Lafferty, R[aphael]. A[loysius]

1914-2002

primarily known as a short story writer

Key Work: "Eurema's Dam"

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Author, editor, critic, and poet
New Wave

Key Works:

• "Nine Lives"
• The Earthsea Trilogy, a series of fantasies for juveniles which has now grown to five volumes.
• The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula
• The Lathe of Heaven (1971), a homage to Philip K. Dick in which a man can dream changes in reality; was filmed for public television
• The Dispossessed (1974), winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula

Leiber, Fritz

wrote science fantasy

Key Works:

• The Big Time (1958)
• The Wanderer (1964)

Lem, Stanislaw

b. 1921 in Lwow, then a part of the USSR.
Since 1944, Lem has resided in Cracow

Lem has an earned medical degree and has written nonfiction on medicine and cybernetics.

Key Work: Solaris (1961)

Levin is a mainstream author of science fiction and horror; many of his novels have been made into very successful popular films.

Key Works:

• Rosemary's Baby (1967)
• The Stepford Wives (1972)
• The Boys from Brazil (1976), about Hitler clones

Lewis, C.S.
1898-1963

scholar and essayist well known for his writings on Christianity

Key Works:

• The Perelandra Trilogy
  • Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
  • Perelandra (1943)
  • That Hideous Strength (1945)
• The Chronicles of Narnia,Christian allegory as juvenile fantasy.
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)

Lovecraft, H[oward]. P[hillips].
1890-1937

short story writer and follower of Edgar Allen Poe