DIETZ, William C(orey)

(1945-)

   US writer who began to publish sf with War World (1986), the first volume of his Sam McCade sequence of sf adventures about an interstellar bounty hunter, which continued with Imperial Bounty (1988), Alien Bounty (1990) and McCade's Bounty (1990). The galactic venue of the series exhibits some interesting kinks, and McCade himself gradually gains individuality. Singletons include Freehold (1987), military sf; Prison Planet (1989); Cluster Command (1989) with David A. DRAKE, - one of the latter's Crisis of Empire sequence; Matrix Man (1990), a complicated, fast-moving tale set in a NEAR FUTURE Earth whose seas and population are continuing to rise, and where a nefarious peace foundation (run in fact by a huge corporation) opposes attempts by the Exodus Society to foment emigration; Mars Prime (1992); Legion of the Damned (1993) and Bodyguard (1994) As in his work in general, the right side wins. As an author of entertainments, WCD stands out for his thorough grasp of the devices of sf.

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