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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1979 APR |
Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Disch, Thomas M. |
On Wings of Song |
no-3/3 |
has horror novels, The Businessman: A Tale of Terror(1984; N-1985 LOC), The MD: A Horror Story(1991); software Amnesia(1986); plays Ben Hur(1989), The Cardinal Detoxes(1990), the latter caused a controversy instigated by the Roman Catholic Church(Clute) |
| 1979 MAY |
Ferman, Edward L. |
In This Issue |
note |
announcing new graphics in this issue, incl. the cover logo; also "the size of the text type has been slightly reduced" & "the spacing between lines was slightly increased ... for a cleaner-looking page of type" |
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Young, Robert F. |
First Mars Mission, The |
ss |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: on Terry Carr's anth., Classic Science Fiction; Stanley Schmidt: Lifeboat Earth; Jerry Pournelle: Exiles to Glory, & West of Honor |
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Farmer, Philip José |
Freshman, The |
ss |
has Wold Newton ser., Tarzan Alive(1972), Doc Savage(1973); novel The Unreasoning Mask(1981; N-1982 LOC); Dayworld seq., Dayworld(1985; N-1986 LOC), Dayworld Rebel((1987), Dayworld Breakup(1990); see website www.mindspring.com; W-2001 NEB, Grandmaster |
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Bloch, Robert |
Freak Show |
ss |
has associational novels, The Kidnapper(1954), Spiderweb(1954), Shooting Star(1958), Terror(1962), The Todd Dossier(1969, as by Collier Young), Night-World(1972), American Gothic(1974), There Is a Serpent in Eden(1979; vt The Cunning, 1981) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Od's Podkins! |
mr/tvr |
essay: "handy rule of thumb that cinematic sf is usually about 25 years behind the literature" & "thanks to Star Wars, we are getting remakes"; Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956; 1978 remake), based on Jack Finney 1955 novel The Body Snatchers |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Eklund, Gordon |
Anaconda's Smile, The |
ss |
has Lord Tedric series of space opera novels with "Doc" E.E. Smith, Lord Tedric(novelette "Lord Tedric" in USF 1954 MAR, by Smith; exp. by Eklund, 1978), Space Pirates(1979), Black Knight of the Iron Sphere(1979), Alien Realms(1980) |
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Kirk, Russell |
Fate's Purse |
ss |
has book The Sword of the Imagination: A Memoir(1995); see book, Russell Kirk: The Conservative Mind(1994) |
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Anderson, Poul |
House Rule |
ss |
1st pub. in his coll. Homebrew(1976); also has coll. All One Universe(1996; N-1997 LOC); colls. with Gordon R. Dickson, Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!(1998), Hokas Pokas!(2000); historical novel War of the Gods(1997), based on the Viking warrior Hadding(B&C) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Inconstant Moon, The |
sces |
Moon, its effect on the Earth, Part 2 of 2; how the Moon is slowly getting farther away; Part 1 in 1979 APR(#4254) |
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Girard, James P. |
In Trophonius's Cave |
ss |
N-1980 LOC, short story; has suspense novel The Late Man(1993) |
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Bretnor, R. |
Thirst Contact |
ss |
also in F&SF as Reg Bretnor, & Reginald Bretnor |
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Dann, Jack |
Camps |
nv |
(1945- ) N-1979 NEB; 1980 BSF, LOC; has BA social/political science; 1st stories pub. sf, w. George Zebrowski, "Traps" & "Dark, Dark the Dead Star" in IFS 1970 MAR, JUL; also in F&SF w. co-authors Malzberg, Dozois, Jack C.; see iv in LOC 1999 MAY(#460) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 21 |
cmp |
1st prize: Peter & Myra David, & Wendy Goldstein; 2nd prize: Carlene Stober Baum; R-U: Linda McAllister; Bruce Berges; Robert Werner; John G. Myers; Robert Stewart; James Donahue |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 22 |
cmp |
suggested by Philip Michael Cohen - retell a given anecdote, by Raymond Queneau in his book Exercises in Style, titled The Three Little Pigs, in the style of any famous sf writer; you may condense, change the setting & characters, but keep basic structure |
| 1979 JUN |
Schenck, Hilbert |
Battle of the Abaco Reefs, The |
na |
N-1979 NEB; 1980 HUG, LOC, novella; "the invasion of the Bahamian island of Abaco by an energy-starved U.S." |
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Russ, Joanna |
Books |
br |
Jack Dann(ed): Immortal: Short Novels of the Transhuman Future; Christopher Priest(ed): Anticipations: Eight New Stories; Lee Harding(ed): Ursula K. Le Guin's Science Fiction Writing Workshop: The Altered I; Cary Neeper: A Place Beyond Man |
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Bryant, Edward |
Teeth Marks |
ss |
has novel with Harlan Ellison, Phoenix Without Ashes(1975), which was to be a generation starship series, taking off from Ellison's abortive TV series The Starlost(1973-74, 16 ep.), but no further books were pub.; Bryant met Ellison at Clarion |
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Saberhagen, Fred |
Victory |
ss |
Berserker ser. incl. The Berserker Throne(1985), Berserker: Blue Death(1985), The Berserker Attack(1987), Berserker Kill(1993), Berserker Fury(1997), & coll. Berserkers: The Beginning(1998); has anth. Berserker Base(1985; N-1986 LOC) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Ice Cap Cometh, The |
mr/tvr |
essay: the films of Robert Altman; Quintet(1979), dir./writer Robert Altman, stars Paul Newman; briefly, Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1978) |
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O'Donohoe, Nick |
To Dust You Will Return |
ss |
(1952- ) his 1st sale; born in Iowa; PhD from Syracuse Univ.; has Nathan Phillips mys. ser., novels April Snow(1981), Wind Chill(1985); veterinary medicine ser. The Magic and the Healing(1994), Under the Healing Sun(1995), The Healing of Crossroads(1995) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Morressy, John |
No More Pencils, No More Books |
ss |
has novels A Law for the Stars(1976 Canada), Frostworld and Dreamfire(1977), both set in the same galactic scene as the Del Whitby trilogy, the latter an epic metamorphic humanoid's search for a breeding-partner, the last of his race on his planet(Clute) |
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Dellinger, Paul |
To Reign in Hell |
ss |
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Kelly, James Patrick |
Flight of Fancy |
ss |
has 1st novel, in Messengers Chronicles series, Planet of Whispers(1984), in which near-immortal bearlike beings of the planet Aseneshesh hear 'whispers' which they believe to be voices of the gods & which help shape their culture(Clute) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Alas, All Human |
sces |
scientific dishonesty, through overeagerness, fabrication of data, taking credit for others work, etc |
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Jennings, Gary |
Relic, The |
ss |
N-1980 LOC, novelette; in preparing to write his novel Aztec(1980), "Jennings lived for 12 years in Mexico while conducting research on Aztec culture & the Spanish conquest"(CA, vol.59, p.197); has sequel, Aztec Autumn(1997) |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Lullaby, a Farewell, A |
pm |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 56: 1979 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1979 JUL |
Lee, Tanith |
Red As Blood |
ss |
(1947- ) N-1979 NEB; 1980 BFA, LOC; wn. for Tanith Lee Kaiine, from London; grew up enjoying the fantasy of Jane Gaskell(1941- ); 1st story pub. The Betrothed(1968 chap), a short story privately printed by a friend; 1st novel The Dragon Hoard(1971) |
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Davis, Grania |
Jumping the Line |
ss |
(1943- ) lives near San Francisco; 1st story pub. "My Head's in a Different Place, Now" in Terry Carr(ed): Universe 2(1972); has books The King and the Mangoes(1975 chap), The Proud Peacock and the Mallard(1976 chap), children's fantasies about Buddha |
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Zebrowski, George |
Books |
br |
Stanislaw Lem: The Chain of Chance, & A Perfect Vacuum; Dmitri Bilenkin: The Uncertainty Principle; Arkady & Boris Strugatsky: Roadside Picnic & Tale of the Troika, Noon: 22nd Century, Prisoners of Power, & Definitely Maybe; Kirill Bulychev: Half a Life |
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Eisenstein, Phyllis |
Mountain Fastness, The |
nv |
6th story in her Alaric series; has sf romance novel, In the Hands of Glory(1981; N-1982 LOC) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Randall, Marta |
View From Endless Scarp, The |
ss |
(1948- ) N-1980 LOC, ss; lives in San Francisco Bay area; 1st story pub. sf "Smack Run" in Michael Moorcock(ed): New Worlds 5(1973); has 1st novel Islands(1976; N-1976 NEB; rev. 1980); anth. New Dimensions 11(1980), & 12(1981), w. Robert Silverberg |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Little Screen Blues |
mr/tvr |
the 1978-79 TV season: briefly, Battlestar Galactica(1978-80 TV series, 29 ep.); Mork and Mindy(1978-82 TV series, 95 ep.); Thorne Smith, who wrote novels Topper(1926), Turnabout(1931; 1979 TV series, 7 ep.); Cliffhangers(1979 TV series, 10 ep.) |
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Brennan, Herbie |
Taming of the Shrew |
nv |
has novels Emily and the Werewolf(1993), The Mystery Machine(1995) |
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Gotschalk, Felix C. |
Trip of Bradley Oesterhaus, The |
ss |
(1929- ) "grew up in (Richmond) VA, machine gunner in Marines, 7 years in college, taught psychology in LA, psychologist in NC for 20 years, 1st sale in 1970"; 1st story pub. sf "Bonus Baby" in David Gerrold(ed): Science Fiction Emphasis #1(1974) |
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Stapledon, Olaf |
Modern Magician, A |
ss |
(1886-1950) story found among his papers by wife Agnes, believes it was written betw. 1940-50; born in Wirral(Wales), educated at Balliol College; in WWI w. Friend's Ambulance Unit; PhD in Philosophy; 1st novel Last and First Men(1930), Star Maker(1937) |
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Moskowitz, Sam |
Afterword |
aw |
story "A Modern Magician" to be pub. in Olaf coll., Moskowitz(ed): Far Future Calling(1979); Olaf has novels Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest(1935), Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord(1944), latter about a dog w. enhanced intelligence(Clute) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Below the Horizon |
sces |
stars; "which stars can be seen from which points on Earth"; specifically, Alpha Centauri |
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Pronzini, Bill & Barry N. Malzberg |
Prose Bowl |
nv |
N-1980 BSF, short fiction; LOC, novelette; this story was expanded into sf novel Prose Bowl(1980); has western novels The Gallows Land(1983), Firewind(1989); western anth. Wild Westerns(1986), More Wild Westerns(1989); several western anth. w. Greenberg |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
James P. Hanrahan(Russ' br, 1979 FEB); Mark Pundurs(same); Debra A. Bacon(same); reply by Russ(says to see response in length entitled "In Defense of Criticism" in br 1979 NOV); Douglas Robillard(Clute br, 1979 JAN) |
| 1979 AUG |
Cowper, Richard |
Out There Where the Big Ships Go |
nv |
N-1980 LOC, novelette; has sf novels Clone(1972), a near-future comedic satire; Time Out of Mind(1973), which combines psi powers & time travel & the rescue of a future U.K. from the totalitarian implications of the 20th century(Clute) |
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Panshin, Alexei & Cory |
Books |
br |
John Varley: Titan; Poul Anderson: The Avatar; Charles Sheffield: Sight of Proteus; Diane Duane: The Door Into Fire; Ian Watson: Miracle Visitors |
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de Camp, L. Sprague |
Sending of Serpents, A |
ss |
10th & last story in F&SF in his Willy Newbury series; series to be coll. in The Purple Pterodactyls: The Adventures of W. Wilson Newbury, Ensorcelled Financier(1979); see his obit & appreciations in LOC 2000 DEC(#479), his wife's in LOC 2000 MAY(#472) |
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Yermakov, Nicholas |
Whisper of Banshees, The |
ss |
(1951- ) has experience in the radio & film documentary field; 1st story pub. sf "Writer's Block" in GAL 1978 FEB; has Boomerang series, Last Communion(1981), Epiphany(1982), Jehad(1984), set on a planet inhabited by aliens w. group mind powers(Clute) |
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