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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1969 JAN |
McCaffrey, Anne |
Meeting of Minds, A |
nv |
2nd & last story in her Rowan people ser.; story "Weyr Search" in ANA 1967 OCT, W-1968 HUG, novella; "Dragonrider" in ANA 1967-68 DEC-JAN, W-1968 NEB, novella - both part of her Pern series, about a world of telepathic dragons; see www.annemccaffrey.org/ |
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de Camp, L. Sprague |
Brook in Vermont, A |
pm |
has anth. with George Scithers, The Conan Swordbook(1969), The Conan Grimoire(1972); nf The Miscast Barbarian(1975 chap; exp. Dark Valley Destiny: The Life of Robert E. Howard, 1986, with wife Catherine Crook de Camp & Jane Whittington Griffin) |
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Merril, Judith |
Books |
br |
Democratic Convention of 1968; sf of the late 30s thru today; L.P. Davies: Twilight Journey; Theodore Tyler: The Man Whose Name Wouldn't Fit; Nigel Balchin: Kings of Infinite Space; Laumer: The Day Before Forever; Wilhelm: The Downstairs Room; 3 more |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Jones, D.F. |
Black Snowstorm |
ss |
has sequels to 1st novel, The Fall of Colossus(1974), & Colossus and the Crab(1977); has novels Implosion(1967), Denver Is Missing(1971), The Floating Zombie(1975), Earth Has Been Found(1979), Bound in Time(1981) |
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Van Scyoc, Sydney |
Unidentified Fallen Object |
ss |
has Brackrath series in ASI 1980 & 1982; has novels Sunwaifs(1981), the story of 6 mutant human children born on a distant, hostile planet; Drowntide(1987), Featherstroke(1989), Deepwater Dreams(1991); see website www.tdl.com/~sjvan/sjvans.htm |
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Delany, Samuel R. |
Films |
mr |
Charly(1968), based on Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon" in F&SF 1959 APR, stars Cliff Robertson & Claire Bloom; Delany's story "Time Considered As a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"(NWS 1968 DEC) W-1969 NEB(novelette), & 1970 HUG(short story) |
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O'Donnell, K.M. |
How I Take Their Measure |
ss |
has sf novels under O'Donnell ps., The Empty People(1969), Universe Day(1971 fixup); & two recursive satires, sf fans & writers vs. aliens, Dwellers of the Deep(1970), & Gather in the Hall of the Planets(1971)(Clute) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R. |
nv |
ran 10 weeks with Brooklyn street gang, the Barons, which gave him material for 1st novel, Rumble(1958; vt Web of the City, 1975), colls. The Deadly Streets(1958), The Juvies(1961), Gentleman Junkie(1961), etc, novel Rockabilly(1961; rev. vt Spider Kiss) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Dance of the Satellites |
sces |
satellites of Jupiter, Part 2 of 2; the motion of Jovian satellites relative to Jupiter & from Almathea; Part 1 in 1968 DEC(#2729) |
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Sellings, Arthur |
Legend and the Chemistry, The |
ss |
in story intro, notice of Sellings death in England in September 1968, at age 47; has novels Intermind(1967 in US as by Ray Luther), The Power of X(1968), & Junk Day(1970) |
| 1969 FEB |
Schmitz, James H. |
Attitudes |
ss |
others in Hub seq. colls. A Nice Day for Screaming(1965), A Pride of Monsters(1970), novel The Demon Breed(1968); has Telzey Amberdon seq. novels The Universe Against Her(1964), The Lion Game(1973), coll. The Telzey Toy(1973); coll. The Best of ...(1991) |
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Merril, Judith |
Books |
br |
John Brunner: Stand on Zanzibar; Bob Shaw: The Two Timers; Roger Zelazny: Isle of the Dead; Clifford D. Simak: The Goblin Reservation |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Books: Dark Corner, The |
br |
H.P. Lovecraft: Selected Letters 1925-1929; James Reynolds: Ghosts in Irish Houses |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Moskowitz, Sam |
Introduction to Yevgeny Zamyatin's "The Cave" |
in |
has sf mag. history anth. Science Fiction by Gaslight(1968), covers period 1891-11, & Under the Moon of Mars(1970), covers period 1912-20; has many anth. incl. The Coming of the Robots(1963), Exploring Other Worlds(1963), Horrors Unknown(1971) |
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Zamyatin, Yevgeny |
Cave, The (Special Reprint Feature) |
ss |
(1884-1937) 1st pub. in 1922, & in his coll. The Dragon: Fifteen Stories(1968); trans. by Mirra Ginsburg; also pub. fiction as Eugene Zamiatin, has novel We(1924 US) that "anticipated George Orwell's novel 1984"; exiled in 1931, died in poverty in Paris |
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Brody, Larry |
Nightwalker |
ss |
1st pub. in 1967 |
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Delany, Samuel R. |
Films |
mr |
Barbarella(1968), dir. Roger Vadim, stars Jane Fonda; Delany has coll. Driftglass(1971), novels The Star Pit(1967), The Tides of Lust(1973), Dhalgren(1975; N-1975 NEB), Triton(1976; N-1976 NEB), Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand(1984; N-1987 CLA) |
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Saxton, Josephine |
Dormant Soul |
ss |
has novels Vector for Seven; or, the Weltanschauung of Mrs. Amelia Mortimer and Friends(1970), Group Feast(1971); colls. The Power of Time(1985), Little Tours of Hell: Tall Tales of Food and Holidays(1986) |
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Aandahl, Vance |
Drool |
vi |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Twin Sisters |
pm |
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Meadows, Patrick |
Pater One Pater Two |
nv |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Uncertain, Coy, and Hard to Please |
sces |
women's rights, then, now & in the future |
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Jennings, Gary |
After All the Dreaming Ends |
ss |
has nf books for young adults, The Movie Book(1963), Black Magic, White Magic(1964); edited mens magazines Duke, & Gent in 1962-63 |
| 1969 MAR |
Smith, Evelyn E. |
Calliope and Gherkin and the Yankee Doodle Thing |
nv |
has art teacher/painter Susan Melville, who inadvertently becomes a freelance assassin, mystery series, Miss Melville Regrets(1986), Miss Melville Returns(1987), Miss Melville's Revenge(1989), & Miss Melville Rides a Tiger(1991); see obit in LOC 2001 OCT |
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Bretnor, R. |
Party Night |
ss |
his interest in military theory spurred him to write articles & the nf book, Decisive Warfare(1969), as well as to edit The Future at War series of anth., Thor's Hammer(1979), The Spear of Mars(1980), & Orion's Sword(1980) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Latham, Philip |
After Enfer |
ss |
(1902-1981) ps. for astronomer Robert S. Richardson, is used for his fiction, & his real name used for science articles in sf mags.(see F&SF 1955 DEC, #721); 1st story pub. sf "N-Day" in ASF 1946 JAN; most famous story is "The Xi Effect" in ASF 1950 JAN |
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Lanier, Sterling E. |
Leftovers, The |
ss |
3rd story in his Brigadier Ffellowes series; has 1st novel, The War for the Lot(1969), a children's fantasy in which a boy is chosen telepathically to defend a tract from city rats(Clute) |
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Green, Joseph |
Affair With Genius, An |
ss |
(1931- ) born, raised & lives in Florida; writer of sf & technical journalism, works for NASA; has Biolog in ANA 1981 JUL 20; 1st story pub. sf "The Engineer" in NWS 1962 FEB; novelette "The Decision Makers," in GAL 1965 APR, N-1965 NEB |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Just Right |
sces |
mathematics; the square-cube law, & its relation to scales of models & giants |
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Tate, Peter |
Day the Wind Died, The |
nv |
( ?- ) Welsh journalist; 1st story pub. sf "The Post-Mortem People," NWS 1966 MAR; has coll. Seagulls under Glass(1975); novels The Thinking Seat(1969), Moon on an Iron Meadow(1974), Faces in the Flames(1976), The Swallow(1986), The Nightjar(1989) |
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McAllister, Bruce |
Benji's Pencil |
ss |
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| 1969 APR |
Benford, Greg |
Deeper Than the Darkness |
nv |
N-1969 NEB, novelette; N-1970 HUG, short story; exp. into 1st solo novel Deeper Than the Darkness(1970), & rev. vt The Stars in Shroud(GAL 1978 MAY-SEP; 1978; N-1979 LOC), which are about humanity's confrontation with aliens(Clute) |
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Harrison, Michael |
Some Very Odd Happenings at Kibblesham Manor House |
ss |
works at an ad agency in London; has coll. Transit of Venus(1936); has 1st sf novel Higher Things(1945); has novels The Darkened Room: An Arabesque (1951), in which a cat is kept artificially alive to further a blackmail scheme (Clute), & The Brain(1953) |
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Russ, Joanna |
Books |
br |
Keith Roberts: Pavane; Frederik Pohl: The Age of the Pussyfoot; Frank Herbert: The Santaroga Barrier; Margaret Jones: Transplant; Wilfred Blunt: Omar |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Books: Dark Corner, The |
br |
Henry Mazzeo(ed): Hauntings, Tales of the Supernatural; Phillip Van Doren Stern(ed): Strange Beasts and Unnatural Monsters; Nelson Bond: Nightmares and Daydreams; saga of Weird Tales, & Anubis |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Niven, Larry |
Not Long Before the End |
ss |
N-1969 NEB; 1970 HUG, short story; 1st story in his Mana ser.; all but one story in ser.(novella "The Magic Goes Away" in Odyssey 1976 SUM) appears in F&SF; also in Draco's Tavern seq. The Subject Is Closed(1977), The Schumann Computer(1979), Limits(1981) |
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Lee, William M. |
Trouble on Kort |
nv |
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Hubbard, P.M. |
House, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Incredible Shrinking People, The |
sces |
miniaturization; background to the movie Fantastic Voyage(1966), his novelization of its script (also 1966), and the scientific principles involved |
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Wyal, Pg |
Freak, The |
ss |
(1947?- ) 21-year old writer orig. from Southern California, now living in NYC; 1st story pub. sf/f "The Castle on the Crag" in ; has pub. 10 stories in sf/f mags. & anth. betw. 1969-1977, incl. AMZ, F&SF, FAN, WOT, Eternity, Future Pastimes, Protostars |
| 1969 MAY |
Anderson, Poul |
Operation Changeling |
no-1/2 |
4th story Afreet series; "Ginny & Steve Matuchek probe into the hell universe in search of their kidnapped daughter," Valeria/Victrix; has edited anth. with Karen Anderson, The Night Fantastic(1991) |
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Abeel, William C. |
Beast of Mouryessa, The |
ss |
born & raised in Texas, now lives in San Francisco |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Harrison, M. John |
London Melancholy |
ss |
(1945- ) 1st pub. story in the U.S.; Michael John Harrison, U.K. writer & rock climber from London; book editor for NWS; 1st story pub. sf "Baa Baa Blocksheep" in NWS 1968 NOV; has 1st novel The Committed Men(1971), coll. The Machine in Shaft Ten(1975) |
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Elgin, Suzette Haden |
For the Sake of Grace |
nv |
(1936- ) her 1st pub. story, becomes part of novel At the Seventh Level(1972) & part of her Trigalactic Intelligence Service agent Coyote Jones series; working name for writer & poet Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins Elgin |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Power of Progression, The |
sces |
overpopulation(also discussed in his science article in VSF 1958 JAN), the growth of population follows a mathematical progression; see related essays in 1967 MAR(#2465), 1980 MAY(#4445), & 1988 JUN(#5846) |
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