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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1958 APR |
Van Doren, Mark |
Witch of Ramoth, The |
ss |
1st pub. in his coll. Nobody Say a Word(1953); has 1st two novels, The Transients(1935), Windless Cabins(1940); poetry colls. Our Lady of Peace and Other War Poems(1942), etc; Collected Stories(3 vols., 1962, 1965, 1968); The Autobiography of M.V.D.(1958) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Maine: Spaceways Satellite; Stine: Rocket Power and Space Flight; E.F. Russell: Wasp; Clifton & Riley: They'd Rather Be Right; van Vogt: The Mind Cage; Roger Manvell: The Dreamers; del Rey: Robots and Changelings; Wilson: Those Idiots from Earth |
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Oesterreicher, Arthur |
Broken Circuit |
vi |
Vienna-born, Harvard-educated; see his website at www.bigstepdown.com//artur/ |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Deskful of Girls, A |
nv |
N-1959 HUG, novelette; 1st story in F&SF Change War series; also in series, novel The Big Time(GAL 1958 MAR-APR; W-1958 HUG; 1961), colls. The Mind Spider and Other Stories(1961; rev. 1976), The Change War(1978; cut vt Changewar, 1983) |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
Poor Little Warrior! |
ss |
has 1st novel Non-Stop(1958; vt Starship, U.S.); novels Vanguard from Alpha(1959), Bow Down to Nul(NWS 1960 MAR-MAY as "X for Exploitation"; 1960), The Primal Urge(1961); non-sf novel The Male Response(1961); Aldiss N-1959 HUG for Best New Author |
| 1958 MAY |
Sheckley, Robert |
Prize of Peril, The |
ss |
this story was the uncredited basis for the Stephen King novel The Running Man(1982 as by Richard Bachman) & the 1987 movie The Running Man, & for 1983 Italian movie Le Prix du danger - see Harlan Ellison's Watching movie column in F&SF 1988 SEP |
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Cogswell, Theodore R. |
Thimgs |
ss |
has colls. The Wall Around the World(1962), & The Third Eye(1968); his short fiction "is polished, enjoyable and ... gives off a sense that it was written for pleasure"(Clute) |
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Shepley, John |
Gorilla Suit |
ss |
(1925- ) his 1st pub. fantasy story; freelance writer & translator living in NYC; has pub. stories in Paris Review, San Francisco Review, etal; has trans. art & literary works from the French & Italian, Umbro Apollonio: Hans Hartung(1972) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Up the Close and Doun the Stair |
ss |
has short story "Or All the Seas with Oysters" in GAL 1958 MAY, W-1958 HUG, which tells a tale of the life cycle of safety pins, clothes hangars, & bicycles, & has become a science fiction classic(Wessells) |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
Matter of Technique, A |
ss |
has novels The Alien Way(novelette "The Hard Way" in ANA 1963 JAN; exp. 1965), Mission to Universe(1965; rev. 1977), Space Winners(1965); with Keith Laumer, Planet Run(1967; rev. 1982)) |
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Vatsek, Joan |
Duel, The |
ss |
(1916-1996) ps. for Joan Vaczek; born in Uniontown, PA; 1st story pub. "The Bees" in Story Mag. 1941 MAR/APR; only novel This Fiery Night(1959), about conflict in 1950 Cairo, where she lived from 1935-1940; see www.elizabetharthur.org/bio/jvarthur.html |
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Morrison, William |
Science Stage, The |
plyr |
play The Infernal Machine |
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Stanton, Will |
Over the River to What's-Her-Name's House |
ss |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
Have Your Hatreds Ready |
ss |
this story in colls. of linked stories The Canopy of Time(1959) & Galaxies Like Grains of Sand(1960) as "Secret of a Mighty City"; all other stories in colls. are pub. in other mags.(mostly British); has non-sf novel The Brightfount Diaries(1961) |
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Goulart, Ron |
… and Curiouser |
ss |
worked in advertising agencies in San Francisco & Hollywood until 1968 |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
1957 IFA winner, J.R.R. Tolkien: Lord of the Rings; Clarke: The Other Side of the Sky; Wyndham: The Midwich Cuckoos; Fred Hoyle: The Black Cloud; Maine: World Without Men; E.C. Tubb: The Mechanical Monarch; Matheson: A Stir of Echoes |
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Starke |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in Punch, 20 APR 1953 |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee |
ss |
N-1959 HUG, short story; 1st & only story in F&SF in Simon Grue series(one other story in series "Pipe Dream" in IFS 1959 FEB) |
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Anderson, Karen |
In Memoriam: Henry Kuttner (1914-1958) |
pm |
(1932- ) Henry Kuttner died February 4, 1958; Karen Anderson's 1st pub. work; also in F&SF with her husband author Poul Anderson |
| 1958 JUN |
Henderson, Zenna |
Captivity |
na |
N-1959 HUG, novelette; 5th story The People series, chrono. story #10 |
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Paine, J. Lincoln |
Dreistein Case, The |
vi |
(1923- ) 1st pub. in the Washington Star; ps. for Arnold Kramish, physicist on Manhattan Project; has biography of U.K. spy Paul Rosbaud, The Griffin(1960;1986); article in Albright & Kunstel: Bombshell(1997), about a Nazi spy on the Manhattan Project |
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Aarons, Edward S. |
Communicators, The |
nv |
(1916-1975) Edward Sidney Aarons, mys. writer; used his own name & ps. Paul Ayres & Edward Ronns; has Cajun CIA agent Sam Durell, 1st book in ser. Assignment to Disaster(1955), etc.; see his entry in Murphy: Encyclopedia of Murder and Murder(1999) |
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Reed, Kit |
Devotion |
ss |
her 1st sale |
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Phillips, Rog |
Services, Incorporated |
ss |
has series with character Lefty Baker(var. mags. 1947-61; 1969); has novels Time Trap(1949), Worlds Within(1950), Worlds of If(1951), The Involuntary Immortals(FAD 1949 DEC; rev. 1959) |
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Morrison, William |
Science Stage, The |
plyr |
plays Endgame; Dark of the Moon |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Gathi |
ss |
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Anderson, Karen |
Origin of the Species |
pm |
married to author Poul Anderson |
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Knight, Damon |
Eripmav |
vi |
has colls. Far Out(1961), In Deep(1963), Off Center(1965), Turning On(1966); novels The Rithian Terror(STS 1953 JAN as "Double Meaning"; exp. 1965), Mind Switch(1965); edited Orbit ser. anth., Orbit 1-21(1966-1980), Best Stories from Orbit(1975) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Robert Randall: The Shrouded Planet; Tom Godwin: The Survivors; brief notes on fantasy books |
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Charteris, Leslie |
Questing Tycoon, The |
nv |
1st pub. in The Saint, 1954 DEC; 3rd story in F&SF from The Saint series; best-known radio Saint was Vincent Price who played the role 1947-50; Roger Moore was the best-known TV Saint, in 114 episodes in U.K. series 1963-68 |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 14: 1958 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1958 JUL |
Dickson, Gordon R. |
Brother Charlie |
nv |
has Sea People series of novels, The Space Swimmers(1967), & Home from the Shore(GAL 1963 FEB; exp. 1978); novels None But Man(1969), Wolfling(ANA 1969 JAN-MAR; 1969), Hour of the Horde(VSF 1969 MAY; 1970) |
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Reed, Kit |
Reign of Tarquin the Tall, The |
ss |
in 1958 & 1959 won the New England Newspaperwoman of the Year Award; she was the first woman to receive the Abraham Woursell Foundation's literary grant; she was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1964-1965 |
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Verne, Jules |
Gil Bralter |
ss |
(1828-1905) 1st time in English, 1st pub. in Le Chemin de France(The Flight to France), in 1887; trans. by I.O. Evans(1894-1977); Verne a French playwright & novelist, considered 1 of 2 founding fathers of sf(other is H.G. Wells)(Clute); born in Nantes |
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Clingerman, Mildred |
Day of the Green Velvet Cloak, The |
ss |
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Goulart, Ron |
Katy Dialogues, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Up-to-Date Sorcerer, The |
ss |
has film novelization Fantastic Voyage(1966); colls. Through a Glass, Clearly(1967 UK), Asimov's Mysteries(1968; incl. some pub. in F&SF), Nightfall and Other Stories(1969), The Best of Isaac Asimov(1973); novel The Best New Thing(1971) |
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Morrison, William |
Science Stage, The |
plyr |
plays Clerambard; Back to Methuselah |
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Vickers, Roy |
Eighth Lamp, The |
ss |
(1889-1965) 1st pub. in England, in NOM 1916 JUL; ps. for William Edward Vickers; has coll. The Department of Dead Ends(1947; 1956); has Inspector George Rason ser. in Fiction Parade and Golden Book 1935-1937, & EQMM 1947 DEC |
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Barr, Stephen |
Vandals, The |
ss |
contributes to EQMM & ATL |
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Fessier, Michael |
Blue-Eyed Horse, The |
ss |
(1907-1988) 1st pub. in COL, 10 JUN 1955; a Hollywood screenwriter; has 1st novel Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind(1935), & humorous novel Clovis(1948); has pub. many stories from 1935-1960 in PST, Manhunt, Bluebook, ESQ, COL, & EQMM |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Introduction to C.M. Kornbluth's "Theory of Rocketry" |
in |
an introduction to Kornbluth's story, as well as a eulogy of his works and accomplishments |
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Kornbluth, C.M. |
Theory of Rocketry |
ss |
N-1959 HUG, ss; story is preceded by a one-page eulogy of Kornbluth's work(he died 21 MAR 1958), followed by a bibliography; his widow, Mary Kornbluth, compiled a memorial anth., Science Fiction Showcase(1959); Asimov writes about him in I. Asimov(1994) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
C.M. Kornbluth: Memorial Bibliography, A |
bib |
Cyril M. Kornbluth died March 21, 1958; a short chronological listing of his books |
| 1958 AUG |
Heinlein, Robert A. |
Have Space Suit—Will Travel |
no-1/3 |
N-1959 HUG, novel; adventures of Kip Russell & Patricia "Peewee" Reisfeld in space, on Pluto, and beyond; has novels The Puppet Masters(1951; 1989; 1994 movie), Double Star(ASF 1956 FEB-APR; 1956; W-1956 HUG), juveniles Time for the Stars(1956) |
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Mills, Robert P. |
Last Shall Be First, The |
vi |
(1920-1986) prev. Managing Editor of F&SF since 1st issue, & beginning 1958 SEP issue thru 1962 MAR, the editor of F&SF; editor of VSF(1957-1958); aafter leaving F&SF, he acted as a literary agent(for Walter M. Miller Jr, etal), until 1984 |
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Jones, Leslie |
Devil and Mrs. Ackenbaugh, The |
ss |
her 1st pub. story |
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Matheson, Richard |
Edge, The |
ss |
has teleplays The Morning After(1974), The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver(1977), screenplays Dead of Night(1977), Jaws 3(1983); has western novel The Gunfight(1992); nf book w. Ricia Mainhardt, Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master(1995) |
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Apostolides, Alex |
Sandy Had a Tiger |
ss |
(1923- ) lives in El Paso, TX; has MFA degree; collab. w. Mark Clifton for stories in ASF, GAL & IFS in 1953; from 1984-1999? had radio program "Edge of Texas" on KTEP; did cover & text for Gary Jennings: The Treasure of the Superstitious Mountains(1973) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Fadiman(ed): Fantasia Mathematica; Dikty(ed): The Best S-F Stories and Novels, 9th Series; Wollheim(ed): Men on the Moon; Blish: A Case of Conscience, & Vor; Bester: Starburst; Steve Eisner(ed): Howard Phillips Lovecraft Memorial Symposium |
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