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Background of the Study Since childhood, Tacoma-born Frank Herbert had been determined to become a published author. For years, he wrote fiction with limited success while working as a journalist. He was hounded by creditors as he struggled alongside his wife Beverly to support a family. But his 1965 science fiction novel Dune, considered by many to […]

Background of the Study Introduction Octavia Butler Debuted in Issaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine in 1984 winning a Nebula and Hugo Awards It won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and SF Chronicle Awards for Best Novelette the following year. It was also the title story for Butler’s 1995 collection Bloodchild & Other Stories. Asimov’s was founded in

Background of Study: Introduction Was Jim Crow a Dystopian Society for African Americans /Negro Americans? Jim Crow era was not Science Fiction but definitely was Dystopian for this group of Persons in a dark time in American History.  WEB Dubious “The Comet” a Science Fiction Short story that mentioned Jim Crow as Dystopian again it

Background of the Study Johnny Gruelle is best known for creating the world famous rag doll characters, Raggedy Ann and Andy. While the Raggedys were the indisputable centerpiece of Gruelle’s career, in his heart of hearts, Johnny was a dyed-in-the-wool freelance artist, who felt most at home at his drawing board, crafting illustrations and features

Background of the Study: Introduction: – Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, and decided to become a journalist after his first short story, ‘The Hades Business’, was published in Science Fantasy magazine when he was fifteen years old. His first job was on the Bucks Free Press and he went on to work for various newspapers before

Background of Study Introduction: Michael Moorcock, 1939 – Writer Michael Moorcock was born December 18, 1939 in Mitcham, Surrey, England. Moorcock was the editor of the juvenile magazine Tarzan Adventures from 1956-58, an editor and writer for the Sexton Blake Library and for comic strips and children’s annuals from 1959-61, an editor and pamphleteer for Liberal

Background of the Study Introduction: JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS was born in utter poverty in Putnam County in 1848. Although being poor presented the youngster with many hardships, it imbued him with a tender shyness -a shyness so extreme that it actually became an attractive asset and followed him all his life. Putnam County was a land

Background of Study Introduction Fritz Leiber was an incredibly prolific author, who won numerous awards during his life for works that nowadays seem more obscure than they should be. In addition to writing, he was a chess master, fencer, and Shakespearean actor. While most popular for the sword and sorcery duo Fafhrd and the Gray

Background of Study Introduction: Shigeru Miyamoto was born on 16 November 1952 in the Japanese town of Sonobe, about 30 miles north-west of Kyoto, in a rural river valley surrounded by woods and mountains. As a child, he would explore the surrounding areas of his town and the landscape of bamboo, cedar, and pine forests.

Background of the Study: Dennis C. Hayes and Dale Heatherington invented the PC modem in 1977, establishing the critical technology that allowed today’s online and Internet industries to emerge and grow.   Dennis left the Georgia Institute of Technology in the mid-1970s to work at a company called National Data Corp which was involved in handling