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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1972 AUG |
Goulart, Ron |
Gigolo |
ss |
has nf books, The Assault on Childhood(1972), Cheap Thrills: An Informal History of Pulp Magazines(1972), An American Family(1973) |
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Fritch, Charles E. |
If at First You Don't Succeed, to Hell With It! |
spf |
"some time ago, Mr. Fritch sent us a deal with the devil story which we returned with a polite note saying we didn't want to use another deal with the devil story ... ever. (He) responded with this piece, & having cleverly backed us into a corner ..." |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat |
sces |
hormones, their discovery; in particular, those from the thyroid gland |
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Lee, William |
To Gild a Unicorn |
nv |
also in F&SF as William M. Lee, for 3 earlier stories, in 1967 NOV, 1968 JUN & 1969 APR |
| 1972 SEP |
Ferman, Edward L. |
Coming Next Month |
note |
beginning with the 1972 OCT issue(23rd Anniversary Issue), there will be 16 additional pages to F&SF: 1st to accomodate long fiction w/o cutting down on short fiction, 2nd to please current readers & attract new ones; there will be no price increase |
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Niven, Larry |
What Good Is a Glass Dagger? |
nv |
N-1973 LOC, na; 3rd story in F&SF in his Mana series; the 1st story in this series, "Not Long Before the End" in F&SF 1969 APR, forms sort of a prologue for this story; see iv's in INZ #39 1990, Expanse #2 1994, LOC 1985AUG(#295), & LOC 1997 FEB(#433) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Books |
br |
Harry Harrison & Thomas J. Gordon(ed): Ahead of Time; Harlan Ellison: Again Dangerous Visions(Davidson also mentions a soon-to-be-published 3rd volume, Last Dangerous Visions, which he is supposed to be in & therefore can't review it) |
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Kearny, Gene |
Sweet Little Pool of Low-Cost Labor, A |
ss |
( ? -1979) Gene R. Kearney, majored in behavioral psychology at Harvard; wrote the screenplays for Games(1967), How I Spent My Summer Vacation(1967 TV), Night of the Lepus(1972; aka Rabbits); wrote/directed 7 episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Short Religious Novel, A |
vi |
has novel Overlay(1972); non-sf novel Underlay(1974; 1986), a humorous novel concerning a racetrack punter which some consider funniest book |
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Gunn, James E. |
Voices, The |
nv |
(1923- ) 1st & only story in F&SF in The Listeners ser., part of fixup novel The Listeners(1972; N-1973 JWC); born in Kansas City, educated at Univ. of Kansas where he's a Prof. of English & Journalism, and Director of the Center for the Study of S. F. |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Marriage of Art and Sciences, The (for Jerry) |
pm |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Sex and the S-F Film |
mr/tvr |
I Love You, I Kill You(1971 Germany); Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde(1972 UK), stars Ralph Bates |
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Sladek, John |
Broot Force by *s**c *s*m*v |
spf |
3rd story in his parody series, this one a parody of Isaac Asimov & his Three Laws of Robish(Robotics); has mystery novel Black Alice(1968) with Thomas M. Disch as collab. ps. Thom Demijohn; wrote rambling book column in TotU #7-14 & 16, 1990-1996 |
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Schutz, J.W. |
Wish, The |
nv |
has two adventure-sf novels, People of the Rings(1975 UK), & The Moon Microbe(1976 UK) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: World, Ceres, The |
sces |
asteroid Ceres, information & facts, as well as its history |
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MacLennan, Phyllis |
Thus Love Betrays Us |
ss |
has novel, Turned Loose on Irdra(1970) |
| 1972 OCT |
Bester, Alfred |
Animal Fair, The |
nv |
N-1972 NEB, novelette; has posthumously pub. novel, Tender Loving Rage(1991), written 20 years earlier, a mainstream novel set in 1959 New York(Clute); has autobiographical sketch in Aldiss & Harrison(ed): Hell's Cartographers(1975) |
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Goulart, Ron |
Books |
br |
E. Nelson Bridwell(ed): Superman: From the 30s to the 70s; E.C. Segar: Popeye; Les Daniels: Comix; Martin Sheridan: Comics and Their Creators; Goulart was a book reviewer for VSF 1969 MAY-1970 AUG |
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Farmer, Philip José |
Skinburn |
ss |
Riverworld ser. also incl. novels Crossing the Dark River(1992), Up the Bright River(1993), colls. Riverworld and Other Stories(1979), Riverworld War(1980); anth. ser. Tales of Riverworld(1992), Quest to Riverworld(1993); see interview in AMZ 1984 NOV |
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Lanier, Sterling E. |
And the Voice of the Turtle ... |
nv |
8th story in his Brigadier Ffellowes series; series coll. in The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes(1972; rvw. in F&SF 1973 DEC) |
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Fast, Howard |
Hoop, The |
ss |
has juvenile novel Tony and the Wonderful Door(1968; vt The Magic Door, 1980) |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Lotus Eaters, The |
ss |
has colls. Worlds of Fritz Leiber(1976; N-1977 LOC), Bazaar of the Bizarre(1978), Heroes and Horrors(1978; N-1979 WFA), Ship of Shadows(1979; N-1980 LOC), The Ghost Light(1984; W-1985 LOC), The Leiber Chronicles(1990; N-1991 LOC, WFA) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
"a short essay ... on what I look for in the fantastic film"; movies mentioned - Jason and the Argonauts(1963); Stairway to Heaven(1946); The Cat People(1942); The Innocents(1961); The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957); 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968); 1 more |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Harrison, Harry |
Strangers |
ss |
has To the Stars seq. Homeworld(1980), Wheelworld(1981), Starworld(1981): To the Stars(1981 omni); Eden ser. West of Eden(1984; N-1985 LOC), Winter in Eden(1986), Return to Eden(1988), alternate history, dinosaurs survived to become biotechnologists |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Unlikely Twins, The |
sces |
elements; carbon, Part 1 of 2; two of its kinds, graphite & diamonds; Part 2 in 1972 NOV(#3270) |
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Henderson, Zenna |
Thrumthing and Out |
nv |
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| 1972 NOV |
Pohl, Frederik & C.M. Kornbluth |
Meeting, The |
ss |
co-W-1973 HUG, short story(w. R.A. Lafferty's "Eurema's Dam"); N-1973 LOC, short fiction; story written by Pohl based on notes made by Kornbluth; "their collaboration spanned a period of about 20 years and produced roughly 35 short stories & 7 novels" |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
Brian W. Aldiss: This Moment of Eclipse; Chad Oliver: The Edge of Forever; Robert Silverberg(ed): Four Futures, & New Dimensions 1 |
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Eisenstein, Phyllis |
Inn of the Black Swan |
nv |
2nd story in her Alaric series; in the early 1970s, formed the Windy City Writers Group, with her husband/author Alex, & author George R.R. Martin |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Sladek, John |
Joy Ride by R*y Br*db*ry |
spf |
4th story in his parody ser., a parody of Ray Bradbury; has sf novel The Müller-Fokker Effect(1970), in which a man's character is transferred onto computer tape, the dissemination of several copies of this personality causing absurd events(Clute) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Man's Reach |
nv |
N-1973 LOC; never before published; for more biographical & bibliographical information on Anthony Boucher, see Annette Peltz McComas(ed): The Eureka Years, Boucher and McComas' Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1949-1954(1982; rvw. F&SF 1982 NOV) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Dinner at 8 for the Mud People |
mr/tvr |
Savages(1972); Eye of the Devil(1967 UK), stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven |
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Bier, Jesse |
Man on Zero-Four, The |
nv |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: One and Only, The |
sces |
elements; carbon, Part 2 of 2; carbon-based organic compounds, could some other element be versatile enough to help form life?; Part 1 in 1972 OCT(#3260) |
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Glaskin, G.M. |
Inheritors, The |
nv |
(1923- ) working name for Gerald Marcus Glaskin, an Australian living now in Holland; has sf novel A Change of Mind(1959), about hypnotic mind-transference betw. two men(Clute); nf book Windows of the Mind(1974), about psychic time travel |
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Coney, Michael G. |
Susanna, Susanna! |
ss |
(1932- ) 1st story of 2 in John Maine series; Michael Greatrex Coney, from England, now living in Antigua, manager of the Jabberwock Hotel; 1st story pub. "Sixth Sense" in VoT 1969 AUG |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 3 |
cmp |
all winners: Arthur D. Hlavaty; R.A. Boldt; Lawrence A. Perkins; Barry N. Malzberg; Tom Purdom; Linda Workman; Deborah Hambly; Wesley Koehler; Ralph Glisson; Mark Hora & Peter M. Basch; K.H. Burgett; Robert J. Morales; Ted Kriner; John Brunner |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 4 |
cmp |
send in the opening of a possible lead story in The Year's Worst Fantasy & Science Fiction, limit 75 words; example given |
| 1972 DEC |
Moore, Hal R. |
Doctor Dominoe's Dancing Doll |
nv |
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Moffitt, Donald |
Man Who Was Beethoven, The |
ss |
has Genesis series novels The Genesis Quest(1986), Second Genesis(1986), in which man contacts aliens after millions of years gap; Mechanical Sky ser. novels Crescent in the Sky(1990), A Gathering of Stars(1990), in which Arabs rule the space ways(Clute) |
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Russ, Joanna |
Books |
br |
Bunch: Moderan; Malzberg: The Falling Astronauts; O'Donnell: In the Pocket and Other SF Stories, & Gather in the Hall of the Planet; McAllister: Humanity Prime; M. John Harrison: The Committed Men; Runyon: Pig World; Sheckley: Can You Feel Anything ... |
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Green, Joseph |
Custom of the Children of Life, A |
ss |
has 1st novel The Loafers of Refuge(NWS 1962 APR, DEC, 1963 JUN; 1965 fixup UK), which chronicles the coming together of colonizing humans & human-like natives, to their mutual benefit, on the planet of Refuge(Clute) |
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Goulart, Ron |
Canned Heat |
ss |
8th story in Chameleon Corps series; has Jack Conger or Wild Talents series, A Talent for the Invisible(1973), The Panchronicon Plot(1977), Hello, Lemuria, Hello(1979); 2 Kung Fu novels, as by Howard Lee, Chains(1973), & Superstition(1973) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Minority Vampire, The |
mr/tvr |
Blacula(1972), has sequel - Scream, Blacula, Scream(1973); Die, Monster, Die(1965), based on H.P. Lovecraft's "Colour Out of Space," stars Boris Karloff; The Extraordinary Seaman(1969), stars David Niven, Faye Dunaway |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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de Camp, L. Sprague |
Books That Never Were |
ar |
to be pub. in his nf book, Scribblings(1972 NESFA); "books that were never written but exist only as titles or allusions in fiction"; incl. Egyptian Book of Thoth, medieval The Three Imposters, Book of Dzyan, Unknown Life of Christ, Necronomicon, etc |
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Moore, Raylyn |
Lobster Trick |
ss |
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