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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1978 MAY |
Malzberg, Barry N. |
Big Ernie, the Royal Russian and the Big Trapdoor |
ss |
1st story in his Writers' Heaven series, about the actions around its bar; has novels The Gamesman(1975), Guernica Night(1975; N-1975 NEB), Scop(1976), the latter about a time traveler desperate to change the history of his intolerable world(Clute) |
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Weiner, Andrew |
Deed, The |
nv |
(1949- ) born in London, moved to Montreal in 1974; has BA in Social Psychology; supports "myself as a freelance writer, mostly rock writing for some English magazines, also some copywriting, some psychology writing" |
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de Camp, L. Sprague |
Huns, The |
nv |
8th story in F&SF in his Willy Newbury ser.; has omnibus The Reluctant King(1996), of his 3 Jorian fantasy novels, The Goblin Tower(1968), The Clocks of Iraz(1971), & The Unbeheaded King(1983); has coll. w. Harry Turtledove, Down in the Bottomlands(1999) |
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Gilden, Mel |
Green Dog, The |
ss |
see 1978 MAY, p.160, in letters column, correction to line on p.99, should read "Probably some goy ...," not "gay"; also in 5th Grade Monster ser., How to Be a Vampire in One Easy Lesson(1990), Islands of the Weird(1990), Werewolf, Come Home(1990), 3 more |
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Searles, Baird |
Films and Television: Just Another Pretty UFO |
mr/tvr |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977), dir./writer Steven Spielberg, stars Richard Dreyfuss, Terri Garr, Francois Truffaut; briefly, 3 older movies; book Douglas Menville & R. Reginald: Things to Come: An Illustrated History of the Science Fiction Film |
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Moore, Raylyn |
Ark Among the Flags, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: By Land and By Sea |
sces |
Antarctica & man, Part 2 of 4; how icebergs came to be discovered; how hominids & humans dispersed thruout the world, exploration of the globe; Part 1 in 1978 APR(#4104), Part 3 in 1978 JUN(#4126), Part 4 in 1978 JUL(#4140) |
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Cook, Glen |
Ghost Stalk |
nv |
1st story in pirate ship the Vengeful Dragon series; has Starfishers ser., Starfisher(1982), Shadowline(1982), Star's End(1982), Passage at Arms(1985); Darkwar ser., Doomstalker(1985), Warlock(1985), Ceremony(1986); novel The Swordbearer(1982; N-1983 LOC) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 18 |
cmp |
1st prize: Marc Russell; 2nd prize: Wes & Lynn Pederson; R-U: Harvey Abramson; Al Sarantonio; Donald Franson; Jeremy Hole; Barry N. Malzberg; David Lubar; Dennis D'Asaro; Bud Norton; Allen Cohen; Dennis Lien |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 19 |
cmp |
thanks to Christopher Leithiser - submit limericks with an sf theme & incorporating an sf title into the last line |
| 1978 JUN |
Aldiss, Brian W. |
Enemies of the System |
na |
N-1979 HUG, novella; "during the millionth anniversary of the creation of a totally rational Utopia & the genetic transformation of a new specis of man ... a party of these Utopianists are stranded on a primitive & savage planet"; exp. into novel, in 1978 |
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Panshin, Alexei & Cory |
Books |
br |
Brian W. Aldiss(ed): Galactic Empires; Byron Preiss(ed): Weird Heroes, Vol.6; Chris Boyce: Catchworld; Cary Neeper: A Place Beyond Man; C.J. Cherryh: Hunter of Worlds |
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Yolen, Jane |
Tree's Wife, The |
ss |
has 1st children's novel The Witch Who Wasn't(1964); Gwinellen, the Princess Who Could Not Sleep(1965 chap); The Emperor and the Kite(1968 chap; N-1968 Caldecott Award), based on her relationship w. her father who was an international kite flying champion |
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Killough, Lee |
House Divided, A |
ss |
3rd story in her artist colony Aventine series; Killough lives in Manhattan, KS; see her essay on her life as a female sf writer in Denise Du Pont(ed): Women of Vision: Essays by Women Writing Science Fiction(1988) |
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Eklund, Gordon |
Points of Contact |
ss |
has two Star Trek novelizations, The Starless World(1978), Devil World(1979); novels Grayspace Beast(1976), The Twilight River(1979) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films and Television: Big Time, The |
mr/tvr |
5th Annual Awards of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films; science fiction winner: Star Trek(1977); fantasy winner: Oh, God!(1977); horror winner: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane(1976) |
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Sisk, Frank |
Leech, The |
ss |
(1915-1985) lives in Lyme, CT; ex-Bridgeport, CT newspaperman; has written a book about the Marine Corps in WWII, & about 200 articles & short stories for magazines American Mercury, Penthouse, EQMM, MSMM, NYM, & PST; see obit in C.A., vol.115 |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: We Were the First That Ever Burst --- |
sces |
Antarctica & man, Part 3 of 4; European exploration, finding a southwest or northwest route to Asia; Part 1 in 1978 APR(#4104), Part 2 in 1978 MAY(#4115), Part 4 in 1978 JUL(#4140) |
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Springer, Sherwood |
Epitaph to a Time Traveler |
pm |
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Haldeman, Jack C. |
Mortimer Snodgrass Turtle |
vi |
(1941-2002) also in F&SF as Jack C. Haldeman II; lives on Florida's Gulf Coast; fulltime writer; 1st story pub. sf "Garden of Eden" in FAN 1971 DEC; has 1st novel Vector Analysis(1978), which deals with an interstellar plague(SFC) |
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Jennings, Gary |
Let Us Prey |
nv |
5th story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has book Harry and the Snow Melting Ray(1978) |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 54: 1978 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1978 JUL |
Lanier, Sterling E. |
Syndicated Time, The |
na |
the secret of time travel discovered by a seedy physicist at a Florida junior college, soon the Mafia is in the time travel business; has novel Menace Under Marswood(1983), in which human outcasts on 23rd century Mars are taught to rebell against Earth |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: re-occurring waves of good new sf writers, & how to classify & assess them; Gregory Benford: In the Ocean of Night; Janet E. Morris: High Couch of Silistra; Judy-Lynn del Rey(ed): Stellar Science Fiction Stories #3 |
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Barrett, Neal Jr |
Flying Stutzman, The |
nv |
has novels The Gates of Time(1970), The Leaves of Time(1971), latter alternate-history tale; Stress Pattern(1974); Aldair seq., Aldair in Albion(1976), Aldair, Master of Ships(1977), Aldair, Across the Misty Sea(1980), Aldair: The Legion of Beasts(1982) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Dellinger, Paul |
Werewolf of West Point, The |
ss |
1st & only story in F&SF in Mr. Lazarus series, only other story in series in FAN 1980 JAN; graduated in 1960 from Roanoke College, VA; spent 3 years in the Army, mostly at West Point; now a newspaper reporter for The Roanoke Times |
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Redd, David |
Morning |
ss |
has Senechi series of stories, "The Frozen Summer" in IFS 1969 MAR, "Brother Ape" in Peter Weston(ed): Andromeda #3(1978), "Moon Pearls" in Philip Harbottle & Sean Wallace(ed): Fantasy Annual(forthcoming), "Solus" in Spectrum SF(forthcoming) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films and Television: Ad Infinitum, Ad Nauseum, Etc. |
mr/tvr |
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home(1978 TV), based on Tom Tryon's 1973 novel, Harvest Home; The Prisoner(1967, TV series, 17 ep.), stars Patrick McGoohan; Quark(1978, TV series, 9 ep.), stars Richard Benjamin; Project U.F.O.(1978-79, TV series, 26 ep.) |
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Garnett, David S. |
Warlord of Earth |
ss |
has novels The Forgotten Dimension(1975), Phantom Universe(1975); coll. Cosmic Carousel(1976); as David Ferring, has novelization of horror film, The Hills Have Eyes Part 2(1984), & Konrad fantasy gaming series, Konrad(1990), Shadowbreed(1991) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Second to the Skua |
sces |
Antarctica & man, Part 4 of 4; man's exploration of Anarctica, from 1840-1969; Part 1 in 1978 APR(#4104), Part 2 in 1978 MAY(#4115), Part 3 in 1978 JUN(#4126) |
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Kelly, James Patrick |
Death Therapy |
nv |
(1951- ) lives in New Hampshire; attended 1974 Clarion Writers' Workshop; 1st story pub. sf "Dea Ex Machina" in GAL 1975 APR as by James Kelly |
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Payes, Rachel Cosgrove |
Acrostic Puzzle |
pz |
(1922-1998) answers in 1978 AUG, p.27; born in Westernport, MD; has BS in biology & public speaking from West Virginia Wesleyan College; lives in Shrub Oak, NY; a chemist who does pharmaceutical research; 1st story pub. sf "Private Phone" in WOT 1970 SUM |
| 1978 AUG |
Saberhagen, Fred |
Smasher |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in his Berserker series; series short fiction coll. in Berserker(1967), The Ultimate Enemy(1979), The Berserker Wars(1981), Berserker Lies(1991); series novels Brother Assassin(1969), Berserker's Planet(1975), Berserker Man(1979) |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Books |
br |
Alexei & Cory Panshin: Science Fiction in Dimension; Peter Nicholls: Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of Essays About the Interface Between Science Fiction and Reality; The Best of Philip K. Dick; Christopher Priest: The Perfect Lover |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has illus. the children's books, by Jerome Beatty Jr: Matthew Looney in the Outback: A Space Story(1969), Matthew Looney and the Space Pirates(1972) |
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Keen, Rod |
It's the Queen of Darkness, Pal |
ss |
(1918- ) ps. for Philip José Farmer, the 5th & last in Farmer's Pseudonym ser.; story title & author name taken directly from Richard Brautigan's 1970 novel, The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966(see p.28); character Keen a sewer worker/sf writer |
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Brennan, Herbie |
Achilles Heel |
ss |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Ring, the Brass Ring, the Russian and I |
ss |
2nd story in his Writers' Heaven series; has anth. Arena: Sports SF(1976), Graven Images: Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction(1977), both with Edward L. Ferman; anth. Dark Sins, Dark Dreams: Crime in Science Fiction(1977), with Bill Pronzini |
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Searles, Baird |
Films and Television: Losses |
mr/tvr |
announces death of Leigh Brackett in March 1978; Star Wars not winning the Oscar Award for Best Picture; Count Dracula(1977 TV), stars Louis Jourdan; briefly, THX-1138(1970) |
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Eisenberg, Larry |
Interface, The |
ss |
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Davidson, Avram |
Good Night's Sleep, A |
na |
N-1979 LOC, novelette; 1979 WFA, shfi; 2nd & last story in F&SF in his Jack Limekiller series; the further adventures of Jack Limekiller in British Hidalgo; Davidson is currently the writer-in-residence at William and Mary College, at Williamsburg, VA |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Rings and Things |
sces |
planets, Roche's limit, rings & asteroids; how Uranus' rings were discovered; the Trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit; discovery of asteroid Chiron, which travels between the orbits of Saturn & Uranus |
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Garrett, Randall |
Leigh Brackett Hamilton 7 December 1915 - 18 March 1978 |
obit |
personal reminiscence of the first & last times he saw Leigh Brackett |
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Young, Robert F. |
Hologirl |
ss |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
Phyllis Karr(1978 MAR issue); Ms. Barbara L. Sieg(F&SF pub. sexist sf); Paul Jones(1978 JAN cover art); Charles F. Durang(1978 FEB issue); Ted Michael Hruschak(Searles review of Space: 1999); Searles reply; Mel Gilden(correction to his story in 1978 MAY) |
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Abrams, Gerald |
From the 2205 AD Mother Goose |
pm |
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| 1978 SEP |
Benford, Gregory |
In Alien Flesh |
nv |
N-1979 LOC, nv; has novel w. William Rotsler, Shiva Descending(1980); Find the Changeling(1980), w. G. Eklund; Timescape(1980; W-1980 NEB; 1981 BSF, JWC; N-1981 LOC), in which a scientist tries to change history by transmitting a tachyonic message(Clute) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Fritz Leiber: Our Lady of Darkness(in F&SF 1977 JAN-FEB as The Pale Brown Thing); James Tiptree Jr: Up the Walls of the World; James P. Hogan: The Genesis Machine; Clifford D. Simak: Mastodonia; The Best of L. Sprague de Camp |
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