David Elroy Goldweber

David Elroy Goldweber grew up in and around New York City. His parents were Twilight Zone and Star Trek fans. Science fiction films were his first favorites.

He turned into a fantasy film fan after discovering Dungeons and Dragons as an adolescent in the 1980s.

He turned into a horror film fan after a college friend dosed him repeatedly with 80s slasher films.

Goldweber has published literary criticism, humor pieces, op-ed pieces, film articles for Forces of Geek and Scary Monsters, and a history of Star Trek for the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.

He took more than 10 years to write "Claws and Saucers," then two more years to write "Fantasy Films of the 1980s."

He watches movies closely, one at a time, speaking into a hand-held tape recorder, and playing back the tape afterwards to write the entries.

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