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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1958 JAN |
Lewis, C.S. |
Ministering Angels |
ss |
1st pub. in SRL, 28 MAY 1955; deals with same topic as Richardson article (#721) in 1955 DEC; has autobiography Surprised by Joy(1955); novel Till We Have Faces(1956), dark retelling of the Cupid/Psyche myth, which some consider to be his best work(Clute) |
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Corwin, M. |
Query for Doc Richardson |
pm |
ps. for Miss M.C. Cosley, of Washington, D.C.; in response to Robert S. Richardson's article(#721) in 1955 DEC, on the possible sexual mores of future Martian exploration & colonization |
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Furnas, J.C. |
Boyhood Pal |
ss |
(1905-2001) 1st pub. in COL, 16 FEB 1952; wn. for Joseph Chamberlain Furnas; has nf Sudden Death(on auto safety); Goodbye to Uncle Tom(1956), The Road to Harper's Ferry(1959), 3 vol. The Americans(1969); bio Fanny Kemble(1982) ;My Life in Writing(1989) |
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Kornbluth, C.M. |
Events Leading Down to the Tragedy, The |
ss |
has collab. colls. with Pohl, The Wonder Effect(1962), Critical Mass(1977), Before the Universe(1980), Our Best(1986); has colls. Best SF Stories of ...(1968), The Best of ...(1976), Thirteen O'Clock and Other Zero Hours(1970), His Share of Glory(1997) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
L. Sprague de Camp: Solomon's Stone(UNK 1942 JUN; 1957); Philip K. Dick: The Cosmic Puppets(SAT 1956 OCT; 1957) |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
Christmas Present, The |
ss |
has Dilbia series of novels, Spacial Delivery(1961), & Spacepaw(1969), coll. in omnibus The Right to Bear Arms(2000), which also has the Dilbia novelette "The Law-Twister Shorty" from Ben Bova(ed): The Many Worlds of Science Fiction(1971) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
5th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Goulart, Ron |
New Lo!, A |
spf |
a spoof, fictional Fortean vignettes |
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Williams, Jay |
Little Tin God |
ss |
has historical novels, The Witches(1958), set in 1590 Scotland, tells of the conspiracy against the Scottish king James VI, who was later to become England's king James I; Solomon & Sheba(1959) |
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Sturgis, Colin |
24,000-Mile Field Goal, The |
ss |
2nd story Cameron series; Lester Cole, screenwriter & founder of The Screenwriters Guild; as a screenwriter has also used the ps. Lester Cohn, Gerald L.C. Copley & J. Redmond Prior; wrote screenplay or story for 43 movies 1932-1966, incl. Born Free(1966) |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
New Father Christmas, The |
ss |
(1925- ) born in E. Dereham, Norfolk, England; served in the Royal Signals in Burma & Sumatra; after service, worked as an assistant in an Oxford bookshop; 1st story pub. sf "Criminal Record" in SCF 1954 JUL; has coll. Space, Time and Nathaniel(1957) |
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Stine, G. Harry |
Sputnik: One Reason Why We Lost |
ar |
how Russians beat the U.S. in the race to become 1st in space; has nf book Earth Satellites and the Race for Space Superiority(1957); as Correy has novels Shuttle Down(1981), Space Doctor(1981), Manna(1984), A Matter of Metalaw(1986); obit in LOC 1997 DEC |
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Clifton, Mark |
Remembrance and Reflection |
nv |
(1906-1963) 4th & last story(1st in F&SF), Ralph Kennedy series; first three were in ASF(1953 SEP, 1955 MAR, 1957 MAR); a retired personnel expert; 1st story pub. sf "What Have I Done" in ASF 1952 MAY; has novel in series, When They Come from Space(1962) |
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Matheson, Richard |
Lemmings |
vi |
has novel/screenplay Bid Time Return(1975; W-1976 WFA, best novel; vt Somewhere in Time, 1980, & 1980 movie; had bit part - "Astonished Man"), about a love that transcends time & unites the souls of two people separated by a century(Clute) |
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Sturgeon, Theodore |
Touch of Strange, A |
ss |
has novel Venus Plus X(1960), N-1961 HUG; western movie novelization The Rare Breed(1966), & western coll. Sturgeon's West(1973); has non-sf study of a blood-drinking psychotic, Some of Your Blood(1961; 1994); coll. Sturgeon in Orbit(1964) |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Epithalamium |
pm |
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| 1958 FEB |
Oliver, Chad |
Pilgrimage |
ss |
has novel The Shores of Another Sea(1971), which is set in Africa, & articulates Oliver's concern for the ecology & environment(Clute); novel "captures Oliver's experiences in Kenya's bush country"(LOC 1993 SEP, p.80) |
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Brode, Anthony |
Better Bet, The |
pm |
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Phillips, Rog |
Love Me, Love My — |
ss |
7th story unofficial Bureau of Imaginary Zoology series(the vegy); 1st story Vegy series(more stories promised by the editor); other ps. he used: Melva Rogers, Chester Ruppert, William Carter Sawtelle, John Wiley, & under several house ps. as well |
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Chaulet, G. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Silverberg, Robert |
Man Who Never Forgot, The |
ss |
uses many ps., incl. house ps. for AMZ, FAN, SFA, & SUP, esp. Calvin M. Knox, David Osborne, Ivar Jorgens(e)on, & in collab. with Randall Garrett, the ps. Robert Randall, Gordon Aghill & Ralph Burke; has novel Master of Life and Death(1957) |
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Henderson, Zenna |
Last Step, The |
ss |
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Lang, Allen Kim |
Exchange Student |
ss |
Lang has pub. fiction in AHMM, & Manhunt, incl. the anthologized "Final Exam" in AHMM 1959 AUG; also anthologized are sf stories, novella "The Chemically Pure Warriors" in IFS 1962 JUL, & novelette "Blind Man's Lantern" in ANA 1962 DEC |
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Davidson, Avram |
I Do Not Hear You, Sir |
ss |
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Anderson, Poul |
Last of the Deliverers, The |
ss |
has novel Tau Zero(GAL 1967 JUN-AUG as "To Outlive Eternity"; exp. 1970; N-1971 HUG), in which a spaceship goes out of control & continues to accelerate until, due to time dilation, they go thru the next Big Bang, after which the crew plans to colonize |
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Roberts, Mary-Carter |
One Sent |
ss |
has novels The Abbot Sisters(1951), Little Brother Fate(1957), the latter a mystery crime novel based on the 3 greatest American murder cases of the 1920s(those of Mildred Baker, Rev. Roy Harvey Barber, & Herman Levy and Thomas Meyer) |
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Buck, Doris P. |
Curved Universe |
pm |
1st pub. in Pegasus XIV, in 1955 |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
C.L. Moore: Doomsday Morning; Wellman: Twice in Time; George O. Smith: Troubled Star; Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged; van Vogt: Empire of the Atom; Sheckley: Pilgrimage to Earth; Dick: The Variable Man; Asimov: Lucky Starr series, as by Paul French |
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Fontenay, Charles L. |
Summer Afternoon, A |
ss |
also in ya Kipton Chronicles ser., Kipton and the Android(1997), Kipton and the I Ching(1997), Kipton and the Voodoo Curse(1998), Kipton and the Cave of Mars('98), Kipton & the Monorail Murders('99), Kipton on Phobos('99), Kipton at the Martian Games('99) |
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Emshwiller, Carol |
Baby |
ss |
a unique wife/husband collaboration: the cover for this issue, which illustrates Carol Emshwiller's story, is by Ed Emshwiller |
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Asimov, Isaac |
I Just Make Them Up, See! |
pm |
has anth. Soviet Science Fiction(1962), More Soviet Science Fiction(1962), Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales(1963) w. Groff Conklin, Tomorrow's Children(1966), Where Do We Go from Here?(1971), Nebula Award Stories Eight(1973) |
| 1958 MAR |
Roberts, Jane |
Bundu, The |
na |
2nd story Bundu witchcraft series; has two sequels to The Education of Oversoul Seven(1973) - The Further Education of Oversoul Seven(1979), & Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time(1984) |
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Morrison, William |
Science Stage, The |
plyr |
plays When the Curtain Rises on the Makropoulos; Rumple |
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Reynolds, Mack |
Gladiator |
ss |
also in Joe Mauser series, coll. Joe Mauser, Mercenary from Tomorrow(1986), with Michael A. Banks; has novels Amazon Planet(ANA 1966-1967 DEC-FEB; 1975), After Some Tomorrow(1967), Computer War(1967), The Computer Conspiracy(1968) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan |
Tale of the Ragged Mountains, A |
ss |
1st pub. in Godey's Lady's Book, 1844 APR; story followed by long note by editor, saying it's an example of a rare detective story, one without a detective, save the reader; has colls. The Raven and Other Poems(1845), Tales(1846) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Afterword to "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" by Edgar Allan Poe |
aw |
an afterword by the editor, a well-known mystery writer himself, discussing the merits of this story, a rare detective story, one without a detective, save the reader |
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Wilson, Richard |
Venus Papers, The |
ss |
has colls. of sf satire Those Idiots from Earth(1957), & Time Out for Tomorrow(1962) |
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McClintic, Winona |
Ye Phantasie Writer and His Catte |
pm |
has her only sf/f story outside of F&SF, short story "The Makers" in FUN 1958 FEB |
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Fritch, Charles E. |
Big, Wide, Wonderful World |
vi |
(1927- ) writer & editor based in California, 1st story pub. sf "The Wallpaper" in OWS 1951 MAR; edited the mag. Gamma from 1963-65; many of his stories are spoofs; has colls. Crazy Mixed-Up Planet(1969), & Horses' Asteroid(1970) |
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Anderson, Poul |
Backwardness |
ss |
has novels The Byworlder(1971; N-1971 NEB), The Dancer from Atlantis(1971; N-1973 MYT), There Will Be Time(1972), Fire Time(1974; N-1975 HUG); Hrolf Kraki's Saga(1973; W-1975 BFA; N-1974 MYT), a retelling of one of the greatest Icelandic sagas(Clute) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Best Science-Fantasy Books of 1957, The |
br |
survey of the best f & sf books of 1957 |
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Bloch, Robert |
How Bug-Eyed Was My Monster |
ss |
1st pub. in Casper Magazine, in 1957 MAY; has novel This Crowded Earth(AMZ 1958 OCT; 1968); best known for novel Psycho(1959; basis of 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie), for which he wrote 2 sequels, Psycho II(1982; N-1983 BFA), & Psycho House(1990) |
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Jackson, Shirley |
Omen, The |
ss |
has fantasy novel The Sundial(1958); horror novels The Haunting of Hill House(1959; made into 1963, 1999 movies The Haunting), We Have Always Lived in the Castle(1962; 1991); colls. Come Along with Me(1968), Just an Ordinary Day(1997) |
| 1958 APR |
Oliver, Chad |
Guardian Spirit |
nv |
has novel Giants in the Dust(1976), concerned with mankind's fundamental nature, "it posits the idea that man is by nature a hunting animal, cut off from his roots by progress"(LOC 1993 SEP, p.80) |
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Brode, Anthony |
Watchers, The |
pm |
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Arthur, Robert |
Obstinate Uncle Otis |
ss |
1st pub. in ARG Weekly, 19 JUL 1941, & revised for F&SF; 3rd story from his Murchison Morks series; was married to author Joan Vatsek(also in F&SF) from 1946-1960; see websites www.elizabetharthur.org/bio/rarthur.html & ..../jvarthur.html |
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Davidson, Avram |
Grantha Sighting, The |
ss |
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Reed, Kit |
Wait, The |
ss |
(1932- ) her 1st pub. story(aka "To Be Taken in a Strange Country"); working name for Lillian Craig Reed; born in San Diego, has BA from the College of Notre Dame in 1954, reporter for the New Haven Register and for Newsweek |
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Lincoln, Victoria |
No Evidence |
ss |
(1904-1981) Victoria Endicott Lincoln, born in Fall River, MA; knew Lizzie Borden & wrote novel A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight(1967; W-EDG); wrote historical novels like February Hill(1934), & nf; pub. in Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Glamour |
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Seabright, Idris |
Death of Each Day, The |
ss |
story title is from Macbeth |
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