![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of his earlier work showed the influence of Richard M Powers, one of the few sf artists he admired. Schoenherr's style in his colour work is Impressionistic, and he was regarded by his peers as the most "painterly" in their field. The cover and interior illustrations he did for Frank Herbert's Dune stories in Analog (1963-1965) are classics some of the best are reproduced in Herbert's The Illustrated Dune ( 1978) and Frank Herbert's Dune Calendar 1978 ( 1977 chap). His genre work appeared primarily in Astounding/ Analog (including 75 covers), but he also drew black-and-white illustrations for other sf magazines, including Fantastic and Infinity Science Fiction, and worked for paperback publishers, most notably Ace Books and Pyramid. He made his sf- Illustration debut in Amazing in 1956. Born in New York City, Schoenherr studied at the Art Students League of New York and the Pratt Institute. He edited one anthology: Masters' Choice: The Best Science-Fiction Stories of All Time, Chosen by the Masters of Science Fiction (anth 1966 vt 2vols Master's ChoUK and Master's Chovt 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories 1971).(1935-2010) US illustrator, today best known for his animal illustration, who was regarded by some critics as the finest sf artist of his generation. Janifer collected much of his best short fiction as Impossible? (coll 1968). The lively Gerald Knave, Survivor series – Survivor ( 1977), Knave in Hand ( 1979), Knave and the Game (coll of linked stories 1987), Alienist ( 2001), The Counterfeit Heinlein ( 2001) and Two ( 2003) – feature an interplanetary troubleshooter, Knave, who is somewhat in the mould of Keith Laumer's Retief the last of them, with Knave now married, is perhaps the best. ![]() Janifer's most ambitious novel was Power ( 1974), a study of the Politics of rebellion similar themes were tackled in Reel ( 1983). A Piece of Martin Cann ( 1968) features psi-assisted psychotherapy (see Psychology). You Sane Men ( 1965 vt Bloodworld 1968) describes a world where sadism is the aristocratic way of life. The Wonder War ( 1964), though credited to Janifer alone, appears from the dedication to have been written in collaboration with Michael Kurland. Janifer's first solo novel was Slave Planet ( 1963). The slightly later Angelo DiStefano series with S J Treibich comprises Target: Terra ( 1968 dos), The High Hex ( 1969 dos) and The Wagered World ( 1969 chap dos). Works written with Randall Garrett include a bawdy mythological fantasy, Pagan Passions ( 1959) as by Randall Garrett and Larry M Harris, for the Beacon Books series of Galaxy Science Fiction Novels plus the Kenneth Malone sequence, with both authors signing as Mark Phillips, which features confrontations between a secret-service agent and various Psi-Powered individuals: Brain Twister (September-October 1959 Astounding as "That Sweet Little Old Lady" 1962), The Impossibles (April-June 1960 Astounding/ Analog as "Out Like a Light" 1963) and Supermind (November 1960-February 1961 Analog as "Occasion for Disaster" 1963). He began publishing work of genre interest with "Expatriate" for Cosmos in 1953, and wrote much of his earlier sf in collaboration. Some of his non-sf books – mostly erotica – appeared under the pseudonyms Alfred Blake and Barbara Wilson other pseudonyms (almost never for works in the fields of the fantastic) included Tom Beach, Andrew Blake, Robert J Cassiday, Bernal L Elliott, Laura Mae Jansen, William Logan, Kenneth Malone, Barry Miles and Thomas O'Connor. Born Larry Mark Harris – a name used for his fiction until 1963 – he reverted to the old family name, which had been discarded by an immigration officer when Janifer's grandfather had gained entry to the America from Poland. (1933-2002) US author in several genres and performing musician. ![]()
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