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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1960 AUG |
Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXX |
vi |
27th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to David Burwasser(this vignette in F&SF as XXIX, though it should be XXX) |
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Barr, Stephen |
Callahan and the Wheelies |
nv |
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| 1960 SEP |
Sanders, Winston P. |
Word to Space, The |
ss |
concerns Project Ozma(named after the queen of Oz), the 1st search for radio transmissions from intelligent extra-terrestial life; search from 1960 APR-JUL concentrated on the star Tau Ceti, turned up only one false alarm |
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Smith, Evelyn E. |
Day in the Suburbs, A |
ss |
has 1st novel, The Perfect Planet(1962), whose setting is a planet which was once a health farm(Clute) |
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Raffel, Burton |
Goodbye |
nv |
(1928- ) Prof. Emeritus, Humanities, LSU(Lafayette, LA); has trans. works of Cervantes, Rabelais, Chrétien, etc; 1st book Poems from the Old English(1960); nf The Art of Translating Prose(1994), ... Poetry(1994); poetry coll. Beethoven in Denver(1999) |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
Button, Button |
ss |
has anth. Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves(1963), Rod Serling's Devils and Demons(1967), Combat SF(1975), Nebula Winners Twelve(1978; N-1979 LOC); The Day the Sun Stood Still(1972), w. Poul Anderson & Robert Silverberg |
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Bretnor, R. |
Man on Top, The |
ss |
1st pub. in ESQ 1951 OCT |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Tools of the Trade |
sces |
mathematical pi, Part 2; calculating pi & the various ways mathematical equations elicit information from a circle; transcendental numbers; Part 1 in 1960 MAY(#1403); see addendum p.4 in 1960 NOV, two misstatements regarding algebraic numbers |
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Knight, Damon |
Books: Walden Two |
br |
B.F. Skinner: Walden Two(followed by editor's note that D.K. has resigned as book reviewer - actually caused by the editor's rejection of a bad review by D.K. of a Judith Merril book(prob. The Tomorrow People); Alfred Bester to be new book reviewer) |
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Elliott, George P. |
NRACP, The |
nv |
1st pub. in The Hudson Review, 1949 FLL |
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Reed, Kit |
Two in Homage |
ss |
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Whitehill, Joseph |
Doctor Royker's Experiment |
ss |
has 1st novel The Angers of Spring(1959; vt The Way Up, 1960), about electrical engineers & the women they want but do not understand; 2nd novel Precious Little(1967), about 6 scientist on an oceanographic study being stranded on a Pacific island |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXI |
vi |
28th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to M.T. Cicero McIntyre |
| 1960 OCT |
Blish, James |
Oath, The |
nv |
has four juvenile novels: The Star Dwellers(1961), Mission to the Heart Stars(1965), Welcome to Mars!(1967), The Vanished Jet(1968); novels ...And All the Stars a Stage(AMZ 1960 JUN-JUL; exp. 1971), The Quincunx of Time(GAL 1954 FEB as "Beep"; exp. 1973) |
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Drury, Allen |
Something |
ss |
(1918-1998) newspaper correspondent covering Wash., DC; born in Houston, grew up in Porterville, CA; journalism degree from Stanford Univ.; has Pulitzer-winning novel Advise and Consent(1959; 1962 movie); has final novel, Public Men(1998) |
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Clarke, Arthur C. |
Inside the Comet |
ss |
has novels The Songs of Distant Earth(IFS 1958 JUN; exp.1986), Cradle(1988, with Gentry Lee); Gregory Benford was authorized to write a sequel to Clarke's 1948 story "Against the Fall of Night," titled Beyond the Fall of Night(1990) |
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Anderson, Poul |
Welcome |
ss |
was President of SFWA 1972-73; won a 1977 Gandalf Grand Master Award, & a 1997 Nebula Grandmaster Award; has novelette "The Ways of Love" in Destinies 1979 JAN(N-1979 NEB), novella "Star of the Sea"(in 1991 omnibus The Time Patrol; N-1992 LOC) |
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Matheson, Richard |
From Shadowed Places |
nv |
has teleplays w. William F. Nolan, Trilogy of Terror(1975) & Trilogy of Terror II(1996), based on 3 of Matheson's stories, including short story "Prey" in PBY 1969 APR; has anthology w. Greenberg & Waugh(ed): The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories(1985) |
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MacLean, Katherine |
Interbalance |
ss |
(1925- ) born in Glen Ridge, NJ; has a BA in Economics from Barnard College(NY), did postgraduate work in psychology, & many of her sf stories deal with the soft sciences; 1st story pub. "Defense Mechanism" in ASF 1949 OCT; Biolog in ANA 1995 JAN |
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Fast, Howard |
Sight of Eden, The |
ss |
6th story moralistic tales series; has sf & f coll. The Edge of Tomorrow(1961); has borderline novel Phyllis(1962), as by E.V. Cunningham |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXII |
vi |
29th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Stepping-Stones to the Stars |
sces |
comets, & using them to reach other stars |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
Clifford D. Simak: The Worlds of Clifford Simak; Mark Clifton: Eight Keys to Eden; Judith Merril: Out of Bounds; L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt: The Incomplete Enchanter |
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Miller, Wade |
How Lucky We Met |
ss |
their story "Invitation to an Accident," in EQMM, N-1955 EDG; under collab. ps. Whit Masterton have ser. of thrillers, incl. Badge of Evil(1956; Orson Welles' movie Touch of Evil, 1958, res. 1975, rev. 1998), A Hammer in His Hand(1960) |
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Farmer, Philip José |
Few Miles, A |
nv |
4th story Father John Carmody series, has sequel "Prometheus" in 1961 MAR, #1519; has novels Dare(1965), The Gate of Time(1966; exp. vt Two Hawks from Earth, 1979); colls. Down in the Black Gang(1971; N-1972 LOC), The Book of Philip José Farmer(1973) |
| 1960 NOV |
Aandahl, Vance |
It's a Great Big Wonderful Universe |
vi |
(1944- ) his 2nd sale(1st was to EQMM) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Romance in a Twenty-First Century Used-Car Lot |
nv |
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Worthington, Will |
Who Dreams of Ivy |
ss |
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Vandercook, John W. |
Funk |
nv |
(1902-1963) 1st pub. in 1930; has 1st novel Forty Stay In(1931); Bertram Lynch, League of Nations P.I. mys. ser. Murder in Trinidad(1933), Murder in Fiji(1936), Murder in Haiti(1956); nf Caribbee Cruise(1938), King Cane: The Story of Sugar in Hawaii(1939) |
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Choly, Robert |
Danse Macabre |
vi |
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Laumer, Keith |
Combat Unit |
ss |
(1925-1993) born in Syracuse, NY; has 1952 BS in Architecture from the Univ. of Illinois; served in the Army 1943-46, U.S.A.F. 1953-56, & then joined the U.S. Foreign Service; rejoined U.S.A.F. in 1960; 1st story pub. sf "Greylorn" in AMZ 1959 APR |
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Friedman, Bruce J. |
Yes We Have No Ritchard |
ss |
(1930- ) edits two monthly men's adventure magazines, has had stories pub. in NYM, PBY, ESQ, PST, Antioch Review, etc; also in F&SF as Bruce Jay Friedman |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXIII |
vi |
30th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Element of Perfection, The |
sces |
elements, helium and other inert elements |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
Jan Potocki: The Saragossa Manuscript; Wernher von Braun: First Men to the Moon; Constantine Fitzgibbon: When the Kissing Has to Stop; Theodore Sturgeon: Beyond; Robert Sheckley: Notions, Unlimited; Asimov: Nine Tomorrows; Dickson: The Genetic General |
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Reynolds, Mack |
Russkies Go Home! |
nv |
story was expanded into novel Tomorrow Might Be Different(1975), a satire in which Russia overtakes the U.S. as the world's leading economy; a voluntary expatriate since 1953, he has stayed or lived in over 75 countries; see his Biolog in ANA 1977 OCT |
| 1960 DEC |
Budrys, Algis |
Rogue Moon |
na |
an alien labyrinth is discovered on the moon, which kills anyone who tries to pass through it(Clute); pub. in an expanded form, Rogue Moon(1960; N-1961 HUG); has novel Man of Earth(SAT 1956 OCT as "The Man from Earth"; rev. 1958) |
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McClintic, Winona |
Way Out of Town, The |
ss |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Rope's End |
ss |
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Davidson, Avram |
Yo-Ho, and Up |
vi |
has story "The Affair at Lahore Cantonment" in EQMM 1961 JUN, W-1961 EDG, in which a conversation in a British pub turns to a romantic rivalry & murder in colonial India, & the involvement of "Ruddy Kipling"(Wessells) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXIV |
vi |
31st story in F&SF in Feghoot series(this vignette in F&SF as XXXIII, though it should be XXXIV) |
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Reeves, Rosser |
Infinity |
pm |
Chairman of the Board of Ted Bates & Co., Inc., the 5th largest advertising agency in the world; author of the best-selling book, Reality in Advertising(1961) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Now Hear This! |
sces |
echo-location in dolphins and bats |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
James Blish: A Clash of Cymbals; James H. Schmitz: Agent of Vega; E.E. Smith: The Vortex Blaster; Robert Nathan: The Weans; Robert Sheckley: The Status Civilization |
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Lindsay, Dan |
Beatnik Werewolf, The |
ss |
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Berry, John |
Listener, The |
vi |
1st pub. in New World Writing #16, in 1960; author of 1959 Macmillan Prize Novel, Krishna Fluting |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 19: 1960 JUL-DEC |
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