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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1973 AUG |
MacLennan, Phyllis |
Magic White Horse With His Heart in His Mouth, The |
vi |
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Petrie, Graham |
Herman |
ss |
(1941- ) British, born in Malaysia, educated there & in Scotland; teaches film & sf at McMaster Univ.(Hamilton, Ontario); has pub. fiction in PBY, Encounter, etc; has pub. film criticism & book The Cinema of Francois Truffaut(1970) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Constant As the North Star |
sces |
equinoxes, Part 1 of 2; the stars Polaris & Thuban(the North stars); Earth's rotation & shape, and the precession of the equinoxes; Part 2 in 1973 SEP(#3408) |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Bear Went Over the Mountain, The |
na |
3rd & last story in her Roxy Rimidon of the Planet Patrol series; Roxy goes on her 1st off-Earth assignment, to the wet colony planet of Vogl to set up a Planet Patrol Academy; series coll. in fixup novel Planet Patrol(1978) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 5 |
cmp |
Feghoot contest, judged by Grendel Briarton(Reginald Bretnor); in order to protect the copyright of F. Feghoot, winning entries have been revised by G.B. & pub. under his byline; each winning Feghoot will be given a separate entry in this index |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
67th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Thomas C. Gutheil, MD - 1st prize in Competition 5 |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
68th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to William David Broxon - 2nd prize in Competition 5 |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
69th story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to Paul Major - Runner-Up in Competition 5 |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
70th & last story in F&SF in Feghoot series; with thanks to F.M. Busby - Runner-Up in Competition 5 |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 6 |
cmp |
suggested by Roger Klorese - submit bawdy limericks relating to sf novels or short stories, e.g.(given on p.56): a limerick based on Asimov's story "Nightfall" |
| 1973 SEP |
Pohl, Frederik |
In the Problem Pit |
na |
N-1974 LOC, JUP, novella; the problems & resolutions of a group of 16 people who take part in a national problem-pit think-tank program that takes place in the Arecibo cave system in Puerto Rico; has novel Slave Ship(GAL 1956 MAR-MAY; 1956) |
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del Rey, Lester |
Frederik Pohl: Frontiersman |
bio |
profile of Pohl & a critical appraisal of his work; Pohl, born in Brooklyn, helped develop NYCon, the 1st World S.F. Convention in 1939; del Rey 1st met Pohl in 1939 when Pohl was editing AST & SSS; Pohl started N.Y. sf Hydra Club in about 1947-48; etc |
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Owings, Mark |
Frederik Pohl: Bibliography |
bib |
alphabetical listing of his books & stories & collaborations; Owings has nf books The Necronomicon: A Study(1967 chap), & w. var. co-authors the bibliographies of Leinster(1970), Simak(1971), Lovecraft(1973), Heinlein(1973), Schmitz(1973), Anderson(1973) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Blood Up to Here |
mr/tvr |
Theatre of Blood(1973 UK), stars Vincent Price, Diana Rigg; Picture of Dorian Grey(1973 TV), stars Shane Briant |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has book Harry, the Fat Bear Spy(1973) |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Helmet, The |
vi |
has novel Herovit's World(1973; N-1974 JUP, LOC), in which an sf writer struggles to cope with real life & the pressures of the market, a scathing critique of the market forces shaping contemporary sf(Clute) |
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Moore, Ward |
Dominions Beyond |
ss |
1st pub. in PST 1954 AUG 28, as "The Second Trip to Mars" |
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Pronzini, Bill |
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might |
vi |
B.P. called mystery's Blood Type O for ability to collab. w. many, incl. Malzberg, Marcia Muller, John Lutz, Collin Wilcox, & Jack Anderson(DeAndrea/Heising); w. Muller has nf 1001 Midnights: Aficionado's Guide to Mystery & Detective Fiction(1986; N-EDG) |
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Wellen, Edward |
Cryonauts, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Signs of the Time |
sces |
equinoxes, Part 2 of 2; effects of the precession of the equinoxes; details of the celestial sphere(constellations) around the Earth, & astrology; Part 1 in 1973 AUG(#3391) |
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Busby, F.M. |
Cage a Man |
nv |
(1921- ) 1st & only story in F&SF in Barton/Demu ser.; ser. novels Cage A Man(1974 fixup), The Proud Enemy(1975), The Demu Trilogy(1980); Francis Marion Busby Jr; sf fan, co-editor w. wife Elinor of fanzine Cry of the Nameless(W-1960 HUG, best fanzine) |
| 1973 OCT |
Bretnor, R. |
Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All |
nv |
has anth. on sf, Science Fiction, Today and Tomorrow(1974), & The Craft of Science Fiction(1976), has articles by well-known sf writers(Clute) |
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Leiber, Fritz |
Cat Three |
ss |
see iv in Platt: Dream Makers II(1983; rev. 1987); ar's "Dead Ringers: The Leiber-Lovecraft Connection" in Crypt of Cythulhu #76 1990, & "The Creators of Science Fiction - #9: Fritz Leiber" in INZ 1997 SEP; see website www.lankhmar.demon.co.uk/ |
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Davidson, Avram |
Books |
br |
Edward D. Hoch: The Fellowship of the Hand; Peter Tate: Country Love and Poison Rain; Ben Bova(ed): The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. Two A & Two B |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Garrett, Randall |
Color Me Deadly |
nv |
in 1970s Garrett took up the priesthood for awhile; after abandoning it, he married his 3rd wife, writer Vicki Ann Heydron, with whom he collab. on their Gandalara seq.(mainly written by Heydron), beginning with The Steel of Raithskar(1981) |
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Wilhelm, Kate |
Whatever Happened to the Olmecs? |
nv |
has colls. Abyss(1971), The Infinity Box(1975; title story N-1971 NEB, na), Somerset Dreams(1978), Listen, Listen(1981), Children of the Wind(1989); fixup novel Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang(1976; W-1977 HUG, JUP, JWC, LOC; N-1976 NEB) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Last Wizard, The |
vi |
1st pub. in EQMM 1972 DEC; Davidson had a lifelong interest in spiritual matters & in 1970 converted to the Tenrikyo faith(a form of Shintoism), spent time in Japan, learned Japanese, & trans. a number of Tenrikyo texts to English(Wessells) |
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Wellman, Manly Wade |
Dead Man's Chair |
ss |
1st story in F&SF in S. Appalachia ser.; "Some 25 years ago, I began wandering the Southern Appalachians, looking for old songs & old tales, making friends with the mountain people, finally building a cabin among them where I spend what time I can spare" |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Revivals, Repeats and Reflections |
mr/tvr |
2001: A Space Odyssey(1968), based loosely on Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel" in TEN 1951 SPR; Mary Poppins(1964); The Borgia Stick(1966 TV); The Thief of Bagdad(1940 UK), won Oscar Award for photography |
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Norton, Andre |
London Bridge |
ss |
has colls. High Sorcery(1970), Garan the Eternal(1972), The Many Worlds of ...(1974), Perilous Dreams(1976); Witch World seq., 1st Witch World(1963); iv's in FAN 1980 OCT, MZBFM 1991 SPR, PWr #16 1998; W-1984 NEB, Grandmaster; W-1998 WFA, Lifetime Achiev. |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Forecast From an Orbiting Satellite |
pm |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Mispronounced Metal, The |
sces |
elements; aluminum; on p.116 is a box stating 1973 will mark the publication of Asimov's 150th book, & lists the 16 books published already, or due to be published, in 1973; this essay is his 180th & marks this column's 15th complete year in F&SF |
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Effinger, Geo. Alec |
Lights Out |
nv |
Effinger moved to New Orleans in 1972; 1st novel What Entropy Means to Me(1972; N-1972 NEB; 1973 LOC), "elaborate ... space opera, family romance & quest fable ..."(Clute); has used ps. John K. Diomede, & Susan Doenim for some of his early short stories |
| 1973 NOV |
Gotlieb, Phyllis |
Mother Lode |
nv |
has Sven Dahlgren series of novels, O Master Caliban!(1976), Heart of Red Iron(1989), which take place on a planet set aside for environmental experiments(Clute); has anth. w. Douglas Barbour(ed): Tesseracts2(1987), showcases Canadian sf |
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Coleman, Sidney |
Books |
br |
Michael Moorcock: An Alien Heat; David Gerrold: The Man Who Folded Himself; Richard E. Peck: Final Solution |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Eklund, Gordon |
Beasts in the Jungle, The |
nv |
has novel All Times Possible(1974), in which parallel worlds intensifies & darkens the picture of political realities at work through the 2nd quarter of the 20th century(Clute) |
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Pronzini, Bill |
Thirst |
ss |
best known for his Nameless Detective ser., a pulp-collector P.I. from San Francisco, 1st in ser. The Snatch(1971); 7th one, Hoodwink(1981), W-Shamus Award; 14th & 23rd, Bones(1985), & Sentinels(1996), N-Shamus Awards; 24th was Illusions(1997) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Some Garlic for Jonathan |
mr/tvr |
Jonathan(1970 Germany); The Legend of Hell House(1973), scripted by Richard Matheson & based on his own novel |
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Brennan, Herbie |
Big City |
ss |
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de Camp, L. Sprague |
Decline and Fall of Adam, The |
ar |
history of the battle betw. the Fundamentalists(Adamists or creationists) & the evolutionists; de Camp in Harold Shea ser., novel Sir Harold and the Gnome King(1991), & anth. w. Christopher Stasheff, The Enchanter Reborn(1992), The Exotic Enchanter(1995) |
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Anderson, Poul |
Pugilist, The |
nv |
an unusually grim story, says Anderson: "it starts at the bottom and continues on downhill"; has novel The Longest Voyage(1991); coll. Kinship with the Stars(1991); sf/f poetry coll. Staves(1993; 1999); omnibus Virgin Planet and Star Ways(2000) |
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Tushnet, Leonard |
Galaxy Travel Service, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Figure of the Fastest, The |
sces |
speed of light; determining the speed of light, other details of its speed; a sequel of sorts, to science essay "The Clock in the Sky" in 1972 DEC(#3285) |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Closed Sicilian |
ss |
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| 1973 DEC |
Tiptree, James Jr |
Women Men Don't See, The |
nv |
N-1974 LOC; 1975 JUP; has 1967 PhD in Experimental Psychology, George Washington Univ.; taught psychology at American U., G.W.U., 1955-68; 1st story pub. "The Lucky Ones" in NYM, in 1946; 1st story pub. sf "Birth of a Salesman" in ANA 1968 MAR as Tiptree |
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Gold, Herbert |
Time-Sharing Man |
ss |
has autobiography, My Last Two Thousand Years(1972); colls. The Magic Will(1971), Lovers and Cohorts(1986); nf book Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in Haiti(1991); novel She Took My Arm As If She Loved Me(1997) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Books: Dark Corner, The |
br |
Wilke Collins: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural; Lanier: The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes; Frank Belknap Long: The Rim of the Unknown; Jacobi: Disclosures in Scarlet; Lumley: The Caller of the Black; Ramsey Campbell: Demons by Daylight |
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Lupoff, Richard A. |
12:01 P.M. |
ss |
has 1st novel One Million Centuries(1967; rev. 1981), another recursive tale involving Burroughs; has coll. of parodies, The Ova Hamlet Papers(FAN 1970-76 as by Ova Hamlet; 1979 chap), w. some of these parodies in fixup novel Sacred Locomotive Files(1971) |
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