelist and mystery writer. Richard Matheson and Elizabeth Linington are 20th-century pseudonymous writers.

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Evening Standard

The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a long-established newspaper, since 2009 a local free newspaper in tabloid format, with a website on the Internet, published in London, England.

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Family Guy

Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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Fanatic (film)

Fanatic (U.S. title: Die! Die! My Darling!) is a 1965 British horror thriller film directed by Silvio Narizzano, and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce, Maurice Kaufmann and Donald Sutherland.

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Fangoria

Fangoria is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979.

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Film criticism

Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium.

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Fordham University Press

The Fordham University Press is a publishing house, a division of Fordham University, that publishes primarily in the humanities and the social sciences.

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Fritz Leiber

Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Richard Matheson and Fritz Leiber are American fantasy writers, American horror writers, American weird fiction writers, Hugo Award-winning writers, science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees and world Fantasy Award-winning writers.

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Galaxy Science Fiction

Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980.

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George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero Jr. (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor.

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George Baxt

George Baxt (June 11, 1923 – June 28, 2003) was an American screenwriter and author of crime fiction, best remembered for creating the gay black detective, Pharaoh Love.

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George Clayton Johnson

George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer, who co-wrote with William F. Nolan the novel Logan's Run, the basis for the MGM 1976 film.

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Ghost Story (TV series)

Ghost Story was an American television horror anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from 1972 to 1973.

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Hammer Film Productions

Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London.

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Have Gun – Will Travel

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963.

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Hell House (novel)

Hell House is a horror novel by American novelist Richard Matheson, published in 1971.

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Horror Writers Association

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is a worldwide non-profit organization of professional writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting the interests of horror and dark fantasy writers.

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House of Usher (film)

House of Usher (also known as The Fall of the House of Usher) is a 1960 American gothic horror film directed by Roger Corman and written by Richard Matheson from the 1839 short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.

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I Am Legend (film)

I Am Legend is a 2007 American post-apocalyptic action thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich and starring Will Smith as US Army virologist Robert Neville.

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I Am Legend (novel)

I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease.

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I Am Omega

I Am Omega, stylized as I Am Ωmega, is a 2007 American direct-to-DVD post-apocalyptic science fiction thriller film produced by The Asylum and starring Mark Dacascos.

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Icy Breasts

Icy Breasts (Les seins de glace, Esecutore oltre la legge, also known as Someone Is Bleeding) is a 1974 French-Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Georges Lautner and starring Alain Delon.

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Idiom (language structure)

Idiom, also called idiomaticness or idiomaticity, is the syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (– April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. Richard Matheson and Isaac Asimov are 20th-century American essayists, American male essayists, Hugo Award-winning writers, science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees and writers about religion and science.

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Jack Finney

Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. Richard Matheson and Jack Finney are world Fantasy Award-winning writers.

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Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D (titled Jaws III in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American horror film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. It is the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws and the third installment in the ''Jaws'' franchise.

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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.

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Joe Hill (writer)

Joseph Hillström King (born June 4, 1972), better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American writer. Richard Matheson and Joe Hill (writer) are 21st-century pseudonymous writers, American horror writers, American weird fiction writers, dark fantasy writers, ghost story writers and world Fantasy Award-winning writers.

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Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown is a British anthology television series, produced by Hammer Film Productions and 20th Century Fox Television.

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Kenneth Roberts (author)

Kenneth Lewis Roberts (December 8, 1885 – July 21, 1957) was an American writer of historical novels. Richard Matheson and Kenneth Roberts (author) are American historical novelists.

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season.

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Lawman (TV series)

Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962, starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay.

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Let's Do It Again (1953 film)

Let's Do It Again is a 1953 American Technicolor musical film set in 1950 New York, and released by Columbia Pictures.

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List of science fiction horror films

This is a list of science fiction horror films.

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List of The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) episodes

This page is a list of the episodes of The Outer Limits, a 1995 science fiction/dark fantasy television series.

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Little Girl Lost (The Twilight Zone)

"Little Girl Lost" is episode 91 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Locked-room mystery

The "locked-room" or "impossible crime" mystery is a type of crime seen in crime and detective fiction.

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Locus (magazine)

Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, founded in 1968, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California.

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Loose Cannons (1990 film)

Loose Cannons is a 1990 American action comedy film written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson and Bob Clark, who also directed the film.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Master of the World (1961 film)

Master of the World is a 1961 colour science fiction film based on the Jules Verne novels Robur the Conqueror and its sequel Master of the World, with a screenplay written by Richard Matheson.

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Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror is an anthology television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.

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Maude Adams

Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden (November 11, 1872 – July 17, 1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, was an American actress and stage designer who achieved her greatest success as the character Peter Pan, first playing the role in the 1905 Broadway production of Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.

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Michael J. Bird

Michael J. Bird (31 October 1928, in London – 11 May 2001, in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire) was an English writer.

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Missouri School of Journalism

The Missouri School of Journalism housed under University of Missouri in Columbia is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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Mute (The Twilight Zone)

"Mute" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is a professional organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. Richard Matheson and mystery Writers of America are Edgar Award winners.

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Night Gallery

Night Gallery is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC from December 16, 1970, to May 27, 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre.

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Night of the Eagle

Night of the Eagle (released in the United States as Burn, Witch, Burn) is a 1962 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Peter Wyngarde and Janet Blair.

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Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by Romero and John Russo, produced by Russell Streiner and Karl Hardman, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea.

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Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is the third episode of the fifth season American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on the short story of the same name by Richard Matheson, first published in the short story anthology Alone by Night (1961).

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Paranoia

Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety, suspicion, or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality.

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Playboy

Playboy (stylized in all caps) is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online.

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Plot twist

A plot twist is a literary technique that introduces a radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury are 20th-century American essayists, 21st-century American essayists, American fantasy writers, American horror writers, American male essayists, American psychological fiction writers, American weird fiction writers, ghost story writers, Hugo Award-winning writers, Magic realism writers, science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees, world Fantasy Award-winning writers, writers of Gothic fiction and writers of historical fiction set in the modern age.

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Ray Milland

Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director.

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Real Steel

Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures.

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Richard Christian Matheson

Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays, the son of fiction writer and screenwriter Richard Matheson. Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson are American horror writers and American people of Norwegian descent.

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Richard Kelly (filmmaker)

James Richard Kelly is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.

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Richard Matheson

Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. Richard Matheson and Richard Matheson are 20th-century American essayists, 20th-century mystics, 20th-century pseudonymous writers, 21st-century American essayists, 21st-century pseudonymous writers, American fantasy writers, American historical novelists, American horror writers, American male essayists, American people of Norwegian descent, American psychological fiction writers, American spiritual writers, American weird fiction writers, Brooklyn Technical High School alumni, dark fantasy writers, Edgar Award winners, Fabulists, former Christian Scientists, ghost story writers, Hugo Award-winning writers, Magic realism writers, Metaphysics writers, Military personnel from New Jersey, Missouri School of Journalism alumni, novelists from New Jersey, science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees, Surrealist writers, world Fantasy Award-winning writers, writers about religion and science, writers from New Jersey, writers of Gothic fiction and writers of historical fiction set in the modern age.

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Robert Bloch

Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch are 20th-century pseudonymous writers, American fantasy writers, American horror writers, American weird fiction writers, ghost story writers, Hugo Award-winning writers and world Fantasy Award-winning writers.

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Rod Serling

Rodman Edward Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone. Richard Matheson and Rod Serling are American fantasy writers, American horror writers, American weird fiction writers, Hugo Award-winning writers and science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees.

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Roger Corman

Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Rosemary's Baby (novel)

Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 horror novel by American writer Ira Levin; it was his second published book.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Saturn Awards

The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

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Scream of the Wolf

Scream of the Wolf is a 1974 American made-for-television horror-thriller film starring Peter Graves and Clint Walker and directed by Dan Curtis.

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Sky News

Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.

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Somewhere in Time (film)

Somewhere in Time is a 1980 American romantic fantasy drama film from Universal Pictures, directed by Jeannot Szwarc, and starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Plummer.

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Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew.

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Steel (The Twilight Zone)

"Steel" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Stefanie Powers

Stefanie Powers (born November 2, 1942) is an American actress.

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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Richard Matheson and Stephen King are 20th-century American essayists, 20th-century pseudonymous writers, 21st-century American essayists, 21st-century pseudonymous writers, American fantasy writers, American horror writers, American male essayists, American psychological fiction writers, American weird fiction writers, dark fantasy writers, Edgar Award winners, ghost story writers, Hugo Award-winning writers, world Fantasy Award-winning writers, writers about religion and science and writers of Gothic fiction.

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. Richard Matheson and Steven Spielberg are science Fiction Hall of Fame inductees and writers from New Jersey.

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Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written and directed by David Koepp and based on the 1958 novel of the same title by Richard Matheson.

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Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror is a 1962 American International Pictures Gothic horror anthology film in colour and Panavision, produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Roger Corman, who also directed.

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Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress.

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The Beardless Warriors

The Beardless Warriors is a 1960 World War II novel by American writer Richard Matheson.

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The Box (2009 film)

The Box is a 2009 American thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly who also serves as a co-producer.

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The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors is a 1963 American International Pictures horror comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Joe E. Brown (in a cameo performance) in his final film appearance.

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The Devil Rides Out (film)

The Devil Rides Out (U.S. title: The Devil's Bride), is a 1968 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Niké Arrighi and Leon Greene.

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The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story

The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story is a 1990 American made-for-television biographical film starring John Ritter as Lyman Frank Baum, the author who wrote the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and thirteen other Oz books.

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The Enemy Within (Star Trek: The Original Series)

"The Enemy Within" is the fifth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series, Star Trek.

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The Exorcist (novel)

The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel written by American writer William Peter Blatty and published by Harper & Row.

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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction TV series starring Stefanie Powers that aired on NBC for one season from September 13, 1966, to April 11, 1967.

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The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man is a 1957 American science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold, based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel, The Shrinking Man.

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher (in his cinematic directing debut), written by Jane Wagner, and starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, and Elizabeth Wilson.

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The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)

The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.

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The Legend of Hell House

The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 gothic supernatural horror film directed by John Hough, and starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, and Gayle Hunnicutt.

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (usually referred to as F&SF) is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press.

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The Martian Chronicles (miniseries)

The Martian Chronicles is a 1980 television three-episode miniseries based on Ray Bradbury's 1950 book The Martian Chronicles and dealing with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

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The Morning After (1974 film)

The Morning After is a 1974 American made-for-television drama film starring Dick Van Dyke and Lynn Carlin, based on the best selling novel by Jack B. Weiner, and with a screenplay by Richard Matheson.

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The Night Stalker (1972 film)

The Night Stalker is an American made for television horror film which aired on ABC on January 11, 1972, as their ABC Movie of the Week.

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The Night Strangler (film)

The Night Strangler is an American made for television horror film which first aired on ABC on January 16, 1973, as a sequel to The Night Stalker.

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The Omega Man

The Omega Man (stylized as The Ωmega Man) is a 1971 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic.

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The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)

The Outer Limits is a science fiction television series that originally aired on Showtime, Syfy, and in syndication between 1995 and 2002.

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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)

The Pit and the PendulumWilliams, Lucy Chase.

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The Raven (1963 film)

The Raven is a 1963 American comedy gothic horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman.

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The Shrinking Man

The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel by American writer Richard Matheson, published in 1956.

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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The Splendid Source

"The Splendid Source" is the 19th episode of the eighth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy.

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The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

The Strange Possession of Mrs.

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The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone".

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The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone (marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons) is an American fantasy science fiction horror anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964.

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The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series which aired from September 27, 1985, to April 15, 1989.

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The Young Warriors (film)

The Young Warriors is a war film filmed in 1967 by Universal Pictures based on Richard Matheson's 1960 novel The Beardless Warriors that was the working title of the film.

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Third from the Sun

"Third from the Sun" is the fourteenth episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

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Thriller (American TV series)

Thriller (also known as Boris Karloff's Thriller and Boris Karloff Presents) is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC.

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Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror is a series of annual Halloween-themed anthology episodes of the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

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Trilogy of Terror

Trilogy of Terror is a 1975 American made-for-television anthology horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black.

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Trilogy of Terror II

Trilogy of Terror II is a 1996 American made-for-television anthology horror film and a sequel to Trilogy of Terror (1975), both directed by Dan Curtis.

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Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics is a 1994 American made-for-television fantasy supernatural horror film consisting of two stories by Rod Serling.

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Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 American science fiction anthology film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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University of Missouri

The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.

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Vampire

A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.

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Vincent Price

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. Richard Matheson and Vincent Price are 20th-century American essayists.

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Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)

Wanted Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall.

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Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.

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Western fiction

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century.

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What Dreams May Come (film)

What Dreams May Come is a 1998 American fantasy drama film directed by Vincent Ward and adapted by Ronald Bass from the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.

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What Dreams May Come (Matheson novel)

What Dreams May Come is a 1978 novel by Richard Matheson.

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WhatCulture

WhatCulture Ltd. is a British online entertainment news website and magazine which was launched in 2010.

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Wild Bill Hickok

James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper and film producer.

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William F. Nolan

William Francis Nolan (March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021) was an American author who wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres. Richard Matheson and William F. Nolan are American horror writers and world Fantasy Award-winning writers.

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World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement

The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction and fantasy art published in English during the preceding calendar year.

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World Fantasy Convention

The World Fantasy Convention is an annual convention of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zuni people

The Zuni (A:shiwi; formerly spelled Zuñi) are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley.

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