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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1988 APR |
Foster, Alan Dean & Sally McBride |
Dance on a Forgotten Shore |
nv |
(1946- ; ? - ?) McBride's novelette, "The Fragrance of Orchids" in ASI 1994 MAY, W-1995 AUR, for best short fiction |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
How an Inner Door Opened to My Heart |
ss |
has anth. Space Odysseys(1974), Space Opera(1974), Evil Earths(1975), Galactic Empires(1976), Decade the 1940s(1975), ... 1950s(1976), ... 1960s(1977), the last 3 w. Harry Harrison; novel The Malacia Tapestry(1976); coll. Seasons in Flight(1984) |
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Yolen, Jane |
Dusty Loves |
ss |
with her eldest son, Adam Stemple, a musician, Yolen has collab. on at least one book, Sing Noel(1996), a coll. of traditional Christmas carols, that incl. arrangements for piano & guitar, & introductions that describe the history of each song |
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Arno, Ed |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Zebrowski, George |
Jumper |
ss |
has anth. Nebula Awards 20-22(1986-1989), Synergy #1-4(1987-1989); novel w. Charles Pellegrino, The Killing Star(1995; N-1996 LOC); w. Pamela Sargent, Star Trek: A Fury Scorned(1996), & Star Trek: Heart of the Sun(1997); novel Brute Orbit(1998) |
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Laidlaw, Marc |
Middleman's Rent |
ss |
has 1st novel Dad's Nuke(1985), a sf satire of suburban life & Christian fundamentalism set in a near-future community effectively sealed off from the rest of the disintegrating USA(Clute) |
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Taylor, L. |
Cartoon: Anti Matter—Anti Men—Anti War |
ct |
working name for Lynne Taylor |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Iron, Cold Iron |
sces |
element iron, Part 1 of 2; its history & its role in man's history; magnetism, compasses, & man's exploration of the Earth; Part 2 in 1988 MAY(#5834) |
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Engstrom, Elizabeth |
Fogarty & Fogarty |
na |
(1951- ) N-1989 LOC, nv; story of a homeless man & a startling & pleasant addition to his life; wn. for Betsy Lynn Gutzmer Engstrom; grew up in Park Ridge, IL; lives in Eugene, OR; horror writer mostly, 1st book pub. coll. When Darkness Loves Us(1985) |
| 1988 MAY |
Ferman, Edward L. |
In This Issue |
note |
beginning in this issue, a new column by Charles Platt, "Inside Science Fiction," about the doings in the sf world, pub. at irregular intervals; also in this issue is Alice Sheldon's last James Tiptree Jr story in F&SF, "The Color of Neanderthal Eyes" |
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Tiptree, James Jr |
Color of Neanderthal Eyes, The |
na |
N-1989 LOC, novella; about a telepath, Tom Jared, who is stranded on the sea world, Wet, & his relationship with the gentle humanoid & aquatic natives; see "A Short Autobiography of Alice Sheldon", in the NYRSF 1998 DEC |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
David Zindell: Neverness; Robert Silverberg(ed): Worlds of Wonder; 3 computer games - Starflight, Exodus: Ultima III, Bard's Tale; Terence M. Green: The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind; see Card's interview in The Leading Edge #23 1991 |
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Bishop, Michael |
Reply to Orson Scott Card, A |
lttr |
response to 1988 FEB review by Card of Bishop's book, The Secret Ascension(1987; vt Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas, 1988 UK); says Card accuses him of character assassination of Richard M. Nixon |
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Strickland, Brad |
Caution Sign |
ss |
has completed ya fantasy novels begun by the late John Bellairs, in his Johnny Dixon series, The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie(1994); by himself, The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder(1997); see entry in C.A., vol.130, p.439-440 |
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Platt, Charles |
Inside Science Fiction: Ackermania |
ar |
"The Auction of the Century" of part of Forrest J Ackerman sf collection, which incl. some of Frank Frazetta's artwork; why are some people infected with Ackermania, or obsessive collecting?; Platt's 1st story pub. sf/f "One of Those Days" in SCF #68 1964 |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Klavan, Andrew |
Woman in the Wood, The |
pm |
(1954- ) has 1st novel Face of the Earth(1980); has NYC reporter John Wells ser. incl. The Scarred Man(1990; W-EDG) as by Keith Peterson; as Klavan, Don't Say a Word(1991; N-1992 EDG; 2001 movie), True Crime(1995; 1999 movie), The Uncanny(1998) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Williamson, Chet |
Miss Tuck and the Gingerbread Boy |
ss |
has novel Reign(1990; N-1991 STO), which blends novel & stage play, as a theatre star portraying a character in a play finds himself & his troupe being visited by the murderous embodiment of that character(Clute) |
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Di Filippo, Paul |
Short Course in Art Appreciation, A |
ss |
has interview in NonStop Science Fiction Magazine #1 1993 |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 29: In Which Li'l White Lies Are Revealed to Be at Least Tattletale Gray |
mr |
essay: answers question, why are you so angry?; cuz of lies from film industry, movies discussed: The Emerald Forest(1985); Hangar 18(1980); Frankenstein: The True Story(1973); Shark's Treasure(1975); Ladyhawke(1985); The Philadelphia Experiment(1984) |
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Haber, Karen |
Madre de Dios |
ss |
(1955- ) her 1st pub. story; wn. for Karen Lee Haber Silverberg; lives in San Francisco, CA; married to Robert Silverberg since 1987; has Fire in Winter seq., incl. her 1st novel, The Mutant Season(Silverberg's 1973 ss; exp. 1989), The Mutant Prime(1990) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: From Pole to Pole |
sces |
element iron, Part 2 of 2; history & study of magnetism, Earth's magnetic field & inner core; questions about the Earth's magnetic poles; Part 1 in 1988 APR(#5819) |
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Morrow, James |
Eye That Never Blinks, The |
ss |
has novelization of computer game(In Search of the Most Amazing Thing), The Adventures of Smoke Bailey(1983); novels The Continent of Lies(1984), This Is the Way the World Ends(1986; N-1986 NEB; 1987 JWC, LOC); see iv's in INZ 1991 APR, LOC 1998 AUG(#451) |
| 1988 JUN |
Weiner, Andrew |
Man Who Was Lucky, The |
ss |
has coll. Distant Signals and Other Stories(1990) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: Michael Shea, "a writers' writer"; Michael Shea: Polyphemus; Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento(ed): Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Charles de Lint: Jack the Giant Killer; Mary Stanton: The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West; Parke Godwin: A Truce With Time; also in Card's Alvin Maker ser., Prentice Alvin(1989; W-1990 LOC; N-1989 NEB; 1990 HUG, MYT) |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Prince of the Steppes, The |
ss |
has column about sf/f authors & their works, & sf's history, "From the Heart's Basement," in Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #10 1992 to #16 1993, the first column being about sf author Alice Sheldon, aka James Tiptree Jr |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Minimum Security Prison: The Windup Chair |
ct |
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Wilson, F. Paul |
Muscles |
ss |
(1946- ) wn. for Francis Paul Wilson; 1st story pub. sf "The Cleaning Machine" in Startling Mystery Stories 1971 MAR; has 1st novel, LaNague Federation trilogy, Healer("Pard" in ANA 1972 DEC; exp. 1976; W-1990 PRO), Wheels Within Wheels(1978; W-1979 PRO) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 30½: In Which 3 Cinematic Variations on "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" Are Presented |
mr |
story discussed was pub. in Thomas M. Disch(ed): Bad Moon Rising(1973), & W-1974 EDG, & is "a fantasy based on the real-life murder of ... Kitty Genovese in Queens in 1964"; 3 variations of a screenplay of a scene based on this story are given |
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Denton, Bradley |
Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians, The |
na |
N-1988 NEB; 1989 HUG, LOC, novella; the life certain comedians might have/or may encounter after death, a tale that satirizes certain views held by our society & presents a rather dystopian view of heaven |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
Jonik did gag-writing "only 3 times for Charles Addams from before my work was accepted on its own at New Yorker Magazine. Ideas simply are presented on a platter by day to day things in the news or anywhere." |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Our Neural Chernobyl |
ss |
N-1989 HUG, ss; has novel with William Gibson, The Difference Engine(1990; N-1991 NEB; 1992 AUR, BSF, JWC, LOC), the 1st part of which is derived from their short story "The Angel of Goliad" in INZ #40 1990, about an alternate world London |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Is Anyone Listening? |
sces |
overpopulation, where & to what is it leading to, predictions & projections; a sequel to essays "The Power of Progression" in 1969 MAY(#2781), "Crowded!" in 1967 MAR(#2465), & "More Crowded!" in 1980 MAY(#4445) |
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Gotschalk, Felix C. |
Nakajima Cyberspace |
ss |
see essay on Gotschalk in CANR vol.161, p. 147-148, 1998 |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 74: 1988 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1988 JUL |
Ellison, Harlan |
Eidolons (dedicated to the memory of Mike Hodel) |
ss |
W-1989 LOC, short story; has used ps. Cordwainer Bird since 1957, but after 1964 has used it to designate material he partially disclaimed, esp. through conflicts with TV producers; for example the TV series The Starlost(1973-1974, 16 ep.) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: "consider the story set in the afterglow of civilization"; William Brinkley: The Last Ship |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Paul Preuss: Starfire; Stephen King: The Tommyknockers; Leigh Kennedy: Faces; Harry Turtledove: A Different Flesh; also in Card's Alvin Maker ser., Alvin Journeyman(1995; W-1996 LOC), Heartfire(1998), omnibus Alvin Wandering(1998) |
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Hornig, Doug |
Entropy |
ss |
has pub. poetry & written screenplays; has medical thriller, with Peter Caine, Virus(1989); has Steven Kirk, burned-out government agent from Charlottesville, VA, series mystery novels Waterman(1987), & Stinger(1990) |
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Soukup, Martha |
Big Wish, The |
ss |
has colls. Rosemary's Brain and Other Tales of Weird Wonder(1992); The Arbitrary Placement of Walls(1997), the title story(ss in ASI 1992 APR) of which N-1992 NEB; 1993 HUG, LOC, WFA; nv "The House of Expectations" in Hayden: Starlight 2(1998), N-1998 TIP |
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Bretnor, Reginald |
Aunt's Flight |
ss |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Reincarnation |
ct |
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Aandahl, Vance |
In the Light of the Holy Herb |
ss |
author says he wrote this story "in hopes of exploring the psychology of fear & showing that fear can so drain us that we are left open to transformation" |
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Bradbury, Ray |
Thing at the Top of the Stairs, The |
ss |
N-1989 STO, short story; 1st pub. in his coll. The Toynbee Convector(1988; N-1989 LOC, STO); stories/novels of his were basis for movies Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine(1981 TV), Quest(1983), Something Wicked This Way Comes(1983) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Longest River, The |
sces |
rivers, the Nile River; how the Nile River helped bring on & how it affected the Egyptian civilization; compared to the same effect of the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers on civilizations; see earlier essay on rivers, "Old Man River" in 1966 NOV(#2422) |
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Eisenstein, Phyllis |
Beyond the Red Lord's Reach |
no-1/3 |
7th story in her Alaric ser.; Alaric escapes the Red Lord only to become enmeshed into the affairs of the nomads, with whom he has sought refuge; an expanded version to be pub. in book form as In the Red Lord's Reach(1989), a sequel to Born to Exile(1978) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 45 |
cmp |
1st prize: Jeff Grimshaw; 2nd prize: Martin S. Kohl; R-U: Patricia Warrick; Crewel Punz, Inc.; Agustin Goba; Jon & Holly Jackson; Jospeh(sic) S. Potts; William H. Garsi; Jade Chin; Andy Tisbert; Jim Collins; Michael Doherty & Ben Spergel; & 5 more |
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