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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1990 APR |
Gilman, Carolyn Ives |
Angels Alone |
nv |
grew up in St. Paul, MN; curator("museum exhibition developer") at Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis, MO; 1st fiction sale "The Trial of Victor Genovese" in TotU #1 1986, the mag. of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, of which she is a member |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Worlds in Order |
sces |
solar system, in order of size from the Sun to the asteroid Ceres; has nf book Frontiers: New Discoveries About Man and His Planet, Outer Space and the Universe(1990) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Evening With the Last Man on Earth, An |
ct |
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Denton, Bradley |
Chaff He Will Burn, The |
ss |
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| 1990 MAY |
Garcia y Robertson, R. |
Spiral Dance, The |
nv |
N-1991 LOC, novelette; 2nd/last story in Anne series, to be part of fixup novel The Spiral Dance(1991), "follow(ing) the Witch Law of 1563 ... (it was) as common for a woman of Scotland to be executed for witchcraft as" for a fatal traffic accident today |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: New York World-Telegram |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Clive Barker: The Great and Secret Show; Arthur C. Clarke: Astounding Days; Leo Frankowski: The Flying Warlord |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
essay: the place of sf in contemporary literature(an uncut version of what was pub. in an L.A. Times sf review column); Angela Webb O'Hara: The Elephant Talks to God; Lloyd Alexander: The King's Fountain; Kate Wilhelm: Children of the Wind |
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Roberts, John Maddox |
Stoney Griffon and the UFO People |
ss |
(1947- ) lives on a mountain-top on VA/KY border; 1st sf novel pub. The Strayed Sheep of Charun(1977; rev. vt Cestus Dei, 1983); ya Space Angel ser., Space Angel(1979), Spacer: Window of the Mind(1988); King of the Wood(1983), The Enigma Variations(1989) |
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Heath |
Cartoon |
ct |
Heath sold his 1st cartoon in the early eighties to Wildbird Magazine; he sold his 2nd cartoon several years later to Writer's Digest; "Since then my pace has improved"; has sold cartoons to other sf/f mags., ASI, TWZ, AMZ, Omni, & Strange Horizons |
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Foster, Alan Dean |
Chrome Comanche, The |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in Mad Amos Malone series; has Spellsinger series, Spellsinger at the Gate(1983), The Day of Dissonance(1984), The Moment of the Magician(1984), The Path of the Perambulator(1985), & The Time of the Transference(1986) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 40: In Which We Scrutinize the Sedulousness to Their Hippocratic Oath of Troglodytic, Blue, Alien Proctologists |
mr |
Communion(1989), based on the 1987 "true" book & screenplay by Whitley Streiber, dir. Philippe Mora, stars Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen; Ellison has short story chapbook Footsteps(Gallery 1980 DEC; 1989) |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
Curse of Psamlahkithotep, The |
ss |
this story W-1991 HUG, for Committee's Announcers Are Glad It Didn't Make It Award; was an instructor in Spanish at Yale Univ., 1977-1979 & 1983; got into writing fantasy novels while at Yale, after watching sf/f author Shariann Lewitt world-building |
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O'Neill, Gene |
Awaken Dragon |
ss |
about a marine in Vietnam who is obsessed with good luck charms & who finally acquires the ultimate in talismans; has colls. Ghosts, Spirits, Computers and World Machines(2001), Rockers, Shamans, Manikins & Thanathespians(2001) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Just Say "No"? |
sces |
drugs in the U.S.; root causes of drug addiction in the U.S. & the only way for a drug-free society in the U.S. - "change society so the rich aren't as rich & the poor aren't so poor"; editor's note: responses to this essay welcome - see 1990 AUG |
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Reed, Robert |
Chaff |
nv |
N-1991 LOC, novelette; has 1st sf novel, The Leeshore(1987; N-1988 LOC), in which a pair of twins, the sole humans left on a water world, guide a task force in pursuit of the computer-worshipping zealots who killed everyone else(Clute) |
| 1990 JUN |
Moffett, Judith |
Final Tomte |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in Hefn ser., about aliens who insist Earth clean up its ecosystem; all other ser. stories pub. in ASI 1988-1990, & coll. in fixup novel The Ragged World(1991; N-1992 LOC); sequel Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream(1992; N-1992 TIP) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Pat Murphy: The City, Not Long After(a mirror-image or "anti-thesis" of Budrys' 1st novel False Night, 1953, later uncut as Some Will Not Die, 1963); Howard A. Rodman: Destiny Express |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
lists his favorite 1989 sf books, & ya sf books; reviews Poul Anderson: The Boat of a Million Years; Robert Charles Wilson: The Divide; Gene Wolfe: Castleview |
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Turtledove, Harry |
Designated Hitter |
ss |
W-1990 HOM; N-1991 LOC, ss; has Videssos ser., An Emperor for the Legion(1987), The Misplaced Legion(1987), The Legion of Videssos(1987), Krispos Rising(1991), Krispos of Videssos(1991), Krispos the Emperor(1994), Videssos: Besieged(1998) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Lovin, Roger Robert |
Sylwann's Choice |
nv |
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Caraker, Mary |
I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing |
ss |
has BA in English from Williamette Univ.(Salem, OR), & an MA in English from San Francisco State Univ.; see Biolog in ANA 1990 OCT; has ya sf novel The Faces of Ceti(1991), about two teenage girls who search for a food source to save their space colony |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: Latest Video Tapes |
ct |
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Reed, Kit |
Double, A |
ss |
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Aandahl, Vance |
Scoring |
ss |
author described story in cover letter as "a near-future gridiron cyber punk love story with undercurrents of mysticism" |
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Cross, Ronald Anthony |
Down the Hatch |
ss |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Salt Producers, The |
sces |
elements, the halogens; Greek for words meaning 'salt-producers,' the halogen elements are fluorine, bromine, chlorine, astatine, & iodine; how they were discovered & their uses |
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Aldridge, Ray |
Hyena Eyes |
nv |
N-1991 LOC, novelette |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 50 |
cmp |
1st prize: William J. Raffetto; 2nd prize: Laurence M. Janifer; R-U: Mario Milosevic; John Kilpatrick; H-M: Jeffrey Lyons; Miki Magyar; Paul Carter; Lynn Bowen |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 51 |
cmp |
suggested by Damon Knight - submit anagrams of famous sf writers, e.g.: All My Heresy (Mary Shelley); Hail, Lone Snarl (Harlan Ellison) |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 78: 1990 JAN-JUN |
indx |
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| 1990 JUL |
Brin, David |
Dr. Pak's Preschool |
nv |
N-1991 LOC, nv; 1st pub. as a chapbook in 1989; has sf novels The Postman(1985; W-1986 JWC, LOC; N-1985 NEB; 1986 HUG, SCF; made into 1997 movie); Heart of the Comet(1986; N-1987 LOC), with Gregory Benford; coll. The River of Time(1986; N-1987 LOC) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Robert Mason: Weapon(novel is mirror-image to Budrys' story "First to Serve" in ASF 1954 MAY); Tor Double, C.L. Moore: Vintage Season, & Robert Silverberg: In Another Country(Silverberg's 1989 story is actually a sequel to Moore's 1946 story) |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
R.A. MacAvoy: Lens of the World; Dean Wesley Smith: Laying the Music to Rest; Suzy McKee Charnas: The Golden Thread; Lloyd Alexander: The Jedera Adventure |
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Wright, Gary |
Teller Told a Lie, The |
ss |
writing career started 20 years ago, left it, & just came back; has much anthologized short story "Mirror of Ice," 1st pub. in GAL 1967 JUN |
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Platt, Charles |
Inside Science Fiction: Too Many Books |
ar |
interviews editors, etal, at publishing houses about the flood of books being pub. today, incl. Susan Allison(Ace), David Hartwell(William Morrow, Tor), Betsy Mitchell(Bantam), John Douglas(Avon), Steve Brown(mag. Science Fiction Eye) |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
Whammy |
nv |
has 1st novel, fantasy series Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms, Mustapha and His Wise Dog(1985), Spells of Mortal Weaving(1986), The Witchwood Cradle(1987), The Water King's Laughter(1989), each featuring a quest plot involving magic(Clute) |
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Nourse, Alan E. |
What a Place the World Would Be |
ss |
lives in central Washington, writes science & health books, & a column for Good Housekeeping; has sf novel, The Fourth Horseman(1983), about a plague in the near future; see obit in LOC 1992 SEP(#380), & bib in INZ 1993 JUL; appreciation in LOC 1992 OCT |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 41: In Which an Extremely Nervous Fool With His Credentials Taped to His Forehead Tacks Trepidatiously Between Scylla and Charybdis, ... |
mr |
... Knowing That Angels and Wise Men Would Fear Even to Dog-Paddle This Route; The Handmaid's Tale(1990), based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, stars Robert Duvall, Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern; 2 books reviewed |
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Finch, Sheila |
Cyberella |
nv |
has 1st novel Infinity's Web(1985; W-1986 CCR; N-1986 LOC), which describes the lives of five versions of one protagonist who live in various alternate worlds, & who gradually gain a sense of the mutual web they inhabit(Clute) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: At the Edge |
sces |
solar system's edge; the possibilities of a tenth planet, the discoveries of the outer planets; recommends book Mark Littman: Planets Beyond: Discover the Outer Solar System(1988) |
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Koja, Kathe |
Reckoning |
nv |
(1960- ) lives in Berkeley, MI; attended Clarion on a Susan Petrey Scholarship; 1st story pub. "Happy Birthday, Kim White" in SF International #1 1987; see interview in LOC 1992 JAN(#372), & entry in CA, vol.147, p.263-264 |
| 1990 AUG |
Watson, Ian |
In the Upper Cretaceous With the Summerfire Brigade |
nv |
has sf novelizations set in the Warhammer universe of the 41st century(based on the Warhammer game), Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor(1990), ... : Space Marine(1993), ... : Harlequin(1994), & ... : Chaos Child(1995) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: "is the Earth in terminal trouble?"; thoughts brought on by his review of the following "superscience novel"; David Brin: Earth |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Just Around the Corner ... |
ct |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Ellen Kushner: Thomas the Rhymer; Lisa Goldstein: Daily Voices; F. Paul Wilson: The Tery |
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