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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1954 JAN |
McIntosh, J.T. |
One in a Thousand |
na |
(1925- ) 2nd story Lt. Bill Easson series; 1st story, #293, as by J.T. M'Intosh in 1953 FEB; ps. for Scottish writer & journalist James Murdoch MacGregor, used for all his sf work; has also pub. non-sf under his own name |
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Springer, Sherwood |
Epitaph Near Moonport |
pm |
(1912?-2000) long-time sf fan; 1st story pub. "Alias a Woo-Woo" in IMG 1952 JAN, followed by a sequel, "Love That Woo-Woo!" in IMG 1953 SEP; in a biographical sketch, in IMG 1954 FEB, Springer talks of his early sf fan days |
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Priestley, J.B. |
Strange Girl, The |
ss |
(1894-1984) 1st pub. in COL, 9 MAY 1953 as "Look After the Strange Girl"; wn. for John Boynton Priestley, U.K. novelist & playwrighthas novels Adam in Moonshine(1927), Beknighted(1927), The Good Companions(1929), Albert Comes Through(1933) |
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Dick, Philip K. |
Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, The |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in his Dr. Rupert Labyrinth series; his novel The Man in the High Castle(1962; W-1963 HUG) is perhaps his best-known single book(Clute); has novel The Martian Time-Slip(WOT 1963 AUG-DEC as "All We Marsmen"; exp. 1964) |
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Abernathy, Robert |
Axolotl |
ss |
this story also anthologized as "Deep Space" |
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Wolf, Leonard |
More Facts About Robots (II) |
pm |
in anthology, called "Some Facts About Robots II" |
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Dee, Roger |
Fresh Start, The |
ss |
(1914- ) working name for Roger Dee Aycock; 1st story pub. "The Wheel Is Death" in PLS 1949 FLL; has also been pub. in the western pulp mags. |
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Jaffray, Norman R. |
Cowboy Lament |
pm |
has pub. numerous poems to the Saturday Evening Post (PST), mostly in the late 1920s, but also one in 1934 JUN 16, & 1958 MAR 15 (the latter incorectly spelled his name as Jaffrey) |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Robert A. Heinlein: Starman Jones; Walter R. Brooks: Freddy and the Spaceship; C.M. Kornbluth: The Syndic; Bleiler & Dikty(ed): The Best S-F Stories, 1953; Samuel Mines: The Best from Startling Stories; William M. Sloane: Space Space Space |
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Jenkins, Powell Jr |
Mouse With the Twisted Foot, The |
ss |
his 1st pub. fiction; does chemical research for Navy rocket developments |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Charles Fort: Enfant Terrible Of Science |
bio |
Charles Fort, 1874-1932, journalist, author, namesake of the Fortean Society(founded 1931), supporter of hollow earth theory, Psionics; Fort long corresponded with deFord & her husband Maynard Shipley |
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Banks, Raymond E. |
Christmas Trombone |
ss |
(1918-1996) veteran of WWII; has BA in English from UCLA; an industrial account executive; pub. a fantasy story in 1946 as Esquire's 'Discovery of the Month'; 1st story pub. sf "Never Trust an Intellectual" in Dynamic Science Fiction 1953 JUN |
| 1954 FEB |
Morrison, William |
Playground |
nv |
(1906-1980) ps. for Joseph Samachson; born in Trenton, NJ; writer & chemist; earned a PhD in Chemistry from Yale in 1930; Prof. of Biochemistry at Loyola University, retired in 1973 |
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Carlson, Esther |
Somewhere East of Rudyard |
ss |
3rd story Dr. Aesop Abercrombie series |
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Phillips, Peter |
c/o Mr. Makepeace |
ss |
his 1st story pub. was "Dreams Are Sacred" in ASF 1948 SEP, which with "Manna" in ASF 1949 FEB, & "Lost Memory" in GAL 1952 MAY have been highly anthologized |
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Reynolds, Mack |
Other Alternative, The |
ss |
1st novel The Case of the Little Green Men(1951), murder mys. at an sf convention; anth. w. Fredric Brown: The Science Fiction Carnival(1953); had the most stories of any author in ASF/ANA between 1959-1969, many concentrate on social & economic issues |
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Gilbert, Doris |
Arrangement in Green |
ss |
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Norbert, W. |
Miracle of the Broom Closet, The |
ss |
(1894-1964) 1st pub. in MIT's Tech Engineering News, in 1952 APR; ps. for Norbert Wiener, mathematician; has nf books Cybernetics(1948), The Human Use of Human Beings(1950), Ex-Prodigy(1953, on intellectual supermen), God and Golem, Inc.(1964) |
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Galouye, Daniel F. |
Sanctuary |
nv |
(1920-1976) journalist for the New Orleans States(sister newspaper of the Times-Picayune); naval test pilot & patrol plane commander during WWII; 1st story pub. sf "Rebirth" in IMG 1952 MAR; has 1st novel Dark Universe(1961; N-1962 HUG) |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Sturgeon: More Than Human, & E. Pluribus Unicorn; Leiber: The Green Millennium; Padgett: Well of the Worlds; van Vogt: The Universe Maker; de Camp: The Tritonian Ring; Howard: The Coming of Conan; Heinlein: Assignment in Eternity |
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Buck, Doris P. |
Appraiser, The |
ss |
Buck became "wedded to space" at the age of 7 when she saw a picture of the rings around Saturn(obit in LOC 1980 DEC, #240) |
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Marks, Winston |
Call Me Adam |
ss |
(1916?- ) Winston K. Marks; has used ps. win Kinney & Ken Winney; has pub. over 60 stories in sf/f mags., between "Mad Hatter" in UNK 1940 MAY & "The Cure-All" in IFS 1968 JUL |
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Anderson, Poul |
Immortal Game, The |
ss |
has novels War of Two Worlds(TCS 1953 WIN as "Silent Victory"; 1959), The Broken Sword(1954; rev. 1971), No World of Their Own(1955), Planet of No Return(1956; vt Question and Answer, 1978, w. Karen Anderson), The Enemy Stars(1959; N-1959 HUG; coll. 1987) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Fun They Had, The |
vi |
1st pub. in The Boys and Girls Page, 1 DEC 1951; associate professor of biochemistry at Boston Univ. School of Medicine 1949-1958, resigning to write full-time; pub. 1st story in his Robot series, "Strange Playfellow"(aka "Robbie") in SSS 1940 SEP |
| 1954 MAR |
Bester, Alfred |
5,271,009 |
nv |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Mrs. Hinck |
ss |
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Brown, Bill |
Spunk Water |
ss |
has books Roaring River(1953), Uncharted Voyage(1955), and has books with co-author(wife?) Rosalie Brown |
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Jackson, Shirley |
Bulletin |
vi |
(1919-1965) born in San Francisco; 1940 BA from Syracuse Univ.; her 1st story pub. "Janice," in 1937; has coll. The Lottery(1949); novels Life Among the Savages(1953) & Raising Demons(1957), with her husband Stanley Edgar Hyman, a literary critic |
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Beaumont, Charles |
Last Caper, The |
ss |
(1929-1967) ps. for Charles Leroy Nutt, changed his name legally to Charles Beaumont; 1st story pub. sf "The Devil, You Say?" in AMZ 1951 JAN |
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Dee, Roger |
Man Friday |
nv |
has sf novel An Earth Gone Mad(1954) |
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Abernathy, Robert |
Firefighter, The |
vi |
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Wellman, Manly Wade |
Call Me From the Valley |
ss |
5th story Silver John ser.; has Judge Pursuivant ser. in WRT(1938-41, as by Gans T. Field) & later in F&SF, occult detective; has novels The Devil's Planet(STS 1942 JAN; 1951 UK), The Beasts from Beyond(STS 1944 SUM as "Strangers on the Height"; 1950) |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading: Best Science-Fantasy Books of 1953, The |
br |
list of the best f & sf books of 1953 |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Sriberdegibit |
nv |
1st pub. in UNK 1943 AUG; Boucher has translated many stories, incl. those of authors Georges Simenon, Thomas Narcojac, Pierre Boileau, Jorge Luis Borges, Antonio Helú, etc; had opera radio series(on KPFA in Berkeley, CA) "Golden Voices" for a long time |
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Bradbury, Ray |
All Summer in a Day |
ss |
has novel Fahrenheit 451(GAL 1951 FEB as "The Fireman"; exp. 1953; W-1984 PRO; N-1987 LOC; 1966, 2000 movies); story "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"(PST, 23 SEP 1950 as "The Fog Horn") made into the movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms(1953) |
| 1954 APR |
Tenn, William |
Tenants, The |
ss |
(1919- ) ps. for Philip Klass, writer & academic, served in WWII; 1st story pub. sf "Alexander the Bait" in ASF 1946 MAY; has anth. Children of Wonder(1953), Once Against the Law(1968, with Donald E. Westlake) |
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Morrison, William |
Inner Worlds, The |
nv |
1st story pub. "Bad Medicine" in TWS 1941 FEB, as by William Morrison |
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Kornbluth, C.M. |
I Never Ast No Favors |
ss |
has novels with Judith Merril, Outpost Mars(GAL 1951 MAY-JUL as "Mars Child"; 1952; rev. vt Sin in Space, 1961), & Gunner Cade(ASF 1952 MAR-MAY; 1952), both as by Cyril Judd; has 1st solo novel Takeoff(1952), & Syndic(SFA 1953-54 DEC-MAR; 1953) |
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Reynolds, Mack |
Thou Beside Me, And |
ss |
has United Planets series, about Section G secret agents of a U. P. Organization, Planetary Agent X(1965), Dawnman Planet(no "Beehive" in ANA 1965-66 DEC-JAN; 1966), The Rival Rigelians(na "Adaptation" in ASF 1960 AUG; exp. 1967), Code Duello(1968) |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Note From the Editors |
note |
first issue to have all new stories; how do the readers like it? |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Silence Game, The |
ss |
has story "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes," in Wollheim(ed): The Girl with the Hungry Eyes(1949), made into movie same title in 1995; novels The Green Millennium(1953), Destiny Times Three(ASF 1945 MAR-APR; 1957) |
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Jaffray, Norman R. |
Thinker Needs a Wife, The |
pm |
1st pub. in the amateur publication Destiny |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
John Wyndham: Out of the Deeps; Lewis Padgett: Mutant; Nat Schachner: Space Lawyer; Raymond F. Jones: Planet of Light |
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Drake, Leah Bodine |
Jannigogs, The |
pm |
(1914-1964) has pub. many poems & short stories in Weird Tales, as well as in Fantasy Fiction & The Arkham Sampler; has poem "Lost Heritage" in The Saturday Evening Post (PST) in 1940 SEP 7 |
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Elliott, Bruce |
Wolves Don't Cry |
ss |
has novel The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck(1970) |
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
Centaurus Changeling |
nv |
(1930-1999) 1st story pub. "Women Only" & "Keyhole" in VOR 1953 OCT; wrote many letters to the editor, esp. to TWS late 1940s-50s; early stories coll. The Dark Intruder and Other Stories(1964); used many ps., Lee Chapman, John Dexter, Miriam Gardner, etc |
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Smith, Evelyn E. |
Gerda |
ss |
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| 1954 MAY |
Heinlein, Robert A. |
Star Lummox |
no-1/3 |
(1907-1988) about an indestructible alien being, called Lummox, and the reactions by the Earthlings it meets; born in Butler, Missouri, attended Univ. of Missouri & U.S. Naval Academy(Annapolis); retired after 5 years in Navy in 1934 due to poor health |
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Bennett, Margot |
Old-Fashioned Poker for My Uncle's Head, An |
ss |
(1912-1980) 1st pub. in 1946; U.K. writer of mostly detective novels; has sf novel The Long Way Back(1954), mystery novels The Widow of Bath(1952); The Man Who Didn't Fly(1956), N-1956 EDG, best novel; has novel The Furious Masters(1968) |
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Stanton, Will |
Pioneer, The |
ss |
1st pub. in COL, 15 NOV 1952; has pub. 7 short stories bewt. 1952-1961 in Colliers (COL), Ladies Home Journal, & The Saturday Evening Post (PST) |
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