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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1982 JAN |
Russ, Joanna |
Souls |
na |
W-1983 HUG, LOC, SFC; N-1982 NEB, novella; the Abbess Radegunde confronts Vikings bent on looting her monastery; story pub. in 1989 chapbook, said by Russ to be part of a longer work, a future history |
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Bishop, Michael |
Books |
br |
Woman Space: Future and Fantasy; Carr & Greenberg(ed): A Treasury of Modern Fantasy; Schochet & Silbersack(ed): The Berkley Showcase, Vol.4; Suzette Haden Elgin: Twelve Fair Kingdoms; Christopher Priest: The Affirmation; Thomas M. Disch: ABCDE...: Poems |
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Effinger, George Alec |
Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson (as told to Bitsy Spiegelman) |
ss |
1st story in F&SF in Maureen Birnbaum series; other stories in series in PLP 1991 AUG 17, & in anth. Adams(ed): Friends of the Horseclans(1987), Greenberg(ed): Foundation's Friends(1989), & Greenberg(ed): The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood(1991) |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
has illus. the children's book writen by John Burstein(a.k.a. Slim Goodbody), & with photographs by Bruce Curtis: The Force Inside You(1983) |
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Monteleone, Thomas F. |
Spare the Child |
ss |
(1946- ) lives in Baltimore; began in sf writing br's for AMZ 1972 NOV-1975 JUL; 1st story pub. sf "Agony in the Garden" in AMZ 1973 MAR; 1st novel Seeds of Change(1975); Guardian seq. Guardian(1980), Ozymandias(1981); coll. Dark Stars and Other...(1981) |
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Zahn, Timothy |
Houseguest |
ss |
(1951- ) has master's degree in physics; 1st story pub. sf "Ernie" in ANA 1979 SEP; has story "Cascade Point," in ANA 1983 DEC, W-1984 HUG; N-1984 LOC; has colls. Cascade Point(1986; N-1987 LOC), Time Bomb and Zahndry Others(1988; N-1989 LOC) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Lead Balloon |
mr/tvr |
Heavy Metal(1981 Canada), animated, voices of Richard Romanus, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, Jackie Burroughs; briefly, book A.W. Strickland & Forrest J Ackerman: A Reference Guide to American S. F. Films(1981); Somewhere in Time(1980) |
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Grant, Richard |
Dream Executioner, The |
ss |
(1952- ) Coast Guard officer until 1979, lives w. Elizabeth Hand; 1st story pub. sf "Drode's Equations" in Marta Randall(ed): New Dimensions 12(1981); 1st novel Saraband of Lost Time(1985); Rumours of Spring(1987), View from the Oldest House(1989) |
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Conner, Mike |
Night Stair, The |
nv |
(1951- ) wn. for Michael Conner, & wrote as such at first; born in Hopkins, MN('raspberry capital of the world'), lives in Oakland, CA; 1st story pub. sf "Extinction of Confidence, the Exercise of Honesty" in Disch & Naylor(ed): New Constellations(1976) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists, The |
ss |
has used many ps. incl. Nalrah Nosille(in fanzines); in crime, sex & other genre mags., Sley Harson(in collab. w. Henry Slesar), Landon Ellis, Derry Tiger(based on the name of an Army friend), Price Curtis & Paul Merchant; in sf mags., several house ps. |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Long Ellipse, The |
sces |
comets; Halley's & Kohoutek's comets, Part 1 of 2; Part 2 in 1982 APR(#4777); see book, James Gunn: Isaac Asimov, The Foundation of Science Fiction(1982; N-1983 LOC) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
has 1st coll. of cartoons, U.F.O. Ho-Ho(1968); book of humor, Phobias and Therapies(1977); cartoon anth. with Bill Tidy: Pilgrim's Regress: Cartoons from the Critic(1979), which incl. cartoons by Tidy, Farris, Sidney Harris, Rodrigues, & Charles Healy |
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Platt, Charles & Shawna McCarthy |
Starhaven |
ss |
(1945- ; 1954- ) Platt from U.K., an editor at NWS 1969-71, 1st story pub. sf "One of Those Days" in SCF #68 1964, 1st novel Garbage World(1967), see iv in Non-Stop 1995 WIN; McCarthy an editor at ASI 1978-85, at RoF 1994-present, see iv in TWZ 1986 APR |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
Martin's cartoon original drawings are in many private colls., as well as the Swann Collection, the IBM collection, the Graphic Arts collection of Princeton Univ., Centre College(Danville, KY), & the Univ. of Ohio |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
Charles Platt(Malzberg br on his book Dream Makers, in 1981 SEP); Joseph Nicholas(letters in 1981 SEP on Vinge & Longyear novels); C. Brian Weimer(Searles mr/tvr on "Excalibur," in 1981 SEP); Jennie A. Roller(same); Joseph E. Quittner(same) |
| 1982 FEB |
Disch, Thomas M. |
Understanding Human Behavior (A Romance of the Rocky Mountains) |
nv |
W-1983 SFC; N-1982 NEB; 1983 LOC, nv; has poetry colls. Highway Sandwiches(1970 chap, w. Marilyn Hacker & Charles Platt), The Best Way to Figure Plumbing(1972), ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPOQRSTUVWXYZ(1981 chap), Burn This(1982 chap) |
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Roller, Howard & Parke Godwin |
Sergeant Pepper Variations |
ss |
(? - ?; 1929- ) both former professional actors; Roller a critical writer on film history, has written music & record reviews; Godwin has occult novel with Marvin Kaye, A Cold Blue Light(1983; a sequel by Kaye alone, Ghosts of Night and Morning, 1987) |
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Clute, John |
Books |
br |
Stephen Goldin: A World Called Solitude; Yermakov: Journey from Flesh; Paul Preuss: Re-entry; Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(novelizes his BBC radio ser.); Orson Scott Card: Unaccompanied Sonata ...; Wolfe: Gene Wolfe's Book of Days |
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Schmidt, Stanley |
Mascots |
ss |
(1944- ) has 1969 PhD in physics, which he taught until 1978; editor of ANA 1978 DEC-present; 1st story pub. sf "A Flash of Darkness" in ANA 1968 SEP; 1st novel Newton and the Quasi-Apple(1975); The Sins of the Father(1976), & sequel Lifeboat Earth(1978) |
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Petrey, Susan C. |
Healer's Touch, The |
nv |
3rd story in her Spareen the Varkelan vampire series, this one about Vaylance, the brother of Spareen; series coll. in Gifts of Blood(1990) |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Star Stories: Death of Childhood, The |
pm |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Star Stories: Your Stars Tomorrow |
pm |
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Florance-Guthridge, George |
Blackmail |
ss |
also in F&SF with co-author Dianne M. Thompson |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Crowbar in the Concrete, The |
mr/tvr |
Mr. Merlin(1981-82 TV series), dir. John Astin & Bill Bixby, stars Barnard Hughes, Clark Brandon, Elaine Joyce; The Last Wave(1977 Australia), dir. Peter Weir, stars Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett; briefly, The Day the Earth Caught Fire(1961 UK) |
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Elliot, James |
We Turned Down the Story But Couldn't Resist the Covering Letter |
misc |
there's no J.E. pub. stories in any sf/f mags./anth., but there are 2 mys. novels by a J.E.: Cold, Cold Heart(1994), Nowhere to Hide(1997); & 2 nf books, Rings: Discoveries from Galileo to Voyager(1984), The Perfect Thought: Works by James Lee Byars(1990) |
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Eisenstein, Phyllis |
Nightlife |
nv |
N-1983 HUG, LOC, novelette |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
did a feature cartoon, 'FarrisWheel,' in the 1970s for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, & a pantomime feature, 'Phipps,' for NEA from 1989-1992 |
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Kilworth, Garry |
Almost Heaven |
ss |
has 1st story pub. sf "Let's Go to Golgotha!" in the Gollancz/Sunday Times Best SF Stories(1975); 1st pub. sf novel, In Solitary(1977), set in a world where the few humans left are dominated by birdlike aliens(Clute); The Night of Kadar(1978) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Circle of the Earth, The |
sces |
Bible; does the Bible say that the Earth is flat?; answer - yes; has books about the Bible - Words in Genesis(1962), Words from the Exodus(1963), Asimov's Guide to the Bible, vol.I(1968), Vol.II(1969), Animals of the Bible(1978), In the Beginning(1981) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
had one-man shows at Princeton Univ., Merrill Lynch, The Princeton Club of New York, The Nassau Club, St. Marks School of Texas, St. Francis Medical Center; group shows at Squibb Gallery, the United Nations, Xerox, Heineman Galleries, Bethel Art Gallery |
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Haldeman, Jack C. II & Jack Dann |
High Steel |
nv |
(1941-2002; 1945- ) N-1982 NEB, short story; N-1983 LOC, novelette; 1st story in their John Stranger series, about an American Indian orbital construction worker who holds the key to alien contact; becomes fixup novel High Steel(1993) |
| 1982 MAR |
Conner, Mike |
Stillborn |
ss |
has 1st novel, I Am Not the Other Houdini(1978; vt The Houdini Directive, 1989), a burlesque flirtation with apocalypse set in California in the 21st century(Clute) |
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Zebrowski, George |
Books: International Science Fiction |
br |
Alexei N. Tolstoy: Aelita; Ivan Yefremov: Andromeda; Arkady & Boris Strugatsky: Space Apprentice, & Beetle in the Anthill; Michel Jeury: Chronolysis; Victor Kolupaev: Hermit's Swing; Richard D. Nolane(ed): Terra SF |
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Dozois, Gardner |
Sacrifice, The |
vi |
(1947- ) this story to be in anth. Dozois & Jack Dann(ed): Unicorns!(1982); 1st story pub. sf "The Empty Man" in IFS 1966 SEP; served as a military journalist; married to Susan Casper; editor of ASI 1986 JAN-present, has W- or N-many HUG & LOC Awards |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
has his 1st illus. book, The Little Riddle Book(1954; Peter Pauper Press); other P.P.P. books he has illus. incl. The Little Limerick Book(1955), The Little Quiz Book(1956), Comic Epitaphs from the Very Best Graveyards(1957), The Little Joke Book(1959) |
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Killough, Lee |
Existential Man, The |
nv |
has novels Blood Hunt(1987), & sequel Bloodlinks(1988), which are police procedural fantasies dealing with vampires; novel The Leopard's Daughter(1987), is a fantasy set in Africa(Clute) |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
has written & illus. children's books A Train for the King(1983), about a king who wants to impress his queen & orders a very Long train; The Blue Frog(1983), about a frog community, puzzled by a newcomers color, & contemplates why its members are green |
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Hughes, Edward P. |
Price of Livery, The |
ss |
2nd story in his Dafydd Llewelyn series |
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Lanier, Sterling E. |
Commander in the Mist |
ss |
12th story in his Brigadier Ffellowes series; series coll. in The Curious Quest of Brigadier Ffellowes(1986) |
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Catalano, Frank |
Love Object |
vi |
anchors news & runs the public affairs dept. for a Seattle-area radio station; freelances sf & horror short stories, writes sf br's for UPI & for AMZ 1984 JAN-1985 NOV; has book with Bud Smith, Marketing Online for Dummies(1998) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Invitation to the Waltz |
ss |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Bungled Bandits and a Faithful Frankenstein |
mr/tvr |
Time Bandits(1981), a Monty Python film, dir. Terry Gilliam, writers Gilliam & Michael Palin, stars John Cleese, David Warner, Sean Connery, Michael Palin, Shelley Duval, Katherine Helmond; briefly, Terror of Frankenstein(1977), aka Victor Frankenstein |
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Morressy, John |
Welcome Bit of Assistance, A |
ss |
3rd story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series; has juvenile novel The Windows of Forever(1975), an effective time travel story(Clute) |
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Paul, Barbara |
Scarecrow Duty |
ss |
has 1st novel sf An Exercise for Madmen(1978); sf novels Pillar of Salt(exp. from story in anth. Cassandra Rising, 1978), Bibblings(1979), Under the Canopy(1980); has historical mystery series featuring Enrico Caruso, A Cadenza for Caruso(1984), etc |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Whatzisname's Orbit |
sces |
geosynchronous, or Clarke's orbit; the possibility of placing communications satellites in 'geosynchronous' orbits was first postulated by Arthur C. Clarke in a 1948 scientific paper |
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Lupoff, Richard A. |
Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley |
nv |
has novels The Crack in the Sky(1976), Lisa Kane(1976), Sword of the Demon(1977; N-1977 NEB; 1978 LOC), Space War Blues(1978 fixup); Buck Rogers series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century(1978), That Man on Beta(1979), as by Addison E. Steele |
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Payes, Rachel Cosgrove |
Acrostic Puzzle |
pz |
answers in 1982 APR, p.143; under her full name has gothic novels The Silent Place(1969), Malverne Hall(1970), Forbidden Island(1973), Devil's Court(1974), House of Tarot(1975), The Black Swan(1975), The Sapphire Legacy(1976) |
| 1982 APR |
Sterling, Bruce |
Swarm |
nv |
(1954- ) N-1982 NEB; 1983 HUG, LOC, nv; 1st story in F&SF in Shapers/Mechanist ser.; wn for Michael Bruce Sterling; works for Texas state govt. in Austin, TX; 1st story pub. sf "Man-Made Self" in Procter & Utley(ed): Lone Star Universe(1976); N-1978 JWCA |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: discussion of semantics, distinctions between fantasy, science fiction, & speculative fiction; Gene Wolfe: The Sword of the Lictor; Ferman & Greenberg(ed): Facsimile of the April 1965 Issue, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
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Daglow, Don L. |
Blessing of La Llorona, The |
nv |
born in San Francisco, now lives in southern California; wrote one of the original Star Trek computer games; programs computer games for Mattel Electronics |
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