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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1977 MAY |
Malzberg, Barry N. |
Books |
br |
F.M. Busby: Rissa Kerguellen; Robert Silverberg: Shadrach in the Furnace; Neil Barron(ed): Bibliographic Guides for Contemporary Collectors: Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction |
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Bloch, Robert |
But First These Words |
ss |
has colls. Mysteries of the Worm: All the Cthulhu Mythos Stories(1981; N-1982 BRG; exp. 1993), Final Reckonings: The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch, Vol.1(1987), Bitter Ends: The Selected ..., Vol.2(1987), Last Rites: The Selected ..., Vol.3(1987) |
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de Camp, L. Sprague |
Menhir, The |
ss |
5th story in F&SF in his Willy Newbury series; has humorous fantasy novels, in Eudoric Dambertson series, with his wife Catherine, The Incorporated Knight(1987), The Pixillated Peeress(1991); has nf book The Ape-Man Within(1995) |
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Springer, Sherwood |
Epitaph on Ceres |
pm |
Springer made a living as a professional stamp collector, writing ten editions of Springer's Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps Including Taxpaid Revenues, between 1962 & 1985 |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Kings Kong and Arthur, Et Al. |
mr/tvr |
King Kong(1933), stars Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray; King Kong(1976), stars Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange; Camelot(1967), stars Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave; On the Beach(1959), stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner |
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Leman, Bob |
Industrial Complex |
ss |
Leman, member of First Fandom, was most active in sf/f fandom betw. 1956-1967, when he pub. a fanzine 1st called The American Journal of Oculenteratology, retitled The Vinegar Worm, then Nematode, then The Vinegar Worm again |
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Moore, Raylyn |
Man Volant |
ss |
has short story "Strix" in Cosmos SF&F Magazine 1977 MAY |
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Rokesmith, John Thames |
Writers of the Purple Page |
nv |
(1929- ) ps. for Arthur Jean Cox, in F&SF as such, as Arthur J. Cox, & Jean Cox; tongue-in-cheek story intro says Rokesmith authored several western novels & biography of Tom Mix, Straight Shooters Always Win, which was a novella by Cox in F&SF 1974 MAY |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Twinkle, Twinkle, Microwaves |
sces |
stars; white dwarfs, pulsars, neutron stars & black holes, Part 2 of 3; neutron stars, how microwaves were used to study them; Part 1 in 1977 APR(#3946), Part 3 in 1977 JUN(#3972); see sequel in 1984 MAR(#5127) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Frede, Richard |
Mr. Murdoch's Ghost |
ss |
has medical novels Interns(1961), The Nurses(1985) |
| 1977 JUN |
Bloch, Robert |
Nina |
ss |
has colls. The King of Terrors(1977), Out of the Mouth of Graves(1978), Such Stuff As Screams Are Made Of(1979), Out of My Head(1986), Midnight Pleasures(1987; N-'88 STO), Fear and Trembling(1989), The Early Fears(1993); The Lost Bloch Vol.1(1999), 2(200) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: the quality of the work of Jules Verne; Jean Jules-Verne: Jules Verne, a Biography; Gerry de la Ree: The Book of Virgil Finlay; Geo. W. Proctor & Steven Utley(ed): Lone Star Universe; Pamela Sargent: More Women of Wonder |
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Crawford, Deborah |
Unsolicited Submission, An |
pm |
has juvenile biographies, Pepper! The Story of a Parakeet(1966), The King's Astonomer (William Herschel)(1968), Franz Kafka, Man Out of Step(1973); has juvenile novel, Somebody Will Miss Me(1971) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Star Eel, The |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in his Space Whale series, is pub. in fixup novel Starfinder(1980) as "Enter Ciely"; other stories in this series in Cavalier 1969 FEB, Damon Knight(ed): Orbit 8(1970), & in IFS 1971 OCT |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Jolly Juvenalia on the Little Screen |
mr/tvr |
Wonder Woman(1975-79, TV series, 61 ep.), stars Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner; Fantastic Journey(1977, TV series, 10 ep.), stars Jared Martin, Roddy McDowall |
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Thurston, Robert |
Mars Ship, The |
nv |
N-1978 LOC, novella; "despite the title, (story) takes place at a party & does not fall into any category"; "in a world where cryonics is overused, ... a floating monument called the Mars Ship may (help) some people resolve their personal problems" |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Reed, Kit |
Holdouts, The |
ss |
has novel Ballad of T. Rantula(1979), the story of the breakup of a marriage, narrated by the thirteen-year old son |
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Tuttle, Lisa |
Horse Lord, The |
ss |
has 1st novel, with George R.R. Martin, Windhaven(novella in ANA 1975 MAY as "The Storms of Windhaven"; W-1976 LOC; N-1975 NEB; exp. 1981; N-1982 LOC), which depicts life on a lost colony planet, Maris, whose people use artificial, functional wings(Clute) |
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Dixon, J.P. |
Final Close, The |
ss |
she writes this story "was conceived after I returned to Montana after a time in the Soviet Union" |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Final Collapse, The |
sces |
stars; white dwarfs, pulsars, neutron stars & black holes, Part 3 of 3; black holes, the result of the final collapse; Part 1 in 1977 APR(#3946), Part 2 in 1977 MAY(#3959) |
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Guthridge, George |
Exiled, the Hunted, The |
ss |
(1948- ) born in Vancouver, BC; currently teaches writing & advertising at Loras College in Dubuque, IA; also in F&SF as George Florance-Guthridge, a collab. ps. w. his wife, used between 1979-83; 1st story pub. sf "Doll's Demise" in ANA 1976 JUL |
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Jennings, Gary |
Not With a Bang But With a Bleep |
nv |
2nd story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 52: 1977 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1977 JUL |
Ellison, Harlan |
Jeffty Is Five |
ss |
W-1977 NEB; 1978 HUG, JUP,short story; W-1978 LOC; 1979 BFA; N-1978 WFA; 1979 BRG, short fiction; has colls. Over the Edge(1970), Alone Against Tomorrow(1971), Approaching Oblivion(1974; N-1975 LOC), No Doors, No Windows(1975) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Alive and Well and On a Friendless Voyage |
ss |
this story written as "personal therapy ... during the period after the breakup of my recent marriage"; followed on p.37 by a note of thanks for this "singular compliment" of a special issue; has anth. Partners in Wonder(1971; N-1972 LOC) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Working With the Little People |
ss |
"(story) was written in the front window of Words & Music (20 JUL 1976) in London: it is a happy, funny story, & I offer it to you in hopes it will make you laugh"; has anth. Dangerous Visions(1967; W-1968 HUG), Again, Dangerous Visions(1973; W-1973 LOC) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
You Don't Know Me, I Don't Know You |
ar |
F&SF "asked for a couple pages of background comment on the stories in the issue. Instead we received this 6,000 word piece full of angry opinion, incredible anecdote, painful autobiography"; mentions The Place With No Name, Basilisk, Deathbird, Croatoan |
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Silverberg, Robert |
Harlan |
bio |
"an amusing & affectionate portrait (of Ellison) as a young & middle-aged man," from the 1st time they met(summer of 1953), each pub. their own fanzines, through the present(1976); see section by Silverberg in Aldiss & Harrison: Hell's Cartographers(1975) |
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Delap, Richard |
Harlan Ellison: Healing Art of Razorblade Fiction, The |
ar |
critical appreciation of Ellison's work; Delap says that in "In Lonely Lands" (FUN 1959 JAN) "we find the key to understanding the secret of all that Harlan has ever written"; Delap a fan & book reviewer, has novel Shapes(1987) with Stan Lee |
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Swigart, Leslie Kay |
Harlan Ellison: F&SF Checklist, An |
bib |
books & anthologies by or edited by Ellison in chronological order; scripts & short fiction in alphabetical order; Swigart has articles "Harlan's World" in Fantasy Crossroads #6 1975, & "Ten Tuesdays Down a Rabbit Hole" in Fantasy Crossroads #4 1975 |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: .2001 |
mr/tvr |
essay: the impact the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968) has had on our culture, after it has just made its TV debut; Isaac Asimov's story "Nightfall," in ASF 1941 SEP, in a recorded reading |
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Wellen, Edward |
Ransom |
ss |
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McAllister, Bruce |
Victor |
ss |
director of the creative writing program at the Univ. of Redlands(CA) since 1974, & Prof. of English from 1983; edited an anth. of original fiction, Their Immortal Hearts(1980), in which he contributed the title novella |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: on the publisher's selling of Terry Brooks 1st fantasy novel; Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shannara; Raymond Chandler: The Simple Art of Murder; Ben Bova: The Starcrossed; Roger Zelazny: Doorways in the Sand; Frank Herbert: Under Pressure |
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Utley, Steven |
Maw, The |
ss |
see article by Howard Waldrop, "Nickelodean's Naked Neo-Pro Discovery: Steven Utley," in Nickelodean #1 1975; has anth. with George W. Procter, Lone Star Universe: Speculative Fiction & Fantasy from Texas(1976) |
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Yolen, Jane |
Maiden Made of Fire, The |
vi |
this story to be pub. in her coll. The Hundredth Dove and Other Stories(1977 chap); has 1960 BA from Smith College(Northampton, MA), 1976 MA in education from the Univ. of Massachusetts; worked in editorial jobs for var. mags. & publishers in the 1960s |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has anth. First World Fantasy Awards(1977) |
| |
Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Of Ice and Men |
sces |
Ice Ages & the Earth's orbital eccentricities, Part 1 of 3; the Ice Ages & their effect on mankind; Part 2 in 1977 AUG(#4001), Part 3 in 1977 SEP(#4015) |
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Norden, Eric |
Primal Solution, The |
nv |
1st pub. in Cavalier, in 1968; mentions Bridey Murphy on p.142; wrote scrnply for western Ride a Violent Mile(1957); booklet The Hidden War: South Vietnam(1963; 1964), repub. in Australia by 'Peace Action' to dissuade Australians from joining the conflict |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
Barry N. Malzberg(Clute br, 1977 FEB); Carl Glover(same); long reply by John Clute; Linda Foster(praise for John Varley's fiction); J.B. Post; Robert Hamlin(praise for br's); George Zebrowski(Budrys br of The Space Beyond, 1977 MAR); Algis Budrys reply |
| 1977 AUG |
Benford, Gregory |
Snark in the Night, A |
na |
N-1978 HUG, LOC, novella; 2nd & last story in F&SF in Nigel Warmsley series, to be part of fixup novel In the Ocean of Night(1977; N-1977 NEB; 1978 LOC; rvw. 1978 JUL); also in series & part of novel, novella "In the Ocean of Night," in IFS 1972 MAY/JUN |
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Zebrowski, George |
Books: International Science Fiction |
br |
Stanislaw Lem: The Cyberiad, The Star Diaries, The Futurological Congress, The Investigation, & Mortal Engines; Donald A. Wollheim(ed): The Best from the Rest of the World; Sakyo Komatsu: Japan Sinks; Herbert W. Franke: The Mind Net, & Zone Null |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Moore, Raylyn |
Getting Back to Before It Began |
ss |
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Dryer, Stan |
Zorphwar! |
ss |
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Brunner, John |
Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day, The |
nv |
has novels The Rites of Ohe(1963), To Conquer Chaos(1964), The Whole Man(1964 fixup; vt The Telepathist), Day of the Star Cities(1965; vt Age of Miracles, 1973), Squares of the City(1965; W-1966 BFA; N-1966 HUG), A Planet of Your Own(1966) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Hal Colossus von Frankenstein |
mr/tvr |
Demon Seed(1977), based on Dean R. Koontz's 1973 novel, stars Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver |
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Eisenberg, Larry |
My Random Friend |
ss |
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