WOLD, Allen L(ester)

(1943-)

   US writer who began with an unremarkable sf adventure, The Planet Masters (1979), followed by the more ambitious Star God (1980). He then became known for some "V" ties: "V": The Pursuit of Diana * (1984), "V": The Crivit Experiment * (1985) and "V": Below the Threshhold *(1988). In Jewels of the Dragon (1986) a young man in search of his lost father finds himself involved in events on a planet choked with romantic ruins. The Eye in the Stone (1988) is a fantasy. Crown of the Serpent (1989) is juvenile sf. The Lair of the Cyclops (1992) returns to the modeof Jewels of the Dragon, following the quest of a young man who finds something ancient on a planet.

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