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   famous horror films of the past. It is a marathon event, planned to run   
   through the first three days of the convention, but already, on the first   
   morning, a certain debilitation has set in; people are staggering around   
   the room with glazed expressions and many on the chairs appear to be   
   somnolent or in a drug-induced coma. A few couples towards the fringes seem   
   to be copulating with great difficulty ...' (K.M. O'Donnell [Barry N.   
   Malzberg], _Gather in the Hall of the Planets_, 1971)   
      
   AWARDS. _Compton Crook_ (debut genre novel) shortlist: _The Book of Love_   
   by Kelly Link, _Someone You Can Build a Nest In_ by John Wiswell, _The   
   Stars Too Fondly_ by Emily Hamilton, _Sun of Blood and Ruin_ by Mariely   
   Lares, _The Wings Upon Her Back_ by Samantha Mills.   
        _Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame:_ 2025 inductees include Philippe   
   Druillet.   
        _Jack Gaughan Award_ (emerging artist): Eleonor Piteira. [AIP]   
        _Robert A. Heinlein Award:_ Sharon Lee.   
        _Skylark:_ Ian Randal Strock. [AIP]   
      
   R.I.P. _Nike Arrighi_ (1947-2025), French actress who co-starred in   
   Hammer's _The Devil Rides Out_ (1968) and was in the same studio's   
   _Countess Dracula_ (1971) plus genre tv series, died on 12 February aged   
   77. [SJ]   
        _R.I. (Richard Ignatius) Barycz_ (1951-2024), UK fan whose late-1970s   
   fanzine was _Ycz_, died on 6 April 2024 aged 73. [PC] He was an _Ansible_   
   correspondent 1981-2021 and a subscriber via SAE until the end.   
        _David Edward Byrd_ (1941-2025), US artist and designer who created   
   the poster for _Little Shop of Horrors_ and others, worked for Warner Bros   
   1991-2002 on Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera cartoons plus early Harry   
   Potter films, and much more, died on 3 February aged 83. [F770]   
        _KC Carlson_ (Patric Alan Carlson, 1956-2025), DC comics editor   
   1989-1990 and 1992-1997, who worked on _Legion of Super-Heroes_ (for which   
   he wrote stories) and _Superman_, plus collections of the Vertigo titles   
   _Sandman_ and _V for Vendetta_, died on 8 February aged 68. [SH]   
        _Anthony Dileo Jr_, US actor in _Day of the Dead_ (1985) and _Monkey   
   Shines_ (1988), died on 7 February. [SJ]   
        _John Erwin_ (1936-2024), US voice actor in _Sabrina the Teenage   
   Witch_ (47 episodes 1969-1972), _He-Man and the Masters of the Universe_   
   (130 episodes 1983-1985, plus many spinoffs), _Back to the Future II_   
   (1989) and others, died in December. [F770]   
        _Bruce French_ (1945-2025), US actor whose many genre credits include   
   _Man on a Swing_ (1974), _Curse of the Black Widow_ (1977), _Christine_   
   (1983), _Martians Go Home (1989)_, _Star Trek: Insurrection_ (1998),   
   _Jurassic Park III_ (2001) and tv series, died on 7 February aged 79. [SJ]   
        _Gene Hackman_ (1930-2025), Oscar-winning US actor in _Marooned_   
   (1969), _Young Frankenstein_ (1974), _Superman_ (1978 plus sequels) and   
   others, was found dead on 26 February; he was 95.   
        _Frank Hildebrand_ (1950-2024), US producer whose credits include   
   _Project: Metalbeast_ (1995), _They Nest_ (2000) and _Fear the Walking   
   Dead_ (98 episodes 2016-2023), died on 21 November aged 73. [AIP]   
        _Julian Holloway_ (1944-2025), UK actor in _Captain Zed and the Zee   
   Zone_ (1991-1992), _Dan Dare_ (2001, 2002), _Star Wars: The Clone Wars_   
   (2012-2020) and others, died on 16 February aged 80. [AIP]   
        _Barbie Hsu_ (1976-2025), Taiwanese singer and actress in _Eternity: A   
   Chinese Ghost Story_ (2003), _Silk_ (2006), _Future X-Cops_ (2010),   
   _Croczilla_ (2012) and others, died on 2 February aged 48. [SJ]   
        _Angelica Infante_ (1976-2025), Mexican actress in the low-budget   
   horror comedies _Ataca el chupacabras_ (1996) and _El vampiro enamorado_   
   (1996), died on 5 February aged 48. [SJ]   
        _Tony Isbert_ (1950-2025), Spanish actor in _The Dracula Saga_ (1973),   
   _The Rift_ (1990), _Immortal Sins_ (1991) and others, died on 19 February   
   aged 74. [SJ]   
        _Peter Jason_ (1944-2025), US actor in _Dreamscape_ (1984), _They   
   Live_ (1988), _Congo_ (1995), _Mortal Kombat_ (1995), _Escape from L.A._   
   (1996) and _Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom_ (2018), died on 20 February   
   aged 80. [LP]   
        _Kim Sae-ron_ (2000-2025), South Korean actress in _Mirror of the   
   Witch_ (2016) and _Kiss Sixth Sense_ (2022), committed suicide on 16   
   February aged 24. [SJ]   
        _Yevgeny Konstantinov_ (1959-2025), Russian angler and author of 11   
   fishing-themed fantasy novels (2002-2020), died on 17 February. [AM]   
        _Mort Kunstler_ (1927-2025), noted US historical painter who in the   
   1960s/1970s produced some genre book covers (including Richard Matheson's   
   _The Omega Man_) and contributed to _Mad_, died on 2 February aged 97.   
   [PDF]   
        _Lee Joo Shil_ [or Joo-Sil] (1944-2025), South Korean actress in   
   _Train to Busan_ (2016), _The Uncanny Counter_ (2020) and _Squid Game_   
   (2021), died on 2 February aged 80. [AIP]   
        _Mark R. Leeper_ (1950-2025), US fan and prolific film reviewer who   
   with his wife Evelyn published more than 2300 issues of the weekly fanzine   
   _The MT Void_, died on 22 February. [ECL]   
        _Tony (Anthony R.) Lewis_ (1941-2025), long-time US fan -- active from   
   1957 -- bibliographer, publisher and author who was a founder member of   
   NESFA in 1967, chaired Noreascon (the 1971 Boston Worldcon) and worked on   
   its three successors, was the long-time 'Press Czar' of NESFA Press, where   
   he edited many indexes to sf and compiled _An Annotated Bibliography of   
   Recursive Science Fiction_ (1990), died on 11 February aged 84. He received   
   the 2021 Skylark Award. [GED]   
        _Juan Marine_ (1920-2025), Spanish cinematographer for _Island of the   
   Doomed_ (1967), _El astronauta_ (1967), _Supersonic Man_ (1979), _The Rift_   
   (1990) and others, died on 17 February aged 104. [SJ]   
        _Chris Moore_ (1947-2025), versatile and prolific UK sf artist whose   
   work is collected in _Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore_ (2000, text by   
   Stephen Gallagher), died on 7 February aged 77. [CB] His cover art for the   
   1993 _SF Encyclopedia_ became (with permission) the logo of the online   
   version, still in use.   
        _Norma Mora_ (1943-2025), Mexican actress in _Santo in the Wax Museum_   
   (1963) and the sf comedy _Los astronautas_ (1964) died on 11 February aged   
   81. [SJ]   
        _P.H. Moriarty_ (1939-2025), UK actor in _Outland_ (1981), _Jaws 3_   
   (1983), _Dune_ (2000), _Children of Dune_ (2003) and _Evil Never Dies_   
   (2014), died on 2 February aged 85. [SJ]   
        _Brian Murphy_ (1932-2025), UK tv sitcom actor whose occasional genre   
   credits include _Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On_ (1986) and _Grave Tales_   
   (2011), died on 2 February aged 92. [SJ]   
        _Roberto Orci_ (1973-2025), Mexican-American writer/producer whose   
   credits include the rebooted _Star Trek_ (2009 plus sequels),   
   _Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen_ (2009) and _Ender's Game_ (2013),   
   died on 25 February aged 51. [F770]   
        _Emma Popik_ (1949-2025), Polish author of the sf novel _Cyclop_   
   (2023) and 5 sf collections, died on 4 February aged 75. [AM]   
        _Tom Robbins_ (1932-2025), US author whose extravagantly comic novels   
   beginning with _Another Roadside Attraction_ (1971) often include fantasy   
   elements, as in _Jitterbug Perfume_ (1984), died on 9 February aged 92.   
        _Tony Roberts_ (1939-2025), US actor in _The Million Dollar Duck_   
   (1971), _Amityville 3-D_ (1983), _18 Again!_ (1988) and _Switch_ (1991),   
   died on 7 February aged 85. [SJ]   
        _James R. Silke_ (1931-2025), US author who co-scripted _King   
   Solomon's Mines_ (1985) and _The Barbarians_ (1987), and wrote the four   
      
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