PROCTOR, Geo(rge) W.

(1946-)

   US writer who began publishing sf with The Esper Transfer (1978), a modest sf adventure whose telepathic protagonist must escape various dangers. Although varied in its use of sf devices, and inventively constructed so as to allow its protagonists some room for personal relationships, his work has not exhibited sufficient innovation or energy to bring him into wide repute. Other sf titles include Shadowman (1980), again involving telepaths, Fire at the Center (1981) and Starwings (1984), both involving TIME TRAVEL, and Stellar Fist (1989), in which the discovery of a doom machine must somehow be controlled, once again through the actions of a telepath. GWP's collaborations with Andrew J. OFFUTT, both writing as John Cleve - Spaceways \#7: The Manhuntress * (1982) and \#10: The Yoke of Shen * (1983) - and his two "V" ties-The ChicagoConversion * (1985) and The Texas Run * (1985) - are of less interest. GWP ed Lone Star Universe: Speculative Fiction from Texas (anth 1976) with Steve UTLEY, which presents material of considerable interest, and TheScience-Fiction Hall of Fame \#3: The Nebula Winners 1965-69 (anth 1982) with Arthur C. CLARKE.

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   Other works: The Swords of Raemllyn fantasy sequence, all with Robert E. VARDEMAN: A Yoke of Magic (1985), To Demons Bound (1985), Blood Fountain (1985), The Beasts of the Mist (1986) and ForCrown and Kingdom (1987).