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| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn |
Investigating Jericho |
1992 APR |
na |
(1942- ) 1st story pub. "The Posture of Prophecy" in IFS 1969 SEP; 1st novel Time of the Fourth Horseman(1976); best known for her vampire Saint-Germain series, 1st being Hotel Transylvania(1978), recently Writ in Blood(1997); see entry in CANR, vol.77 |
| Yasgur, Batya S. & Barry N. Malzberg |
Job's Partner |
1998 JUN |
ss |
( ? - ? ; 1939- ) Yasgur W-1994 Robert L. Fish Memorial Award, best 1st mystery story("Me and Mr. Harry," EQMM 1994 m-DEC); has book Goodbye, Diapers: The Parent's Guide to Successful, Stress Free Toilet Training(1994); has pub. in WRT, RoF, SFAge, CMD |
| Yefremov, I. |
Secret From Hellas, A |
1967 SEP |
ss |
(1908-1972) trans. by Selig O. Wassner; Ivan Antonovich Yefremov, Prof. of Paleontology & writer, considered "Dean of Soviet SF"; has trans. of coll. A Meeting Over Tuscarora(1946 UK), Stories(1954); has novella in More Soviet Science Fiction(1962) |
| Yermakov, Nicholas |
Whisper of Banshees, The |
1979 AUG |
ss |
(1951- ) has experience in the radio & film documentary field; 1st story pub. sf "Writer's Block" in GAL 1978 FEB; has Boomerang series, Last Communion(1981), Epiphany(1982), Jehad(1984), set on a planet inhabited by aliens w. group mind powers(Clute) |
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Far Removed From the Scene of the Crime |
1980 APR |
ss |
also in F&SF as Nicholas V. Yermakov; has novels Journey from Flesh(1981), Fall Into Darkness(1982), Clique(1982); collab. with Glen A. Larson on 2 Battlestar Galactica tie-ins, The Living Legend(1981), & War of the Gods(1982) |
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Melpomene, Callipoe ... and Fred |
1980 DEC |
ss |
stopped using his real name in 1984, & legalized his ps., Simon Hawke, for adventure sf novels, Timewars seq., Timewars: The Ivanhoe Gambit(1984), #2:The Timekeeper Conspiracy(1984), #3: The Pimpernel Plot(1984), #4: The Zenda Vendetta(1985) |
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Orpheus Implant, The |
1981 FEB |
nv |
also in Timewars seq., as Simon Hawke, #5: The Nautilus Sanction(1985), #6: The Kyber Connection(1986), #7: The Argonaut Affair(1987), #8: The Dracula Caper(1988), #9: The Lilliput Legion(1989), #10: The Hellfire Rebellion(1990) |
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ECM War, The |
1982 APR |
ss |
also in Timewars seq., as Simon Hawke, #11: The Cleopatra Crisis(1990), #12: The Six-Gun Solution(1991); Psychodrome seq. Pychodrome(1987), #2: The Shapechanger(1988); Wizard seq., last The Last Wizard(1997), & Friday the 13th tie-ins as Hawke |
| Yermakov, Nicholas V. |
Glint of Gold, A |
1980 JUL |
ss |
also in F&SF as Nicholas Yermakov; has 8 military novels in cyborg CIA agent Jim Steele ser., the first six as by J.D. Masters, Steele(1989), Cold Steele('89), Killer Steele('90), etc, & last two as by S.L. Hunter, Fugitive Steele('91), Molten Steele('91) |
| Yolen, Jane |
Lady and the Merman, The |
1976 SEP |
vi |
(1939- ) wn. for Jane Hyatt Yolen Stemple, born in NYC, lives in Hatfield, MA; writer of fantasy & children's books; 1st books pub., for children, nf about women pirates, Pirates in Petticoats(1963), & a picture book in rhyme, See This Little Line(1963) |
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Hundredth Dove, The |
1977 APR |
ss |
this story will be the title story in coll. The Hundredth Dove and Other Stories(1977 chap); her colls. The Girl Who Cried Flowers(1974), & The Moon Ribbon(1977), had covers illustrated by this issue's cover artist, David Palladini |
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Maiden Made of Fire, The |
1977 JUL |
vi |
this story to be pub. in her coll. The Hundredth Dove and Other Stories(1977 chap); has 1960 BA from Smith College(Northampton, MA), 1976 MA in education from the Univ. of Massachusetts; worked in editorial jobs for var. mags. & publishers in the 1960s |
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Tree's Wife, The |
1978 JUN |
ss |
has 1st children's novel The Witch Who Wasn't(1964); Gwinellen, the Princess Who Could Not Sleep(1965 chap); The Emperor and the Kite(1968 chap; N-1968 Caldecott Award), based on her relationship w. her father who was an international kite flying champion |
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Brother Hart |
1978 NOV |
ss |
story to be in forthcoming coll. Dream Weaver(1979); has 1st novel with adult elements, The Magic Three of Solatia(1974; 1984), episodic, a sequence of 4 novellas tracing the impact of three magic buttons & their power on a group of people(Clute) |
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Pot Child, The |
1979 FEB |
ss |
story to be in her coll. Dream Weaver(1979 chap); has short stories pub. as chapbooks, The Girl Who Loved the Wind(1972), The Boy Who Had Wings(1974), The Lady and the Merman(F&SF 1976 SEP; 1979), The Sword and the Stone(F&SF 1985 DEC; 1991) |
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Angelica |
1979 DEC |
vi |
see interviews in American Fantasy 1986 FLL, The Leading Edge #26 1992, LOC 1991 JAN(#360), & 1997 AUG(#439); has anth. Zoo 2000(1973), Shape Shifters(1978); nf The Wizard Islands(1973), Writing Books for Children(1973; rev. 1983) |
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Sleep of Trees, The |
1980 SEP |
ss |
has children's novels The Wizard of Washington Square(1969), The Seventh Mandarin(1970); colls. The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales(1974 chap; W-1974 Golden Kite Award), The Moon Ribbon and Other Tales(1976 chap; N-1976 Golden Kite Award) |
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River Maid, The |
1981 JAN |
ss |
has children's novels The Transfigured Hart(1975; N-1975 Golden Kite Award; 1997), The Seeing Stick(1977; W-1977 Christopher Medal); The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms(1978), about a deaf girl & a wordless mermaid who become friends thru sign language(Clute) |
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Corridors of the Sea, The |
1981 SEP |
ss |
has sf Pit Dragon trilogy, Dragon's Blood(1982), Heart's Blood(1984), & A Sending of Dragons(1987), set on a penal planet where dragons are essential to the economy(Clute); colls. Tales of Wonder(1983), The Whitehorn Wood and Other Magicks(1984 chap) |
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Neptune Rising |
1982 APR |
pm |
has retold the original fairytale, The Sleeping Beauty(1986 chap), & also humorously twisted it as Sleeping Ugly(1981 chap)(Clute); children's novels The Boy Who Spoke Chimp(1981), Brothers of the Wind(1981), Children of the Wolf(1984) |
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Sun/Flight |
1982 MAY |
ss |
to be incl. in her coll. Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea Folk(1982); has anth. Favorite Folktales From Around the World(1986; W-1987 WFA); Dragons & Dreams(1986), Spaceships and Spells(1987), both w. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh |
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Sule Skerry |
1982 JUL |
ss |
has coll. Dragonfield and Other Stories(1985; N-1986 WFA); novel Owl Moon(1987; W-1988 Caldecott Medal); anth. w. Greenberg, Things That Go Bump in the Night(1989), Vampires(1991), Xanadu 1(1993), Xanadu 2(1994; N-1995 LOC), Xanadu 3(1995; N-1996 LOC) |
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Undine, The |
1982 SEP |
vi |
has novel Cards of Grief(based on ss "In the Hall of Grief" & "Cards of Grief"; rev. & exp. 1984; W-1985 MYT; N-LOC), which is set on an alien world, & is a homage to the storytelling art & its place in the development of culture & civilization(Clute) |
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Five Points of Roguery, The |
1984 NOV |
ss |
has novel The Stone Silenus(1984); Great Alta ser., Sister Light, Sister Dark(1988; N-1989 LOC, NEB), White Jenna(1989; N-1990 LOC, NEB), both assembled in The Books of Great Alta(1990), about a young girl named Jenna prophesied to become a messiah(Clute) |
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Face in the Cloth, The |
1985 FEB |
ss |
has novel The Devil's Arithmetic(1988; N-1988 NEB; 1989 WFA, novella; 1999 movie; W-Wilbur Award), in which a young Jewish girl who lacks compassion for what her grandfather endured in the Holocaust is transported back in time to a concentration camp(B&C) |
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Dragon's Boy, The |
1985 SEP |
ss |
1st story in F&SF in her Merlin series, coll. in Merlin's Booke(1986; N-1987 WFA); other stories in series in her colls. Tales of Wonder(1983; N-1984 WFA), The Whitethorn Wood and Other Magicks(1984), & in Robin McKinley(ed): Imaginary Lands(1985) |
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Sword and the Stone, The |
1985 DEC |
ss |
2nd & last story in F&SF in her Merlin ser., to be in coll. Merlin's Booke(1986), & pub. as a chapbook in 1991; for her body of work, Yolen has won the 1985 Daedelus, 1988 Kerlan, 1989 Jewish Book Council, & 1990 Skylark Awards; she's pub. over 200 books |
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Uncorking of Uncle Finn, The |
1986 NOV |
ss |
a past president of the SFWA, Yolen has also been on the Board of Directors of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators since its inception, over 25 years ago; see her website at www.janeyolen.com; has coll. The Faery Flag(1989) |
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Frog Prince |
1987 OCT |
pm |
with her youngest son, Jason Stemple, an outdoor photographer living in Colorado, Yolen has collab. on 3 books - Water Music: Poems for Children(1995), Once Upon Ice and Other Frozen Poems, & Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children |
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Dusty Loves |
1988 APR |
ss |
with her eldest son, Adam Stemple, a musician, Yolen has collab. on at least one book, Sing Noel(1996), a coll. of traditional Christmas carols, that incl. arrangements for piano & guitar, & introductions that describe the history of each song |
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Sea Man, The |
1989 MAR |
ss |
with her daughter, Heidi E.Y. Stemple-Piatt, a writer, Yolen has collab. on an anth. of adult folk tales, Mirror, Mirror(2000), & on an nf History Mystery series, Mary Celeste(1999), & due out soon The Wolf Girls, & Roanoke Colony |
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Dear Ms. Lonelylegs |
1991 OCT/NOV |
vi |
has poem "Will" in The Mag. of Speculative Poetry 1992 SPR, W-1993 RHY; novels The Dragon's Boy(1990), Wizard's Hall(1991), Briar Rose(1992; W-1993 MYT; N-1992 NEB; 1993 LOC, WFA), Good Griselle(1994; N-1995 MYT), The Wild Hunt(1995) |
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Gift of the Magicians, With Apologies to You Know Who, The |
1992 SEP |
ss |
this story to be pub. in Rosalind M. & Martin H. Greenberg(ed): Christmas Bestiary(1992); has colls. Here There Be Dragons(1993), Here There Be Unicorns(1994), Here There Be Witches(1995), Here There Be Angels(1996), Here There Be Ghosts(1998) |
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Snatchers, The |
1993 OCT/NOV |
ss |
has colls. Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast('97), Sister Emily's Lightship(2000), Not One Damsel in Distress(2001); ya nf coll. about fairy tales, The Fairies' Ring(1999); anth. Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World(1999), Sherwood(2000) |
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Lady's Garden, The |
1994 MAY |
ss |
story to be in her coll. Here There Be Unicorns(1994); has novels Hobby(1996), Passager(1996), The One-Armed Queen(1998); Armageddon Summer(1998), with Bruce Coville; ya Tartan Magic fantasy ser., The Wizard's Map(1999), The Pictish Child(1999) |
| York, J. Steven |
Unmarked Crossing, The |
1996 FEB |
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. |
| Young, Michael |
Timekeeper, The |
1961 SEP |
ss |
(1915-2002) British sociologist & writer; has nf book Family and Kinship in East London(1957); sf work The Rise of the Meritocracy 1870-2033: An Essay on Education and Equality(1958), which takes the form of a report by an historical sociologist(Clute) |
| Young, Robert F. |
Emily and the Bards Sublime |
1956 JUL |
ss |
(1915-1986) Robert Franklin Young; 1st story of poetic androids ser.; born & lived his whole life in Silver Creek, NY; served w. the Army in the Solomon Islands, Philippines & Japan in WWII; 1st story pub. sf "The Black Deep Thou Wingest" in STS 1953 JUN |
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Flying Pan |
1956 NOV |
ss |
Young was introduced to sf by Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan books and H.G. Wells' book Men Like Gods; while working in a steel mill, he sold his first story |
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Added Inducement |
1957 MAR |
ss |
also in F&SF with co-author Avram Davidson |
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Your Ghost Will Walk … |
1957 JUL |
ss |
2nd story of poetic androids series |
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Goddess in Granite |
1957 SEP |
nv |
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Thirty Days Had September |
1957 OCT |
ss |
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Report on the Sexual Behavior on Arcturus X |
1957 NOV |
ss |
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Santa Clause |
1959 JAN |
ss |
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Production Problem |
1959 JUN |
vi |
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To Fell a Tree |
1959 JUL |
nv |
this story was expanded into a novel, The Last Yggdrasil(1982), about a tree-cutter on a colony planet who is hired to kill the one huge remaining tree in the area, to the detriment of the planet's ecology(Clute) |
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Nikita Eisenhower Jones |
1960 AUG |
ss |
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Romance in a Twenty-First Century Used-Car Lot |
1960 NOV |
nv |
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Hopsoil |
1961 JAN |
ss |
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