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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1985 APR |
Benford, Gregory |
To the Storming Gulf |
na |
N-1986 LOC, na; post-holocaust story taking place in the midwest & gulf states, the after-effects on a small group of people of the EMP & nuclear winter, from various viewpoints; has novels Against Infinity(1983; N-1983 NEB; 1984 LOC), Time's Rub(1984) |
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Payes, Rachel Cosgrove |
Acrostic Puzzle |
pz |
answers in 1985 MAY, p.35; under her full name has romance novels Lady Alicia's Secret(1986), Emeralds and Jade(1988), & The Dark Towers of Trelochen(1991) |
| 1985 MAY |
Shepard, Lucius |
Jaguar Hunter, The |
nv |
N-1985 NEB; 1986 LOC, novelette; WFA, short fiction; "... the method of hunting jaguars outlined in the story is not a product of my imagination. I met an old guy in Honduras who claimed to have done in ... 50 jaguars by this method" |
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Haldeman, Jack C. II |
Rats in Space |
ss |
has novel The Fall of Winter(1985), a scientist tries to find why a colony planet's terraforming project has gone bad; w. Harry Harrison: Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Zombie Vampires(1991), a humorous sf novel, Vol. 5 in Harrison's ser. |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Jack Williamson: Lifeburst; Patti Perret: The Faces of Science Fiction; Mack Reynolds: The Other Time |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books: Browser's Corner |
br |
1st of an occasional feature on extraordinary 2nd hand books; M.J. Engh: Arslan(1976) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Hardesty, Steven |
Turnabout |
ss |
(1946- ) his 1st sale; has novel, Ghost Soldiers: A Story of the Vietnam War and the Supernatural(1989), in which the ghosts of American soldiers killed in Vietnam "resume the battle in which they died—and win" |
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Mueller, Richard |
Nifty Murder Case, The (for Donna Kemeny & Michael P. Hodel, for different reasons) |
ss |
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Tuttle, Lisa |
No Regrets |
nv |
N-1986 LOC, short story; has edited anth. Skin of the Soul: New Horror Stories by Women(1990; N-1991 LOC), Crossing the Border: Tales of Erotic Ambiguity(1998) |
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Brantingham, Juleen |
Haunting of Goodhope, The |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Arise, Fair Sun! |
sces |
electricity & the battery, Part 4 of 4; electricity produced by light, selenium solar cells; historically, the photoelectric effect; Part 1 in 1985 FEB(#5279), Part 2 in 1985 MAR(#5292), Part 3 in 1985 APR(#5304) |
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Wightman, Wayne |
Tensor of Desire, The |
na |
2nd & last story in his Tarassis Psychonauts series; in a station deep in space, a team of psychonauts are probing into alien minds |
| 1985 JUN |
Green, Robert M. Jr |
Embezzled Blessing, The |
nv |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: you cannot do art by thinking about it(a reference to critics), you must do it; Frank Kelly Freas: A Separate Star; Larry Niven: Niven's Laws; Michael Bishop(ed): Light Years and Dark; Algis Budrys: Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf |
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Morressy, John |
Two Fables |
vi |
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Fowler, Karen Joy |
Poplar Street Study, The |
ss |
(1950- ) N-1986 LOC; has BA in political science from UC Berkeley, MA from UC Davis; teaches ballet; 1st story pub. sf "Recalling Cinderella" in Budrys(ed): Writers of the Future, Vol.II(1985); W-1987 JWCA, Best New Writer; see iv, TotU #15 1995 FLL/WIN |
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Brunner, John |
Man Who Made the Fur Fly, The |
nv |
5th story in his Mr. Secrett series; has non-genre novels Crutch of Memory(1964), A Plague on Both Your Causes(1969; vt Blacklash, 1969 US), Black Is the Color(1969), latter a black magic thriller, & The Devil's Work(1970), Honky in the Woodpile(1971) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 9: In Which the Fortunate Reader Gets to Peek Inside the Fabled Black Tower |
mr |
behind the scenes at Universal Studios into the making of Dune(1984), Part 1 of 2, based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, dir. David Lynch, stars Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Brad Dourif, Jose Ferrer, Linda Hunt; Part 2 in 1985 AUG(#5353) |
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Williams, Walter Jon |
Side Effects |
nv |
(1953- ) N-1986 LOC, ss; lives in NM; 1st works were 5 naval adventures in Privateer & Gentlemen ser., The Privateer(1981), etc, as by Jon Williams; 1st pub. sf novel Ambassador of Progress(1984); Knight Moves(1985; N-1986 DIC), Aristoi(1992; N-1993 LOC) |
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Kelly, James Patrick |
Last, The |
ss |
has coll. Author's Choice Monthly #9: Heroines(1990); novel Wildlife(1994; N-1994 NEB, TIP; 1995 HUG, LOC), an sf novel of outlawed AIs in a culture that aims to program all biological variables(B&C) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Rule of Numerous Small, The |
sces |
stars & planets, what's the difference between the two; the smallest or dimmest star known; addendum, on p.152, an even dimmer star has been found since this essay was written, star VB 8B; see sequel essay, on the largest star, in 1986 MAR(#5454) |
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Wolfe, Gene |
Woman Who Went Out, The |
ss |
1st & only story in F&SF in Latro ser.; this story to be part of novel Soldier of the Mist(1986); one other novel in Latro ser., Soldier of Arete(1989), fantasy novels about an ancient Greek soldier with an ability to see & talk with invisible beings |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 37 |
cmp |
1st prize: Dan F. Gates; 2nd prize: Charles R. Lembke; R-U: Jean MacKay Jackson; Horace Shaeff; M.C. McSherry; Dean Wesley Smith; George Alec Effinger |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 38 |
cmp |
suggested by John Brunner - take the opening sentences of not fewer than 3, not more than 7, sf novels or stories, & arrange them to make the opening paragraph(s) of another, non-existent story; give sources; invent a title |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 68: 1985 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1985 JUL |
Knight, Damon |
God Machine, The |
vi |
has coll. Author's Choice Monthly Issue 21: God's Nose(1991); poetry coll. TAB A(1993); has novel Why Do Birds(1992), in 21st century a man claims to have been kidnapped by aliens in the 1930s & returned to Earth w. a mission(B&C); W-1994 NEB, Grandmaster |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: cases of sf authors going "mainstream," e.g. Ray Bradbury; Kate Wilhelm: Welcome, Chaos; C.J. Cherryh: Chanur's Venture; Tim Powers: Dinner at Deviant's Palace |
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Bretnor, Reginald |
Proud Foot of the Conqueror, The |
ss |
1st pub. in Jerry Pournelle(ed): There Will Be War, Vol. IV: Day of the Tyrant(1985) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
has cartoon colls. Can't You Guys Read? Cartoons on Academia(1991), Chalk Up Another One: The Best of Sidney Harris(1992) |
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Wilson, Robert Charles |
Blue Gularis, The |
ss |
(1953- ) born in CA, now lives in Toronto; 1st story pub. sf "Eqinocturne" in ANA 1975 FEB, as by Bob Chuck Wilson; has 1st novel, A Hidden Place(1986; N-1986 DIC; 1987 ARR, LOC), in which aliens contact 2 young Americans in a small town in the 1930s |
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Watson, Ian |
Skin Day, and After |
ss |
has anth. Picture at an Exhibition(1981), Afterlives: An Anthology of Stories About Life After Death(1986), the latter with Pamela Sargent; novel The Whores of Babylon(1988; N-1989 CLA), about a virtual reality Babylon in the USA(Clute) |
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Hochstein, Rolaine |
Neighbors |
ss |
lives in NJ, recipient of the 1985 NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship; has nf books w. Dr. Daniel A. Sugarman, The Seventeen Guide to Knowing Yourself(1967), & ... to You and Other People(1968); novels Stepping Out(1977), Table 47(1983) |
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O'Neill, Gene |
White Quetzal, The |
ss |
he & his wife "spent 3 days in the Monteverde Cloud Forest (in Costa Rica) ... neither of us saw a white quetzal" |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Poison in the Negative |
sces |
vitamins, Part 1 of 5; the vitamin-deficient diseases of scurvy, beri-beri, rickets, pellagra; diseases first became well-known during the Age of Exploration; the first steps in treatment & in discovering vitamins; Parts 2-5 in 1985 AUG-NOV |
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Baloo |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Kube-McDowell, Michael P. |
When Winter Ends |
na |
(1954- ) N-1986 LOC; wn. for Michael P. McDowell; Kube his wife's maiden name; raised in NJ; has science education MS from Michigan State; has written scripts for TV's Tales from the Darkside; 1st story pub. sf "The Inevitable Conclusion" in AMZ 1979 AUG |
| 1985 AUG |
Strickland, Brad |
Pira |
ss |
has medical horror novels Shadowshow(1988), Children of the Knife(1990); has Jeremy Moon seq. Moon Dreams(1988), Nul's Quest(1989), & Wizard's Mole(1991), which conveys its protagonist into a dream world where he takes his stand(Clute) |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: long essay on Larry Niven's & Jerry Pournelle's collab. book, Footfall; William Gibson: Neuromancer |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books: Browser's Corner |
br |
Frank Robinson & John Levin: The Great Divide(1982); obituary & memorial of Lawrence Taylor Shaw (1924-1985), editor of IFS, INF, SFA, etc |
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Effinger, George Alec |
My First Game As an Immortal |
pm |
has novels Look Away(1990 chap), & The Zork Chronicles(1990), the latter a humorous novelization in the "Infocom" series based on the fantasy game Zork; also wrote a short story for role-playing game Trinity(1999) |
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Gunn, James |
Man of Parts |
ss |
has novels The Joy Makers(1961 fixup), The Immortals(1962 fixup; 1970-71 TV ser.), The Dreamers(1981; N-1982 LOC), Crisis!(1986 fixup); coll. Some Dreams Are Nightmares(1974); nf The Road to S. F. #1-6(1977-98), Isaac Asimov(1982; W-1983 HUG; N-1983 LOC) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Onopa, Robert |
Lights, The |
ss |
(1943- ) born in Chicago, IL; has 1964 BA from Univ. of Illinois, 1966 MA from Univ. of Connecticut; 1974 PhD from Northwestern Univ.; an editor of TriQuarterly #45-48, 1979 SPR-1980 SPR; TriQuarterly is a fiction publication of Northwestern Univ |
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Denton, Bradley |
Summer We Saw Diana, The |
ss |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 10: In Which the Fabled Black Tower Meets Dune With As Much Affection As Godzilla Met Ghidrah |
mr |
behind the scenes of Dune, Part 2 of 2, the screening, sneak preview, reviews & flop of Dune, & Ellison's review in USA Today; dir. William Friedkin, of The French Connection(1971), The Exorcist(1973), Sorcerer(1977; remake of 1952's The Wages of Fear) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Three-Mile Syndrome |
ss |
has humorous fantasy novel The Vizier's Second Daughter(novella "City of Brass" in AMZ 1965 AUG; exp. 1985), in which Mark Billings, sent back in time to kidnap Arabian Nights' author Sheherazade, accidentally steals the wrong woman, her little sister |
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