KOMAN, Victor

(1944-)

   US writer who began publishing sf with "When it Worked" for New Libertarian Notes in 1976. Much of his subsequent output has emphasized material and points of view that could be characterized under the LIBERTARIANISM rubric. After publishing Saucer Sluts (1980), andcollaborating with Andrew J. OFFUTT under the joint pseudonym John CLEVE for two Spaceways sf adventures, \#13: Jonuta Rising! (1983) and \#17: The Carnadyne Horde (1984), VK released his first novel of substance, TheJehovah Contract (1985 Germany, trans as Der Jehova-Vertrag; 1987 US), in which a Los Angeles private eye is commissioned, in 1999, to kill God; the ensuing events might be considered blasphemous by some readers. In Solomon's Knife (1989) abortions are averted through a medical techniquewhich allows the transfer of foetuses into the wombs of infertile women who want a child. The Prometheus Meltdown (1990) is a round-robin libertarian tale whose other contributors were Brad LINAWEAVER, J. Neil SCHULMAN, Robert SHEA, L. Neil SMITH and Robert Anton WILSON.

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