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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1989 JAN |
Springer, Nancy |
Serenity |
nv |
other novels in The Book of the Sun seq., The Black Beast(1982; N-1983 LOC), The Golden Swan(1983) - these two assembled as The Book of Vale(1983) - & Wings of Flame(1985; N-1986 LOC); has novels Chains of Gold(1986), A Horse to Love(1987) |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
Jonik has been drawing cartoons "since the age of 7 in 2nd Grade, so I'd have to credit the nuns in Catholic School & their policies for being a prompter to put stuff onto paper. Plus some Kiddie Shows on TV presented games etc to encourage drawing." |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: defining fantasy again, this time "classical fantasy," a fiction which uses mythological, religious, superstitious or animist characters; A.A. Attanasio: Wyvern; Elmore Leonard: Touch |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
young-adult f/sf reviews; Daniel M. Pinkwater: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Pamela Sargent: Alien Child; Peter Dickinson: The Changes: Vol. 1, The Devil's Children; Vol. 2, Heartease; Vol. 3, The Weathermonger; E.L. Konigsburg: Up from Jericho Tel |
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Tritten, Larry |
Science Fiction Readers' and Writers' Guide to the Universe, The |
fa |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
has book of humor, Just a Cog in the Wheel(1989) |
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McDowell, Ian |
On the Dark Road |
ss |
(1958- ) born in WI, lives in Greensboro, NC, dedicates this story to Manly Wade Wellman; has MFA in Creative Writing from UNC; 1st story pub. "Son of the Morning" in ASI 1983 DEC; has novels Mordred's Curse(1996; N-1997 LOC), Merlin's Gift(1997) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 32: In Which the Switch Is Thrown |
mr |
essay: "Oh, fer chrissakes, gimme a break!," when filmmakers try to make us believe the impossible, & our "Common Sense Switch" gets thrown; Willow(1988), dir. Ron Howard; Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988), dir. Robert Zemeckis |
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Wylde, Thomas |
Man Who Controlled Himself, The |
ss |
has tie-in novels Dr. Bones #3: Garukan Blood(1989), & the last in the series, #6: Journey to Rilla(1990) |
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Ferguson, Brad |
To Tell the Troof |
nv |
(1953- ) wn. for Bradley Michael Ferguson; says he's the only adult he knows who has lived his entire life on Manhattan Island; has Star Trek novels, Crisis on Centaurus(1986), & A Flag Full of Stars(1991); The World Next Door(1990), The Last Stand(1995) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Unforgiving Minute, The |
sces |
time units, the minute & the second; the history of clocks, & how & why man developed & needed better ways to tell time; has nf book The Tyrannosaurus Prescription, and One Hundred Other Science Essays(1989) |
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Di Filippo, Paul |
Do You Believe in Magic? |
ss |
has coll. of three inter-related short novels, The Steampunk Trilogy(1995; N-1996 LOC), set in an alternate 19th century(B&C) |
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Sherman, Delia |
Miss Carstairs and the Merman |
nv |
N-1990 LOC, novelette; has 1st novel dark fantasy Through a Brazen Mirror(1989; N-1989 LOC), which retells the traditional ballad "Famous Flower of Serving Men"(Clute); this novel earned Sherman a N-1989 JWCA; see interview at www.sfsite.com |
| 1989 FEB |
Whitlock, Dean |
All or Nothing |
ss |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
Jonik also does "painting, sculpture, assemblages, & writing rants on political/environmental topics w. emphasis on the barbarism of the Drug War, the ignoring of toxic elements in cigarettes, world chlorine/dioxin contamination, the death penalty, etc." |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Mike Resnick(ed): Shaggy B.E.M. Stories; Kristine Kathryn Rusch(ed): Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue One; Jon Gustafson(ed): Moscon X Program Book; Karen Elizabeth Gordon: The Well-Tempered Sentence, & The Transitive Vampire; SIU Press books |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Kate Wilhelm: Crazy Time; Piers Anthony: Bio of an Ogre; James Gleick: Chaos: Making a New Science; Card has nf books, Characters & Viewpoint(1988), How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy(1990; W-1991 HUG; N-1991 LOC) |
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Bilgrey, Marc |
Cartoon: Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence, The (The Early Years) |
ct |
has book The Private Eye Cartoon Book(1985), & a short story "Progress" in Keen Science Fiction!, 1996 SEP |
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Dubois, Judith |
Etoundi's Monkey |
nv |
1st pub. story; story set in West Africa, the author's home for 17 years; "I graduated from Culver-Stockton College in Missouri in 1967 & joined the Peace Corps. Assigned to W. Africa, I taught English, then married ... I now live ... in southern France" |
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Hauser |
Cartoon |
ct |
working name for Frank Hauser |
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Williamson, Chet |
Eternal Ties |
nv |
has time travel fantasy novel of dark suspense & bittersweet nostalgia, Second Chance(1994), in which a college reunion includes some who died in college & want revenge; game tie-in novels Ravenloft: Mordenheim(1994), & Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller(1995) |
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Laidlaw, Marc |
Demonstration, The |
ss |
recently moved from San Francisco to Long Island, where he's working on his current sf novel Kalifornia(1993); Laidlaw wrote comic strip scripts for Creepy, & Vampirella; see entry in C.A., vol.119, p.188 |
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Moon, Elizabeth |
New World Symphony |
nv |
has sequels to her 1st novel, The Feed of Paksenarrion II: Divided Allegiance(1988), III: Oath of Gold(1989), coll. in omnibus The Deed of Paksenarrion(1992); colls. Lunar Activity(1990; N-1991 LOC), Phases(1997) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Cosmic Lens, The |
sces |
gravitational & galactic lenses; the "Einstein ring"; offers a microscope into astronomical objects & a better understanding of the universe; has nf books Asimov on Science: A 30 Year Retrospective, 1959-1989(1989) |
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Brennert, Alan |
Healer |
nv |
a TV producer & scriptwriter, his sf/f scripts incl. Wonder Woman(1978-1979), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century(1979-1981), & 11 scripts for the 2nd run of The Twilight Zone(1985-1987); won a 1991 Emmy as a writer & producer for L.A. Law(1986-1994)(Clute) |
| 1989 MAR |
Elgin, Suzette Haden |
Tornado |
ss |
has Ozark seq., Twelve Fair Kingdoms(1981; N-1982 LOC), The Grand Jubilee(1981), & And Then There'll Be Fireworks(1981) - coll. in omnibus The Ozark Trilogy(1982) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: the two novels of M.J. Engh, the first being Arslan(1976); M.J. Engh: Wheel of the Winds; James Gunn(ed): The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction; Robert F. Jones: Blood Sport |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Norman Spinrad: Other Americas; Kristine Kathryn Rusch(ed): Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue One; Card has anth. Future on Fire(1991; N-1992 LOC), & Black Mist and Other Japanese Futures(1997), the latter with Keith Ferrell |
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Aldridge, Ray |
Blue Skin |
ss |
Aldridge, after leaving the military, learned how to make pots from the book by Bernard Leach, A Potter's Book(1946; 1953); he has been a potter & stained glass designer since the 1970s; see his artwork, & much commentary at his website www.goodpots.com/ |
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Morressy, John |
Alaska |
nv |
11th story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series; has novel in this series, Kedrigern in Wanderland(1988) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 33: In Which the Canine of Vacuity Is Wagged by the Far More Interesting Tale of O'Bannon |
mr |
essay: personal reminiscence of his 1st Big Break in Hollywood; the career of Rockne O'Bannon; Alien Nation(1988), written by O'Bannon, dir. Graham Baker, stars James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, followed by a TV series, & a series of made-for-TV movies |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Kilworth, Garry |
Ifurin and the Fat Man |
ss |
has novels Abandonati(1988), Cloudrock(1988), The Voyage of the Vigilance(1988), Hunter's Moon(1989), Midnight Sun(1990), The Rain Ghost(1990), The Drowners(1992), Frost Dancers(1992), Standing on Shamsan(1992), The Electric Kid(1994), Cybercats(1996) |
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Yolen, Jane |
Sea Man, The |
ss |
with her daughter, Heidi E.Y. Stemple-Piatt, a writer, Yolen has collab. on an anth. of adult folk tales, Mirror, Mirror(2000), & on an nf History Mystery series, Mary Celeste(1999), & due out soon The Wolf Girls, & Roanoke Colony |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Secret of the Universe, The |
sces |
paradoxes, mathematical & logical; convergent & divergent series, fractional dimensions or fractals; the secret of the universe(& science) is that there are an infinite number of questions, like the paradoxes, to be answered & solved |
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Shepard, Lucius |
Ends of the Earth, The |
na |
N-1990 LOC, novella; concerns a NY writer who moves to a small village in Guatemala, looking for a change, though perhaps not so drastic a change as the one that is forced upon him; see his interview in INZ #34 1990 |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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| 1989 APR |
Garcia y Robertson, R. |
Cast on a Distant Shore |
nv |
(1949- ) wn. for Rodrigo Garcia y Robertson; lives in Mount Vernon, WA; an historian, with a PhD from UCLA; has taught at UCLA & Villanova Univ.; 1st story pub. fantasy "The Flying Mountain" in AMZ 1987 MAY; story inspired by evolution & mimicry |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Elizabeth A. Scarborough: The Healer's War; Jane Yolen: The Devil's Arithmetic; Terry Bisson: Wyrldmaker; Charles de Lint: Greenmantle; Card has Homecoming series The Memory of Earth(1992; N-1993 LOC), The Call of Earth(1993; N-1994 LOC) |
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Lupoff, Richard A. |
Mr. Tindle |
ss |
has Twin Planets ser., Circumpolar!(1984; N-1985 LOC), Countersolar!(1987); Sun's End ser., Sun's End(1984), Galaxy's End(1988); Lovecraft's Book(1985), The Comic Book Killer(1988), The Cover Girl Killer(1995); coll. Before... 12:01... After(1996) |
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Arno, Ed |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Shirley, John |
Screens |
nv |
has Traveler ser. as D.B. Drumm, Terminal Road(1986), etc; The Black Hole of Carcosa(1988, w. J. Michael Reaves); Wetbones(1992), Silicon Embrace(1996); colls. Heatseeker(1989), The Exploded Heart(1996), Black Butterflies(1998); website www.darkecho.com |
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Platt, Charles |
Inside Science Fiction: How to Live Forever |
ar |
cryonic suspension; Platt visits Alcor Life Extension Foundation, in Riverside, CA; Note - F&SF has pub. 'cryostasis' ads off & on since 1987 AUG(p.95), for the Immortalist Society, in Oak Park, MI; Platt has novel Less Than Human(1986), as Robert Clarke |
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Foster, Alan Dean |
Jackalope |
ss |
1st story in F&SF in Mad Amos Malone series; other stories in series in Fantasy Book 1982 AUG, 1983 FEB, & 1984 JUN, & in RoF 1995 JUN; see iv's in AMZ 1980 FEB, Shadows 1981 FEB, Rigel 1982 SPR, & INZ 1994 FEB("A Movie Novelizer Speaks") |
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Tritten, Larry |
Corrigan's Homunculi |
ss |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Moon's Twin, The |
sces |
satellite Io, of Jupiter; the similarities & differences between Io and the Earth's Moon; what we have learned by spacecraft flybys; the tidal effects on satellites by their 'home' planet |
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Etchemendy, Nancy |
Sailor's Bargain, The |
nv |
N-1989 NEB, novelette; tale of a young woman, a university student, whose odd dreams of wind & ships gradually turn into something far stranger & more terrifying |
| 1989 MAY |
Morrow, James |
Abe Lincoln in McDonald's |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, ss; has novels Only Begotten Daughter(1990; W-1991 WFA; N-1990 NEB; 1991 JWC, LOC), Towing Jehovah(1994; W-1995 WFA; N-1994 NEB; 1995 CLA, HUG, LOC); novella City of Truth(1991; W-1992 NEB; N-LOC); coll. Swatting at the Cosmos(1990) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: the Tao or Zen of Sci-Fi, what sf criticism should & shouldn't do; Harry Harrison: A Rebel in Time; David Drake: The Dragon Lord; Matt Ruff: Fool on the Hill; Gene Wolfe: Endangered Species; mentions Tor doubles |
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