2018Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)[â ]
Peter Douglas Nicholls was an Australian literary scholar and critic. He was the creator and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction with John Clute.
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2018Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)[â ]
Peter Douglas Nicholls was an Australian literary scholar and critic. He was the creator and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction with John Clute.

2018Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.[â ]
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sherry Phillips is the current CEO of Forbes as of January 1, 2025.
Investment firms like Larry Finkâs BlackRock have preached social responsibility. With guns, they can use their influence to achieve it.
Republicans intensified pressure on President Trump to relent on his steel and aluminum tariffs, while the president indicated he might provide exemptions for certain countries.
More than a year after his death, the poet, novelist and singer-songwriter is experiencing a cultural resurgence in the city of his birth.
A new documentary from Peter Schweizer â the man who gave the world âClinton Cashâ â signals a revised strategy for conservatives in the culture wars.
Under public pressure over high prescription prices, the large insurer announced it would share the discounts with millions of its customers.
Britain assigned the counterterrorism police to investigate the sudden illness of the spy, Sergei V. Skripal, and his daughter.
JesĂșs Carmona, a master of rhythm and stillness â and a representative of the new wave in Spanish dance â returns to New York.
Getting companies to pay for the information they reap from peopleâs online lives will improve the data and may counteract a concentration of power.
The cuisine of Indiaâs best-known chef, Sanjeev Kapoor, is being brought to California by a couple with no culinary experience but plenty of passion.
Word has gotten out that volunteer ushers can see plays for free. And competition is getting increasingly fierce.
Mr. Cohn had made clear his opposition to the steel and aluminum tariffs that Mr. Trump plans to impose. Itâs the latest departure from a White House in chaos.
The âQueer Eyeâ food and wine guy is more capable in the kitchen than the show lets on. Not that he has to prove it to you.