| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Phillips, Rog |
Love Me, Love My — |
1958 FEB |
ss |
1st story Vegy series |
| Pohl, Frederik |
Greening of Bed-Stuy, The |
1984 JUL |
na |
1st story in NYC series; N-1984 NEB; 1985 LOC, novella; with 3 original na's, to be part of fixup novel The Years of the City(1984; W-1985 JWC), which form a future history of NYC |
| |
Blister, The |
1984 SEP |
na |
2nd & last story in NYC series; N-1985 LOC, novelette; to be become part of the fixup novel The Years of the City(1984; W-1985 JWC), forming a future history of NYC |
| Porges, Arthur |
Ruum, The |
1953 OCT |
ss |
1st story Ruum series(specimen-collecting robot from the planet Ilkor, left behind on Earth) |
| |
Emergency Operation |
1956 MAY |
ss |
2nd story Ruum series(planet Ilkor) |
| |
Specimen for the Queen, A |
1960 MAY |
ss |
3rd story Ruum series(the robot on Earth) |
| Pronzini, Bill & Barry N. Malzberg |
Whither Thou, Ghost |
1981 MAY |
ss |
1st & only story in F&SF in their Lunar Immigration series; other stories in series in ANA 1980 MAR, & 1982 FEB 1 |
| Randall, Marta |
Dangerous Games |
1980 APR |
na |
1st & only story in F&SF in Kennerins or Newhome seq.; N-1980 NEB; 1981 LOC, novella; to be part of novel, same name, pub. in 1980, is the 2nd of two novels in series; 1st novel was Journey(1978) |
| Randolph, Vance |
Yellow Catfish, The |
1952 NOV |
vi |
1st story Ozark folk tales series; this story & others in F&SF to appear in his 3rd Ozark collection |
| |
Slipping Through the Keyhole |
1953 FEB |
vi |
2nd story Ozark folk tales series |
| |
Blood in the Cellar: Ozark Folk Tale, An |
1953 NOV |
vi |
3rd story Ozark folk tales series |
| Resnick, Mike |
Gelfite Fish Girl, The |
1997 APR |
ss |
1st story of 3 in this issue inspired by this issue's cover art by Barclay Shaw; this story being a fantasy |
| |
Kirinyaga |
1988 NOV |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in Kirinyaga or Koriba series |
| |
For I Have Touched the Sky |
1989 DEC |
nv |
2nd & last story in F&SF in Kirinyaga series; W-1990 SFC; N-1989 NEB; 1990 HUG, LOC, novelette; other stories in series in ASI 1990-1996, coll. in fixup novel, Kirinyaga(1998) |
| |
Card Shark: A John Justin Mallory Story |
1998 MAY |
nv |
1st & only story in F&SF in Mallory & Carruthers Agency series |
| |
Roosevelt Dispatches, The |
1996 MAR |
ss |
1st story in this issue in War of the Worlds series, to be pub. in Kevin J. Anderson(ed): War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches(1996), an anth. commemorating H.G. Wells' short novel War of the Worlds(1898) |
| Reynolds, Mack |
All the World Loves a Luvver |
1955 APR |
ss |
1st and only story in F&SF in Luvver series; only other story in series "Luvver" in FAD 1950 JUN(rprt. in AMZ 1969 MAR) |
| Reynolds, Mack & August Derleth |
Adventure of the Snitch in Time, The |
1953 JUL |
ss |
1st story in F&SF(and a new one) in Derleth's Solar Pons series |
| |
Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus, The |
1955 JUN |
ss |
2nd story Solar Pons series |
| Richardson, Robert S. |
Day After We Land on Mars, The |
1955 DEC |
ar |
on the topic of Martian explorers' necessary sexual mores; 1st pub. in Saturday Review of Literature, 28 MAY 1955 |
| Richerson, Carrie |
Dying Breed, A |
1992 OCT/NOV |
ss |
1st story in Sheriff Doris Webster & the Returning Dead series; her 1st professional short story sale |
| |
Light at the End of the Day, The |
1993 OCT/NOV |
ss |
2nd story in Sheriff Doris Webster & the Returning Dead series; N-1994 NEB, short story; Richerson was N-1993 & 1994 JWCA, Best New Writer, on the basis of this series |
| |
Quick and the Dead, The |
1997 DEC |
ss |
3rd story in the Returning Dead series; N-1998 STO, short story |
| Roberts, Jane |
Chestnut Beads, The |
1957 OCT |
nv |
1st story Bundu, or Migma, witchcraft series |
| |
Bundu, The |
1958 MAR |
na |
2nd story Bundu witchcraft series |
| Roberts, Keith |
Mayday, The |
1970 NOV |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in his Anita the witch series; except for the three stories in F&SF, the other stories in the series are pub. in the British mags. SCG & IMP betw. the years 1964-66 |
| |
Junior Partner |
1970 DEC |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in his Anita the witch series |
| |
Checkout, The |
1981 FEB |
nv |
3rd & last story in F&SF in his Anita the witch series; N-1982 BSF, short fiction |
| |
Big Fans, The |
1977 MAY |
nv |
1st & only story in F&SF in his Alex Boulter series; N-1978 LOC, short fiction; only other story in series, novelette "Boulter's Canaries", in John Carnell(ed): New Writings in SF #3(1965) |
| |
Lordly Ones, The |
1980 MAR |
nv |
1st story in his Comfort Station Attendant series; N-1981 HUG, LOC, novelette; BSF, short fiction |
| |
Comfort Station, The |
1980 MAY |
ss |
2nd story in his Comfort Station Attendant series |
| |
Kaeti's Nights |
1981 OCT |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in Kaeti Fredericks series |
| |
Tiger Sweater, The |
1987 OCT |
na |
2nd & last story in F&SF in Kaeti Fredericks series; N-1988 LOC; Kaeti is a young Londoner whose life frequently takes unexpected & odd turns, such as the acquisition of the Tiger Sweater; series coll. in Kaeti & Company(1986), Kaeti on Tour(1992) |
| Rucker, Rudy & Paul Di Filippo |
Instability |
1988 SEP |
ss |
1st story in F&SF in Lost Pages series, to be part of his coll. of 9 alternate history stories, Lost Pages(1998), featuring real noted writers from the 1920s to 60s, in chronological order; other stories in series in AMZ, INZ, & SFAge |
| Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Dancers Like Children |
1991 SEP |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in planet Bountiful series, to be part of fixup novel, Alien Infuences(1994); an sf murder mystery, when impressionable children of human colonists come under the influence of aliens on the desert planet Bountiful |
| |
Alien Influences |
1992 JUL |
nv |
2nd & last story in F&SF in planet Bountiful series; story was originally written for, & will be pub. in Resnick & Greenberg(ed): Whatdunits(1992), an anthology of sf mysteries |
| |
Editorial |
1997 APR |
ed |
introduction to this issue in which 3 authors write 3 stories inspired by this issue's cover art by Barclay Shaw; authors agreed amongst themselves to write in three genres - Mike Resnick, fantasy; Esther M. Friesner, sf; Nina Kiriki Hoffman, horror |
| |
Editorial |
1996 JUL |
ed |
1st editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; book publishing business & how it affects the readers; intro to ser., what questions she hopes to answer; will follow commercial pub. in general, sf/f/horror in particular; invites readers to respond |
| |
Editorial |
1996 AUG |
ed |
2nd editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; the way publishers do business; how trilogies & bestsellers are handled; why writers may use ps.; who pays for book failures & how; bottom line #1 consideration; how readers can help bestsellers |
| |
Editorial |
1996 SEP |
ed |
3rd editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing series; the book industry's policy of returns & how it affects book prices; how bookstores abuse this policy & what the readers can do about it |
| |
Editorial |
1996 OCT/NOV |
ed |
4th editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing series; the industry's perception, the role of reviews, & how they affect what readers see at bookstores; F&SF's reviews - The literary essay, the consumer's guide; F&SF's book review policy or philosophy |
| |
Editorial |
1996 DEC |
ed |
5th & last editorial in Publishing series; excerpts of letters from readers on this series, incl. one from Chris Aylott, co-owner Space-Time Continuum bookstore in Northampton, MA; answers questions about book clubs, hardcovers vs. paperbacks, 1st novels |
| Saberhagen, Fred |
Smasher |
1978 AUG |
nv |
1st & only story in F&SF in his Berserker series; series short fiction coll. in Berserker(1967), The Ultimate Enemy(1979), The Berserker Wars(1981), Berserker Lies(1991); many novels, anth. in series |
| Sale, Richard |
Perseus Had a Helmet |
1949 FLL |
ss |
from his Captain McGrail series; 1st pub. in 1938 |
| |
Old Oaken Eight-Ball, The |
1953 SEP |
ss |
2nd story Captain McGrail series; 1st pub. in 1941 |
| Schoenfeld, Howard |
Built Up Logically |
1950 FLL |
ss |
has sequel #145, F&SF 1950 DEC; 1st pub. in Retort, 1949 WIN |
| |
Built Down Logically |
1951 DEC |
ss |
sequel to story #45, F&SF 1950 FLL |
| Shapiro, Neil |
In Black of Many Colors |
1970 APR |
nv |
1st of 2 stories in his telepath series |
| |
She Was the Music. The Music Was Him. |
1970 OCT |
nv |
2nd of 2 stories in his telepath series |
| Shaw, Barclay |
|
1997 APR |
cover art |
cover art which inspired three stories in this issue; cover art was N-1997 CHS, for Best Magazine Cover |
