A 1957 photo of Dick Lupoff in what he has described as "full Army regalia. "

Richard Allen Lupoff, (born February 21, 1935, Brooklyn, New York), is a science fiction and mystery author, who has also written humor, satire, non-fiction and reviews. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. In addition to his two dozen novels and more than 40 short stories, he has also edited science-fantasy anthologies. He is an expert on the writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs and has an equally strong interest in H. P. Lovecraft. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Before becoming a full-time writer in 1970 he worked in the computer industry.

His genre career began in science fiction fandom in the 1950s. Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community of people actively interested in Science fiction and Fantasy literature, and in contact with one another As a long-time participant, he worked on a number of fanzines, notably Xero, which he edited in the early 1960s with his wife Pat and Bhob Stewart. A fanzine (see also Zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure Xero was a Science fiction fanzine edited and published from 1960 to 1963 by Dick Lupoff, Pat Lupoff and Bhob Stewart. Bhob Stewart is an American writer editor artist and film maker who has written for a variety of publications over a span of five decades It received the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 1963. The Hugo Award for Best Fanzine is given annually to fanzines The roster of contributors included such names as Dan Adkins, James Blish, Lin Carter, Avram Davidson, L. Sprague de Camp, Roger Ebert (then 17 years of age), Harlan Ellison, Ed Gorman, Eddie Jones, Roy G. Krenkel, Frederik Pohl and Bob Tucker. Dan Adkins (born March 15, 1937) is an American illustrator who worked mainly for Comic books and Science-fiction Magazines James Benjamin Blish ( East Orange, New Jersey, May 23, 1921 – Henley-on-Thames, July 30, 1975) was an Linwood Vrooman Carter ( June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy Avram Davidson ( April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993) was an American Jewish writer of Fantasy fiction, Science fiction, and Lyon Sprague de Camp, ( November 27 1907 – November 6 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy author Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays Ed Gorman is an award winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction Roy Gerald Krenkel ( 11 July 1918 &ndash 24 February 1983) often referred to as simply RGK was an Frederik George Pohl Jr (born November 26, 1919) is a American Science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career For the football player of the same name see Bob Tucker (football player. In 2004, a hardcover anthology, The Best of Xero, coedited with Pat Lupoff and featuring a nostalgic introduction by Ebert, was published by Tachyon Publications. Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books It was in turn nominated for the Hugo Award. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year

Lupoff also wrote reviews for the fanzine Algol, and he was an editor of Edgar Rice Burroughs for Canaveral Press. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero In a memoir for Omni, he recalled the chain of events that led him to write his 1965 biography of Burroughs (reprinted in 2005 by the University of Nebraska Press' Bison Books):

Lupoff began publishing fiction in 1967 with the novel One Million Centuries, followed by Sacred Locomotive Flies (1971) and Into the Aether (1974). He is credited with more than 50 books, plus short fiction, non-fiction and memoirs. He sometimes wrote under pseudonyms, notably Ova Hamlet, a name he frequently used for parodies. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Pastiche and recursiveness are features of his writing: "pastiche" in that much of his work involves writing stories that play with styles or even universes created by other writers; "recursiveness" meaning that his work often includes other authors or friends as characters.

Among his most famous novels are the duology Circumpolar! (1984) and Countersolar! (1985). The year 1984 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1985 in literature involved some significant events and new books His short fiction, which has often been collected and anthologized, includes the story "With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama" and "12:01 PM. " Originally in the December, 1973, issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, "12:01 PM" was adapted into both the Oscar-nominated short film 12:01 PM (1990) and the TV movie 12:01 (1993). His novelette "After the Dreamtime" and his short story "Sail the Tide of Mourning" received Hugo Award nominations in 1975-76.

Series

• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1978)
  • That Man On Beta (1979)

• Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon (Dungeon series)
  • First book: The Black Tower (1988)
  • Sixth book: The Final Battle (1990)

• Sun's End
  • Sun's End (1984)
  • Galaxy's End (1988)

• Twin Planets
  • Circumpolar! (1984)
  • Countersolar! (1985)

Novels

• One Million Centuries (1967)
• Sacred Locomotive Flies (1971)
• Into the Aether (1974)
• The Crack in the Sky [vt Fool's Hill (1978 UK)](1976)
• Sandworld (1976)
• Lisa Kane (1976)
• The Triune Man (1976)
• Sword of the Demon (1977)
• The Return of SkullFace (1977)
• Space War Blues (1978)
• What If (1980)
• Lovecraft's Book (1985)
• The Forever City (1988)
• The Comic Book Killer (1988)
• The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer (1991) with Steve Stiles
• The Cover Girl Killer (1995)
• Claremont Tales (2001)
• Marblehead (Ramble House, 2006). Philip José Farmer (born January 26 1918) is an American Author, principally known for his Science fiction and fantasy The Dungeon Series is a series of Fantasy novels written under the auspices of Philip José Farmer, who wrote an introduction for each book in the series The year 1984 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1985 in literature involved some significant events and new books Space War Blues is a Science fiction novel by American writer Richard A Lovecraft's Book is a fictionalized Historical novel by author Richard A The unexpurgated edition of Lovecraft's Book. Lovecraft's Book is a fictionalized Historical novel by author Richard A

Collections

• Before…12:01…and After (1996)

Non-fiction

• Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1965, a 2005 reprint in the Bison Frontiers of Imagination series)

External links

• "Richard Lupoff at Shorter Length" by Claude Lalumière
• Bibliography on SciFan
• Richard A. Lupoff at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• ERBzine: "Lupoff of Mars" by Dale R. Broadhurst