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Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
1966 JAN |
Young, Robert F. |
L'Arc De Jeanne |
nv |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
Wilson - "My usual tactic in making up a cartoon idea is to select a specific theme or ... object & stick with it until I have produced an idea on it." |
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St. Clair, Margaret |
Beaulieu |
ss |
has novels Agent of the Unknown(STS 1952 FEB as "Vulcan's Dolls"; 1956), The Green Queen(USF 1955 MAR as "Mistress of Viridis"; 1956), The Games of Neith(1960), Sign of the Labrys(1963), Message from the Eocene(1964), coll. Three Worlds of Futurity(1964) |
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Merril, Judith |
Books |
br |
the American & British sf scenes, from London; the big 3 sf writers in London: Ballard, Aldiss & Brunner; sf book editors & the market; J.G. Ballard: The Drought(vt The Burning World, US) |
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Goulart, Ron |
To the Rescue |
ss |
has edited anth. The Hardboiled Dicks(1965), Lineup Tough Guys(1966) |
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Guttridge, Len |
Most Wonderful News, The |
ss |
has books Jack Teagarden: Story of a Jazz Maverick(1960; 1976), The Commodores: The U.S. Navy in the Age of Sail(1969, with George S. McGovern) |
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Thomas, Theodore L. |
Science Springboard, The: Smog |
ar |
the chemistry of smog; can additives to gasoline lessen the harmful compounds |
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Roberts, Keith |
Survey of the Third Planet |
ss |
(1935-2000) U.K. writer, illustrator; 1st story pub. sf "Anita" & "Escapism" in SCF #67 1964; wrote early stories in U.K. as ps. Alistair Bevan; assoc. editor of SCF #81 & successor IMP 1966 MAR-1967 FEB; has illus. covers for SCF, IMP, NWS & for novels |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Proton-Reckoner, The |
sces |
protons; Archimedes; how many protons are there in the Observable Universe?; has 5th coll. of F&SF science essays From Earth to Heaven(1966) |
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Benford, Greg |
Representative From Earth |
ss |
active in amateur journalism, co-edited fanzine Void, with Ted White, Terry Carr, etal; Void was pub. from 1955-62 in 28 issues; wrote regular articles on "The Science in Science Fiction" w. David Book for AMZ 1969 NOV-1971 NOV, & by himself thru 1976 DEC |
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Green, Robert M. Jr |
Apology to Inky |
nv |
N-1966 NEB; 1967 HUG, novelette |
1966 FEB |
White, Ted |
Editorial |
ed |
Part 1 of 2, "The Slush Pile," where new writers come from; e.g. Larry Niven, over a dozen stories rejected by F&SF before "Becalmed in Hell"(1965 JUL, #2229) was "enthusiastically bought"; rules for submission; Tom Disch also mentioned |
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Bretnor, R. |
Gadge System, The |
ss |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
Wilson - "I work with pen (crow quill) & ink and use traditional watercolors ..." - quotes from Weinberg: A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists(1988) |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Against Authority |
nv |
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Merril, Judith |
Books |
br |
Beaumont: The Magic Man; Henderson: The Anything Box; Abram Tertz: The Makepeace Experiment; Langelaan: Out of Time; Raphael: The Thirst Quenchers; Leonard Daventry: A Man of Double Deed; Brunner: Now Then; Anderson: The Corridors of Time; etc |
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Winkler, Richard |
Afternoon in May, An |
ss |
1st pub. in Audience, 1959 SPR; has a short story "It's a Boy, Mr. Winstead" in Liberty Magazine 1941 SEP 13; has children's book, The Boy Who Saw an Alligator in His Bathtub(1961), illus. by Betty Cobb |
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Garrett, Randall |
Witness for the Persecution |
nv |
has series on detective Lord Darcy: novel Too Many Magicians(ANA 1966 AUG-NOV; 1967, N-1967 HUG), & colls. Murder and Magic(1979), Lord Darcy Investigates(1981, N-1982 LOC); all asembled as Lord Darcy(1983), & The Complete Lord Darcy(2002) |
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Thomas, Theodore L. |
Science Springboard, The: Desynchronosis |
ar |
jet lag |
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Russ, Joanna |
New Men, The |
ss |
has short story "When It Changed" in Ellison(ed): Again, Dangerous Visions(1972) was N-1972 NEB; 1973 HUG, LOC; 1995 TIP; novelette "The Mystery of the Young Gentleman," in Asimov & Laurance(ed): Speculations(1982), was N-1982 NEB |
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Findlay, D.K. |
Way Back, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Up and Down the Earth |
sces |
highest mountains, deepest ocean trenches |
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Vance, Jack |
Mountains of Magnatz, The |
nv |
2nd story in Cugel the Clever series; has novel Big Planet(STS 1952 SEP; cut 1957; full version 1978) & its sequel Showboat World(1975); novels Son of the Tree(TWS 1951 JUN; 1964), The Houses of Iszm(STS 1954 SPR; 1964), To Live Forever(1956) |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Girls Will Be Girls |
ss |
was a charter member of the SFWA(founded in 1965) |
1966 MAR |
White, Ted |
Editorial |
ed |
Part 2 of 2, "The Slush Pile"; only "1 out of 500 stories among the 'slush pile' ... will make it into print" in F&SF; why stories get rejected, what is a suitable story?; White has anth. The Best from Amazing Stories(1973), The Best from Fantastic(1973) |
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Henderson, Zenna |
Angels Unawares |
nv |
11th story The People series, chrono. story #2 |
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Slesar, Henry |
I Remember Oblivion |
ss |
has used collab. ps. Sley Harson, w. Harlan Ellison for stories "He Disappeared!" in Guilty 1957 MAR, & 1 more; sf novelization Twenty Million Miles to Earth(1957 movie; 1957); coll. A Bouquet of Clean Crimes and Neat Murder Stories(1963) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has had cartoons pub. in Weird Tales, Paris Match, & on the cover of Newsweek |
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Merril, Judith |
Books |
br |
Harrison: Plague from Space; Dickson: Mission to Universe; Brunner: The Altar of Asconel; White: Android Avenger; Moorcock: The Fireclown; Davidson: Rork!; Pohl: A Plague of Pythons; Herbert: Dune; Christopher: The Ragged Edge; 5 more |
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Kipling, Rudyard |
Tomlinson |
pm |
(1865-1936) 1st pub. in The National Observer, 23 JAN 1893; U.K. poet & writer, won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907; has colls. The Jungle Book(1894), Rewards and Faeries(1910), The Complete Supernatural Stories of ...(1987), novel Kim(1901) |
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Olin, Richard |
Lil, Rorrity, and a Foamin' Sea of Steam Beer |
ss |
under his real name, Hugh Leddy, he writes of Avram Davidson's travels in British Honduras, in the Davidson's Special Issue of the NYRSF 2000 JUN(#142) |
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Tomerlin, John |
White Night |
ss |
(1930-1988) has mys. novel Run from the Hunter(1957) w. Charles Beaumont under collab. ps. Keith Grantland; ya novels Prisoner of the Iroquois(1965), The Nothing Special(1969) etc; Grand Prix novel Challenge the Wind(1966); nf Beating the Radar Trap(1996) |
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Fast, Julius |
Grow Old Along With Me |
ss |
(1918- ) medical editor & writer, most recent book is on genetics, Blueprint for Life; has novel The League of Grey-Eyed Women(VSF 1969 AUG); has six mystery novels, one of which, Watchful at Night(1945), won the 1st Edgar Award, for best 1st novel |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Rocks of Damocles, The |
sces |
asteroids, Earth-grazing; meteorite craters on Earth, possible future collisions with Earth; has sequel science essay "Updating the Asteroids" in 1974 AUG(#3542); see essay on meteoric craters & the Tunguska, Siberia, impact explosion in 1990 SEP(#6225) |
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James, Kathleen |
Blind God's Eye, The |
nv |
(1935- ) ps. for Joyce Carstairs Hutchinson, born in Scotland; 1st story pub. "Manhunt" in NWS 1961 JUN as K.J.; as Wilhelmina Baird has 1st novel cyberpunk ser. Crashcourse(1993), Clipjoint(1994), PsyKosis(1995); Chaos Come Again(1996); iv LOC 1995 MAR |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Mickey Finn |
pm |
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1966 APR |
Dick, Philip K. |
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale |
nv |
N-1966 NEB, short story; basis for the movie Total Recall(1990) & cable TV series Total Recall 2070(1999- ); see also Theodore L. Thomas' "Science Springboard" article in this issue(#2334), about memory being a matter of chemistry, & can be transferred |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has 1st coll. of cartoons, Gahan Wilson's Graveside Manner(1965) |
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Marple, A.M. |
Appoggiatura |
ss |
has had work pub. in Jack and Jill, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Teen, & The New Republic |
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Merril, Judith |
Books |
br |
David Solomon(ed): LSD, the Consciousness-Expanding Drug; Eric Berne: Games People Play; John Brunner: The Day of the Star Cities, & The Squares of the City; Mack Reynolds: Planetary Agent X; Rick Raphael: Code Three; Alan E. Nourse: The Universe Between |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Books |
br |
Merril(ed): 10th Annual Edition, the Year's Best SF; Damon Knight(ed): 13 French Science-Fiction Stories, & Beyond Tomorrow; Alfred Hitchcock(ed): Stories Not for the Nervous; Brian W. Aldiss(ed): Best Fantasy Stories; George Brandon Saul: Owl's Watch |
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Emshwiller, Carol |
But Soft, What Light ... |
ss |
has novelette Venus Rising(1992 chap; N-1992 TIP); has western novels Ledoyt(1995), & sequel Leaping Man Hill(1999), set in the turn-of-the-century old West |
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McIntosh, J.T. |
Sudden Silence, The |
ss |
has novels Norman Conquest 2066(1977), A Planet Called Utopia(1979) |
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Thomas, Theodore L. |
Science Springboard, The: Injected Memory |
ar |
memory is a matter of chemistry, experiments in memory transfer; see also in this issue Philip K. Dick's story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," #2327, on this same subject |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Octopus, The |
pm |
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Thomas, Gilbert |
Face Is Familiar, The |
ss |
has written & produced for radio & TV, & pub. mystery fiction; written articles on the Far East for The Saturday Review, etal; has pub. in EQMM, incl. "Natural Selection" in EQMM 1950 AUG |
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Pulley, James |
Space Twins, The |
ss |
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Vance, Jack |
Sorcerer Pharesm, The |
nv |
3rd story in Cugel the Clever series; has novel Slaves of the Klau(SPS 1952 DEC as "Planet of the Damned"; cut 1958; full version as Gold and Iron, 1982); 1st mystery novel The Man in the Cage, as by John Holbrook Vance, W-1960 EDG |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Noblemen of Science, The |
sces |
scientists; Nobel Prize winning scientists |
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Niven, Larry |
Bordered in Black |
ss |
N-1966 NEB, short story; 2nd story in F&SF in his Tales of Known Space series & sequence(most of the short stories in this series were pub. in IFS & GAL); his 1st novel is of this seq., World of Ptavvs(1966); coll. Tales of Known Space(1975) |
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