NUNES, Claude

(1924-)

   South African writer and statistician, most of whose work was in collaboration with his wife Rhoda (Gwylleth) Nunes (1938-). They published their first sf story, "The Problem", in Science Fantasy in 1962, and were active for the next two decades. Inherit the Earth (1963 Science Fiction Adventures as by Claude and Rhoda Nunes; exp 1966 dos US) waspublished as by CN alone, as his wife participated less than usual in the rewrite; in it the telepathic ANDROIDS who inhabit Earth after a nuclear HOLOCAUST has driven humanity to the stars hope one day to teach theirmakers how to live in peace. Recoil (1971 US) was published as by both; in a rather archaic style it tells of telepathic ALIENS and their attempts to influence humans, specifically a group of children. The Sky Trapeze (1980 UK), by CN alone, again concentrated on the powers of the mind, this timein an alien venue.

   JC