MICHENER, James A(lbert)

MICHENER, James A(lbert)
(1907-)
   US author of numerous bestsellers. His long novel Space (1982), televised 1985, is based on the history of the US space program, becoming sf only in its later stages, when it describes invented missions and adventures roughly contemporaneous with the historical ones (e.g., a disaster owing to an outburst of solar radiation during an Apollo 18 lunar mission in 1973), and then peers optimistically into the NEAR FUTURE. Among several errors of fact are consistent references to Stanley G.WEINBAUM as Stanley G. Weinberg.
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   See also: ROCKETS.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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  • Michener, James A(lbert) — born Feb. 3, 1907?, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 16, 1997, Austin, Texas U.S. novelist and short story writer. Michener was a foundling discovered in Doylestown, Pa., and he was raised as a Quaker. From 1944 to 1946 he was a naval historian in… …   Universalium

  • Michener, James A(lbert) — (3 feb. ¿1907?, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.–16 oct. 1997, Austin, Texas). Novelista y cuentista estadounidense. Michener fue abandonado de niño y hallado Doylestown, Pa., y se crió en el seno de una familia cuáquera. De 1944 a 1946 se desempeño como …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Michener — /mish neuhr/ for 1; /mich euh neuhr, mich neuhr/ for 2, n. 1. (Daniel) Roland, 1900 91, Canadian public official and diplomat: governor general 1967 74. 2. James A(lbert), 1907 97, U.S. novelist. * * * …   Universalium

  • Michener — Miche•ner [[t]ˈmɪtʃ ə nər, ˈmɪtʃ nər[/t]] n. big James A(lbert), 1907–97, U.S. novelist …   From formal English to slang

  • Michener — /ˈmɪtʃənə/ (say michuhnuh) noun James A(lbert), 1907–97, US writer; noted for his regional saga type novels such as Hawaii (1959) and The Source (1965) …  

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