Nick Pelling

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| name = Nick Pelling

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|df=yes|1964}}"Desert Island Disks: Nick Pelling". Retro Gamer 26, pp. 82–85.

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| nationality = British

| other_names = {{Unbulleted list|Orlando M. Pilchard}}

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Nick Pelling is a British-born computer programmer and investigative writer best known as the creator of the 1984 game Frak!."Desert Island Disks: Nick Pelling". Retro Gamer 26, pp. 82–85.

Games

= Developed =

== As Aardvark Software ==

== Independently ==

= Ported =

== As Aardvark Software ==

== Independently ==

Interests in history

Pelling published an article in the British magazine History Today, supporting a previous attribution of the invention of the telescope to a Gerundian named Joan Roget in 1590[http://www.historytoday.com/nick-pelling/who-invented-telescope Who Invented the Telescope?][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7617426.stm Controversy over telescope origin, news.bbc.co.uk, Tuesday, 16 September 2008] and published a 2006 book on the Voynich manuscript, claiming it was written by 15th century North Italian architect Antonio Averlino (also known as "Filarete").{{harvnb|Pelling|2006}}

Books

  • {{cite book |year=2006 |last=Pelling |first=Nicholas John |title=The Curse of the Voynich: The Secret History of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript |publisher=Compelling Press |isbn=0-9553160-0-6}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zUtAAAACAAJ|title=The Curse of the Voynich: The Secret History of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript|author1=Nicholas John Pelling|author2=Nick Pelling|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Compelling Press|isbn=978-0-9553160-0-5}}

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