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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1961 JAN |
Davidson, Avram |
Sources of the Nile, The |
nv |
this story is set in a Madison Avenue advertising milieu & looks at how fads & trends come about(Wessells); also in F&SF with co-author Sidney Klein, & with co-author Randall Garrett, & with co-author Morton Klass |
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Aandahl, Vance |
Man on the Beach, The |
ss |
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Simak, Clifford D. |
Shotgun Cure |
ss |
has na The Trouble with Tycho(AMZ 1960 OCT; 1961 chap); novels They Walked Like Men(1962), Way Station(GAL 1963 JUN-AUG as "Here Gather Stars"; 1963; W-1964 HUG), & All Flesh Is Grass(1965; N-1965 NEB); W-1977 NEB, Grandmaster; W-1988 STO, Lifetime Award |
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De Vet, Charles V. |
Return Journey |
ss |
(1911-1997) 1st story pub. sf "The Unexpected Weapon" in AMZ 1950 SEP; has sf novel Cosmic Checkmate(ASF 1958 MAR, as "The Second Game"; exp. 1962; exp. vt. Second Game, 1981) with Katherine MacLean; has novel Special Feature(ASF 1958 MAY; exp. 1975) |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
Rehabilitated |
ss |
has novels The Far Call(ANA 1973 AUG-OCT; N-1974 LOC; 1978; N-1979 DIT, LOC), a near-future sf/political tale about the first manned expedition to Mars; Pro(1978; 1986, illustrated by James R. Odbert) |
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Eastlake, William |
What Nice Hands Held |
ss |
(1917-1997) 1st pub. in The Kenyon Review, 1960 SPR; has been pub. in PST, & has had 5 stories pub. in the Evergreen Review betw. 1967-1970 |
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Young, Robert F. |
Hopsoil |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Here It Comes; There It Goes! |
sces |
continuous creation |
| |
Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXV |
vi |
32nd story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Martin Graetz |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
Theodore Sturgeon: Venus Plus X; Harry Harrison: Deathworld; Andre Norton: Shadow Hawk; Frederik Pohl: Star of Stars; Patrick Moore: A Guide to the Stars |
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Turco, Lewis |
Great Grey Fantasy, A |
pm |
(1934- ) born in Buffalo, NY; earned 1959 BA from Univ. of Connecticut, 1961 MA from Univ. of Iowa; Prof. of English at Cleveland State Univ. 1960-64, SUNY at Oswego 1965-96; a poet, has colls. Awaken, Bells Falling(1968), The Inhabitant(1970) |
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Anderson, Poul |
Time Lag |
nv |
has novel The Avatar(1978; N-1979 LOC); Last Viking seq. of historical tales, The Golden Horn(1980), The Road of the Sea Horse(1980), & The Sign of the Raven(1980) - all with wife Karen Anderson; has colls. Fantasy(1981), The Dark Between the Stars(1981) |
| 1961 FEB |
Aldiss, Brian W. |
Hothouse |
nv |
1st story Hothouse series; series "set in the far-future, when the Earth has ceased rotating, ... involves the adventures of humanity's remnants, who live in the branches of a giant, continent-spanning tree"(Clute) |
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Goulart, Ron |
Time Was |
ss |
1st story in F&SF in investigator of the occult Max Kearny series |
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Brown, Rosel George |
Of All Possible Worlds |
ss |
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Aymé, Marcel |
Ubiquitous Wife, The |
nv |
1st pub. in Story Magazine, 1960 SPR; trans. from the French by Whit Burnett(1899-1973); has 2 children's fantasies, The Wonderful Farm(1951 US), Return to the Wonderful Farm(1954 UK; vt The Magic Pictures, 1954 US) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXVI |
vi |
33rd story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Capt. E.D. Harris |
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Thomas, Theodore L. |
Intruder, The |
ss |
(1920- ) Theodore Lockard Thomas; 1st story pub. sf "The Revisitor" in SPM 1952 SEP & "The Improbable Profession" in ASF 1952 SEP(as by his ps. Leonard Lockhard, & with Charles L. Harness, the 1st story in his Patent Office spoofs series) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Order! Order! |
sces |
entropy |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
Judith Merril(ed): The Fifth Annual of the Year's Best S-F; "rest of books sent in for review were so bad they'll be ignored & the rest of the column is a discussion of the reasons why the books are so bad" |
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Kelly, C. Brian |
Tunnel, The |
vi |
(1935- ) working name for Charles Brian Kelly; has edited anth. series, Best Little Stories from World War II(1989, 1998), Best Little Stories from the White House(1992), & Best Little Stories from the Civil War(1994, 1998) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Storm Over Sodom |
nv |
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| 1961 MAR |
Henderson, Zenna |
Return |
nv |
7th story The People series, chrono. story #13; on this story & coll. Pilgrimage - "The book ends with the departure from Earth of many of the People for a new Home. This story goes on with the story, telling of the first return to Earth ..." |
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Williams, Jay |
Beetle, The |
ss |
also in juvenile Danny Dunn series with Raymond Abrashkin, Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor(1960), D.D. and the Fossil Cave(1961), D.D. and the Heat Ray(1962), D.D., Time Traveler(1963), D.D. and the Voice from Space(1967) |
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Clarke, Arthur C. |
Saturn Rising |
ss |
has franchised out his Venus Prime series to Paul Preuss, each novel being based on a Clarke short story: Breaking Strain(1987), Maelstrom(1988), Hide and Seek(1989), The Medusa Encounter(1990), The Diamond Moon(1990), & The Shining Ones(1991) |
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Wyndham, John |
Stitch in Time |
ss |
1st pub. in ARG(UK) 1961 MAR; has novel Midwich Cuckoo(1957; vt. Village of the Damned, 1960 US) made into the movies Village of the Damned(1960), & Children of the Damned(1963); coll. The Best of John Wyndham(1973), etc |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Imaginary That Isn't, The |
sces |
numbers; imaginary numbers; see addendum p.130, 1960 MAY, concerning an error at the end of the article |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
a composite All Star Author, out of colleagues we admire most: dramatic virility of Heinlein, humanity of Sturgeon, gloss of Sheckley, dispassion of Blish, encyclopedic enthusiasm of Asimov, courage of Farmer, & high style of Bradbury |
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Farmer, Philip José |
Prometheus |
na |
5th story Father John Carmody ser., sequel to "A Few Miles" in 1960 OCT, #1468; ser. coll. in Father to the Stars(1981); has Exorcism trilogy The Image of the Beast(1968), Traitor to the Living(1973), Blown or Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind(1975) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXVII |
vi |
34th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Berry, John |
One Who Returns, The |
ss |
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| 1961 APR |
Smith, Evelyn E. |
Softly While You're Sleeping |
ss |
has sf/fantasy novels, as by Delphine C. Lyons, Flower of Evil(1965), The House of Four Windows(1965), The Depths of Yesterday(1966), Valley of Shadows(1968), & Phantom at Lost Lake(1970); also as Lyons, has nf book Everyday Witchcraft(1972) |
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Calin, Harold |
Hills of Lodan, The |
ss |
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McCaffrey, Anne |
Ship Who Sang, The |
nv |
1st & only story in F&SF in her Helva series; other stories in var. mags.(1966-69) and coll. in a fixup novel The Ship Who Sang(1969; rvw. in F&SF 1970 JUL); sequel novels PartnerShip(1992, w. Margaret Ball), The Ship Who Searched(1992, w. M. Lackey) |
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Graves, Robert |
Dead Man's Bottles |
ss |
1st pub. in his book Occupation: Writer(1950) |
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Reed, Kit |
Judas Bomb |
ss |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXVIII |
vi |
35th story in F&SF in Feghoot series, a Super-Feghoot |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: My Buily-In Doubter |
sces |
popular beliefs in scientific history |
| |
Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
Isaac Asimov: The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science |
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Peterson, Nils |
Cosmic Sex and You (as by Sammial Longhorn Priapus, Sx.D. |
vi |
has 1954 BA from Centre College of Kentucky; 1958 MA from Rutgers Univ.; he's a contributing editor to the Blue Sofa Review; also in F&SF as Nils T. Peterson |
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Banks, Richard |
Daddy's People |
ss |
freelance writer in the 1930s, assoc. director of the Yale Univ. News Bureau; has children's book, The Mysterious Leaf(1955), & the short story "Secret of the River of No Return" in Uncensored Detective 1950 DEC |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
On Hearing Another Report of Little Green Men From ... |
pm |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
Nomansland |
nv |
2nd story Hothouse ser.; has novel Greybeard(1964 US, cut version; 1964 UK, full version), considered by some to be his "finest sf novel ... deals w. a future in which humanity has become sterile due to an accident involving biological weapons"(Clute) |
| 1961 MAY |
Emshwiller, Carol |
Adapted |
ss |
has 1st novel Carmen Dog(1988 U.K.; W-1995 TIP), "a feminist fable which draws obvious but very deftly pointed lessons from the transformation of women into dogs & dogs into women"(Clute) |
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Davidson, Avram & Sidney Klein |
Teeth of Despair, The |
ss |
(1923-1993; ?-? ) |
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Bretnor, R. |
All the Tea in China |
ss |
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Williams, Jay |
Somebody to Play With |
ss |
also in juvenile Danny Dunn series with Raymond Abrashkin, Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine(1969), D.D. and the Swamp Monster(1971), D.D., the Invisible Boy(1974), D.D., Scientific Detective(1975), D.D. and the Universal Glue(1977) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXIX |
vi |
36th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Heriot, C.D. |
Poltergeist |
ss |
(1905-1972) 1st pub. in Winter's Tales 3(1957) |
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Barr, Stephen |
Mr. Medley's Time Pill |
ss |
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