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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1975 AUG |
Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Wicked Witch Is Dead, The |
sces |
witches, sorceresses, women & aging; Biblical mentions of witchcraft, in the Middle Ages, & the persecution of witches & witchcraft |
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Eisenberg, Larry |
Dr. Snow Maiden |
ss |
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Goulart, Ron |
Falling Apart |
ss |
has novels When the Waker Sleeps(1975), The Enormous Hourglass(1976) |
| 1975 SEP |
Thurston, Robert |
Dream by Number |
nv |
has TV tie-in Battlestar Galactica novels, w. Glen A. Larson, Battlestar Galactica(1978), #2: The Cylon Death Machine(1979), #3: The Tombs of Kobol(1979), #4: The Young Warriors(1980), #11: The Nightmare Machine(1985), #12: Die, Chameleon!(1986) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: on H.P. Lovecraft, "the salutary effect of chastity upon life in a commercial establishment"; L. Sprague de Camp: Lovecraft: A Biography; Budrys has non-sf novel, Truman and the Pendergasts(1963); nf book Bicycles ... How to Fix Them(1976) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Lumley, Brian |
No Way Home |
ss |
has occult detective Titus Crow ser. The Transition of Titus Crow(1975), The Clock of Dreams(1978), Spawns of the Winds(1978), In the Moons of Borea(1979); Psychomech trilogy, Psychomech(1984), Psychosphere(1984), Psychamok(1985); Demogorgon(1987) |
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Cogswell, Theodore R. |
Grandfather Clause |
ss |
has Star Trek novel, Spock, Messiah!(1976), with Charles A. Spano |
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Garrett, Randall |
Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill, The |
nv |
N-1975 NEB, novelette; novels also in Gandalara seq. incl. The Glass of Dyskornis(1982), The Bronze of Eddarta(1983), The Well of Darkness(1983), The Search for Ka(1984), Return to Eddarta(1985), & The River Wall(1986) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
The International Animation Festival; essay: "speculative fiction ... is the literature of the mind's eye ... & no camera & production crew can match the visions created by the capable author & the imaginative reader in combination" |
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Moore, Raylyn & John Penney |
Valentino, Bogart, Dean and Other Ghosts |
ss |
(1928- ; ? - ? ) |
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Martin, George R.R. |
Runners, The |
ss |
also in F&SF w. George Florance-Guthridge; has 1st novel, Dying of the Light(1977; N-1978 LOC; 1979 BFA, HUG); Windhaven(ANA 1975 MAY, novella "The Storms of Windhaven" w. Lisa Tuttle; exp. 1981; N-1982 LOC); coll. Songs of Stars and Shadows(1977) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Wrong Turning, The |
sces |
planets' & satellites' orbits & orbital eccentricities |
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Manders, Harry |
Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others, The |
nv |
(1918- ) 3rd in Farmer's Pseudonym series, Harry "Bunny" Manders being the ps. for Philip José Farmer; editor's story intro describes 'Mander's' life & that of his senior partner & mentor Arthur J. Raffles; Farmer evidently having lot of fun w. these ps. |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
Charles W. Runyon(Russ br in 1975 APR); Roy J. Schenck(Russ br's); Jonathan Swift Somers III(ps. for Philip José Farmer); Roderick G. Bates("Sherlock Holmes Versus Mars"); Mycroft Holmes("brother" of Sherlock Holmes) |
| 1975 OCT |
Cowper, Richard |
Custodians, The |
nv |
(1926-2002) N-1975 NEB, nv; N-1976 HUG, LOC, na; ps. for John Middleton Murry Jr, his 1st appearance in any sf mag.; born in Abbotsbury, England; lives in South Wales; has 4 non-sf novels as by Colin Murry, the first being The Golden Valley(1958) |
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Simak, Clifford D. |
Senior Citizen |
ss |
has colls. Best Science Fiction Stories of ...(1967), The Best of ...(1975), Skirmish(1977), Off-Planet(1988), Over the River and Through the Woods(1996), The Civilisation Game(1997); novels Our Children's Children(1974), Enchanted Pilgrimage(1975) |
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Clute, John |
Books |
br |
Isidore Haiblum: The Wilk Are Among Us; John Boyd: Andromeda Gun; Gordon Eklund & Poul Anderson: Inheritors of Earth; Harlan Ellison: Approaching Oblivion; Clute has non-sf novel The Disinheriting Party(NWQ #5 1973; exp. 1977) |
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Smith, Cordwainer |
Down to a Sunless Sea |
nv |
N-1976 LOC; this story, never before pub., was completed by his wife Genevieve, after his death; was Prof. of Asiatic Politics at John Hopkins Univ.; used ps. Felix C. Forrest, Carmichael Smith for non-sf novels; has many colls., sf novel Norstrilia(1975) |
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Bretnor, R. |
Pearcey Boy, The |
ss |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Ultimate Quest, The |
mr/tvr |
essay: fantasy & film are more compatible(than sf, see last column by Searles) at the present level of the film art, "generally fantasy presents a simpler visual concept"; Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1974), dir. Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones |
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Anderson, Poul |
Gibraltar Falls |
ss |
6th story Time Patrol series; also in series, ya novel The Year of the Ransom(1988), coll. of three novellas The Shield of Time(1990), omnibus The Time Patrol(1991; 1994); has omnibus of 3 Flandry novels, The Imperial Stars(2000) |
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Williamson, Jack |
Counterkill |
nv |
2nd story in F&SF in Blacklantern ser.; has Legion of Space ser. novels One Against the Legion(ASF 1939 APR-JUN; coll. 1967), The Queen of the Legion(1983); has Legion of Time seq. The Legion of Time(ASF 1938 MAY-JUL; 1961 U.K.) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
designed a bust of H.P. Lovecraft for the World Fantasy Convention's World Fantasy Award; served as toastmaster for the first six conventions, & was an awards judge for the first two |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Third Liquid, The |
sces |
elements, the alkali metals: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, & francium; the last one is unstable, but it would be the 3rd liquid metal, along with mercury & bromine |
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Pohl, Frederik |
Mother Trip, The |
ss |
N-1976 LOC, short story; has colls. Alternating Currents(1956), The Case Against Tomorrow(1957), Tomorrow Times Seven(1959), The Man Who Ate the World(1960), Turn Left at Thursday(1961), The Abominable Earthman(1963), Day Million(1970) |
| 1975 NOV |
Budrys, Algis |
Silent Eyes of Time, The |
na |
N-1976 HUG, LOC, na; Clint Gallard heads to control leaks when a researcher of his company invents a time machine; in his coll. Blood & Burning(1978), Budrys said he planned to write 2 sequel novellas to this story, but he never did |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Samuel R. Delany: Dhalgren; Pamela Sargent(ed): Women of Wonder; essay: Budrys writes at length about Sargent's errors in her introduction, esp. in regards to women pulp writers Leigh Brackett & C.L. Moore, & to Moore's story "No Woman Born" |
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Moore, Ward |
Wish Fiddle |
nv |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Corbett, Scott |
Game Show |
ss |
(1913- ) author of juvenile novels & nf books One by Sea(1965), The Case of the Gone Goose(1966), The Hairy Horror Trick(1969), Here Lies the Body(1974), Captain Butcher's Body(1976), The Mysterious Zetabet(1979), The Great McGoniggle Rides Shotgun(1981) |
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Jacobs, Harvey |
Things Are Seldom |
ss |
has book Mrs. Portnoy's Retort: A Mother Strikes Back!(1969), with David Martin; has novel Summer on a Mountain of Spice(1975), currently being adapted for the stage |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Rollerbore |
mr/tvr |
Rollerball(1975), dir. Norman Jewison, stars James Caan, John Houseman; Lancelot of the Lake(1974 France) |
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Dalzell, Bonnie |
Pages From a Twenty-Second Century Zoologist's Notebook, Part 1: Saddle Rabbit, The |
fa |
(1944- ) 1st story in 22nd Century Zoologist series; born in Pasadena, has BA in Paleontology from the Univ. of California(Davis), MA from the Univ. of California(Berkeley); presently at Berkeley working on her PhD in Zoology |
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Green, Joseph |
Last of the Chauvinists |
ss |
has book Magicon Original Bookmark Anthology, #3(1989) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Best Foot Backward |
sces |
technology; the advance of technology, Asimov defends science "against the onslaught of the new barbarians," giving examples followed by arguments; has nf books, Asimov on Science Fiction(1981) |
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Cox, Arthur Jean |
Boy in the Iron Mask, The |
nv |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 11 |
cmp |
1st prize: Richard D. Wright; 2nd prize: Michael Kurland; R-U: Roseanne Clark; Bob Leman; Richard A. Lupoff; Steven Robinett; Kenneth P. Service; Dennis R. Trisler; Nancy J. Sitton; Jake Fuchs |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 12 |
cmp |
suggested by Richard Delap - if two sf authors collaborated on books, what would we get? e.g.: Flowers for Flesh, by Keyes & Farmer |
| 1975 DEC |
Varley, John |
In the Bowl |
nv |
N-1976 LOC, NEB, novelette; has Titan or Gaean seq. novels Titan(ANA 1979 JAN-APR; 1979; W-1980 LOC; N-1979 NEB; 1980 HUG), Wizard(1980; N-1981 HUG, LOC), Demon(1984; N-1985 LOC), about a mission to explore Saturn's largest satellite(Clute) |
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Isaacs, Leonard |
Books |
br |
(1939-1988) Niven & Pournelle: The Mote in God's Eye; Joe Haldeman: The Forever War; Terry Carr(ed): Fellowship of the Stars; Ron Goulart: Nutzenbolts; Isaacs has criticism book Darwin to Double Helix: The Biological Theme in Science Fiction(1973) |
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Gilden, Mel |
Lamed Wufnik, A |
ss |
(1947- ) born in Chicago, grew up in L.A.; 1st story pub. sf "What About Us Grils?" in Robert Scott Wilson(ed): Clarion(1971); has 1st novel, young adult sf The Return of Captain Conquer(1986), & Z Is for Zombie(1988), Outer Space and All That Junk(1989) |
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Runyon, Charles W. |
In Case of Danger, Prsp the Ntxivbw |
ss |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Genesis 3½ + ½ |
mr/tvr |
Strange New World(1975 TV), stars Catherine Bach, John Saxon |
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Grant, C.L. |
Three of Tens, The |
ss |
has sf novel The Ravens of the Moon(1979); novels Mountainwitch(1980, as by Felicia Andrews), A Quiet Night of Fear(1981); has anth. Nightmares(1979; N-1980 LOC, WFA), The Best of Shadows(1988), Final Shadows(1991; N-1992 LOC, WFA) |
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Sargent, Pamela |
Exile |
ss |
has Earthminds seq. Watchstar(1980), Eye of the Comet(1984), Homesmind(1985), a telepathic tale of comet-dwelling descendants of humanity meeting Earth humans again(Clute); novel Earthseed(1983), about a generation starship landing on a new planet(Clute) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Lumley, Brian |
Born of the Winds |
na |
N-1976 WFA, short fiction; "set in northern Canada, ... an American meteorologist ... ventures out into the snows to confront terrors both natural & supernatural"; has Necroscope ser., Necroscope(1986), II(1988), III(1989), IV(1990), V(1991) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Smell of Electricity, The |
sces |
ozone & oxygen in our atmosphere, Part 1 of 3; smells, rates of diffusion, chemical properties of ozone compared w. the oxygen molecule; Part 2 & 3 in 1976 JAN, FEB; has nf book How to Enjoy Writing: A Book of Aid and Comfort(1987, w. wife Janet) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Shakespeare of the Apes |
ss |
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