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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1979 AUG |
Grant, Charles L. |
Love-Starved |
ss |
has anth. Horrors(1981), Terrors(1982); The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror(1983; N-1984 WFA; vt Gallery of Horror, 1996), Midnight(1985), Night Visions 2(1985; N-1986 WFA), Night Visions 4(1987), After Midnight(1986); see iv in TWZ 1987 APR |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Lion, the Witch, and Buck Rogers, The |
mr/tvr |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century(1978 TV movie, pilot for the 1979-81 TV series, 36 ep.), stars Gil Gerard; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(1979 TV movie), animated, based on C.S. Lewis 1950 novel |
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Zebrowski, George |
Word Sweep, The |
ss |
has juvenile story Adrift in Space(1974 chap; vt Adrift in Space and Other Stories, 1979); anth. Tomorrow Today(1975), Human-Machines(1975, w. Thomas N. Scortia), Faster Than Light(1976, w. Jack Dann); edited The Best of Thomas N. Scortia(1981) |
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Moore, Raylyn |
Standoff |
ss |
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Tritten, Larry |
Playback |
ss |
he has also pub. short fiction in anth. Gelb & Garrett(ed): Seeds of Fear(1995), Pelan(ed): Darkside(1996), & McFadden(ed): Year 1: A Time of Change(1996) |
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Ryan, Alan |
"You're Welcome," Said the Robot, and Turned to Watch the Snowflakes |
ss |
(1943- ) N-1980 LOC; born in NYC, attended NY Jesuit schools, U.C.L.A. graduate school; 9 years taught English, drama, creative writing, dance criticism; NYT Book Reviewer; 1st story pub. fantasy "Dragon Story" in Roy Torgeson(ed): Chrysalis 2(1978) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Clone, Clone of My Own |
sces |
sexual reproduction advantages; steps in the development of a fertilized egg, & the possibilities of cloning; practical problems of mammalian cloning |
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Shea, Michael |
Angel of Death, The |
nv |
(1946- ) N-1979 NEB; 1980 LOC, novelette; born in L.A., educated at Berkeley; has 1st novel, A Quest for Simbilis(1974; N-1975 BFA), which is a sequel, with permission, to Jack Vance's The Eyes of the Overworld(1966)(Clute) |
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Payes, Robert |
Acrostic Puzzle |
pz |
answers in 1979 SEP, p.135; has short stories "Target Practice" in Vertex 1974 DEC, "Final Bomb" in Vertex 1975 APR, & "Exile in Lakehurst" in Asimov, Greenberg & Olander(ed): Microcosmic Tales(1980) |
| 1979 SEP |
Jennings, Gary |
Ignis Fatuus |
ss |
8th & last story in his Reverend Crispin Mobey series; this series coll. in fixup novel, The Lively Lives of Crispin Mobey(1988), as by the ps. Gabriel Quyth |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Arthur C. Clarke: The Fountains of Paradise; Alexei & Cory Panshin: Earth Magic; Frederik Pohl: Jem; Joe Haldeman: Infinite Dreams; Bob Shaw: Medusa's Children |
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Barrett, Neal Jr |
Hero |
nv |
has novels Stress Pattern(1974), a densely constructed fable set on an alien planet(Clute); Through Darkest America(1987), & sequel Dawn's Uncertain Light(1989), about the protoganist's journey thru a terrifyingly bleak & terminally scarred U.S.(Clute) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Leman, Bob |
Change of Address |
nv |
Leman's fanzine The Vinegar Worm(& its various other titles) was "completely written by me with ... mostly humorous, mostly essays, & sometimes a story. It contained quite a bit of parody & some satire"(from intro to his coll. Feesters in the Lake, 2002) |
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Stern, Donnel |
Reunion |
ss |
(1949?- ) grew up in northwest & southern California, now lives in NY; Clarion graduate, has a PhD in Psychology; he & his wife are both psychologists |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: In Short, Superman |
mr/tvr |
essay: the new technology of the VCR; briefly, Superman(1978), stars Christopher Reeves, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman |
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Disch, Tom |
Unidentified Flying Object, The |
pm |
(1940- ) working name for Thomas M. Disch, used for his poetry; has poem "On Science Fiction" in TriQuarterly #49 1980, W-1981 RHY; has poetry coll. Here I Am, There You Are, Where Were We(1984) |
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Petrey, Susan C. |
Spareen Among the Tartars |
ss |
(1945-1980) N-1980 BRG, short fiction; her 1st fiction sale; 1st story in her Spareen the Varkelan vampire/leechman-healer series, whose family lives among the Tartars on the Russian steppes; Susan Candace Petrey, from the Portland, OR, area |
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Walling, William |
Triggerman |
nv |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: How Little? |
sces |
stars; physical characteristics of Sirius B; what it would be like if Sirius B was the Sun's companion star; addendum: correction to 1977 APR essay, "The Dark Companion," which also talks of Sirius B |
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Russ, Joanna |
Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand, The |
ss |
N-1979 NEB; 1980 LOC, short story |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 22 |
cmp |
best entries(all winners): John R. Dunlap(Ellison style); David Lubar(Asimov style); Paul Major(Vance style); Robert Stewart(Dick style); Buzz Dixon(Heinlein style); Marc Desmond(Malzberg style) |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 23 |
cmp |
suggested by David M. Vereschagin - there is a trend in sf toward long & unwieldy titles; submit some, keeping them to 50 words or less |
| 1979 OCT |
Ferman, Edward L. |
In This Issue |
in |
intro to anniversary issue; F&SF's 1st issue(1949 FLL) history(see 30th Year Retrospective anth. by Ferman, The Eureka Years by Annette McComas for more info) in 1946 JUN; contents of 1979 OCT issue decided from poll of contributors; Bester had most votes |
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Bester, Alfred |
Fondly Fahrenheit |
nv |
1st pub. in F&SF 1954 AUG; see obits in INZ #23 1988, & in LOC 1987 NOV(#322), & "In Memoriam: Alfred Bester 1913-1987" by Isaac Asimov in Michael Bishop(ed): Nebula Awards 23(1989); has coll. Virtual Unrealities(1997) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: milestones, incl. Hugo Gernsback's "Ralph 124C 41+," E.E. Smith's "Triplanetary," Joseph W. Campbell's "Twilight," Fritz Leiber's "Coming Attraction," & these books - Robert Onopa: The Pleasure Tube; Spider & Jeanne Robinson: Stardance |
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Sturgeon, Theodore |
And Now the News |
ss |
1st pub. in F&SF 1956 DEC as "And Now the News ..."; all his short fiction, pub. & unpub., being coll. in a 10-volume project by Paul Williams, incl. The Ultimate Egoist: Vol. I, The Complete Stories of T. S.(1994), Microcosmic God: Vol. II(1995) |
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Knight, Damon |
Not With a Bang |
ss |
1st pub. in F&SF 1950 WIN/SPR; see Knight essay in Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison(ed): Hell's Cartographers(1975); see interviews in Eternity #4 1975, & "An Interview with Kate Wilhelm and Damon Knight" in TotU #2 1987 |
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Keyes, Daniel |
Flowers for Algernon |
nv |
1st pub. in F&SF 1959 APR, perhaps the "most famous story F&SF has ever published"; besides being made into the 1968 movie Charly, the story was also made into a stage musical in London in 1979 JUN; see interview in LOC 1997 JUN(#437) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1974 JUN; see interviews in Footsteps #8 1987, in CMD 1993 SPR, & in LOC 1999 MAR |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1965 APR |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1967 FEB |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1968 JUL |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1970 JAN |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1970 MAY |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1971 FEB |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in F&SF 1970 AUG |
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Miller, Walter M. Jr |
Canticle for Leibowitz, A |
nv |
1st pub. in F&SF 1955 APR, the 1st of 3 stories in his St. Liebowitz series, which was made into his award-winning fixup novel A Canticle for Liebowitz(1959); see William H. Roberson & Robert L. Battenfeld: Walter M. Miller Jr: A Bio-Bibliography(1992) |
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Briarton, Grendel |
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot |
vi |
1st pub. in F&SF 1956 MAY, the 1st of 70 vignettes in F&SF in his Ferdinand Feghoot series |
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Jackson, Shirley |
One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts |
ss |
1st pub. in F&SF 1955 JAN; see bios, "The Essential Writers: The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson" in TWZ 1984 JUL/AUG, & Judy Oppenheimer: Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson(1988, 1989); see website www.bhsalumni.net/sjack.htm |
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Jonas, Gerald |
Imaginary Numbers in a Real Garden |
pm |
1st pub. in F&SF 1965 APR; Jonas reviews science fiction for the New York Times Book Review; has nf book The Circuit Riders: Rockefeller Money and the Rise of Modern Science(1989) |
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Tiptree, James Jr |
Women Men Don't See, The |
nv |
1st pub. in F&SF 1973 DEC; has interviews in Charles Platt(ed): Dream Makers II(1983; rev. Dream Makers, 1987), & in LOC 1985 SEP(#296); has colls. Warm Worlds and Otherwise(1975; N-1976 LOC), Star Songs of an Old Primate(1978) |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Dance Music for a Gone Planet |
pm |
1st pub. in F&SF 1968 OCT |
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Matheson, Richard |
Born of Man and Woman |
vi |
1st pub. in F&SF 1950 SUM; see ar in TWZ 1981 SEP; iv's in TWZ 1981 OCT, 1983 SEP/OCT, 1986 JUN, & in CMD 1992 SPR, 1997 FLL, & in Winter(ed): Faces of Fear(1985), Fear! 1990 FEB, Midnight Graffiti Special #1 1994; The Twilight Zone Scripts(1998) |
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Heinlein, Robert A. |
"All You Zombies —" |
ss |
N-1980 BRG, shfi; 1st pub. in F&SF 1959 MAR; has nf coll. Grumbles from the Grave(1989, edited by his wife Virginia); coll. The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein(1999); obit in LOC 1988 JUN(#329); Philip Owenby: Heinlein: The Man Who Sold Us the Moon(2001) |
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Ciardi, John |
Love Letter From Mars |
pm |
1st pub. in F&SF 1965 JAN |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Jeffty Is Five |
ss |
1st pub. in F&SF 1977 JUL; see ar's in SFM v.2 #8 1975, NWS #215 1979, AMZ 2000 Special(#600); iv's in Vertex 1974 APR, Starwind 1977 FLL, AMZ 1980 NOV, TWZ 1981 DEC & 1985 DEC; in Walker: Speaking of S.F.(1978), Platt: Dream Makers(1980; rev. 1987) |
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Henderson, Zenna |
Ararat |
nv |
1st pub. in F&SF 1952 OCT, the 1st story in The People series, which may be the most popular & longest running series in F&SF; see interview in Paul Walker: Speaking of Science Fiction(1978) |
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Silverberg, Robert |
Sundance |
ss |
1st pub. in F&SF 1969 JUN; has novels Tower of Glass(GAL 1970 APR-JUN; 1970; N-1970 NEB; 1971 HUG, LOC), A Time of Changes(GAL 1971 MAR-MAY; 1971; W-1971 NEB; N-1972 HUG, LOC), The World Inside(1971 fixup; N-1972 LOC) |
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