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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1980 MAY |
Purtill, Richard |
Others' Eyes |
ss |
(1931- ) Richard Lawrence Purtill, has a BA, MA & PhD from the Univ. of Chicago; teaches philosophy, writes fantasy, esp. sword & sorcery; has nf books Logic for Philosophers(1971), Logical Thinking(1972); novel The Golden Gryphon Feather(1979) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Roberts, Keith |
Comfort Station, The |
ss |
2nd story in Comfort Station Attendant ser.; see ar "Keith Roberts: The Patient Craftsman" by Mike Ashley in SFM vol.2 #12 1975; has fixup novel Molly Zero(1980; N-1981 BSF, LOC), about the growth of a young female protagonist in a dystopian world(Clute) |
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Shirley, John |
Quill Tripstickler Eludes a Bride |
ss |
(1953- ) 1st story in F&SF in Galactic Tourist Agent Quill Tripstickler & his robot servant Fives ser.; songwriter & sf writer, 1st story pub. sf "The Word 'Random,' Deliberately Repeated" in Robin Scott Wilson(ed): Clarion III(1973); iv in INZ 1998 NOV |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Two Children (for Ursula Le Guin) |
pm |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Slack, Hack Black Hole, A |
mr/tvr |
The Black Hole(1979), from Disney, dir. Gary Nelson, writers Bob Barbash & Gerry Day, stars Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster |
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Lamming, R.M. |
Ink Imp, The |
nv |
(1948- ) N-1981 BSF, shfi; she was born on the Isle of Man, educated in Wales & at Oxford, now lives in North London; 1st story pub. sf "The Tunkin" in SFM v.2 #3 1975 as Robin Douglas; pub. 5 more stories as R.D. in the 1970s |
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Jollie, Karen G. |
Bunny-Eyes |
ss |
junior high school science teacher in Los Angeles |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: More Crowded! |
sces |
overpopulation; sequel to "Crowded!" in 1967 MAR(#2465); the most crowded cities of the world, population figures from 1967 & 1979 compared, thanks to George Thomas Kurian: The Book of World Rankings(1979); see related essays 1969 MAY, 1988 JUN |
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Tall, Stephen |
Merry Men of Methane, The |
nv |
3rd & last story in F&SF in Stardust ser., the explorations of the Earth's first starship; the Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award, for Best First Novel of SF, was established in 1983, presented at Balticon - 1st winner Donald Kingsbury for Courtship Rite |
| 1980 JUN |
Cowper, Richard |
Web of the Magi, The |
na |
W-1981 BRG; N-1981 BSF, short fiction; N-1981 LOC, novella; "concerns a British soldier who is mapping a telegraph route through a Persian mountain range & who makes an incredible discovery in an isolated, snowy valley" |
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Bishop, Michael |
Books |
br |
Samuel R. Delany: Tales of Nevčr˙on; Christopher Priest: An Infinite Summer; Elizabeth A. Lynn: The Dancers of Arun; Poul Anderson: The Merman's Children; Russell Kirk: Lord of the Hollow Dark; Ursula K. Le Guin: Malafrena |
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Pronzini, Bill |
And Then We Went to Venus |
ss |
has anth. with Marcia Muller, The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women(1983), Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women(1984), She Won the West: An Anthology of Western and Frontier Stories by Women(1985) |
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Tuttle, Lisa |
Bug House |
ss |
N-1981 LOC, short story; Tuttle lived in the U.K. since 1980; after ten years in London, she has moved to Scotland |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Too Late and Lathe Two |
mr/tvr |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture(1979), based on Gene Roddenberry's series, dir. Robert Wise, written by Alan Dean Foster & Harold Livingston, stars William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy; The Lathe of Heaven(1980), based on Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel |
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Reynolds, Mack & Gary Jennings |
Hell's Fire |
ss |
(1917-1983; 1928-1999) both are also in F&SF by themselves & in collaboration with others |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has book, Eddy Deco's Last Caper: An Illustrated Mystery(1987), a farcical fantasy/detective thriller |
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Lambe, Dean R. |
One Over, The |
ss |
(1943- ) has BA from Whitman College(WA), & PhD in Biological Psychology from Duke Univ.(NC); an ex-professor, now writing full-time; has novel with Michael A. Banks, The Odysseus Solution(1986), an adventure tale involving aliens(Clute) |
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Wellen, Edward |
Finger of Fate |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Unsecret Weapon, The |
sces |
Greek fire, "the most remarkable secret weapon in history ... that wasn't a secret ... (a) combination of sulphur, naptha, quicklime (calcium oxide), & niter (potassium nitrate)"; also discusses the longbow |
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Disch, Tom |
Omalous, The |
pm |
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Moore, Raylyn |
Recycling of Ardella Rudneff, The |
nv |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 24 |
cmp |
1st prize: Daniel P. Dern; 2nd prize: Tad Turner; R-U: Mario Milosevic; Susan Milmore; Michael J. Padgett Jr; Ken Ringlein; Wanda R. Wolfe; Jeff Grimshaw; James C. Knittel; David Finkelstein; Augustine Funnell |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 25 |
cmp |
send in a short poem or limerick about a fantastic or science fictional animal |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 58: 1980 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1980 JUL |
Young, Robert F. |
As a Man Has a Whale a Love Story |
nv |
5th & last story in F&SF in his Space Whale series; series to be coll. in fixup novel Starfinder(1980); this story in that book is broken up into the stories "Spacewhale, Space-Time," & "The Construction Company" |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Griffin, Russell M. |
Most Illuminatingly Doleful and Instructively Affecting Demise of Flo, Late of Upper Blooton, The |
pm |
(1943-1986) 1st poem in Bad Habits ser., this bad habit: poking forks in toasters; says poems "were inspired by ... Slovenly Peter by one Dr. Hoffman, a 19th cent. German physician who was concerned w. the edification of children in the most direct way" |
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Disch, Thomas M. |
Books |
br |
Brian Aldiss: New Arrivals, Old Encounters; Philip K. Dick: The Golden Man; Philip Jose Farmer: Dark Is the Sun; Charles L. Harness: The Catalyst; Vonda N. McIntyre: Fireflood; see Disch tribute website at www.michaelscycles.freeserve.co.uk/tmd.htm |
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Williams, C. Herb |
Canyons of the Mind |
ss |
has nf book with Walt Neubrech, Indian Treaties: American Nightmare(1976), which deals with controversial legal battles of the 1970s; also has short story "Partners" in AMZ 1991 JAN |
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Schutz, J.W. |
Lebenstraum |
ss |
his name is incorrectly given on story page as "Shutz," though on the contents page it is correctly given as "Schutz" |
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Yermakov, Nicholas V. |
Glint of Gold, A |
ss |
also in F&SF as Nicholas Yermakov; has 8 military novels in cyborg CIA agent Jim Steele ser., the first six as by J.D. Masters, Steele(1989), Cold Steele('89), Killer Steele('90), etc, & last two as by S.L. Hunter, Fugitive Steele('91), Molten Steele('91) |
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Haldeman, Jack C. II |
Spring Fever |
ss |
also in F&SF as Jack C. Haldeman; has Star Trek tie-in novel, Perry's Planet(1980); has novel Spaceways #11: The Iceworld Connection(1983), with his wife Vol Haldeman, & Andrew J. Offutt, all under the collab. ps. John Cleve |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Chronic Marginal, The |
mr/tvr |
The Martian Chronicles(1980), 3-part TV mini-series, based on Ray Bradbury's novel, dir. Michael Anderson, script by Richard Matheson, stars Rock Hudson, Nyree Dawn Porter, Darren McGavin, Michael Anderson Jr |
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Cook, Glen |
Call for the Dead |
nv |
N-1981 BRG, short fiction; 2nd & last story in pirate ship the Vengeful Dragon series |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Siriusly Speaking |
sces |
stars; Sirius A, the nearest star to Earth(after the sun), in history; see Asimov's science essay "Proxima" in F&SF 1979 JAN, that also deals with Sirius A |
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Dowd, Melissa Leach |
Found |
ss |
(1950- ) grew up in a rural section of Delaware, attended Boston Univ., now lives on Cape Cod; works "part time as a waitress in a fried fish joint" |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
Terry Carr(Clute br 1980 APR); Gregory Benford(same); Marshall Massey(Budrys br 1980 MAR); Michael L. Miyeh(Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle); M. Weeks(Schenck's "Buoyant Ascent"); Ben Indick(King's Gunslinger ser.); Jason G. Hardy(1980 FEB issue) |
| 1980 AUG |
Disch, Thomas M. |
Brave Little Toaster, The: Bedtime Story for Small Appliances, A |
nv |
W-1981 BSF, LOC; N-1980 NEB; 1981 BRG, HUG; 1st & only story in F&SF in Toaster ser., pub. chap(1986), movie(1987); sequel The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars(1988 chap); "adventures of 5 ... minor appliances, which implies a degree of innocence.." |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Baird Searles, etal: A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction; James A. Rock(ed): Who Goes There, a Bibliographic Dictionary of Pseudonymous Literature in the Fields of Fantasy and Science Fiction; Peter Nicholls:(ed): The Science Fiction Encyclopedia |
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Easton, Thomas A. |
Gambling Man |
ss |
(1944- ) 1st story in F&SF in Howie Wyman series, about inventive Howie & the mayor of a small Maine town; other stories in series in ANA 1980 MAY & JUN, AMZ 1981 NOV, & in Rigel 1981 SUM, & 1982 WIN; Easton lives in Belfast, ME |
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Pronzini, Bill & Barry N. Malzberg |
Fascination |
ss |
Pronzini & wife Marcia Muller has collob. on mystery novels Double(1984), which teams up Pronzini's Nameless Detctive w. Muller's detective Sharon McCone, & The Lighthouse(1987); Pronzini & Muller were married in 1992 |
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McAllister, Bruce |
What He Wore for Them |
nv |
has 2nd novel, Dream Baby(novellette in Jack & Jeanne Dann: In the Field of Fire, 1987; N-1980 NEB; 1981 HUG, LOC, novelette; exp. 1989), about a Vietnam War nurse who has precognitive dreams about the deaths of soldiers(Clute) |
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Kessel, John |
Monuments of Science Fiction, The |
fa/spf |
written in the form of a literature textbook, with a short story, "Starship Nurse of the Pecos ... " by V.H. Winkler, sandwiched between an "Introduction" & "Questions for Thought and Discussion" |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Return of the What?, The |
mr/tvr |
Brave New World(1980 TV), based on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, stars Bud Cort, Ron O'Neal, Marcia Strassman, Julie Cobb; The Aliens Are Coming(1980 TV); Return of the King(1979 TV), animated, sequel to The Hobbit(1978 TV), John Huston the voice of Gandalf |
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Mundis, Jerrold |
Real Estate |
ss |
(1941- ) Jerrold James Mundis; has nf books The Guard Dog(1975), How to Get Out of Debt(1990), Earn What You Deserve(1995); 1st novel The Dogs(1976), Gerhardt's Children(1976), The Retreat(1985); fiction anth. The Dog Book(1983) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Milton! Thou Should'st Be Living at This Hour |
sces |
science fiction aspects of John Milton's novel, Paradise Lost(1667); has nf books, Asimov's Annotated "Paradise Lost"(1974), The Annotated "Gulliver's Travels"(1980), Asimov on Science Fiction(1981), & Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction(1989) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
has book, Everybody's Favorite Book(1988), another fantasy mystery spoof, which includes Fu Manchu & Sherlock Holmes as characters(Clute) |
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Allen, Lori |
And Mercy Mild |
ss |
(1939- ) her 1st pub. work; "a CT housewife, nee NYC slum kid, graduate of Syracuse Univ., wife of poet & sf fan Dick Allen ... won the 1977 Writer's Digest Creative Writing Contest, but was beginning to think of myself as One Story Lori until now" |
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Bryant, Edward |
Strata |
nv |
N-1980 NEB; 1981 LOC, novelette; has coll. Wyoming Sun(1980), containing stories of that region |
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