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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1972 APR |
Wellen, Edward |
No Other Gods |
ss |
between 1952-1993, Wellen has pub. over 65 short stories in sf/f & mystery magazines, & over has stories in about 18 anth. |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Moon Over Babylon |
sces |
calendar reform, Part 1 of 2; our seven-day week & its peculiarities - it all began with the Babylonians; Part 2 in 1972 JUN(#3208); has 9th coll. of F&SF science essays, The Left Hand of the Electron(1972) |
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Bier, Jesse |
No Vacancy |
nv |
(1925- ) Prof. at the Univ. of Montana; has had stories in ESQ, Best American Short Stories; has novel Trial at Bannock(1963), & a book of criticism, The Rise and Fall of American Humor(1968) |
| 1972 MAY |
Jennings, Gary |
Sooner or Later or Never Never |
nv |
1st story in his adventures of the Reverend Crispin Mobey series; Mobey might be described as "the inspector Clouseau of the ecclesiastic world" |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: People on the Tube, The |
mr/tvr |
The People(1972 TV), based on Zenna Henderson's The People ser. in F&SF, stars Kim Darby & William Shatner; briefly - The Night Stalker(1971 TV); Earth II(1971 TV); Something Evil(1972 TV); book Walt Lee: Reference Guide to Fantastic Films(1972) |
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Dean, William |
Passage in Italics, A |
ss |
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Moffitt, Donald |
Scroll, The |
ss |
(1936- ) VP of a Madison Ave public relations firm, has nf books Swindled!: Classic Business Frauds of the Seventies(1976), America Tomorrow(1977), & The Wall Street Journal Views America Tomorrow(1977); has 1st novel The Jupiter Theft(1977) |
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Tilley, Robert J. |
"Willie's Blues" |
nv |
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Goulart, Ron |
Masterpiece |
ss |
7th story in Chameleon Corps series; series coll. in The Chameleon Corps and Other Shape-Changers(1972); has novels Wildsmith(1972), The Tin Angel(1973), The Hellhound Project(1975) |
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Friedberg, Gertrude |
For Whom the Girl Waits |
ss |
has sf novel The Revolving Boy(1966), tells the story of a child sensitive from his unique birth in free fall to signals, possibly intelligent in origin, from beyond the Solar System(Clute) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has a part graphic short story "*," in Ellison(ed): Again, Dangerous Visions(1972) |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Science Fiction and the University |
in |
academic interest in sf is widespread; Jack Williamson notes, in Science Fiction in College(1971), the 1st college course in sf was at Colgate Univ. in 1962; consulting editor for this was Philip Klass, aka sf writer William Tenn, a Penn. State Univ. prof |
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Tenn, William |
Jazz Then, Musicology Now |
ar |
"looks at the long-range change in campus attitudes toward sf"; Tenn has novel Of Men and Monsters(1968); see his interview in LOC 1996 JUN(#425) |
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Clareson, Thomas D. |
SF: Academic Dimensions, The |
ar |
(1926-1993) "dimensions of the current academic scene"; Prof. of English at College of Wooster, editor of Extrapolation since 1959; has books SF: The Other Side of Realism(1971), Voices for the Future, Vol.1('76), Vol.2('79), Vol.3('83); obit LOC 1993 AUG |
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Suvin, Darko |
Books: Against Common Sense: Levels of SF Criticism |
br |
(1932- ) William Atheling Jr(Blish): More Issues at Hand; Donald A. Wollheim: The Universe Makers; Sam J. Lundwall: Science Fiction: What It's All About; Robert Silverberg(ed): The Mirror of Infinity; Suvin is a Prof. of English at McGill Univ.(Montreal) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Academe and I |
sces |
personal look at his dual role as a writer & teacher; mentions Neil Goble: Asimov Analyzed(1972), by which Goble earned his MS degree; answers some questions that he is over-frequently asked |
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Williamson, Jack |
Colleges Offering Courses in Fantasy or Science Fiction |
misc |
1st pub. in his nf book, Science Fiction in College(1971); discusses his youth in coll. The Early Williamson(1975); see also autobiography, Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction(1984; W-1985 HUG; N-1985 LOC); used ps. Will Stewart for Seetee stories |
| 1972 JUN |
Gotlieb, Phyllis |
Son of the Morning |
na |
N-1972 NEB; 1973 LOC, novella; "concerns, among other things, a couple of unusual aliens, specifically 2 huge, crimson cats, who pay an unplanned visit to a 19th century Polish village"; has coll. Son of the Morning and Other Stories(1983) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: "They're Coming to Get You, Barbara" |
mr/tvr |
Night of the Living Dead(1968); The Orchid(?), a short directed by Samuel R. Delany |
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Siodmak, Curt |
Variation of a Theme |
ss |
(1902-2000) born in Dresden, had 18 novels pub. in Germany before emigrating to U.S. in 1937; film writer/director some of the great horror movies of the 40s & 50s, incl. The Wolf Man(1941), I Walked with a Zombie(1943), The Beast with Five Fingers(1946) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Walker, Paul |
Affair With a Lonesome Monster |
ss |
(1921- ) writer & critic; has book reviews in GAL 1977 NOV-1979 MAR; has 3 stories in GAL 1978 MAR, JUN, & NOV; book of interviews, Speaking of Science Fiction: The Paul Walker Interviews(1978); sf novel Who Killed Utopia?(1980) |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
William H. Walling: No One Goes There Now; Ernest Tidyman: Absolute Zero; Gordon Eklund: The Eclipse of Dawn; David Gerrold & Larry Niven: The Flying Sorcerers; K.M. O'Donnell: Universe Day; Gordon R. Dickson: Sleepwalker's World |
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Cottrell, William D. |
Hundred Miles Is Forever, A |
ss |
(1906-1995) wrote screenplays for Pinocchio(1940), The Reluctant Dragon(1941), Peter Pan(1953); has background in theater; a teacher in acting on the stage, at the American Theater Wing in NYC |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Week Excuse, The |
sces |
calendar reform, Part 2 of 2; why not a new one?; possible new & better ways to have a calendar; Part 1 in 1972 APR(#2185) |
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Wolfe, Gene |
Tarzan of the Grapes |
ss |
has Archipelago ser., which incl. "The Death of Doctor Island" in Carr(ed): Universe 3(1973), W-1973 NEB; 1974 LOC; N-1974 HUG, JUP; ser. coll. in The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories(1980), & omnibus The Wolfe Archipelago(1983) |
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Pohl, Frederik |
Sad Solarian Screenwriter Sam |
ss |
has novel with C.M. Kornbluth, Gladiator-at-Law(GAL 1954 JUN-AUG; 1955), Wolfbane(GAL 1957 OCT-NOV; 1957); has Eden ser. w. Jack Williamson, Undersea Quest(1954), Undersea Fleet(1956), Undersea City(1958) |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 42: 1972 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1972 JUL |
Vance, Jack |
Brave Free Men, The |
no-1/2 |
N-1973 LOC, novel; 2nd story in his planet Durdane, or Gastel Etzwane ser.; Etzwane tries to uncover the mystery of the origins of the half-human race known as the Roguskhoi, who attack the civilized people of Shant; Vance W-1984 WFA, Lifetime Achievement |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
Lester del Rey: Pstalemate; Curt Siodmak: The Third Ear; Richard Matheson: Hell House; Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe of Heaven; Avram Davidson: Peregrine: Primus; Josephine Saxton: Group Feast |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Tushnet, Leonard |
Practical Invention, A |
ss |
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Berman, Ruth |
3-OK |
ss |
(1942- ) graduate student in English literature & part-time teacher; her 1st or 2nd pub. sf story, has sold fantasy elsewhere & sf poems to SRL; lives in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Z.P.G.–P.U. |
mr/tvr |
Z.P.G.(1972), stars Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chapman; short reviews - Monster Zero(1970 Japan); Curse of the Crying Woman(1964 Mexico) |
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Wilson, Robin Scott |
For a While There, Herbert Marcuse, I Thought You Were Maybe Right About Alienation and Eros |
ss |
this story is considered by some to be one of his best works(Clute) |
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Barr, Stephen |
Sense of the Future, A |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Tragedy of the Moon, The |
sces |
Moon; suppose the Earth lacked a moon – what would happen?; see sequel science essay "The Triumph of the Moon" in 1973 JUN(#3365) |
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Bongianni, Wayne |
New and Happy Woman, A |
ss |
student at an sf writing workshop at the Univ. of California, taught by Bruce McAllister |
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Pohl, Frederik |
Shaffery Among the Immortals |
ss |
N-1972 NEB; has novel w. Lester del Rey as Edson McCann, Preferred Risk(GAL 1955 JUN-SEP; 1955); w. Kornbluth, Search the Sky(1954; rev. 1985), Gladiator-at-Law(1955; rev. 1986), Wolfbane(1959; rev. 1986); novel Drunkard's Walk(1960) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 2 |
cmp |
all winners: Mike Eddinger; Ralph C. Glisson; F. William Kuethe Jr & Pat Albert; J. Burne |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 3 |
cmp |
send misprints caused by a substitution/omission of 1 letter only of any sf/f title or phrase, e.g.: The Spice Merchants, by Pohl & Kornbluth |
| 1972 AUG |
Ellison, Harlan |
Basilisk |
ss |
W-1973 LOC; N-1972 NEB; 1973 HUG, nv; H.E.: "It says what I have wanted to say about war for many years ... I have included things in the background that are incorrect as far as the Vietnam War is concerned ... because ... this is but is not Vietnam ..." |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Books: Dark Corner, The |
br |
Thomas P. Prest: Varney the Vampire; Bleiler(ed): Five Victorian Ghost Novels, & The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories; Seabury Quinn: Is the Devil a Gentleman?; Donald Sidney-Fryer: Songs and Sonnets Atlantean; Colin Wilson: The Philosopher's Stone |
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Harrison, Harry |
Critics Critic, The |
lttr |
according to Harrison, there were many errors in Alexei & Cory Panshin's book review, in F&SF 1972 MAR, of anthologies edited by Harrison(Best SF: 1970, w. Brian W. Aldiss, & SF: Author's Choice 3) |
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Panshin, Alexei |
Panshin Replies |
lttr |
in response to Harry Harrison's criticism of his 1972 MAR book review(with his wife Cory); Alexei, also in F&SF w. co-author Joe L. Hensley as collab. ps. Loius J.A. Adams, won a 1967 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer; has website www.enter.net/~torve/ |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Sladek, John |
Engineer to the Gods by R*b*rt H**nl**n |
spf |
2nd story in parody ser., a parody of Robert Heinlein; co-edited w. Pamela Zoline, Ronald Reagan: The Magazine of Poetry(2 issues, 1968); has 1st sf novel, The Reproductive System(1968; vt Mechasm, 1969), a self-reproducing device goes out control(Clute) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Candy Coated Robots |
mr/tvr |
Silent Running(1971), stars Bruce Dern |
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Vance, Jack |
Brave Free Men, The |
no-2/2 |
has Alastor Cluster seq. Trullion(1973), Marune(1975), Wyst(1978), Alastor(1995); Gaen Reach seq. The Gray Prince(1974), Maske: Thaery(1976); Cadwell Chronicles seq. Araminta Station(1987), Ecce and Old Earth(1991), Throy(1992); see website vance.hw.nl/ |
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Sohl, Jerry |
Jelna |
ss |
(1913- ) working name for Gerald Allan Sohl Sr, writer & former journalist; 1st story pub. sf "The 7th Order"(in TOC as "The Seventh Order") in GAL 1952 MAR; used ps. Nathan Butler, Sean Mei Sullivan, Roberta Mountjoy; has 1st novel The Haploids(1952) |
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