The Bessie Blue Killer by Richard A. Lupoff

Notable stories include Hugo Award finalist “After theĭreamtime” (1974) and Hugo and Nebula Award nominee “Sail the Tide of An early version of Lovecraft’s Book, long thought lost, was discovered and published as Marblehead in 2007.Ī master of pastiche, Lupoff wrote a series of short parodies of other SF writer under the name Ova Hamlet, collected as The Oval Hamlet Papers Standalones include alternate history Lovecraft’s Book (1985) and SF The Forever City (1987). The Sun’s End series had Sun’s End (1984) and Galaxy’s End (1988). In the ‘80s he wrote the Twin Planet series, Circumpolar! (1984) and Countersolar! (1987) terms. Into the Aether (1974) was adapted as comic The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer with Steve Stiles for Heavy Metal in 1980, collected in 1991. He published numerous novels in the ‘70s, including Sacred Locomotive Flies (1971), Nebula Award finalist Sword of the Demon (1977), The Triune Man (1976), The Crack in the Sky (1976 as Fool’s Hill, 1978), Sandworld (1976), Lisa Kane (1976), and Space War Blues (1978), the latter expanding his Nebula Award-nominated story “With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama” from Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Lupoff’s debut novel was SF adventure One Million Centuries (1967). The Best of Xero, with Pat Lupoff, appeared in 2004 and was a finalist for the Best Related Book Hugo Award. The LupoffsĪ series of Lupoff’s articles on comics from Xero became the basis for essay collection All in Color for a Dime (1970, co-edited with Don Thompson). Before becoming a full-time writer inġ970 he worked in the computer industry, including for IBM. Hosting meetings of the (Second) Futurian Society in Manhattan and The Lupoffs were active in comics and SF fandom starting in the 1960s,

Pat on a blind date in 1957, and they were married the following year. Richard Allen Lupoff was born Februin New York.

Read Richard Lupoff's post on Mystery Fan fare. One Murder at a Time (associated short fiction) (2001).I'm still reeling from the news, but I'll update this post shortly.

Richard Lupoff, science fiction writer, mystery author, radio celebrity, non-fiction writer, and friend, passed away October 20 at the age of 85.

The Bessie Blue Killer by Richard A. Lupoff