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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1982 OCT |
Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
Harris says, "I try to write ideas every day, generally for a couple of hours at night, going through newspapers (mainly the NYT) & magazines, looking for subject matter. I don't write ideas for others, but some in the past were purchased by NYM & PBY" |
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Bryant, Edward |
In the Shade |
ss |
1st story ever & 1st in F&SF in witch Angie Black series; see interview in Charles Platt: Who Writes Science Fiction?(1980) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Hyperboring |
mr/tvr |
Conan, the Barbarian(1982), dir. John Milius, screenplay by Milius & Oliver Stone, stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman |
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Lafferty, R.A. |
Square and Above Board |
ss |
has Green Tree seq. novels My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 1 & 2(1986), My Heart Leaps Up(1989), My Heart Leaps Up, Chapter 9 & 10(1990); Sinbad: The 13th Voyage(1989), The Elliptical Grave(1989), Dotty(1990), Argo(1992), Alaric: The Day the World Ended(1993) |
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Keller, B.L. |
Cold Debt |
ss |
has pre-teen Desdemona Blank ser., No Beasts! No Children!(1983), Desdemona: Twelve Going on Desperate(1986), Fowl Play, Desdemona(1989), Desdemona Moves On(1992); children's books The Bee Sneeze(1982), My Awful Cousin Norbert(1982) |
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Arno, Ed |
Cartoon |
ct |
has a coll. of his 'criminal at large' series, 1st pub. in the NYT & NYM between 1966-1968, Ed Arno's Most Wanted(1998), which was given the highest praise by the famous art critic, Brendan Gill |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
Door Slams in Fourth World |
ss |
has Year by Year the Evil Gains seq., Killing Off the Big Animals(1975), What Are You Doing? Why Are You Doing It?(1975), Within the Black Circle(1975); colls. Last Orders and Other Stories(1977), New Arrivals, Old Encounters(1979), Foreign Bodies(1981) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Bread and Stone |
sces |
elements; carbon, & silicon, & the chemistry of life, Part 2 of 4; Part 1 in 1982 SEP(#4860), Part 3 in 1982 NOV(#4891), Part 4 in 1982 DEC(#4904) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Hour That Stretches, The |
ss |
story written in front window of newly opened Dangerous Visions Bookstore in Sherman Oaks, CA; story completed December 19, 1981; see story intro for more info on how story was written; uses personal ps. Jay Charby, Wallace Edmondson, Ellis Hart, Jay Solo |
| 1982 NOV |
Robinson, Kim Stanley |
To Leave a Mark |
na |
(1952- ) N-1983 HUG, LOC; exp. into fixup novel Icehenge(1984), w. story "On the North Pole of Pluto" in Knight(ed): Orbit 21(1980); a woman who is an expert in biological living systems becomes a key figure in a space mutiny; Robinson lives Maryland |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Robert A. Heinlein: Friday; Frederik Pohl: Starburst(developed from his novella "The Gold at Starbow's End" in ANA 1972 MAR, which W-1973 LOC & N-1972 NEB, 1973 HUG); Annette McComas: The Eureka Years(excerpted in F&SF 1982 JUN) |
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Blish, James |
Art of the Sneeze, The |
misc |
never before pub.; his Star Trek novels(he did the first 12 of them), were pub. betw. 1967 & 1977, the last w. J.A. Lawrence; most famous of them, Spock Must Die!(1970); has posthumous colls. With All of Love: Selected Poems(1995), & A Dusk of Idols(1996) |
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Pronzini, Bill & Barry N. Malzberg |
Shakespeare MCMLXXXV |
ss |
Pronzini W-1987 Shamus Award for Lifetime Achievement; has western murder mystery The Hangings(1989); mysteries With an Extreme Burning(1994), Blue Lonesome(1995), Nothing But the Night(1999); co-edited anth. American Pulp(1997), Pure Pulp(1999) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Smile That Loses, The |
ss |
2nd & last story in F&SF in Azazel ser.; has anth. The New Hugo Winners(1989), II(1991); novels w. Robert Silverberg, Child of Time(1991), The Positronic Man(1992), The Ugly Little Boy(1992), exp. of Asimov stories; coll. The Complete Stories(1990) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: Salad Bar |
ct |
"I'm now working on a new series of paintings & am in the process of finding a good gallery ... I've gone thru many styles ... (& am now doing) quite an original approach. A friend described them as mystical so perhaps mystical expressionism might do." |
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McLaughlin, Cooper |
Shannon Merrow, The |
ss |
served 5 years as an Airborne Infrantryman; Prof. of Psychology in the California State Univ. system |
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Dawes |
Cartoon |
ct |
( -1990) working name for Joseph Dawes |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Khan-Founded |
mr/tvr |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982), a direct sequel to the TV series episode "Space Seed," stars regular Star Trek crew & Ricardo Montalban, Kirstie Alley |
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Willis, Connie |
Service for the Burial of the Dead |
ss |
has colls. Fire Watch(1985; N-1986 LOC), Impossible Things(1993; W-1994 LOC), Futures Imperfect(1996), Miracle and Other Christmas Stories(1999); has 1st novel Water Witch(1982), w. Cynthia Felice; Lincoln's Dreams(1987; W-1988 JWC; N-1988 LOC, MYT) |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Morressy, John |
Hoppy Prince, The |
ss |
5th story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series; has novel The Extraterritotial(1977 Canada) |
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Weiner, Andrew |
Letter, The |
ss |
an sf critic, his non-fiction has been pub. in Books in Canada Magazine, Quantum, SF Guide, Short Form, and the NYRSF |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Difference of an "E", A |
sces |
elements; carbon, & silicon, & the chemistry of life, Part 3 of 4; three essays demonstrate that silicon atoms do not serve as a basis for life, as carbon does; Part 1 in 1982 SEP(#4860), Part 2 in 1982 OCT(#4876), Part 4 in 1982 DEC(#4904) |
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Russ, Joanna |
Elf Hill |
ss |
has colls. feminist essays Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts(1989), To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction(1995; N-1996 HUG, LOC) |
| 1982 DEC |
Wightman, Wayne |
Condemned, a Kiss, and Sleep |
nv |
(1946- ) teaches creative writing at Modesto(CA) Junior College; 1st story pub. sf "Do Unto Others" in AMZ 1980 FEB; "spends lots of time listening to Haydn while I'm in the kitchen teaching myself to cook ..." |
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Shiner, Lewis |
Promises |
vi |
has novel Deserted Cities of the Heart(short stories "Deserted Cities of the Heart" & "Rebels" in Omni 1984 FEB & 1987 NOV; exp. 1988; N-1988 NEB; 1989 LOC), a fantasy novel of near-future politics & old gods in Central America(B&C) |
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Rucker, Rudy |
Man Who Ate Himself, The |
ss |
(1946- ) working name for Rudolf von Bitter Rucker; has PhD from Rutgers Univ.; associate professor of Mathematics at Randolph-Macon Woman's College(Lynchburg, VA); 1st story pub. "The Miracle" in the amateur mag. The Pegasus, in 1962 |
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Clute, John |
Books |
br |
J. Michael Reaves: Darkworld Detective; Charles Sheffield: My Brother's Keeper; Robert F. Young: The Last Yggdrasill; Russell M. Griffin: The Blind Men and the Elephant; Donald Kingsbury: Courtship Rite |
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Conner, Mike |
Corsican Box, The |
nv |
has sf novel, Groupmind(1984), as Michael Conner |
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Arno, Ed |
Cartoon |
ct |
Arno still does cartoons & other artwork, & in 2002 had a showing of his work in Vienna, Austria; he is listed as among the most famous Austrians in the last 300 years |
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Broderick, Damien |
Coming Back |
ss |
(1944- ) 1st story of 3 in Time Loop ser., other 2 by Eklund(1983 FEB) & by Effinger(1983 JUL); born in Melbourne, Australia; editor & journalist; has 1st novel Sorcerer's World(1970), Dreaming Dragons(1980); coll. The Dark Between the Stars(1991) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Kevin in Computerland |
mr/tvr |
Tron(1982), dir. Steven Lisberger, screenplay by Lisberger & Bonnie MacBird, stars Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan; Dragonslayer(1981 UK), dir. Matthew Robbins, stars Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson |
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Cowper, Richard |
What Did the Deazies Do? |
nv |
has two autobiographical books, as by Colin Middleton Murry, One Hand Clapping(1975; vt I at the Keyhole, 1975 US), which deals mainly with his relationship with his father; & Shadows on the Grass(1977), which deals with his wife & family |
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Cadigan, Pat |
Day the Martels Got the Cable, The |
ss |
has colls. Patterns(1989; W-1990 LOC; N-STO), Home By the Sea(1992; N-1993 LOC), Dirty Work(1993; N-1994 LOC); has joint coll. with Pat Murphy & Karen Joy Fowler, Letters From Home(1991), each contributing six stories |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Silicon Life After All |
sces |
elements; carbon, & silicon, & the chemistry of life, Part 4 of 4; properties of silicon that make it useful in the making of computer chips; robots - the silicon life-form; Part 1 in 1982 SEP(#4860), Part 2 in 1982 OCT(#4876), Part 3 in 1982 NOV(#4891) |
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Powers, Tim |
Way Down the Hill, The |
nv |
(1952- ) story pub. 1986 chap; wn. for Timothy Powers, lives in Santa Ana, CA; 1st story pub. sf, novel The Skies Discrowned(1976; rev. vt Forsake the Sky, 1986); novels The Anubis Gates(1983; W-1984 DIC), The Stress of Her Regard(1989), Last Call(1992) |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 63: 1982 JUL-DEC |
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