LANE, JANE

LANE, JANE
   Pseudonym of UK writer Elaine Dakers (1905-1978), author of many esteemed historical novels. Her post- HOLOCAUST sf novel, A State of Mind (1964), is set in an ORWELL-like DYSTOPIA.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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