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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1986 JUL |
Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Labels on the Molecules |
sces |
isotopes & radioactive isotopes, Part 2 of 4; deuterium(hydrogen-2), & heavy water, via the history of the study of metabolism & the use of isotopic labels; Part 1 in 1986 JUN(#5497), Part 3 in 1986 AUG(#5525), Part 4 in 1986 SEP(#5542) |
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Niemand, O. |
Wisdom of Having Money, The |
nv |
6th & last story in Springfield series, this one written in the style of Mark Twain |
| 1986 AUG |
Aandahl, Vance |
Born From the Beast |
na |
N-1987 LOC, novella; the adventures of a trio traveling up a river wilderness on the colony planet Misare XII - young disfigured Becky Laffoon, old-timer Unbefrontable, & a mysterious stranger who calls himself V.J. van Downey |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: William Gibson, & his books, Count Zero, & Burning Chrome; Algis Budrys(ed): Writers of the Future, Vol. II(contains the last piece Frank Herbert ever wrote) |
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Hiller, Neil W. |
First I Came to Los Angeles |
ss |
has novella Spacecamp(1986), with his wife Barbara B. Hiller, a juvenile adaptation/novelization of the movie script of SpaceCamp(1986), which stars Kate Capshaw |
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Gallagher, Stephen |
By the River, Fontainebleau |
ss |
has novels Follower(1984), Valley of Lights(1987), Oktober(1988), the latter about an experimental drug that allows the protagonist to control other people's nightmares |
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Funnell, Augustine |
Trick |
nv |
(1952- ) from Canada, has participated in F&SF's Competition contest; has two space opera novels, Brandyjack(1976), & its sequel, Rebels of Merka(1976) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: Bus Stop |
ct |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 18: In Which Youth Goeth Before a Fall |
mr |
Young Sherlock Holmes(1985), Part 2 of 2, with digressions into the "auteur theory" in movies & comic books, & how hommage can "run amuck"; Ellison has anth. Medea: Harlan's World(1985; W-1986 LOC), set on a world that he conceived |
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Purtill, Richard L. |
Something in the Blood |
ss |
also in F&SF as Richard Purtill; has novels The Stolen Goddess(1980), Murdercon(1982 sf mys.), The Mirror of Helen(1983), The Parallel Man(1984), Enchantment at Delphi(1986 ya); nf Lord of the Elves and Eldils(1974), Philosophical Questions(1985) |
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Strickland, Brad |
In the Hour Before Dawn |
ss |
has completed ya fantasy adventures begun by the late John Bellairs, in his Lewis Barnavelt series, The Ghost in the Mirror(1993), The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder(1993), The Doom of the Haunted Opera(1995); alone, The Hand of the Necromancer(1996) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Consequences of Pie, The |
sces |
isotopes & radioactive isotopes, Part 3 of 4; radioactive tracers & how they were first used; radioisotopes formed by bombarding atoms with alpha particles; Part 1 in 1986 JUN(#5497), Part 2 in 1986 JUL(#5514), Part 4 in 1986 SEP(#5542) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Grant, Charles L. |
Crystal |
ss |
as Lionel Fenn has Diego ser., Once Upon a Time in the East(1993), etc; as Steven Charles has Private Academy ser., Nightmare Session(1986), etc; has novels The X-Files: Goblins(1994), & : Whirlwind(1995); Something Stirs(1991), Raven(1993), Jackals(1994) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 40 |
cmp |
1st prize: S. Hamm; 2nd prize: Pat Cadigan; R-U: Richard Hopkins; Madelaine Hausmann; Thea Kilosseus; Clint Everett; Gerina Dunwich |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 41 |
cmp |
suggested by Stephen Mendenhall - put together 2 or more sf/f titles, the first word of one being the same as the last word of the prev. title to come up with something meaningful or ridiculous, e.g.: Behold the Man Who Fell to Earth Abides |
| 1986 SEP |
Wagar, W. Warren |
President's Worm, The |
ss |
has SF-related books - H.G. Wells: Journalism and Prophecy, 1893-1946(coll. of essays, 1964), Terminal Visions: The Literature of Last Things(1982), A Short History of the Future(1989), latter a speculative history of the next 200 years told from 2200 AD |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: John W. Campbell Jr, his role in the sf world, his tenure at ASF/ANA, his relationship w. var. sf authors, & Budrys' personal reminiscences; Perry A. Chapdelaine Sr, Tony Chapdelaine, & George Hay(ed): The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. I |
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Gilliland, Alexis |
Cartoon: SF Critics Symposium Today |
ct |
has Wizenbeak series novels, Wizenbeak(1986), The Shadow Shaia(1990), & The Lord of Troll-Bats(1992), humorous fantasy novels about a water-dowsing wizard beleaguered by court politics |
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Guthridge, George & Meredith |
Snow Coil, The |
ss |
father & daughter collab., they live in Alaska & say much of the material in this story is based on fact; daughter has won state & international fiction competitions; father is also in F&SF by himself, & in collab. w. his wife as George Florance-Guthridge |
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Rucker, Rudy |
Soft Death |
ss |
has anth. Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder(1987), & Semiotext(e) Science Fiction(1989), the latter with Robert Anton Wilson & Peter Lamborn Wilson; has novels Master of Space and Time(1984), The Hollow Earth(1990), The Hacker and the Ant(1994) |
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Effinger, George Alec |
Yesterday's Gone |
nv |
has satirical sf novel, The Red Tape War: A Round-Robin Science Fiction Novel(1991), with co-authors Jack L. Chalker & Mike Resnick; Effinger has taught mystery & science fiction writing at the Univ. of New Orleans for several years |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Holmstrom, David |
Pink Bears |
ss |
has pub. fiction, articles, & humor in a number of magazines incl. AHMM, & Campus Life; was awarded a grant for fiction writing from the Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation |
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Johnson, Bill |
Business As Usual |
ss |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Blackwood, Algernon |
At a Mayfair Luncheon |
ss |
(1869-1951) 1st pub. in Windsor Magazine, 1936 MAR; UK fantasy writer, lived in Canada & US; 1st story pub. A Mysterious House(1889; 1987 chap); colls. The Empty House(1906), The Listener(1907), etc; 1st novel John Silence, Physician Extraordinary(1908) |
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Ashley, Mike |
Afterword to "At a Mayfair Luncheon" (by Algernon Blackwood) |
aw |
(1948- ) wn. for Michael Ashley; has nf book Algernon Blackwood: A Bio-Bibliography(1987); mentions history of this story, & mentions others - "The Doll," "The Trod," "The Wednesday Story," "The Castlebridge Cat," "Lock Your Door," & coll. Shocks(1935) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Enemy Within, The |
sces |
isotopes & radioactive isotopes, Part 4 of 4; tracers, specifically Carbon-14; naturally occurring radioactive isotopes found in the human body, & probably causing the occasional cancer or mutation; potassium-40, hydrogen-3; Parts 1-3 in 1986 JUN-AUG |
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Watson, Ian |
Queenmagic, Pawnmagic |
na |
abridged edition of his novel Queenmagic, Kingmagic(1986), pub. also in SEP, & reviewed in F&SF 1988 OCT; narrated by the pawn squire Pedino, it concerns the game of chess & the magical struggle betw. his city of Bellogard & the ebon city of Chorny |
| 1986 OCT |
Tiptree, James Jr |
Our Resident Djinn |
ss |
has colls. Byte Beautiful: 8 Science Fiction Stories(1985), Her Smoke Rose Up Forever(1990; N-1991 LOC), Neat Sheets: The Poetry of J.T.Jr(1996), Meet Me at Infinity(2000); also used ps. Racoona Sheldon; see her essay in Du Pont(ed): Women of Vision(1988) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: Theodore Sturgeon, & his novel Godbody; Mike Resnick: Santiago; H.W. Hall(ed): Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Index, 1980-1984 |
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Bretnor, Reginald |
Ultimate Weapon |
nv |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Holdstock, Robert |
Thorn |
ss |
N-1987 LOC, short story; 1st pub. in Birmingham SF Group, in 1984; has written novels under ps. Chris Carlsen, Richard Kirk, Ken Blake, Robert Faulcon; has Mythago Wood ser. Lavondyss(1988; W-1989 BSF), The Bone Forest (1991), The Hollowing(1993), etc |
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Pohl, Frederik |
Saucery |
ss |
has novels The Merchant's War(1984), Black Star Rising(1985), The Coming of the Quantum Cats(ANA 1986 JAN-APR; 1986; N-1987 LOC), Terror(1986), Chernobyl(1987), The Day the Martians Came(1988 fixup), Homegoing(1989), The World at the End of Time(1990) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 19: In Which We Long for the Stillness of the Lake, the Smooth Swell of the Sea |
mr |
essay: Ellison's definition of maturity, "observations about childish & adult visions of what to make as a motion picture in an era when studios check the growth rings of writers & directors before they commit ..."; Short Circuit(1986), stars Ally Sheedy |
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Shepard, Lucius |
Arcevoalo, The |
nv |
N-1987 LOC, novelette; "my idea of a story told by a future storyteller about his distant past, which is our distant future ..."; has coll. with Robert Frazier, Nantucket Slayrides: Three Short Novels(1989), two novellas being by Shepard |
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Nurit |
Cartoon: In—Out—Limbo |
ct |
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Shea, Michael |
Fill It With Regular |
nv |
N-1987 LOC, novelette; has a Chthulhu Mythos horror novelette, "Fat Face," pub. as a chapbook in 1987, was N-1988 BFA |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Relativity of Wrong, The |
sces |
right & wrong are not absolutes, but "fuzzy concepts," e.g., the flat Earth, the spherical Earth, the pear-shaped Earth beliefs, etc |
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Brunner, John |
Fellow Traveler, The |
ss |
has novels The Dramaturges of Yan(1971), The Sheep Look Up(1972; N-1972 NEB; 1973 LOC), The Stone That Never Came Down(1973), Polymath(1974), Total Eclipse(1974; N-1975 LOC), Web of Everywhere(1974), The Shockwave Rider(1975; N-1976 DIT, LOC) |
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Springer, Nancy |
Boy Who Plaited Manes, The |
ss |
N-1986 NEB; 1987 HUG, LOC, short story; WFA, short fiction; Springer loves horses, & often writes them into her fiction; she volunteers for Horseback Riding for the Handicapped, & the Wind Ridge Farm Equine Sanctuary, in Wellsville, PA |
| 1986 NOV |
Fowler, Karen Joy |
Face Value |
ss |
N-1987 LOC; has 1st novel Sarah Canary(1991; N-1991 TIP; 1992 LOC, NEB), a first contact novel in which a strange female, perhaps an alien, arrives in the state of Washington in 1873 & is dubbed Sarah Canary because of the birdlike sounds she makes(Clute) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: Stephen King & his "research dyslexias," writes well, espec. the "prepubescent scene"; Stephen King: It; David L. Rosheim: Galaxy Magazine, The Dark and the Light Years; Terry Carr(ed): The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IV |
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Jonas, Gerald |
Year All the Kennedy Children Ran for President, The |
ss |
writes educational films on science for high school students; has nf book The Living Earth Book of North American Trees(1993) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Denton, Bradley |
Killing Weeds |
nv |
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Yolen, Jane |
Uncorking of Uncle Finn, The |
ss |
a past president of the SFWA, Yolen has also been on the Board of Directors of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators since its inception, over 25 years ago; see her website at www.janeyolen.com; has coll. The Faery Flag(1989) |
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