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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1957 AUG |
Heinlein, Robert A. |
Menace From Earth, The |
nv |
non-series work colls. Waldo and Magic, Inc.(1951), Assignment in Eternity(1953), The Menace from Earth(1959), The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag(1959), The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein(1966); Asimov writes about Heinlein in I. Asimov(1994) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Loint of Paw, A |
vi |
between 1958 & 1980, Asimov wrote little fiction(Clute), concentrating on his non-fiction writing, including the science essay series begun in F&SF 1958 NOV & lasting thru 1992 FEB(399 essays) with essay #400 completed by his wife Janet, in F&SF 1994 DEC |
| 1957 SEP |
Young, Robert F. |
Goddess in Granite |
nv |
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Davidson, Avram |
Mr. Stilwell's Stage |
ss |
has ss "The Necessity of His Condition" in EQMM 1957 APR, based on his research into antebellum Dred Scott slavery case, W-Queen's Award; "the acceptance of this story(even before it won) marks the turning point in my career as a writer"(Wessells) |
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Beaumont, Charles |
Science Screen, The |
mr |
The Attack of the Crab Monsters(1957); The Man Who Turned to Stone(1957); The Zombies of Mora Tau(1957); She Devil(1957); Not of This Earth(1957); edited horror anth. The Fiend in You(1962) |
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Coates, Robert M. |
Parable of Love, A |
ss |
1st pub. in NYM, 28 APR 1956; has novels Wisteria Cottage(1948), The Farther Shore(1955), and coll. The Hour After Westerly and Other Stories(1957) |
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Bloch, Robert |
Traveling Salesman, The |
vi |
1st pub. in PBY 1957 FEB; has suspense novels The Scarf(1947; vt The Scarf of Passion, 1949; rev. 1966), The Deadbeat(1960), The Couch(1962; & 1962 movie), The Will to Kill(1954), The Kidnapper(1954; 1988), Spiderweb(1954), Shooting Star(1958) |
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Oliver, Chad |
Rewrite Man |
ss |
Oliver "has always been concerned with the depiction of Native American life and concerns"; his novel The Wolf Is My Brother(1967; W-1967 Spur Award), "is not sf, features a sympathetically characterized Native American protagonist"(Clute) |
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Brode, Anthony |
Yes, But ... |
pm |
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Van Doren, Mark |
Great Deal of Weather, A |
ss |
1st pub. in 1953; has criticism books, The Poetry of John Dryden(1920), The Best of Hawthorne(1951), Don Quixote's Profession(1958); 1st poetry coll. Spring Thunder and Other Poems(1924); Collected Poems, 1922-1938(1939; W-1940 Pulitzer Prize) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Richard Carrington: Mermaids and Mastodons; Busson & Leroy: The Last Secrets of the Earth; Martin Greenberg(ed): Coming Attractions(nf); Ray Palmer(ed): The Secret of the Saucers(nf); Frederik Pohl: The Case Against Tomorrow; Cyril Judd: Gunner Cade |
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Maddux, Rachel |
Overture and Beginners |
ss |
has novels Abel's Daughter(1960); A Walk in the Rain(1966; 1970 film) - see Fiction into Film: A Walk in the Rain(1970), incl. novel, its screenplay, & article on how movie was made; nf The Orchard Children(1977; 1978 movie Who'll Save the Children?) |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
St. Dragon and the George |
nv |
1st/only story in F&SF in Jim Eckert ser.; exp. into novel, The Dragon and the George(1976; W-1977 BFA; N-1977 LOC, WFA), & into Dragon Knight series, The Dragon Knight(1988), The Dragon at War(1992), & The Dragon on the Border(1992), etc. |
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Seabright, Idris |
Wines of Earth, The |
ss |
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| 1957 OCT |
Roberts, Jane |
Chestnut Beads, The |
nv |
1st story Bundu, or Migma, witchcraft ser.; has novels The Rebellers(1963); The Education of Oversoul Seven(1973), in which a student protagonist inhabits the bodies & souls of 4 humans of differnet periods ranging from 35,000 BC to 2300 AD; has 2 sequels |
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Young, Robert F. |
Thirty Days Had September |
ss |
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Lovecraft, H.P. & August Derleth |
Lamp of Alhazred, The |
ss |
(1890-1937; 1909-1971) to be pub. in The Survivor(1957), in which Derleth creates a character based on his memory of H.P.L.; H(oward) P(hillips) Lovecraft, 1st story pub. novel Herbert West Reanimator(1922 serial; 1977 chap); see www.hplovecraft.com |
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Searle, Ronald |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in his The Female Approach(1954); illustrated James Thurber's The 13 Clocks and the Wonderful O (1962)- (info from Clute); see biography, Russell Davies: Ronald Searle: A Biography(1990); has coll. Marquis de Sade Meets Goody Two-Shoes(1994), etc |
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de Camp, L. Sprague |
How to Talk Futurian |
ar |
future possibilities of languages; has article "Language for Time Travelers" in ASF 1938 JUL; has novel Genus Homo(SSS 1941 MAR; 1950), with P. Schuyler Miller; series 9 articles, "Lost Continents"(OWS 1952-53 OCT-JUL; 1954); bio article in OWS 1952 OCT |
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Elliott, George P. |
Sandra |
ss |
(1918-1980) also in F&SF as George Paul Elliott |
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Carroll, Lewis |
Photography Extraordinary |
vi |
(1832-1898) 1st pub. in ?; ps. for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; author of novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1865), & its sequel Through the Looking-glass, and What Alice Found There(1871); 1st book orig. narrated to children of Rev. Liddell, esp. Alice |
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Matheson, Richard |
Old Haunts |
ss |
has teleplays The Morning After(1974), The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver(1977), The Martian Chronicles(1980 TV mini-series); screenplays Dead of Night(1977), Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"), Jaws 3-D(1983; aka Jaws 3) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
3rd story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Angus, Douglas |
About Time to Go South |
ss |
(1909- ) 1st pub. in ESQ 1957 FEB; has novels The Lions Fed the Tigers(1958), The Ivy Trap(1961), The Descent of Venus(1961), Death on the Jerusalem Road(1963); anth. ser. The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age, etal, some w. Sylvia Angus, since 1962 |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
best of British sf, John Christopher: No Blade of Grass; Neville Shute: On the Beach; Burt Cole: Subi, the Volcano; Philip José Farmer: The Green Odyssey; Gallun: People Minus X; Sax Rohmer; Re-Enter Fu Manchu; I.O. Evans(ed): Jules Verne, Master of SF |
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Anderson, Poul & Gordon R. Dickson |
Full Pack (Hokas Wild) |
nv |
5th story Hoka series; series coll. in Earthman's Burden(1957); also has Hoka coll. Hoka!(1984), & omnibuses Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!(1998), Hokas Pokas!(2000), & novel Star Prince Charlie(1975) |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Big Trek, The |
ss |
his friend Harry Fischer suggested in 1934 the characters of Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser; Lieber viewed himself as Fafhrd, & Harry as the Gray Mouser; details in essay "Fafhrd & Me" in colls. The Second Book of Fritz Leiber(1975), and in Fafhrd & Me(1991) |
| 1957 NOV |
Knight, Damon |
A for Anything |
nv |
has novels Masters of Evolution(GAL 1954 JAN as "Natural State"; exp. 1959 chap), The People Maker(1959; rev. vt A For Anything, 1961 UK), The Sun Saboteurs(IFS 1955 JAN as "The Earth Quarter"; exp. 1961) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Negra Sum |
ss |
has short story "Now Let Us Sleep" in VSF 1957 SEP, which is a morality play on the conflict between primitive & developed cultures, set in the context of interstellar travel(Wessells) |
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Richardson, Robert S. |
Facts About Life on Mars, The |
ar |
report on the proceedings of the International Mars Committee; author is an astronomer at the Mount Wilson Observatory, writes articles for sf mags.; uses ps. Philip Latham for fiction(& in F&SF as such); 1st story pub. sf "N-Day" in ASF 1946 JAN |
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Lang, Allen Kim |
Ambassador's Return |
ss |
(1928- ) U.S. Blood Bank supervisor, at Indiana Univ.; served in the Army & Air Force; 1st story pub. sf "Machine of Klamugra" in PLS 1950 NOV; has pub. 12 stories outside of F&SF in sf mags. betw. 1950-1966 |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
4th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Sturgis, Colin |
Conversion Factor |
ss |
(1904-1985; ?-?) 1st story Cameron series; collab. ps. for Lester Cole & Melvin Sturgis collab.; Lester Cole also in F&SF as Les Cole, was a member of the "Hollywood Ten" & has book Hollywood Red: The Autobiography of Lester Cole(1981) |
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Morrison, William |
Science Stage, The |
plyr |
two musical comedies, Damn Yankees, & L'il Abner; Visit to a Small Planet |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
Fido |
ss |
also in Dragon and the George series, novels The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll(1994), The Dragon and the Djinn(1996), & The Dragon and the Gnarly King(1997), The Dragon in Lyonesse(1998) |
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Russell, Ray |
Incommunicado |
vi |
(1924-1999) born in Chicago, IL; served in U.S. Army Air Force 1943-46, attended Chicago Conservatory of Music 1947-48, & Goodman Memorial Theater 1949-51; "Music plays a strong role in many of my stories"; 1st pub. story "The Lesser Sin" in ESQ, in 1953 |
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Young, Robert F. |
Report on the Sexual Behavior on Arcturus X |
ss |
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McClintic, Winona |
Valise Macabre |
pm |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
recommended reprints; Jack Finney: The Third Level(coll.); Brian W. Aldiss: Space, Time and Nathaniel; Rex Gordon: First on Mars; Charles Eric Maine: High Vacuum; James White: The Secret Visitors; Coblentz: Hidden World; Goodrich: The Genesis of Nam |
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Anderson, Poul |
Long Remembering, The |
ss |
also in F&SF w. co-authors Kenneth Gray, wife Karen Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson(Hoka series), & under ps. Winston P. Sanders; Hoka ser. colls. Earthman's Burden(1957), Hoka!(1984), novel Star Prince Charlie(1975); has novel The Corridors of Time(1965) |
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Rosenbaum, Jonathan |
Now and Then |
vi |
(1943?- ) grew up in Florence, AL; attended the Putney School, N.Y. Univ., Bard College; has 1968 MA in English & American Lit. from SUNY(Stony Brook); film critic since 1987 for the Chicago Reader; has many film books, incl. Movies as Politics(1997) |
| 1957 DEC |
Asimov, Isaac |
I Feel It in My Bones |
ar |
dangers of strontium-90 fallout |
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Drake, Leah Bodine |
Word of Willow, The |
pm |
1st pub. in ATL 1956 SEP |
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Morrison, William & Frederik Pohl |
Stepping Stone |
nv |
(1906-1980; 1919- ) William Morrison is a ps. for Joseph Samachson; both in F&SF by themselves |
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Jackson, Shirley |
Missing Girl, The |
ss |
her story "Louisa, Please," in Ladies' Home Journal, N-1960 EDG; her story "The Possibility of Evil" in PST 1965 DEC 18, W-1965 EDG; has novel The Bird's Nest(1954; made into 1957 movie Lizzie), based on an actual case history of multiple personality |
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Sheckley, Robert |
Holdout |
ss |
has story "Seventh Victim" in GAL 1953 APR(made into 1965 & 2002 movies 10th Victim), & Victims ser. of novels, The Tenth Victim(1966), Victim Prime(1987 UK), Hunter/Victim(1988 UK); nv "Shall We Have a Little Talk?" in GAL 1965 OCT, N-1965 NEB |
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Beaumont, Charles |
Science Screen, The |
mr |
The Creeping Unknown(1956, aka The Quatermass Experiment); X—The Unknown(1956); The Curse of Frankenstein(1957); has colls. Yonder(1958), Night Ride and Other Journeys(1960) |
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Cogswell, Theodore R. |
Cabbage Patch, The |
ss |
1st pub. in Perspectives 1952 FLL |
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Anderson, Poul |
Peacemongers, The |
ss |
World Without Stars(ANA 1966 JUN-JUL as "The Ancient Gods"; 1967), Tales of the Flying Mountains(ASF 1963-65 as by Winston P. Sanders; 1970 fixup); juvenile fantasy The Fox, the Dog and the Griffin: A Folk Tale Adapted from the Danish of C. Molbeck(1966) |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
With Butter and Mustard |
ss |
has Underseas series of juvenile novels, Secret Under the Sea(1960), Secret Under Antartica(1963), & Secret Under the Caribbean(1964), all coll. in omnibus Secrets of the Deep(1985) |
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