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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1989 AUG |
Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Long Ago and Far Away |
sces |
red-shift & the doppler effect, Part 2 of 2; how they were used to determine the existence of a Big Bang, the age of the Universe, to discover quasars & primeval galaxies; Part 1 in 1989 JUL(#6021) |
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Effinger, George Alec |
Irresistible |
nv |
has two-part iv in TotU 1993 WIN/SPR/SUM(#11), & 1993/1994 FLL/WIN(#12), which states that he was born in Cleveland, OH; attended Yale Univ. & New York Univ., & Clarion in 1968; "I was an original hippie back in 1967. Played guitar in coffee houses ... " |
| 1989 SEP |
Aldridge, Ray |
Steel Dogs |
nv |
N-1990 LOC, novelette |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: thoughts brought on by the Nebula Awards banquet, April 23, 1989 - two generations of sf writers, those before & those after the SFWA; the purpose behind the SFWA; Ben Bova: The Best of the Nebulas; Sidney Harris: Einstein Simplified(cartoons) |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
essay: why I won't write trash reviews, simply read the column's name; what four things a trash review says of the reviewer; Dave Smeds: The Schemes of Dragons; Patricia C. Wrede: Snow White and Rose Red; Card has novel Lovelock(1994), w. Kathryn H. Kidd |
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Williamson, Chet |
How Hamster Loved the Actroid With Garbo's Eyes |
ss |
has The Searchers novel series, City of Iron(1998), Empire of Dust(1998), & Siege of Stone(1999), paranormal thrillers about psychic CIA agents investigating mysterious cases, much like the TV series X-Files |
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Lovin, Roger Robert |
Where Do We Go When We Sleep? |
nv |
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Platt, Charles |
Inside Science Fiction: Down Among the Dead |
ar |
on the set of Somtow Sucharitkul's movie The Laughing Dead(1989), the cast includes sf fans & writers Somtow, Arthur Byron Cover, Tim Sullivan, William F. Wu, Greg Cox, & Edward Bryant(he's a redneck whose head is run over by a bus) |
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Laidlaw, Marc |
Uneasy Street |
ss |
has novel Neon Lotus(1988; N-1988 DIC; 1989 LOC), which follows the cosequences of the reincarnation of a Tibetan Buddhist sage as a young girl in a highly technologized USA(Clute); see article on him in AMZ 1992 DEC |
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Wightman, Wayne |
Somewhere Dreamers Wake |
ss |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Shaver, Edward F. |
Third Effect, The |
ss |
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Jonik |
Cartoon: Hal's Sports Equip. |
ct |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: True Rulers, The |
sces |
bacteria; the eubacteria & archaebacteria are the true rulers of Earth; how they may have evolved to us eukaryotes; sequel to essays on microbiology in 1973 FEB-APR(#3311, 3324, 3336), but from a different angle |
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Brin, David |
Privacy |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, ss; other novels Uplift ser. Startide Rising(1983; W-1984 HUG, LOC; N-1983 NEB, SCF), The Uplift War(1987; W-1988 HUG, LOC; N-1987 NEB; 1988 PRO), omnibus Earthclan(1987); has novel The Practice Effect(1984; W-1985 BRG; N-LOC) |
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Arno, Ed |
Cartoon: Beaver Crossing |
ct |
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| 1989 OCT |
Ferman, Edward L. |
In This Issue |
note |
F&SF is a small business run for the last 20 years from West Cornwall, CT, with a full-time staff of two, Ed & his wife Audrey; Ferman has anth. The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology(1989; N-1990 LOC) |
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Wolfe, Gene |
Friendship Light, The |
ss |
has essay coll. The Castle of the Otter(1982); poetry coll. For Rosemary(1988 chap UK); colls. Storeys from the Old Hotel(1988; W-1989 WFA), Endangered Species(1989; N-1990 LOC), Castle of Days(1992), Strange Travelers(2000); W-1996 WFA, Lifetime Award |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Ben Bova(ed): The Best of the Nebulas; Tor doubles - Leigh Brackett: The Nemesis from Terra/Edmond Hamilton: Battle for the Stars; Barry B. Longyear: Enemy Mine/John Kessel: Another Orphan; David G. Hartwell(ed): The World Treasury of S. F. |
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Pohl, Frederik |
Rocky Python Christmas Video Show, The |
ply |
has novels Mining the Oort(1992; N-1992 HOM; 1993 LOC), Mars Plus(1994, with Thomas T. Thomas), The Voices of Heaven(1994), The Other End of Time(1996), The Siege of Eternity(1997), O Pioneer!(1998), Eschaton Sequence #3(1999); see iv in LOC 2000 OCT |
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Aldiss, Brian W. |
North of the Abyss |
nv |
has Helliconia seq., Helliconia Spring(1982; W-1983 BSF, JWC; N-1982 NEB; 1983 LOC), Helliconia Summer(1983; N-1983 SFC; 1984 BSF, LOC), Helliconia Winter(1985; W-1986 BSF; N-1985 NEB; 1986 LOC, SFC), set on a planet ruled by two suns |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Asteroid Minor |
ct |
(1960- ) working name for Mark Heath; his cartoons have been pub. in Reader's Digest, First for Women, American Scientist, & other mags.; has as yet unpub. book, Writing Cartoons, which can be seen at his website, www.markheath.com |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
O Thou Last and Greatest! |
ss |
has coll. The Passage of the Light: The Recursive Science Fiction of Barry N. Malzberg(1994), edited by Tony Lewis & Mike Resnick, contains novel Herovit's World(1973), two novellas, & ten short fiction pieces(3 of which were 1st pub. in F&SF) |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Lost Boys |
ss |
W-1990 LOC; N-1989 NEB; 1990 HUG, ss; exp. into 1992 novel, it was N-1993 LOC; has novel Stone Tables(1998), which tells the tale of Moses, was orig. a musical play 1st performed 1973; in preface Card tells how he wrote it, & turned it into a novel(B&C) |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Afterword |
aw |
discusses "Lost Boys," a highly autobiographical story, telling what was true & what was not; story really about their child, Charlie Ben, who has cerebral palsy, "who is not dead and yet can barely taste life despite all our love"; his obit LOC 2000 SEP |
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Hauser |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Ballard, J.G. |
War Fever |
nv |
N-1990 LOC, nv; has colls. Chronopolis(1971), The Atrocity Exhibit(1972), The Best of ...(1977), Myths of the Near Future(1982), Memories of the Space Age(1988), War Fever(1990); novels The Day of Creation(1987), Cocaine Nights(1996), etc |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 36: In Which, Darkly and Deliciously, We Travel From Metropolis to Metropolis, Two Different Cities, Both Ominous |
mr |
Batman(1989), based on characters created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger in 1939, dir. Tim Burton, stars Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger; to illus. that movie executives are stupid, says they considered Bill Murray as Batman, Eddie Murphy as Robin |
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Silverberg, Robert |
Tales From the Venia Woods |
ss |
N-1990 LOC; 1st story Roma Eterna ser.; has Reflections column, AMZ 1986 SEP-1994 FLL, ASI 1994 JUL-present; colls. Sundance(1974), Sunrise on Mercury(1975), The Best of ...(1976), Capricorn Games(1976), World of a Thousand Colors(1982); www.owmyhead.com |
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Benford, Gregory |
Mozart on Morphine |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, ss; has novels Artifact(1985; N-1986 LOC); Heart of the Comet(1986; N-1987 LOC), w. David Brin; see iv's in INZ 1995 DEC, Odyssey 1997 SEP, LOC 1987 SEP(#320), 1993 NOV(#394), 2000 JAN(#468); W-1992 U.N. Medal in Literature |
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Budrys, Algis |
What Befell Mairiam |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, short story; has novel The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn(1967; vt The Iron Thorn, 1968 UK); see Biolog in ANA 1978 MAY, interviews in AMZ 1981 NOV, Charles Platt: Dream Makers(1980; rev. 1987), INZ 1995 MAY, & in LOC 1997 NOV(#442) |
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Shepard, Lucius |
Bound for Glory |
nv |
N-1990 LOC, novelette; has colls. Sports & Music(1994), Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories(1997; vt Beast of the Heartland and Other Stories, 1999); novel Valentine(2002), about lovers stranded by a Florida hurricane; see his iv in LOC 2001 NOV |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Nearest Star, The |
sces |
Sun; Part 1 of 3; how our Sun was viewed, by the public & by philosophers & scientists, from ancient days to Giovanni Cassini(1671); from geocentric to heliocentric views; answers the question, "How far is the Sun?"; Part 2 & 3 in 1989 NOV & DEC |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
pm |
has nf essay Non-Literary Influences on Science Fiction(1983, 1987 chap); nf book Writing to the Point: A Complete Guide to Selling Fiction(in TSF 1993 JAN, APR, JUL, AUG, OCT, DEC, 1994 FEB, APR, AUG; coll. 1994) |
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Disch, Thomas M. |
Happy Turnip, The |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, ss; story in the same happy genre as "The Brave Little Toaster"(F&SF 1980 AUG); has nf books, The Castle of Indolence: Poetry and Its Pretenders(1995), The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World(1998; W-1999 HUG) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 48 |
cmp |
1st prize: Larry Zajac; 2nd prize: Steven Thomson; R-U: Mark Ditoro; Joel Goodman; H-M: Todd Cassel; Syd Bear |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 49 |
cmp |
suggested by Timothy Bartel - submit "Science Fiction Graffiti," defined here as 4 line poems with an 'aabb' rhyme scheme, witty remarks about an sf author or character |
| 1989 NOV |
Bishop, Michael |
Icicle Music |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, ss; 1st pub. in Cramer & Hartwell(ed): Spirits of Christmas(1989); has novel Brittle Innings(1994; W-1995 LOC, SCF; N-HUG, JWC, WFA; 1996 MYT), a fantasy that blends the magic of baseball, the coming-of-age tale, & the Frankenstein myth(B&C) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: on the sf convention Mexicon, in Nottingham, UK; Paul Kincaid: the Mexicon program book; David S. Garnett(ed): Zenith; Sydney Jordan: Jeff Hawke(comic colls.); Orson Scott Card: The Abyss |
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Barr, Donald |
Extra Ancestor, The |
ss |
(1921- ) taught English, was Dean of Engineering at Columbia Univ.; was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council on Educational Research; has sf novels A Slightly Gothic Interplanetary Tale(1973), space opera, & A Planet in Arms(1981) |
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Swift, Jennifer |
Divergence |
nv |
has 1981 MA in creative writing from the Univ. of Washington; currently living in Oxford, UK; has pub. short stories in AMZ, ASI, INZ, etc |
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Anthony, Patricia |
Name of the Demon, The |
ss |
(1947- ) born in San Antonio, TX; has MA in English Lit.; works at the Dallas Morning News; has 1st novel sf Cold Allies(1993; W-1994 LOC; N-CCR), Brother Termite(1993), Happy Policeman(1994); Flanders(1998); coll. Eating Memories('97); see C.A., vol.166 |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 37: In Which Not Only Is No Answer Given, But No One Seems to Know the Question to Ask |
mr |
essay: why was 1988 the year of kid/grown-up swap movies?; Like Father, Like Son(1987); Dream a Little Dream(1989); Vice Versa(1988); 18 Again!(1988); why is anyone over-thirty usually unemployed in the film industry? |
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Griffin, Peni R. |
Tikina-Londi |
ss |
(1961- ) story "written under the powerful influence of the Father of Texas lit., J. Frank Dobie"; born in Harlingin, TX; now lives in San Antonio, TX; attended Trinity Univ. & Univ. of Texas(San Antonio); has 1st novel ya sf Otto from Otherwhere(1990) |
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Wright, Gary |
On the Wings of Imagination, Fly |
ss |
(1930- ) Gary Staples Wright; lives in the White Mountains of NH; has 1st story pub. sf "Captain of the Kali" in IFS 1963 JAN; pub. 4 stories between 1963-1967, & 4 more stories between 1989-1991, in sf/f mags, incl. F&SF, GAL, IFS, & PLP |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Five New Stars |
ct |
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Aandahl, Vance |
Bad Luck |
ss |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
F&SF Office Hit by July Storm |
note |
lost power & water for 4 days, & phones for 2 weeks |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Massing the Sun |
sces |
Sun; Part 2 of 3; answers question, "How heavy is the Sun?"; how the mass of the Sun was eventually determined; see similar essay, "The Man Who Massed the Earth" in 1969 SEP(#2823); Part 1 in 1989 OCT(#6068), Part 3 in 1989 DEC(#6099) |
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