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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1983 APR |
Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Spook (for Rudy Rucker) |
ss |
N-1984 LOC; has 1st novel Involution Ocean(1978), The Articial Kid(1980); Islands in the Net(1988; W-1989 JWC; N-DIT, HUG, LOC, SFC), a thriller about the complexities of 21st century politics & economy amidst the electronic communication network(Clute) |
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Arno, Ed |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Satterthwait, Walter |
Territorial Imperative |
ss |
(1946- ) lives in Clearwater, FL; has 1st novel Cocaine Blues(1980); wise-cracking Santa Fe P.I. ser. Wall of Glass(1989; N-Shamus), At Ease With the Dead(1991), etc; Houdini & Conan Doyle ser. Escapade(1995; W-Prix Roman; N-Agatha), Summer Cool(1998) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Tube Two |
mr/tvr |
Tucker's Witch(1982-83 TV ser., 12 ep.); The Quest(1982 TV ser., 8 ep.); Voyagers(1982-83 TV ser., 21 ep.); Tales of the Gold Monkey(1982-83 TV ser., 22 ep.), stars Stephen Collins; The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy(1981 UK TV ser., 6 ep.) |
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Tuttle, Lisa |
Nest, The |
nv |
has nf books Children's Literary Houses: Famous Dwellings in Children's Fiction(1984) with Rosalind Ashe; Encyclopedia of Feminism(1986), Heroines: Women Inspired by Women(1988) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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FitzGerald, Gil |
Vengeance of Nora O'Donnell, The |
ss |
working name for Gillian FitzGerald, librarian w. the Brooklyn Public Library; has English degree from Catholic Univ.; has stories in anth. Elsewhere(1981), Amazons II(1982), Heroic Visions II(1986), Friends of the Horseclans(1987) |
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Niemand, O. |
Man Outside, The |
ss |
N-1984 LOC, short story; 2nd story in Springfield series, this one using the voice of the deceased writer John Steinbeck |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Dead Center |
sces |
centricity, Part 1 of 2; from centrocentric, egocentric, geocentric, & heliocentric universes, to the systemocentric universe; Part 2 in 1983 MAY(#4980); see similar essay, but from a different perspective, "Smashing the Sky," in 1990 MAR(#6142) |
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Davidson, Avram & Grania Davis |
Hills Behind Hollywood High, The |
nv |
(1923-1993; 1943- ) N-1984 LOC, novelette; Avram Davidson & Grania Davis are also in F&SF by themselves; they were married to each in the early 1960s, & had lived in Mexico for a short time |
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Adams, Georgia Fillingame |
Acrostic Puzzle |
pz |
answers in 1983 MAY, p.48 |
| 1983 MAY |
Sheffield, Charles |
Rogueworld |
nv |
1st & only story in F&SF in Arthur McAndrew ser.; other stories in ser. in GAL 1978 MAR, & ANA 1980 OCT, 1981 FEB 2, 1982 SEP, 1992 JUN; ser. coll. in The McAndrew Chronicles(1983; exp. novel/coll. as One Man's Universe, 1993); married Nancy Kress in 1998 |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Mike Resnick: Sideshow; Lee Harding: Misplaced Persons; Lawrence Sanders: The Tomorrow File; Mervyn Peake:Titus Groan, & Gormenghast, & Titus Alone(a trilogy) |
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Springer, Nancy |
Amends: Tale of the Sun Kings, A |
ss |
(1948- ) 1st & only story in F&SF in Suns ser.; others in ser. are novels in The Book of Suns seq., The Book of Suns(1977; her 1st pub. work; rev. vt The Silver Sun, 1980; N-1981 BRG), The White Hart(1979), The Sable Moon(1981; N-1982 LOC, MYT) |
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Easton, Thomas A. |
Love Story, A |
ss |
has Sparrowhawk series of sf novels, Sparrowhawk(ANA 1989 OCT-DEC; 1990; his 1st novel), Greenhouse(1991), Woodsman(1992), Tower of the Gods(1993), Seeds of Destiny(1994), all set in a world dominated by genetically engineered animals(Clute) |
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Morressy, John |
Welcome to Wizcon |
ss |
7th story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series; has coll. Other Stories(1983) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: Seal of Approval |
ct |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Dark Crystal, The |
mr/tvr |
The Dark Crystal(1982), conceptual designer Brian Froud, a Jim Henson & the Muppets movie, dir. Jim Henson & Frank Oz, written by Jim Henson & David Odell |
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Weiner, Andrew |
On the Ship |
ss |
has short story "Distant Signals" in TWZ 1984 MAY/JUN, which was televised in the Tales From the Darkside TV series(Clute) |
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Baloo |
Cartoon |
ct |
has had cartoons pub. in The Saturday Evening Post, National Review, Liberty Magazine, The Voluntaryist, Playboy, Wall Street Journal, Woman's World, Good Housekeeping, & in many other publications thruout North America & Europe |
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Hughes, Edward P. |
Master Stroke, The |
ss |
3rd & last story in his Dafydd Llewelyn series(in TOC & on story title page, author's name incorrectly given as Edward F. Hughes) |
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Disch, Thomas M. |
Forbidden Thought, The: Recruitment Tape, A |
vi |
has poetry colls. Orders of the Retina(1982 chap), Here I Am, There You Are, Where Were We?(1984 chap), The Tale of Dan de Lion(1986), Yes, Let's(1989), Dark Verses and Light(1991); he uses byline Tom Disch for all his poetry, & is in F&SF as such |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Out in the Boondocks |
sces |
centricity, Part 2 of 2; the location of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy; where the center of our galaxy is located(in the constellation of Sagittarius); Part 1 in 1983 APR(#4966) |
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O'Neill, Gene |
Alchemy |
ss |
(1938- ) this story written before the closing of a GM plant in Fremont; lives in California; 1979 graduate of Clarion; has pub. stories in Pulpsmith, The Dragon, & in TWZ |
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Pohl, Frederik |
New Neighbors, The |
nv |
to be pub. in coll. Midas World(1983), coll. of social satires in the guise of an sf novel(B&C); has Heechee ser., Gateway(1977; W-1977 NEB; 1978 HUG, JWC, LOC; 1979 Apollo; N-1978 DIT), Beyond the Blue Event Horizon(1980; N-1980 NEB; 1981 BSF, HUG, LOC) |
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Kopf |
Cartoon |
ct |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 32 |
cmp |
1st prize: Paul Harwitz; 2nd prize: Beth Hardiman & Dennis Macfarlane; R-U: Jean MacKay Jackson; Paul A. Carter; Bhob(sic) Stewart; Robert Coulson; Augustine Funnell; Al Sarrantonio |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 33 |
cmp |
suggested by Philip Michael Cohen - give an sf/fantasy redefinition to any word, e.g.: Spinrad, a brand name of an atomic-powered centrifuge |
| 1983 JUN |
Watson, Ian |
Slow Birds |
nv |
N-1983 NEB; 1984 HUG, novelette; LOC, short story; has novel The Gardens of Delight(1980; N-1981 LOC), describes a world whose transformative energies makes its environment into a duplicate of the painting by Hieronymous Bosch(1460-1516)(Clute) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: "the re-emergence of horror writing as a powerful genre," & its connection with sf & fantasy; Peter Straub: Floating Dragon; Dean Ing: Pulling Through; Harlan Ellison: Stalking the Nightmare |
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Bretnor, Reginald |
Frog He Would A-Wooing Go, The |
ss |
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Dozois, Gardner & Jack Dann |
Down Among the Dead Men |
nv |
(1947- ; 1945- )1st pub. in Oui 1982 JUL; Dozois has collab. coll. Slow Dancing Through Time(1990); colls. The Visible Man(1977), Geodesic Dreams(1992); 1st novel Nightmare Blue(1975), w. Effinger; prolific anth., incl. The Year's Best S. F.(1984-present) |
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Keller, B.L. |
In One Ear |
ss |
has adult suspense novel The Baghdad Defections(1973); books Consumer Skills(1986), A Car Means Out(1987), Cliffhanger(1987), Beam Me Up, He Said(1987); children's books Rosebud, With Fangs(1985), Camp Trouble(1993), The Amazon Papers(1996) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Other Ring, The |
mr/tvr |
The Ring of Nibelung(shown on TV), an opera of 4 acts by Richard Wagner(1813-1883), the acts being The Rhinegold(written 1869), The Valkyrie(1870), Siegfried(1876), & The Twilight of the Gods(1876) |
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Singer, Fred |
Single Yesterday, A |
ss |
(1944?- ) teaches history at Hanau High School, a school for children of military personnel stationed in Germany; has novelette "Reasonable Doubt" pub. in ASI 1983 mDEC, & two short stories pub. in Night Voyages #9 1983 & #10 1984 |
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Chandler, A. Bertram |
Grimes and the Odd Gods |
nv |
2nd story in Rim World series(character John Grimes); he has been writing stories & novels in this series for at least 30 years |
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Rebetez, René |
New Prehistory, The |
ss |
1st pub. in his coll. La nueva prehistoria(1968); trans. from the Spanish by Damon Knight; René Rebetez(-Cortes), born in Columbia, but spends much time in Mexico; well-known Latin American writer, lecturer, & documentary film maker |
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Wolfe, Gene |
From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton |
ss |
also in Book of the New Sun ser., The Urth of the New Sun(1987; W-1988 SCF; N-1988 HUG, LOC, NEB), & omnibuses Shadow & Claw(1994), Sword & Citadel(1994), and The Book of the New Sun(1998); has colls. Plan[e]t Engineering(1984), Bibliomen(1984 chap) |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Mueller, Richard |
Cenotaph |
ss |
has novel in series, Time Machine #24: World War 1 Flying Ace(1988), in which the mission is to go back in time to 1917 & find the Red Baron |
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Dawes |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Properties of Chaos, The |
sces |
photosynthesis, Part 1 of 2; the discovery of the components of air, & the process of respiration; Part 2 in 1983 JUL(#5013) |
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Kelly, James Patrick |
Cruelest Month, The |
ss |
has sf novel with John Kessel, Freedom Beach(nv in F&SF 1984 AUG with Kessel, & stories in ASI 1984 APR & DEC, & poem in AMZ 1982 SEP; 1985 fixup), in which several characters find themselves in a world between reality & dreams(Clute) |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
George Slusser(Budrys br in 1983 JAN); Donald F. Robertson(Kathy Romer letter in 1983 FEB); Joy Nocito Alber(1983 MAR issue); Henry Kline II; Ferman & F&SF won three Balrog Awards for Best Professional Publication, for 1981, 1983 & 1984 |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 64: 1983 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1983 JUL |
Effinger, George Alec |
World of Pez Pavilion, The: Preliminary to the Groundbreaking Ceremony |
nv |
3rd/last story in Time Loop ser., other 2 by Damien Broderick(1982 DEC) & by Gordon Eklund(1983 FEB); stories connected by a common theme, that of being caught in a loop of time; this story becomes 1st part of Effinger's novel The Nick of Time(1985) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Greg Benford: Against Infinity; Greg Bear: The Wind from a Burning Woman; Edward Bryant: Cinnabar; M. John Harrison: The Floating Gods |
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Owens, Barbara |
Professor Smitt's Amazing Tiny Town |
ss |
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Goulart, Ron |
Brain Food |
ss |
has Vampirella series of novels, Bloodstalk(1975), On Alien Wings(1975), Blood Wedding(1976), Deadwalk(1976), Deathgame(1976), & Snakegod(1976) |
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