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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1963 APR |
Friedberg, Gertrude |
Short and Happy Death of George Frumkin, The |
ss |
(1908-1989) her 1st pub. sf story; has had a play on Broadway, Three-Cornered Moon(1933; 1933 movie, with Claudette Colbert), & in the movies; has had stories in ATL, HRP, ESQ, & in New World Writing; has sf novel The Revolving Boy(1966) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Rigid Vacuum, The |
sces |
light & relativity, the luminiferous ether, Part 1; Part 2 in 1963 JUN(#1890) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: LXI |
vi |
58th story in F&SF in Feghoot series |
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Reed, Kit |
Tell Me Doctor – Please |
ss |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Kindergarten |
vi |
has short stories "Midnight by the Morphy Watch" in IFS 1974 JUL/AUG, N-1975 HUG, LOC; "Belsen Express," in The Second Book of F.L.(1975), W-1976 WFA; Leiber W-1976 WFA, & 1988 STO, for Lifetime Achievement; W-1980 NEB, Grandmaster Award |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Voyage of the "Deborah Pratt," The |
ss |
concerns Afro-American slavery; part of the sf group of writers from San Francisco - Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, R. Bretnor, Poul & Karen Anderson, Rog Phillips, Jack Vance, Margaret St. Clair, Ray Nelson, & Calvin W. Demmon |
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Davidson, Avram |
Books |
br |
Thomas Helm: Monsters of the Deep; Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle; Ernst & Johanna Lehner: Folklore and Odysseys of Food and Medicinal Plants |
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Wark, Jim |
Books |
br |
Wallace West: Outposts in Space |
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Carr, Terry |
Old Man of the Mountains, The |
ss |
edited Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction(1966), The Others(1969), On Our Way to the Future(1970), This Side of Infinity(1972), An Exaltation of Stars(1973), Into the Unknown(1973), Worlds Near and Far(1974), The Ides of Tomorrow(1976) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
My Son, the Physicist! |
vi |
1st pub. in Scientific American, 1962 FEB; has anth. Before the Golden Age(1974; W-1975 LOC); anth. ser. The Great SF Stories 1(from 1939; pub. 1979) to 25(from 1963; pub. 1992), & The Golden Years of SF: 1st Series(1983) to 6th Series(1988) |
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Edmondson, G.C. |
World Must Never Know, The |
ss |
6th story in his Mad Friend series; lives in San Diego; has novel The Man Who Corrupted the Earth(1980); sf novel Spaceways #12: Star Slaver(1983) with Andrew J. Offutt under collab. ps. John Cleve |
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Seabury, Paul |
Histronaut, The |
ss |
(1923-1990) 1st pub. in 1961; Associate Professor of Political Science at the Univ. of California(Berkeley); has book The Wilhelmstrasse(1954), a study of Nazi diplomacy |
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Fish, Robert L. |
Not Counting Bridges |
vi |
(1912-1981) Robert Lloyd Fish; born in Cleveland, OH; W-1962 EDG, best 1st novel, for The Fugitive(1962; 1st in Capt. Silva ser.); there is a Robert L. Fish Award for best 1st ss by an American writer, first given by the Mystery Writers of America in 1984 |
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Davidson, Avram |
Editorial |
ed |
a look back at F&SF's first issue(1949 FLL) |
| 1963 MAY |
Davidson, Avram |
Introduction (to the Ray Bradbury Special Issue) |
in |
explains the difficulty of classifying Bradbury's stories as sf, fantasy or science fantasy |
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Nolan, William F. |
Bradbury: Prose Poet in the Age Of Space |
bio |
Bradbury lives in Chestnut Hills, CA; hates cars, planes, TV & phones; attended L.A. High School, joined SF League in 1937 & pub. 1st story "Hollerbochen's Dilemma" in its mimeo-mag. Imagination; married UCLA grad. Marguerite McClure in 1947 |
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Bradbury, Ray |
Bright Phoenix |
ss |
story written in 1947, was never before pub.; has nf book The Essence of Creative Writing(1962); colls. R is for Rocket(1962), The Small Assassin(1962), The Machineries of Joy(1964); coll. of plays The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics(1963) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Introduction to Ray Bradbury's "To the Chicago Abyss" |
in |
Bradbury - "'Bright Phoenix' deals with a book-burning future, with an intellectual solution to the problem. It is a more grandiose scheme & project. 'Chicago Abyss' deals ... with the mediocre, ... the much more day-to-day, quiet need for junk" |
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Bradbury, Ray |
To the Chicago Abyss |
ss |
this story written especially for this issue; has plays The Day It Rained Forever: A Comedy in One Act(1966), The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act; colls. Twice 22(1966), The Vintage Bradbury(1966), S Is for Space(1966), Bloch and Bradbury(1969) |
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Nolan, William F. |
Index to the Works of Ray Bradbury, An |
bib |
a chronological listing of his collections(& their contents), stories, TV & movie work, and non-fiction work; Nolan acknowledges to be the world's "Number One Bradbury Fan" & pub. The Ray Bradbury Review |
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Bretnor, R. |
Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well |
ss |
1st pub. in Peninsula Spectator, 23 OCT 1959 |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: LXII |
vi |
59th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Richard Olcott |
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Leahy, Jack Thomas |
Newton Said |
ss |
instructor at the Univ. of Washington; has novel Shadows on the Water(1960), has had stories in The Kenyon Review, etc |
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Davidson, Avram |
Introduction to John Jakes' "Underfollow" |
in |
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Jakes, John |
Underfollow |
ss |
was terminated at Ohio State Univ. as an English teacher when it was learned that he was writing sf; in 9 years he has written 30 books & 130 stories; works in advertising; has coll. The Best of John Jakes(1977); anth. with Greenberg, New Trails(1994) |
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Webb, Ron |
Atomic Reaction |
pm |
(1936- ) her 1st pub. sf; ps. for Sharon Lynn Webb, a nurse & writer; has Terra Tarkington series in ASI 1979-81, about a nurse engaged in galactic escapades, coll. in novel The Adventures of Terra Tarkington(1985 fixup) |
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Ballard, J.G. |
Now Wakes the Sea |
ss |
Ballard's "writing was influenced by the Surrealist painters & the early Pop artists" & by "his interest in psychology ... which soon became apparent his stories ... and stated that 'the only truly alien planet is Earth'"(Clute); see iv in TWZ 1988 JUN |
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White, Don |
Watch the Bug-Eyed Monster |
ss |
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Anderson, Karen |
Treaty in Tartessos |
ss |
has coll. The Unicorn Trade(1984) with Poul Anderson |
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Davidson, Avram |
Books |
br |
Ray Bradbury: R Is for Rocket; C.C. Adams & Wernher Von Braun: Careers in Astronautics and Rocketry; Robert A. Heinlein: Podkayne of Mars; Darrel T. Langart: Anything You Can Do |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Just Mooning Around |
sces |
satellites of the planets & the Roche limit; Asimov received a special Hugo Award in 1963 for "Adding Science to Science Fiction" for his science essays in F&SF |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
No Trading Village |
pm |
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Davidson, Avram |
Introduction to Felix Marti-Ibañez' "Niña Sol" |
in |
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Marti-Ibañez, Felix |
Niña Sol |
ss |
also in F&SF as Félix Martí-Ibáñez; has books The Crystal Mirror; Essays on Literature, Travel, Art, Love, and the History of Medicine(1964), The Ship in the Bottle, and Other Essays(1967), The Mirror of Souls, and Other Essays(1972) |
| 1963 JUN |
Davidson, Avram |
Introduction to Poul Anderson's "No Truce With Kings" |
in |
in mid-1963, Grania & Avram Davidson moved to Amecameca, Mexico, a remote & exotic town near Mount Popocatepetl(& a jumping-off point for mountain climbers), staying at the Casa Chelius for over a year |
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Anderson, Poul |
No Truce With Kings |
na |
W-1964 HUG, short fiction; "a future, and fragmented, America fights for its spiritual ... and physical integrity," the "America of this short novel ... reminiscent of the Japan of the Early Meji Restoration"; pub. as a chapbook in 1989 |
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Davidson, Avram |
Books |
br |
Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle; Gary Jennings: March of the Robots; Patrick Moore: The Planets(nf); Frederik Pohl(ed): Time Waits for Winthrop; Frank W. Lane: Kingdom of the Octopus; Norma Lorre Goodrich: Myths of the Hero(nf) |
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Pederson, Con |
Pushover Planet |
ss |
worked on the special effects for Stanley Kubrick's movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968; W-Oscar, for Special Effects); co-founded Robert Abel & Associates in 1970, produced Superbowl 1984's 'sexy robot' commercial, & over 16 years won 33 Clio Awards |
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Kerr, Walter H. |
Staresque |
pm |
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Davidson, Avram |
Introduction to Jack Vance's "Green Magic" |
in |
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Vance, Jack |
Green Magic |
ss |
(1916- ) working name for John Holbrook Vance; born in San Francisco, attended high school in L.A. & the Univ. of California; served in the Merchant Marines during WWII; 1st story pub. "The World Thinker" in TWS 1945 SUM; used ps. John Holbrook |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Light That Failed!, The |
sces |
light, the quantum theory, & relativity, Part 2; the Michelson-Morley experiment; Part 1 in 1963 APR(#1850) |
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Aandahl, Vance |
Weremartini, The |
ss |
married to Feghoot-contributor Lenore Sellers |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: LXIII |
vi |
60th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Simon Kahn |
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Hoshi, Shin'ichi |
Bokko-chan |
vi |
(1926-1997) 1st Japanese story to appear in any English lang. mag.; trans. by Noriyoshi Saito; Hoshi a retired pharmacological manufacturer, an sf pioneer likened to Bradbury or Fredric Brown; 1st sale "Sekisutora"("Sextra") in Uchujin #2, in 1957l |
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Matheson, Richard |
Tis the Season to Be Jelly |
ss |
has novel/screenplay A Stir of Echoes(1958; 1999 movie), on paranormal experience: a domestic drama in which a man discovers that upsetting visions destroying his life & sanity are caused by psychic residue in his house from an unsolved murder(Clute) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Introduction to John Jay Well's & Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Another Rib" |
in |
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Wells, John Jay & Marion Zimmer Bradley |
Another Rib |
ss |
(1933- ; 1930-1999) Wells the ps. for Juanita Coulson, this her 1st pub. story, who w. her husband Robert, W-1965 HUG for fanzine Yandro, which they edited 1953-86; Bradley from upstate NY, now lives in Texas, is "a nut on circus acrobatics, & carnivals" |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
There Are No More Good Stories About Mars Because We Need No More Good Stories About Mars |
pm |
has unconventional novel Report on Probability A(1968; written in 1962, but unpublishable till times changed); fixup novel Barefoot in the Head: A European Fantasia(1969), from his "Acid-Head War" stories, about Europe after a war using psychedelic drugs |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 24: 1963 JAN-JUN |
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