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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1971 MAY |
Blish, James |
Books |
br |
Jon Hartridge: Binary Device; Roger Zelazny: Nine Princes in Amber; Frank Herbert: Whipping Star; R.A. Lafferty: Fourth Mansions; Stanislaw Lem: Solaris |
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Goulart, Ron |
Books |
br |
Tony Goldstone(ed): The Pulps |
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Effinger, George Alec |
Free Pass to the Carnival, A |
ss |
(1947-2002) his 1st sale, to be pub. in Robin Scott Wilson(ed): Clarion(1971), which also has his stories "Trouble Follows" & "The Westfield Heights Mall Monster"; attended 1970 & 1971 Clarion; also in F&SF as Geo. Alec Effinger, & under ps. O. Niemand |
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Moore, Raylyn |
If Something Begins |
ss |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
The Phantom Tollbooth(1969), stars David Monahan; Zachariah(1971), stars John Rubinstein, & Country Joe and the Fish; When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth(1970); Searles has nf book Films of Science Fiction and Fantasy(1988) |
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Bryant, Edward |
Her Lover's Name Was Death |
ss |
(1945- ) has lived mostly in Wyoming; has BA & MA degrees in English from Univ. of Wyoming, the latter in 1968; attended Clarion SF Writers' Workshop in 1968 & 69; 1st story pub. sf "They Come Only in Dreams" in Adam, in 1970; fulltime freelance writer |
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Biggle, Lloyd Jr |
Frayed String on the Stretched Forefinger of Time, The |
ss |
has novel The World Menders(ANA 1971 FEB-APR; 1971), Monument(ANA 1961 JUN; N-1962 HUG, short story; exp. 1974), Silence Is Deadly(1977); two Sherlock Holmes pastiches The Quailsford Inheritance(1986), The Glendower Conspiracy(1990) |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Yearbook (To Carol Asch Reals) |
vi |
has novel Confessions of Westchester County(1971); has used ps. Mike Barry for mystery novels Bay Prowler(1973), Havana Hit(1974), & at least 12 more; used ps. Lee W. Mason, M.L. Johnson, & Mel Johnson for mystery or sf stories |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Pompey and Circumstance |
sces |
luck & coincidence; Roman General Gnaeus Pompeius(better-known as Pompey), & how luck aided him until age 42, then deserted him - because he entered Jerusalem's Holy of Holies in 64 B.C.? |
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Aickman, Robert |
Ringing the Changes |
nv |
1st pub. in Cynthia Asquith(ed): The Third Ghost Book(1955); edited books The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories(1964), The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories(1966), #3-8(1967-72) |
| 1971 JUN |
Niven, Larry |
There's a Wolf in My Time Machine |
ss |
3rd story in his Hanville Svetz series; has State ser. Rammer(1971), Night on Mispec Moor(1974), A World Out of Time(GAL 1971, 1976; 1976 fixup; N-1977 LOC); has novel w. Jerry Pournelle, Inferno(GAL 1975 AUG-SEP; 1975; N-1976 NEB; 1977 HUG, LOC) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Books |
br |
James H. Schmitz: A Pride of Monsters; Gordon R. Dickson: Mutants; James Blish: Anywhen; Ellison has coll. as by Paul Merchant, Sex Gang(1958); has autobiographical street-gang study Memos from Purgatory(1961) |
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Wilson, Richard |
Day They Had the War, The |
ss |
has novelette "Mother to the World" in Damon Knight(ed): Orbit 3(1968), W-1968 NEB; N-1969 HUG; has novella "The Story Writer," in Destinies 1979 APR, was N-1979 NEB |
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Delany, Samuel R. & James Sallis |
They Fly at Ciron |
nv |
(1942- ; 1944- ) this story was expanded into the novel They Fly at Ciron(1993); Delany has Neveryon ser. Tales of Neveryon(1979), Neveryona(1983; N-1984 LOC), Flight from Neveryon(1985; N-1986 LOC), The Bridge of Lost Desire(1987) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
The Andromeda Strain(1971), based on Michael Crichton novel, stars Arthur Hill; Carnival of Souls(1962), stars Candace Hilligoss; Searles has nf book Epic! History on the Big Screen(1990), which presents the history of the world as seen thru the movies |
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Barr, Stephen |
Man Trainers, The |
ss |
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Pronzini, Bill |
Man Who Collected "The Shadow," The |
ss |
during 1970s he ghosted a number of Mike Shayne novelettes for MSMM under the name of Shayne's creator Brett Halliday(1904-1977)(DeAndrea); as of late 1997 has pub. more than 50 novels, over 300 short stories & articles, at least 60 anthologies(Heising) |
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Green, Joseph |
Butterflies of Beauty, The |
nv |
2nd & last story in F&SF in his Allan Odegaard series; series is coll. in fixup novel Conscience Interplanetary(1972 UK; rvw. F&SF 1974 JUN) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Eureka Phenomenon, The |
sces |
scientific intuition flashes, "Eureka" moments of revelation in history & how they happen |
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Bishop, Michael |
Tapestry of Little Murders, A |
ss |
has na "Death and Designation Among the Asadi" in IFS 1973 JAN/FEB, N-1973 NEB 1974-HUG, LOC, made into fixup novel Transfigurations(1979; N-1980 LOC; 1981 BSF); nv "On the Street of the Serpents," in Gerrold: Science Fiction Emphasis #1(1974), N-1974 NEB |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 40: 1971 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1971 JUL |
Ferman, Edward L. |
In This Issue |
note |
change of text type face that took place with the 1971 MAY issue, the type is now set by computer in Concord, NH; overall gain is 3,000 extra words per issue; Ferman and F&SF won four Hugo Awards, 1969-72, for Best Magazine |
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Zelazny, Roger |
Jack of Shadows |
no-1/2 |
N-1972 LOC; "on a world in which one side always faces the sun, a thief named Jack from the darkside(where magic reigns) goes to the lightside(where science reigns) to find out why the two sides are so different; pub. book form in 1971; rvw. F&SF 1972 APR |
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Wolfe, Gene |
Sweet Forest Maid |
ss |
has 1st pub. story "The Grave Secret" in The Commentator 1951 JAN, & in his coll. Young Wolfe(1992); has na "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" in Knight(ed): Orbit 10(1972), N-1972 NEB; 1973 HUG, LOC, & which became part of fixup novel of same name(1972) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
THX 1138(1971), dir. George Lucas(his directorial debut, it is an expanded version of a prize-winning featurette he made at the Univ. of Southern California), stars Robert Duvall & Donald Pleasence |
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Niven, Larry |
For a Foggy Night |
ss |
1st pub. in Decal 1968 JUL; has Integral Trees seq. The Integral Trees(ANA 1983-84 OCT-JAN; 1984; W-1985 LOC; N-1984 NEB; 1985 HUG, SCF), The Smoke Ring(ANA 1987 JAN-APR; 1987; N-1988 LOC); has Man-Kzin Wars anth. ser.(#I-VIII; 1988-98) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Books: Dark Corner, The |
br |
Clark Ashton Smith: Other Dimensions, & Zothique; Joan Kahn(ed): Some Things Dark and Dangerous; Stephen Gilbert: Ratman's Notebooks |
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Gillgannon, Michael |
Un-Inventor Wanted |
ss |
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Dybek, Stuart |
Palatski Man, The |
ss |
(1942- ) born in Chicago, IL; will be attending Iowa Univ. for a degree in creative writing; just finished teaching junior high for two years in St. Thomas; has novel Brass Knuckles(1979); coll. Childhood and Other Neighborhoods(1980) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Bill & I |
sces |
Shakespeare; Asimov explains William Shakespeare, an example of his annotated book Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare(1970), & why he wrote it |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Exter, Maureen Bryan |
New Boy |
nv |
also in F&SF as Maureen Exter, & under her real name, E.M. Goldman |
| 1971 AUG |
Bova, Ben |
Slight Miscalculation, A |
ss |
technical editor for Project Vanguard 1956-58, & for a research lab 1960-71; editor of ANA 1972 JAN- 1978 NOV, & at Omni 1978 OCT-1979 DEC; W-1973, 1977 & 1979 HUG, best editor; has 1st sf pub. children's novel The Star Conquerors(1959) |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
Patrick Moore: Atlas of the Universe; Harry Harrison: The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge; Lois & Stephen Rose: The Shattered Ring; James Sallis: A Few Last Words |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
To the Editor |
lttr |
letter in response to Joanna Russ book review in 1971 APR, says she has gone beyond criticism to "mischief-making" |
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Zelazny, Roger |
Jack of Shadows |
no-2/2 |
has colls. The Illustrated R.Z.(1978), Frost and Fire(1989); novels A Night in the Lonesome October(1993); collab. on novels with Sheckley, Bester, Gerald Hausman, Thomas T. Thomas, & on anth. w. Greenberg; Donnerjack(1997), Lord Demon(1999) w. Lindskold |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Sherman, D.R. |
Ring of Black Coral, A |
ss |
(1934- ) wn. for Denis Ronald Sherman; born in Calcutta, India; lives in Seychelles; has novels Old Mali and the Boy(1964), Into the Noonday Sun(1966), Brothers of the Sea(1972), Ryan(1973), The Boat(1973), The Lion's Paw(1974), Pride of the Hunter(1979) |
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Chandler, A. Bertram |
Pied Potter, The |
ss |
has novels in John Grimes/Rim World ser., Into the Alternate Universe(1964), Contraband from Other-Space(1967), The Road to the Rim(1967), False Fatherland(1968; vt Spartan Planet, 1969 US), To Prime the Pump(1971), coll. The Rim Gods(1969) |
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Meadows, Patrick |
Rag, a Bone, A |
ss |
concerns cryogenics |
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Davidson, Avram |
Loups-Garous |
pm |
has coll. Strange Seas and Shores(1971); has Peregrine series, 1st novel being Peregrine: Primus(1971), about Peregrine, the son of "the last pagan king in lower Europe," in a world reminiscent of Classical Rome(Clute); one more novel in series |
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Eisenstein, Phyllis |
Born to Exile |
nv |
(1946- ) 1st story in her teleporting minstrel named Alaric series; attended the Univ. of Chicago, lives in Chicago; 1st story pub. sf "The Trouble with the Past" with her husband Alex, in Robert Silverberg(ed): New Dimensions I(1971) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Prime Quality |
sces |
numbers; prime numbers; a proof that says that the number of primes is infinite, etc; long addendum: new work on tachyons verifies what Asimov said in science essay "The Luxon Wall" in 1969 DEC(#2854) |
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Dean, William |
Occurrence on the Mars-to-Earth Run #128, at Approximately 2400 Hours, 21 January 2038, An |
vi |
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| 1971 SEP |
Cox, Arthur Jean |
Collector of Ambroses, A |
nv |
(1929- ) also in F&SF as Jean Cox, Arthur J. Cox, & under the ps. John Thames Rokesmith("Writers of the Purple Page" in 1977 MAY) |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
Larry Niven: Ringworld; D.G. Compton: Chronocules; James White: Tomorrow Is Too Far; Lester del Rey: Nerves, & The Eleventh Commandment |
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Myers, Howard L. |
Fit for a Dog |
ss |
(1930-1971) has novel Cloud Chamber(1977), combines cosmology, antimatter invaders of our universe, sex, & effortless rebirth of all sentient beings in a wide-ranging space opera climaxing in its hero's arrival at nirvana(Clute); freelance writer |
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Reed, Kit |
Underground |
ss |
has novel Cry of the Daughter(1971), "about four women bound to the future by their past"; suspense thriller Tiger Rag(1973) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
The House that Dripped Blood(1971); Creation of the Humanoids(1962), based on the novel by Jack Williamson; Searles has anth. Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows, & Weefolk(1991), with Brian M. Thomsen |
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