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Dick, Philip K.

(Encyclopedia) Dick, Philip K. (Philip Kindred Dick), 1928–82, American science-fiction writer, b. Chicago. Dick often wrote of the psychological states of individuals caught in altered realities…

Pynchon, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Pynchon, ThomasPynchon, Thomaspĭnˈchən [key], 1937–, American novelist, b. Glen Cove, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1958. Pynchon is noted for his amazingly fertile imagination, his wild sense…

motion pictures

(Encyclopedia) motion pictures, movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion…

George Lloyd MURPHY, Congress, CA (1902-1992)

Senate Years of Service: 1965-1971 Party: Republican MURPHY George Lloyd , a Senator from California; born in New Haven, Conn., July 4, 1902; educated at Peddie Institute in Hightstown, N.J., and…

Morrison, Toni

(Encyclopedia) Morrison, Toni, 1931–2019, American writer, b. Lorain, Ohio, as Chloe Ardelia (later Anthony) Wofford; B.A. Howard Univ., 1953, M.F.A. Cornell, 1955. Her fiction is noted for its…

W. D. Edmonds 1998 Deaths

W. D. Edmondsauthor historical novelist who won the Newbery Medal for The Matchlock Gun and the National Book Award for Bert Breen's Barn. His most famous novel is Drums Along the Mohawk…

Steven D. Green, 2006 News

former U.S. Army private, was arrested in July and charged with raping an Iraqi teenager and murdering her and three members of her family in March. Green had been recently discharged for a…

Naeshell D. Menard 1998 Deaths

Naeshell D. MenardAge: 20 LSU football player in his third year at the school and second as a member of the Tigers football team; played three games and started one in 1997-98 season; of a…

Brian D. KERNS, Congress, IN (1957)

KERNS Brian D. , a Representative from Indiana; born in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., May 22, 1957; B.S., Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Ind., 1991; M.P.A., Indiana State University…