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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1961 MAY |
Edmondson, G.C. |
Country Boy, The |
ss |
5th story in his Mad Friend series; this series coll. in Stranger Than You Think(1965); has novels Chapayeca(1971; vt Blue Face, 1972), set in Mexico; T.H.E.M.(1974), The Aluminum Man(1975), latter about Native Americans & a crash-landed alien |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Heaven on Earth |
sces |
stars; mapping the stars |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
H.L. Gold(ed): The Fifth Galaxy Reader; Theodore Sturgeon: Some of Your Blood; Zenna Henderson: Pilgrimage: The Book of the People; Ben Bova: The Milky Way Galaxy; Poul Anderson: Twilight World; Leo Margulies(ed): The Unexpected |
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Posselt, Mildred |
Flower, The |
pm |
(1950?- ) sent in by Mr. E.F.T. Rice of Wilmington, Delaware, this poem was written by the 11-year old daughter of a friend of his |
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Slesar, Henry |
Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross, The |
ss |
(1927-2002) vice president of a N.Y. advertising firm; 1st story pub. sf "The Brat" in IMT 1955 SEP; about a third of his work is sf or f, many under the ps. O.H. Leslie & house ps. Ivar Jorgensen, E.K. Jarvis, Clyde Mitchell, etc, in AMZ & FAN |
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Rubin, Rick |
Final Muster |
nv |
(1932?- ) writer, born in Portland, OR; has short story "The Bet" in Dude 1959 NOV |
| 1961 JUN |
Smith, Cordwainer |
Alpha Ralpha Boulevard |
nv |
(1913-1966) 1st & only story in F&SF in Instrumentality of Mankind series; ps. for Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, U.S. writer, political scientist, military adviser in Korea & Malaya; his 1st story as C.S. was "Scanners Live in Vain" in FBK #6, 1950 JUN |
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Clarke, Arthur C. |
Crime on Mars |
ss |
1st pub. in EQMM 1960 JUL; begun in 1987, Arthur C. Clarke Award for best U.K. 1st edition sf novel; has novel The Ghosts from the Grand Banks(1990), about an attempt to raise the Titanic; has colls. The Sentinel(1996), The Collected Stories of ...(2001) |
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West, John Anthony |
George |
ss |
(1932- ) "this story was orig. conceived & written as a play; since pub. in F&SF, it has been scheduled to be an off-Broadway play; ex-Editorial Assistant to F&SF(1956) & ex-Assistant Editor to VSF(1957), he lives on the island of Ibiza(south of Majorca) |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Birth of a Gardener |
ss |
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Twain, Mark |
Curious Pleasure Excursion, A |
ss |
(1835-1910) 1st pub. in The New York Herald Tribune, 6 JUL 1874, during the time of the "Comet Scare"; ps. for Samuel L. Clemens; has sf novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court(1889), coll. The Science Fiction of Mark Twain(1984, ed D. Ketterer) |
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Scott, Jody |
Go for Baroque |
ss |
(1923- ) wn. for Joann Huguelot Wood; Scott her name from a first marriage; born in Chicago, now lives in Seattle; she has a novel of suspense, Cure It with Honey(1951); has also pub. vignette "The Origin of Species," in FAN 1969 FEB, as Jody Scott Wood |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XL |
vi |
37th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to E. Nelson Bridwell |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Cage, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Four Steps to Salvation |
sces |
communication, advances in; see addendum on p.4, 1961 SEP - in response to a reader's question about Asimov's statement that primitive writing preceded agriculture: the Incas had no writing, but if writing didn't bring about agriculture, then what did? |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
Algis Budrys: Rogue Moon |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
Algis Budrys: Rogue Moon; has nf criticism books The Issue at Hand(1964), & More Issues at Hand(1970), as W. Atheling Jr; edited anth. New Dreams This Morning(1966), Nebula Award Stories 5(1970), & a coll. of C.M. Kornbluth stories, Thirteen O'Clock(1972) |
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Garrett, Randall & Avram Davidson |
Something Rich and Strange |
nv |
(1927-1987; 1923-1993) |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 20: 1961 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1961 JUL |
Amis, Kingsley |
Something Strange |
ss |
(1922-1995) 1st pub. in The Spectator, in 1960; has social comedy novel Lucky Jim(1954); sf criticism New Maps of Hell(1960); anth. Spectrum ser.(1961-66); coll. My Enemy's Enemy (1962); Memoirs(1991); obit LOC 1995 LOC; bio R. Bradford: Lucky Him(2001) |
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Worthington, Will |
Package Deal |
ss |
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Breckenridge, Nicholas |
Cat Lover, The |
ss |
has article "The Lion" in P.S. 1966 JUN, a memoir of his father, a commercial artist |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XLI |
vi |
38th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Burger, Otis Kidwell |
Zookeeper, The |
ss |
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Neville, Kris |
Closing Time |
ss |
earned a B.A. in English from the Univ. of California in 1960; has short story "Big Talk" in Manhunt 1953 APR; also in F&SF with co-author Lil Neville(his wife), & with Barry N. Malzberg |
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Anderson, Poul |
Night Piece |
ss |
has Maurai series, coll. Maurai and Kith(1982; N-1983 LOC), tales of post-catastrophe life, & novel Orion Shall Rise(1983; N-1984 LOC), a pro-technology sequel, in which man aspires to the stars again(Clute) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Recipe for a Planet |
sces |
elementary makeup of the Earth |
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Bester, Alfred |
Books |
br |
Jules Verne: From Earth to the Moon, & To the Sun? Off on a Comet!; The Fabulous World of Jules Verne(movie); Kingsley Amis: New Maps of Hell; Damon Knight: Far Out; Alan E. Nourse: Tiger by the Tail; Frederik Pohl: Turn Left at Thursday |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
Undergrowth |
na |
3rd story Hothouse ser.; has "plotless novel," A Garden With Figures; novels The Dark Light Years(1964), how humans deal w. aliens superior in intelligence, but physically disgusting, & Earthworks(1965), An Age(1967; vt Cryptozoic!, 1968 US) |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Vintage Wine |
pm |
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| 1961 AUG |
Davidson, Avram & Morton Klass |
Kappa Nu Nexus, The |
ss |
(1923-1993; 1927-2001) Morton the younger brother of Philip Klass(William Tenn); born in Brooklyn, NY; has 1955 BA in anthropology from Brooklyn College; 1959 PhD from Columbia Univ.; Prof. at Barnard College & Columbia; see obit in LOC 2001 JUN |
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Harrison, Harry |
Survival Planet |
ss |
(1925- ) working name for Henry Maxwell Harrison; 1st worked in field as a commercial artist, chiefly in comics, but supplied illustrations to mags. such as GAL; 1st story pub. "Rock Diver" in WBY 1951 FEB; member of N.Y. sf Hydra Club with Damon Knight |
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Aandahl, Vance |
Cogi Drove His Car Through Hell |
ss |
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Cheinisse, Claude F. |
Juliette |
ss |
(1931-1982) 1st pub. in 1959; trans. from the French by Damon Knight; a doctor specializing in forensic & industrial toxicology; involved in French fandom since late 1950s, 1st story pub. sf in 1958; married sf writer Christine Renard in 1965 |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XLII |
vi |
39th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Andrew Gould |
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Blau, E. William |
Dispatch Executive, The |
ss |
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Reed, Kit |
Piggy |
ss |
has 1st novel Mother Isn't Dead She's Only Sleeping(1961) |
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Drake, Leah Bodine |
Meeting on a Northern Moor, A |
pm |
edited with Dr. C.A. Muses an anthology of contemporary British & American verse, The Various Light |
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Leinster, Murray |
Case of the Homicidal Robots, The |
nv |
has Med Service series colls. Doctor to the Stars(1964), & S.O.S. from Three Worlds(1967), & novels The Mutant Weapon(1959), & This World Is Taboo (1961); novelette "Exploration Team" in ASF 1956 MAR(Colonial Survey ser.) W-1956 HUG |
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McClintic, Winona |
Four Days in the Corner |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Evens Have It, The |
sces |
nuclear structure |
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
Haunted Village, The |
nv |
has fixup novel Time Storm(nv's in ASI 1977 SPR & SUM, na in Cosmos SF&F 1977 JUL; 1977; N-1978 HUG, LOC), an sf novel of three survivors of a time storm that destroyed life on Earth & threatens the universe(B&C) |
| 1961 SEP |
Klein, Gérard |
Monster in the Park, The |
ss |
(1937- ) 1st pub. in the French edition of F&SF; trans. by Virginia Kidd; soldier in Algeria, has pub. in France, this is his 1st story pub. in the U.S. |
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Gold, Herbert |
Day They Got Boston, The |
ss |
(1924- ) 1st pub. in Metronome 1961 JAN; author of Therefore Be Bold(1960), Love and Like(1960), & edited Fiction of the Fifties(1959), & Stories of Modern America (1961) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XLIII |
vi |
40th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Herman Mudgett(ps. for Anthony Boucher) |
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Young, Michael |
Timekeeper, The |
ss |
(1915-2002) British sociologist & writer; has nf book Family and Kinship in East London(1957); sf work The Rise of the Meritocracy 1870-2033: An Essay on Education and Equality(1958), which takes the form of a report by an historical sociologist(Clute) |
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Wallace, Floyd |
Privates All |
nv |
( ?-? ) also goes under the byline F.L. Wallace;1st story pub. sf "Hideaway" in ASF 1951 FEB; pub. many stories in GAL; has Australian coll. Worlds in Balance(1955), & novel Address: Centauri(1952 GAL APR as "Accidental Flight"; exp. 1955); also in VSF |
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Peterson, Nils |
Pecking Order |
ss |
Professor of English at San José State Univ. from 1963-1999, where he was also the Coordinator of the Creative Arts, & poetry consultant for San Jose Studies; has pub. poems in many journals, & articles on subjects as varied as golf and Shakespeare |
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Harris, Rosemary |
Hamlin |
ss |
(1923- ) Rosemary Jeanne Harris; has young adult fantasy, Reuben seq., The Moon in the Cloud(1968), The Shadow on the Sun(1970), The Bright and Morning Star(1972); novels The Seal-Singing(1971), A Quest for Orion(1978), & sequel Tower of the Stars(1980) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Not As We Know It |
sces |
life; chemical bases of life, only nucleic acid/protein in water is life-as-we-know-it |
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