John Curtis was an unsung hero among authors whom he handled with professionalism and aplomb for 20 years at the publishing house of Weidenfeld & Nicolson. He had begun there as art director and rapidly moved to become editorial director. But when by the second half of the 1980s George Wei...
Born November 22, 1958—Jamie Lee Curtis, 64. Can we agree that she was the best Scream Queen for her film debut in the 1978Halloweenfilm in which she played the role of Laurie Strode? No? Well, that’s my claim.Spoilers follow.She followed up with yet more horror films,The FogandPr...
(9)JON STOPA (1935-2024).Longtime Chicagoland fan Jon Stopa died March 4 at the age of 88. See the family obituary in theKenosha Newsat the link. (The family obituary spells his first name “John”. In the sff field he was known as “Jon” except for the few instances when he ...
OBITUARY. JOHN GEORGE COCKBURN CURTIS, 1817-1879.OBITUARIESMemoirs.] ALFRED WMGATE CRAVEK. 393 Mr. Craven was elected a Member of The Institution of Civil Engineers on the1st of February, 1870. Duringhisvisits to Europe he was remarkable forthe great number and high character of the ...