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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1996 JAN |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
introduction to the new book review column, 'Brief Reviews: Books,' to be composed by various F&SF staff members; the purpose of the column is to review more sf/f books each month |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Hoffman, Nina Kiriki |
Here We Come A-Wandering |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in Matilda 'Matt' Black series, later expanded into novel A Red Heart of Memories(1999; N-1999 WFA; 2000 LOC); Matt is a woman with the uncanny ability to communicate with inanimate objects; sequel Past the Size of Dreaming(2001) |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Sherman Alexie: Reservation Blues; Rebecca Ore: Slow Funeral; William Browning Spencer: Zod Wallop; de Lint has taught several creative writing workshops in Canada & the U.S. |
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F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
Joanna Russ: To Write Like a Woman/Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction; Stanley Asimov(ed): Yours, Isaac Asimov; Octavia E. Butler: Bloodchild and Other Stories; On Spec(Canadian sf mag. anth.); Linda Nagata: Techno-Heaven |
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Grundy |
Cartoon |
ct |
Grundy admired the drawings of H.A. Rey, & Hugh Lofting; "At an early age, I became interested in books of fantasy & adventure, & today, many years later, I try to create a slice of fun & fantasy in my cartoons"; is building a website, www.douggrundy.com |
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Bailey, Dale |
Mall, The |
ss |
idea for story came during a drive to Ohio, a rest stop was more of "a mall, with game rooms, bookstores, (etc) ... Every damn store was open at 3 A.M." |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Oltion, Jerry |
Plight Before Christmas, The |
ss |
story was read for a Christmas celebration with writers, in a slightly different version last year; has coll. of his & his wife Kathy's Christmas stories, Tales from the Yuletide(1994) |
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Kale, Bonita |
Annie's Shelter |
nv |
now lives in Cleveland, Ohio |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Smith, Dean Wesley |
In the Shade of the Slowboat Man |
ss |
N-1996 NEB, ss; w. wife Rusch has S. F. Writers of America Handbook(1990; W-1991 LOC); 1st novel Laying the Music to Rest(1989; N-1990 LOC, STO); has written many ser. books for Star Trek, Aliens, etc; w. Rusch, trilogy, The Tenth Planet(1999; 2000; 2000) |
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Wheeler, Deborah |
Javier, Dying in the Land of Flowers |
nv |
N-1996 NEB, nv; 2nd & last story in West City ser.; has 1st novel Jaydium(1993), in which 2 miners on a remote planet are accidentally shot back in time to an earlier time in their culture; Northlight(1995), where colonists have forgone technology(B&C) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Yours, Isaac Asimov |
ar |
excerpts from the book by Isaac's younger brother, Stanley Asimov(ed): Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters, by Isaac Asimov(1995; N-1996 HUG); Isaac died April 6, 1992; his brother Stanley lived from 1929-1995, his obit is in LOC 1995 SEP(#416) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Go Toward the Light |
ss |
story orig. written, here heavily revised, for a National Public Radio ser., 1st aired in 1994 DEC; has coll. Lamont, Delap & Dowling(ed): The Essential Ellison(1987; W-1988 STO; N-1988 HUG, LOC); graphic novel Demon with a Glass Hand(1986, w. M. Rogers) |
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Coney, Michael |
Bulldog Drummond and the Grim Reaper |
nv |
N-1996 NEB, novelette; 3rd story in Foss Creek series |
| 1996 FEB |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
TV's fall season of sf shows; Rusch's viewing habits, opinions of Nowhere Man(1995-96; 25 ep.), Space: Above and Beyond(1995-96), American Gothic(1995-96, 22 ep.), Strange Luck(1995-96, 17 ep.), last has episode writers Michael Cassutt & Melissa Snodgrass |
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Long |
Cartoon: Proper Little Parasite, The |
ct |
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Reed, Robert |
First Tuesday |
ss |
N-1997 LOC, short story; political sf & a change in technology used to examine the future of Presidential-Constituent relations |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: sf that looks backwards in time, what if? alternate histories; Jack Dann: Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci; Paul J. McAuley: Pasquale's Angel |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Virtuous Reality |
ct |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Kim Antieau: The Jigsaw Woman; Anne McCaffrey: An Exchange of Gifts; Iain Banks: Whit, or Isis Among the Unsaved; St. Jude, R.U. Sirius & Bart Nagel: Cyberpunk Handbook; de Lint has fantasy novella, set in Newford, Ghosts of Wind and Shadow(1991) |
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F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
James P. Blaylock: All the Bells on Earth; Sean Stewart: Resurrection Man; John Clute: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia; Jonathan Lethem: Amnesia Moon |
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Savage, Ron |
Connecticut Nazi |
ss |
about this story, "In my work, I have dealt with the children of survivors, & we don't realize how the battles go on & on, generation after generation, long after the war has ended" |
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Almon, Chas. |
Cartoon: How the Panda Evolved |
ct |
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Coulter, Lynn |
Swamp Water |
ss |
has sold to MZBFM & to several literary mags.; about story, "Thoreau said, 'Methinks my soul must be a bright invisible green.' I like to think that mine is too." |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Davidson, Avram |
Sacrifice |
vi |
has fantasy novella The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil(1998; N-1998 STO) with Grania Davis(who finished the story after Davidson's death), about a professor on a terrifying quest to save his sanity & daughter, & uncover a house's secret |
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Winter, Laurel |
Permanent Natural Boy |
ss |
writes fulltime, raises twin boys; "I was thinking about the point in some twins' lives when they begin to see themselves as separate beings. Then there was this idea about permanent paint ..." |
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Di Filippo, Paul |
Plumage From Pegasus: It Was the Blessed of Times, It Was the Cursed of Times |
hues |
"Splatterclassics, Inc."; to make reading the classics appealing to high school students, "we have enlisted dozens of brand-name horror writers to rework the classics" by adding horror to them, e.g., Great Expectations by Charles Dickens & Robert Bloch |
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Weiner, Andrew |
Purple Pill, The |
ss |
has coll. This Is the Year Zero(1998); this story "is a kind of update to Rog Phillips' story 'The Yellow Pill'(in ASF 1958 OCT) ... in a certain sense it is autobiographical"; see website www.sfwriter.com/egweiner.htm |
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Asimov, Janet |
Science: Language: The Most Powerful Drug |
ar |
language, spoken & signed; its development & use by human infants, higher primates, our hominid ancestors; American Sign Language(ASL); how the brain learns languages; "words are the most powerful drug used by sentient beings" |
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Levy, Robert J. |
Every Day Different |
ss |
about story, "(at my job) there is a certain amount of repetition. Sometimes ... you stare at the computer screen wondering why something new & surprising doesn't happen"; 1st story pub. sf "Star-Crossed" in AMZ 1995 WIN |
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York, J. Steven |
Unmarked Crossing, The |
vi |
(1957- ) working name for James Steven York; lives in Kirkland WA; founding member of the Puget Sound Writer's Cramp; a past editor of The Report, as was his wife Christina; freelance technical writer, writes reviews & articles for computer mags. |
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Wilson, Robin |
Retired Men's Social Club & Ladies Auxiliary, The |
ss |
he is now President Emeritus & Trustee Professor at California State Univ. at Monterey Bay |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Castro, Adam-Troy |
Locusts |
nv |
N-1997 STO, novelette |
| 1996 MAR |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
the inspiration of H.G. Wells' short novel War of the Worlds(1898); three stories in this issue to be pub. in a tribute anth. commemorating its 100th anniversary, Kevin J. Anderson(ed): War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches(1996) |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Littlest Jackal, The |
na |
N-1997 HUG, LOC, na; 2nd story in F&SF in Leggy Starlitz ser.; has Leggy Starlitz novel, Zeitgeist(2000); coll. A Good Old-Fashioned Future(1999; N-2000 LOC); see website at lonestar.texas.net/~dub/sterling.htm; see his iv's in LOC 2001 APR, INZ 2002 AUG |
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Shanahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Margaret Ball: Lost in Translation; Robert Reed: An Exaltation of Larks; Allen Steele: The Jericho Iteration; de Lint has urban fantasy novel Ghostwood(1990; N-1991 LOC), part of the "Moonheart" cycle; cycle coll. in omnibus Spiritwalk(1992) |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
Walter Jon Williams: Rock of Ages; Elizabeth Ann Scarborough: The Godmother's Apprentice; Jack Dann: Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci; David Brin: Brightness Reef |
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What, Leslie |
Uncle Gorby and the Baggage Ghost |
ss |
about story, "My father's death made me feel as if the one resource I needed was locked away ... I wonder if ghosts aren't reference materials, accessed by memory, imagination, & wishful thinking"; ghost-edited a book of poetry by at-risk youths |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: Plastic Surgeon |
ct |
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Resnick, Mike |
Roosevelt Dispatches, The |
ss |
1st story in War of the Worlds ser., to be pub. in Kevin J. Anderson(ed): War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches(1996); two more stories in this anth. in this issue; has Future History ser., Birthright(1982), Santiago(1986; N-1987 LOC), The Dark Lady(1987) |
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Goulart, Ron |
Cure for Baldness, A |
ss |
this story, says Goulart, "explores the various aspects of growing older" |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral |
ss |
1st pub. in Eidolon 1995 WIN; has composed much short fiction lately for his comic book series, Ellison's Dream Corridor, produced by Dark Horse Comics; has graphic novels Night and the Enemy(1987, w. Ken Steacy), Vic and Blood(1989, w. Richard Corben) |
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Shunn, D. William |
Celestial Mechanics |
ss |
now lives in NYC; this story dedicated to "my pals & former colleagues at Folio Corporation, & to anyone who has ever worked on my car"; is working on a memoir of his two years spent as a Mormon missionary |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: America As Rome |
ar |
America & Rome, an analogy, begun by sf writers L. Sprague de Camp(Lest Darkness Fall), Isaac Asimov(Foundation series), William Golding(Envoy Extraordinary; 1956); detailed study of Rome's decline with the problems faced by the U.S.A. of today |
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