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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1973 JAN |
Swann, Thomas Burnett |
Stalking Trees, The |
na |
2nd & last story in John & Stephen ser.; "adventures of a Saxon serf & the son of a Norman baron"; in "Acknowledgments" at end of story, Swann expresses debt to Marjorie Quennell: A History of Everyday Things in England; Robert A. Collins, Swann biography |
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Sladek, John |
Ralph 4F by H*g* G*rnsb*ck, 1911 Winner of the H*g* Award |
spf |
5th story in his parody series, this one a parody of Hugo Gernsback; has colls. The Steam-Driven Boy and Other Strangers(1973, has some of his parodies), Keep the Giraffe Burning(1978), The Best of John Sladek(1981), Alien Accounts(1982) |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
John Brunner: The Wrong End of Time; Hugo Gernsback: Ultimate World; Ron Goulart: Hawkshaw; R.A. Lafferty: Strange Doings; Robert Silverberg: The Book of Skulls |
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Martin, George R.R. |
Peripheral Affair, A |
nv |
(1948- ) George Raymond Richard Martin, Vista volunteer working with Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation; has 2 degrees in journalism from Northwestern Univ.; 1st story pub. sf "Hero" in GAL 1971 FEB; has coll. A Song for Lya and Other Stories(1976) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Outside |
vi |
has used collab. ps. John Barry Williams, with co-authors John Lutz & Bill Pronzini, for story "Cheeseburger" in AHMM 1978 OCT |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
On Advertising, Especially Cigarettes |
note |
received letters of complaint against cigarette ads; F&SF's policy is to accept all ads unless it is fraudulent, misleading or in bad taste; censoring, when doe it stop?; ad income helped improve quality of mag., & to add 16 pages last OCT |
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Latham, Philip |
Jeannette's Hands |
nv |
1st of 2 stories in his Bob & Dagny series, about a "hardworking, rational minded astronomer who is married to the Official Witch of California"; has juvenile novels Five Against Venus(1952), Missing Men of Saturn(1953) |
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Lory, Robert |
Kite: Yellow and Green |
ss |
works as a public relations advisor to a large organization on matters Far East; has sf novels Identity Seven(1974), & The Thirteen Bracelets(1974) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: UFO's, Werewolves and Other Familiarities |
mr/tvr |
U.F.O.(1970 UK TV series, 26 ep.), stars Ed Bishop; Moon of the Wolf(1972 TV), stars David Jansen; Haunts of the Very Rich(1972), stars Ed Asner; Portrait of Jennie(1948), based on Robert Nathan novel(1940; 1998), about love & time travel |
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Walling, William |
Devil We Know, The |
ss |
has novel, The World I Left Behind Me(1979), about Project Demeter & a race to achieve interstellar flight, against impossible odds |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Ancient and the Ultimate, The |
sces |
books, and their future; what can replace the printed word?; has 10th coll. of science essays The Tragedy of the Moon(1973) |
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Morressy, John |
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears |
nv |
has Del Whitby space opera trilogy, Starbrat(1972), Nail Down the Stars(1973; vt Stardrift, 1975), Under a Calculating Star(1975) - tells same tale of interstellar intrigue & revolution from 3 partial points of view, none knowing the whole story(Clute) |
| 1973 FEB |
Anderson, Poul |
Problem of Pain, The |
nv |
see Gordon Benson Jr & Phil Stephensen-Payne: Poul Anderson: Myth-Maker and Wonder-Weaver: A Working Bibliography(1989, 2 vol. chap); interviews in MZBFM 1996 SPR, "Poul Anderson: Fifty Years of Science Fiction" in LOC 1997 APR(#435) |
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Russ, Joanna |
Books |
br |
Christopher Anvil: Pandora's Planet; Lloyd Biggle: The Light that Never Was; James Blish: Midsummer Century; Barry Malzberg: Beyond Apollo; George Alec Effinger: What Entropy Means to Me |
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Carr, Carol |
Wally A Deux |
ss |
wife of fan/author/editor Terry Carr, an sf fan herself; born in Brooklyn, now lives in San Francisco; has been pub. in Orbits 5 & 8, ESQ, Epoch |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has cartoon coll. Playboy's Gahan Wilson(1973) |
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Kelley, Leo P. |
Song |
ss |
has more short juveniles in series, Dead Moon(1979 chap), King of the Stars(1979 chap), On the Red World(1979 chap), Where No Sun Shines(1979 chap), Vacation in Space(1979 chap), & Good-bye to Earth(1979 chap) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Horrors! |
mr/tvr |
Vampire Circus(1971 UK); Countess Dracula(1970 UK); Dracula A.D. 1972(1972 UK); House of Usher(1960), based on Edgar Allan Poe story; The Haunted Palace(1963), based on Poe story; The Thing(1951), loosely based on John W. Campbell's Who Goes There? |
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Tuttle, Lisa |
Dollburger |
ss |
(1952- ) U.S. writer, in U.K. since late 1980, married to author Christopher Priest(also in F&SF) 1981-87; Clarion graduate, 1st story pub. "Stranger in the House" in Robin Scott Wilson(ed): Clarion II(1972); W-1974 JWCA, Best New Writer |
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Aickman, Robert |
Pages From a Young Girl's Journal |
nv |
W-1975 WFA, short fiction; has colls. Sub Rosa: Strange Tales(1968), Cold Hand in Mine: Eight Strange Tales(1976), Tales of Love and Death(1977), Intrusions: Strange Stories(1980), Night Voices(1985) |
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Garnett, David S. |
Da Capo |
nv |
(1947- ) U.K. writer, has BS in Economics; editor of NWS #217-20; has pub. books under ps. David Lee, & David Ferring; has 1st novel Mirror in the Sky(1969), novels The Starseekers(1971), Time in Eclipse(1974); as Lee, novel Destiny Past(1974) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Through the Micro-Glass |
sces |
microbiology, the history of, Part 1 of 3; from Anton van Leeuwenhoek(1675) thru Pasteur to William Joseph Elford(1931); Part 2 in 1973 MAR(#3324), Part 3 in 1973 APR(#3336); see sequel on bacteria in essay "The True Rulers" in 1989 SEP(#6048) |
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Boles, Paul Darcy |
Droodspell |
ss |
has novels Glenport, Illinois(1956), Deadline(1957), Parton's Island(1958); has pub. short fiction in Cosmopolitan, Cavalier, Playboy, McCall's, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping |
| 1973 MAR |
McLaughlin, Dean |
Trouble With Project Slickenside, The |
nv |
has coll. Hawk Among the Sparrows(1976; title story a novella in ANA 1968 JUL was N-1968 NEB; 1969 HUG); see Biolog in ANA 1977 NOV; has novel Dawn, in ANA 1981 APR 27-JUL 20; has novella "Ode to Joy" in ANA 1991 JUL; editor of Figment #1-3(1990) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Books |
br |
Donald A. Wollheim(ed): The 1972 Annual World's Best SF; Terry Carr(ed): The Best Science Fiction of the Year; Robin Scott Wilson(ed): Clarion II; Lester del Rey(ed): Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Jones, Thom |
Brother Dodo's Revenge |
ss |
(1946?- ) age 27, has a BA in English from the Univ. of Iowa, currently living in France |
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Wellen, Edward |
Chalk Talk |
vi |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Return to Cobra Island |
mr/tvr |
Cobra Woman(1944), stars Maria Montez; has sequel/remake Night of the Cobra Woman(1972); The Undead(1957) |
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Butler, Chris G. |
Coffin in Egypt, A |
ss |
has a story, "The Incompetent," in ANA 1971 DEC |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Zombie Butler, The |
vi |
6th story in Moral vignettes series; "Moral: A slave's chains are heavy at both ends" |
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Wright, Waldo Carlton |
Spirit of the White Deer |
ss |
full time freelance writer, lives in Northeast PA; has had stories pub. in Yankee, Legion, ESQ, & the story "Little Foxes Sleep Warm" in AHMM 1971 JAN, which was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked(1975) |
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Sladek, John |
Solar Shoe-Salesman by Ph*l*p K. D*ck |
spf |
6th story in his parody series, this one a parody of Philip K. Dick; has detective novels Black Aura(1974), Invisible Green(1977), The Book of Clues(1984), the latter being a series of short detective puzzles; see interview in Platt: Dream Makers(1983) |
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offutt, andrew j |
Sareva: In Memoriam |
ss |
(1934- ) author: "What would a man do ... if he learned (his wife) was a witch"; 1st story pub. "And Gone Tomorrow" in IFS 1954 DEC as Andy Offutt; 1st sf novel Evil Is Live Spelled Backwards(1970), novels The Castle Keeps(1972), Sword of the Gael(1975) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Down From the Amoeba |
sces |
microbiology, the history of, Part 2 of 3; sizes of microorganisms, bacteria & viruses; Part 1 in 1973 FEB(#3311), Part 3 in 1973 APR(#3336) |
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Coney, Michael G. |
Manya, The |
ss |
1st story in Finistelle ser., about scientist Donald Lackland who is received as a king in the far-future land of Finistelle; has 1st novel Mirror Image(1972), with alien "amorphs" who can mimic man so perfectly they believe themselves to be human(Clute) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Deathbird, The |
nv |
W-1974 HUG, JUP, LOC; N-1973 NEB; won awards TV scripts "Demon with a Glass Hand"(1964 Outer Limits), "The City on the Edge of Forever"(1967 Star Trek; 1977; 1996), unused script for TV ser. The Starcrossed pilot(1973), latter also a 1975 Ben Bova novel |
| 1973 APR |
Benford, Gregory |
Icarus Descending |
ss |
1st story Nigel Warmsley ser., part of fixup novel In the Ocean of Night(1977; N-1977 NEB; 1978 LOC), 1st novel of 6 in his Ocean seq., about a universe-wide struggle betw. organic & inorganic "lifeforms," w. the machines appearing to be winning(Clute) |
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Law, Warner |
Alarming Letters From Scottsdale, The |
ss |
has been writing for films & TV since 1942, short fiction since 1968; wrote screenplay for movie The Woman in the House(1942); wrote scripts for the TV mys. ser. Checkmate(1960-1962; 70 episodes), TV ser. The Farmer's Daughter(1963-1966; 102 episodes) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Books |
br |
Frederik Pohl(ed): Best Science Fiction for 1972; Roger Zelazny: The Guns of Avalon; Gordon R. Dickson: The Pritcher Mass; Frederik Pohl: The Gold at the Starbow's End |
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Claremont, C.S. |
Psimed |
nv |
(1950- ) Christopher Simon Claremont, an actor, "now working summer stock & the New York audition rounds. When I'm not working theatre, I write."; has novel Grounded(1991), an extract pub. in AMZ 1991 JUL |
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Drake, David |
Arclight |
ss |
(1945- ) background is Vietnam War, an arclight is a B-52 strike; served with the Eleventh Cavalry in Cambodia & Vietnam, as an interrogator; asst. attorney for the town of Chapel Hill, NC, from 1972-80; editor of Whispers, 1974 JUL-1978 OCT |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Transcendence on the Tube |
mr/tvr |
essay: on realizing the fantastic elements in films; Salome( ? , France); briefly mentions - Asylum(1972), screen play by Robert Bloch; Gargoyles(1972 TV); Via Galactica(Broadway's 1st sf musical) |
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Lee, William |
Too Many Goblins |
ss |
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Green, Joseph |
Robustus Revisited |
ss |
has 2nd novel Gold the Man(1971 UK; vt The Mind Behind the Eye, 1972 US), in which Gold, a homo sapiens born with 4 oz. extra of neocortex, goes to an alien planet to study their sun, which turns out to have sentient sunspots(Clute) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Remnants of Things Past |
ss |
"past 5 or 6 years (I have) been working full-time as castings inspector in a non-ferrous foundry ... write both weekends & evenings" |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Cinderella Compound, The |
sces |
microbiology, the history of, Part 3 of 3; the Cinderella compound is DNA, the history of its discovery & the importance of the work Oswald Theodore Avery was to the direction research moved in; Part 1 in 1973 FEB(#3311), Part 2 in 1973 MAR(#3324) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Effinger, Geo. Alec |
City on the Sand, The |
nv |
(1947-2002) N-1974 HUG, nv; long-time resident of New Orleans; 1st story pub. "The Eight-Thirty to Nine Slot" in FAN 1971 APR; has story "All the Last Wars at Once" in Terry Carr(ed): Universe(1971), N-1972 HUG, LOC; also in F&SF as George Alec Effinger |
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