| Author |
Issue Date |
Comments |
| Alber, Joy Nocito |
1983 JUN |
Summerville, SC; critical of 1983 MAR issue, & in particular of the Harvey Jacob story "Where Did You Get My Number?"; F&SF "is becoming more and more a 'horror' sheet & less and less a 'fantasy' publication" |
| Aldiss, Brian W. |
1975 JAN |
criticizes Alexei & Cory Panshin book review, in 1974 MAR, of his book Billion Year Spree |
| Allen, Mrs. Virginia M. |
1964 FEB |
Detroit, MI.; support for Heinlein's "Glory Road" in 1963 JUL-SEP, against letter #12 by Fuller |
| Anderson, Poul |
1975 MAY |
response to Avram Davidson's book review, in 1974 NOV, of his novel A Midsummer Tempest; a discussion of the historical Prince Rupert of the Rhine |
| |
1990 AUG |
Orinda, CA; response to Asimov's science essay in 1990 MAY; "his prescription seems to be more of the same medicine that has not only failed to cure, but has largely brought the trouble on"; we need more individualism, not shackles |
| Anigstein, R. |
1964 NOV |
New York City, NY; "Gahan Wilson ... excellent replacement for Feghoot. ... (Davidson has) substituted an amusing, tongue-in-cheek presentation of sex for the morbid & sadistic stories in some recent issues." |
| Asimov, Isaac |
1975 MAY |
response to Friedman's letter concerning his science essay "The Flying Dutchman" in 1975 FEB |
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1976 JAN |
reply to Petras letter(#71) - "If I were to receive a direct experience of the existence of God, even if it were not explainable ... then I would accept Him." |
| Bacon, Debra A. |
1979 JUL |
criticism of Joanna Russ's book review in 1979 FEB; "why did (Ferman) enlist a person who hates fantasy as a genre to review fantasy books?" |
| Bahnisch, Mark |
1981 SEP |
Kerdon, Australia; praise for F&SF; "F&SF is one publication I can always turn to for well-written, enjoyable stories" |
| Banister, Manly |
1980 APR |
Portland, OR; comment on Searles mr/tvr in 1979 DEC; tells why vampires cannot reflect in a mirror, but "there is no logical reason why a vampire can not reflect in a pool of water" |
| Bates, Roderick G. |
1975 SEP |
complaint about Manly Wade Wellman & Wade Wellmam's story "Sherlock Holmes Versus Mars", in 1975 MAY; expresses outrage at the display of affection their Holmes character shows toward Mrs. Hudson |
| Bates, Russell L. |
1977 JAN |
complaints of Baird Searles mr/tvr in 1976 SEP, of his review of movie "A Boy and His Dog" |
| Bear, Greg |
1976 AUG |
response to Ellison letter(#75) & Malzberg article "about getting out of sf" in 1976 APR; believes their disenchantment with sf could be because they & Silverberg "share an acerbic view of the world" |
| Beard, Elizabeth Knowles |
1983 DEC |
criticism of Chet Williamson story "A Scent of the Soul" in 1983 AUG; story "was a cheap shot at the nursing profession .. (it) does a disservice to your readers as well as to the nursing profession" |
| Bendeau, B. |
1963 NOV |
Cleveland, OH; Heinlein's "Glory Road" in 1963 JUL-SEP, praise |
| Benford, Gregory |
1980 JUL |
comment on an error by Clute in his br in 1980 APR on George Zebrowski book, Macrolife |
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1982 MAY |
response to Tom Disch br on the 'Labor Day Group' in 1981 FEB, & George R.R. Martin's reply to Disch in 1981 DEC; four comments on the 'Group,' incl. "at least call it something that doesn't grate so badly" |
| Berman, Ruth |
1979 MAR |
praise for the 1978 OCT issue |
| Bishop, Michael |
1988 MAY |
response to 1988 FEB review by Orson Scott Card of Bishop's book, The Secret Ascension(1987; vt Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas, 1988 UK); says Card accuses him of character assassination of Richard M. Nixon |
| Blabon, Diana M. |
1964 NOV |
Palm Beach, FL; found a copy of a 1960 issue of F&SF "at the Oasis of Sebha, deep in the heart of the Libyan Sahara" |
| Blish, James |
1963 AUG |
the term "Science Fantasy" |
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1964 NOV |
New York City, NY; a question about the author of an opera on Faust, mentioned in Avram Davidson's intro to Roger Zelazny's "The Salvation of Faust" in 1964 JUL; short reply from A.D. |
| Bodkin, Francis F. |
1982 MAY |
Sayville, NY; criticism of Harlan Ellison story "The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists" in 1982 JAN; "The story itself was not good & was based on a type of crude so-called humor" |
| Boucher, Anthony |
1964 NOV |
Berkeley, CA; there was a Wizard of Mauritius, name of Bottineau(in regards to Avram Davidson's editorial in 1964 JUN) |
| Boutillier, Lester |
1975 MAY |
negative views of the stories in the 1975 JAN issue |
| Brandshaft, Richard |
1976 JAN |
criticism of book reviewer Joanna Russ, in her review of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed in 1975 MAR; prefers what P. Schuyler Miller calls "book reports" to Russ's literary criticism |
| Brennert, Alan |
1982 SEP |
Marina Del Rey, CA; criticism of Searles mr/tvr of Darkroom TV series, in 1982 MAY; as the one who adapted Carter Scholz' story for "Closed Circuit" episode, Brennert knows it was not a ripoff of the movie Looker(1981) - reply by Searles |
| Budrys, Algis |
1977 JUL |
response to George Zebrowski letter(#98) of criticism to his review of Campbell's book The Space Beyond & Zebrowski's afterword in that book |
| Burgess, Fred |
1963 AUG |
Franklinville, NC; Davidson's editorial in 1963 MAR, praise |
| Cadloff, Kevin Andrew |
1983 DEC |
praise for Budrys reviews in F&SF; "(he) is the clearest literary voice your country has, not even excepting William Safire" |
| Campbell, Laura |
1981 MAY |
Davis, CA; error by cover artist Ron Walotsky illus. the story "Ménage Outré" by Lee Killough, for the 1981 FEB issue; description of woman in story is not that of the woman on the cover |
| Carr, Terry |
1978 FEB |
correction to Baird Searles review, in 1977 NOV, of Star Wars; attributes quote "the golden age of science fiction" to Peter Graham in 1960 |
| |
1980 JUL |
comments on Clute br in 1980 APR of his anthology, Best S. F. of the Year #8; "I'd rather a reviewer simply hated a book of mine than suggested I might have been loafing on the job" |
| Chauvin, Cy |
1976 JAN |
"A number of sf writers – Silverberg, Malzberg, Ellison – ... said they have become disenchanted with sf ... readers prefer bad sf to good ... Who is to blame ...? ... what can we do about it?" |
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1980 APR |
Detroit, MI; response to Russ essay "In Defense of Criticism" in her br in 1979 NOV; "The thing that is most distressing is that Russ seems to feel that being a critic is very different from being a reader, & that is not true" |
| Clute, John |
1977 JUL |
reply to Barry N. Malzberg(#92) & Carl Glover letters(#93) of criticism to his reviews of Bester's novelette & Dickson"s & Harrison's novel, Lifeboat; latter letter "presented no case" |
| Coleman, R.D. |
1963 AUG |
China Lake, CA; tired of sf stories that "cry doom" |
| Contoski, Victor |
1968 SEP |
Madison, WI; need for an anthology of sf poetry; gives the examples from W.S. Merwin: "Fog-Horn", & David Ignatow: "News Report" |
| Cox, Arthur Jean |
1980 MAR |
praise for Michael Shea's "The Angel of Death" in 1979 AUG; "... writing is at times amazingly daring ... no brutality in the story ..." |
| Crapanzano, Patricia |
1976 APR |
praise for Charles W. Runyon's story "In Case of Danger, Prsp the Ntxivbw" in 1975 DEC; "Reading the story had turned (her husband's) virility dial way up" |
| Danner, Bill |
1964 MAY |
Kennerdell, PA; Avram Davidson's "What Strange Stars and Skies" in 1963 DEC, praise; note from Davidson's describing "snazzy certificate" sent with letter |
| Davidson, Avram |
1964 FEB |
reply to Paskow letter(#22), that complete novels "won't always fit into a magazine"; talks in particular about Heinlein's Glory Road, & Knight's Tree of Time |
| de Camp, L. Sprague |
1977 JAN |
inaccuracies of Alexei & Cory Panshin br in 1976 JUL, in their review of his book Science -Fiction Handbook |
| Dickerson, Paulette & Mark Zimmerman |
1981 SEP |
Silver Spring, MD; criticism of Christopher Priest br in 1981 MAY; Priest's review of Joan D. Vinge novel The Snow Queen "reveals an unseemly amount of jealously" |
| Dodson, Stephen H. |
1975 MAY |
positive views on John Varley's stories in F&SF, "Picnic on Nearside" in 1974 AUG & "Retrograde Summer" in 1975 FEB; "This is what science fiction should be ..." |
| Durang, Charles F. |
1978 AUG |
praise for 1978 FEB issue; "simply the finest issue of a science fiction magazine I have ever seen" |
| Dyer-Bennet, David |
1975 MAY |
his views of the stories in the 1975 JAN issue |
| Edson, Viki |
1964 NOV |
Livermore, CA; praise for C.S. Lewis's poem "The End of the Wine" in 1964 JUL |
| Egan, John |
1964 NOV |
Houston, TX; differences between J.G. Ballard's "The Illuminated Man" in 1964 MAY & that in the French edition, "a French writer must work hard to put pathos into his story"; short reply by A.D. |
