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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1991 JAN |
Cornell, Richard |
Push |
nv |
his 3rd sf sale; "in early forties, grew up in the Bronx, work part-time as a reference librarian, & have degrees in philosophy from Cornell & Univ. of Rochester"; intro says he edited an anth. of writing about dreams, Dreams Are Wiser Than Men(1987) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Lionel Fenn: Kent Montana and the Really Ugly Thing from Mars; Will Sundown(ps. for William B. Sanders): Pockets of Resistance, & sequel The Hell-Bound Train |
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Wessell, Deborah |
She Could Look It Up |
ss |
lives in Seattle, her husband is writer Steven Bryan Bieler; attended 1988 Clarion; 1st stort pub. sf "The Last One to Know" in ASI 1989 APR; has sldo pub. fiction in PLP, & anth. Universe 2(1992); "most of my stories are humor of one sort or another" |
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Kessel, John |
Buffalo (for my father) |
ss |
W-1992 LOC, STU; N-1991 NEB; 1992 HUG, short story; to be pub. in anth. of autobiographical "hometown" sf, Anne Devereaux Jordan(ed): Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns(1991); this one set in Buffalo, NY |
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Morressy, John |
Fair Weather Fiend |
nv |
13th story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series; has novels in this series, Kedrigern and the Charming Couple(1990), & A Remembrance for Kedrigern(1990) |
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Heath |
Cartoon: United Paradox Service |
ct |
has comic strip Spot the Frog, 24 in the ser. as of 2002 OCT, which can be seen, as well as w. some of his cartoons, at his website www.markheath.com; he has been trying to sell this comic strip to the syndicates; so far it can only be seen at his website |
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Robins, Madeleine E. |
Papa's Gone A-Hunting |
ss |
has last historical romance novel, The Spanish Marriage(1984), which she says, "I structured ... around a specific historic event, & had to plot backward, synchronizing the action in the book with what was happening in Spain, Portugal & England ..." |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 44: In Which the Good Ship Coat-Tail-Ride Sinks, Abandoning Hundreds in Treacherous Waters |
mr |
essay: predicts "the utter vanishment of the horror genre within two years"; Arachnophobia(1990), stars Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak; Darkman(1990); Martians Go Home!(1990), based on Fredric Brown's novel; Millenium(1989); Dick Tracy(1990) |
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Engstrom, Elizabeth |
Rivering |
ss |
has horror novel Black Ambrosia(1986); Lizzie Borden(1990), a mystery/psychic thriller retelling of the Lizzie Borden story from an occult angle; see her website at www.sff.net/people/Elizabeth_Engstrom/; has coll. Nightmare Flower(1992; N-1993 STO) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Illusion of Motion, The |
sces |
photography, Part 3 of 4; persistence of vision & the development of moving pictures, or cinemas or movies; Part 1 in 1990 NOV, Part 2 in 1990 DEC, Part 4 in 1991 FEB; Michael A. Burstein has story "Cosmic Corkscrew" in ANA 1998 JUN in homage of Asimov |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
To Our Readers |
note |
"increases in postage & other expenses have made necessary" a price increase, from $2.00 to $2.50 per issue, beginning with this issue(mistakenly says beginning with the next issue) |
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Redd, David |
When Jesus Came to the Moon for Christmas |
nv |
has Green England series, "Green and Pleasant Land" in INZ #32 1989 NOV/DEC, "Green England" in Spectrum SF #7 2001 NOV, & one story pub. only in German; see humorous 1990 letter to INZ editor David Pringle at www.rastus.force9.co.uk/SB4Redd.html |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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| 1991 FEB |
Brennert, Alan |
Ma Qui |
ss |
W-1991 NEB, short story; N-1992 STU; a fantasy story about Vietnam, & about some of the casualties who wander that country's tunnels & jungle; has coll. Ma Qui: and Other Phantoms(1991) |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Exact Change—All Other |
ct |
Heath writes, "I've worked in restaurants, clothing & book stores, motels, & years in a cabinet factory ... all led to my becoming a cartoonist. Few things are more inspirational ... than working in a cold factory in winter, or suffering a tie in summer" |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Kathe Koja: The Cipher |
| |
Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Sissela Bok: Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life; Stephen E. Ambrose: Nixon; Robert A. Caro: The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Mark Bisnow: In the Shadow of the Dome; Ian Hamilton: Writers in Hollywood, 1915-1951; James Lovelock: The Age of Gaia |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Appliance Dept. |
ct |
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Di Filippo, Paul |
Mairzy Doats |
nv |
N-1992 LOC, nv; 2nd story in F&SF in Lost Pages ser., to be part of coll. of alt. hist. stories, Lost Pages(1998; N-1999 DIC), featuring noted writers from the 1920s to 60s, in chronolgical order; others stories in ser. in AMZ, INZ, & SFAge, F&SF 1997 SEP |
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Griesemer, John |
Breaking-Up Yard, The |
ss |
has pub. fiction in ASI, & in The Best Short Stories, 1983 & 1987; an actor on & off Broadway, TV, & films; movies he has appeared in, Malcolm X(1992), The Langoliers(1995 TV), Lone Star(1996), The Crucible(1996), In Jest(1999), Henry Hill(1999), etc |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Kerr, Peg |
Athena Keramitis |
ss |
lives in Minneapolis, MN; attended 1988 Clarion; teaches English at the Univ. of Minnesota; 1st pub. story "Free Day" in TotU #2 1987; 1st professional sale "Curses" in AMZ 1990 JUL; 1st novel Emerald House Rising(1997); The Wild Swans(1999) |
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Easton, Thomas A. |
Micro Macho |
ss |
has novel Silicon Karma(1995), in which a woman is copied into virtual reality, just as criminals begin siphoning memory away from the program(B&C); has nf book Periodic Stars(1997), which coll. his book reviews from ANA in the 1980s & 90s(B&C) |
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Gardner, James Alan |
Reaper |
ss |
(1955?- ) N-1992 AUR; lives in Waterloo, Ontario; technical writer for Univ. of Waterloo; has story "The Children of Crèche" in WotF v.6(1990); 1st novel The Expendables('97; N-1998 LOC); Commitment Hour(1998), Vigilant(1999), Hunted(2000), Trapped(2002) |
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Aldridge, Ray |
Beastbreaker, The |
nv |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Down the Electron Stream |
sces |
photography, Part 4 of 4; the electronic production of images - the development of the television came by way of the radio; Part 1, 2 & 3 in 1990 NOV, DEC, & 1991 JAN; see article "The First Galactic Empire, in Brooklyn," in The New Yorker, 1999 MAY 17 |
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Tepper, Sheri S. |
Raccoon Music |
ss |
2nd story in Crazy Carol ser.; has Marianne fantasy ser., The Marianne Trilogy(1990 omni); horror Blood Heritage(1986), sequel The Bones(1987); horror Still Life(1989 as E.E. Horlak); sf/f Beauty(1991; W-1992 LOC; N-MYT); mys. ps. A.J. Orde, B.J. Oliphant |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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| 1991 MAR |
Hightower, Lynn S. |
Rose Elf, The |
ss |
(1956- ) born in Chattanooga, TN; lives in Lexington, KY; has 1977 BA in journalism from Univ. of Kentucky; after taking creative writing courses at the Univ. of Kentucky, she first wrote TV commercialsf; now a fulltime writer |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Michael Crichton: Jurassic Park; Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason: Lifeline |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Martin H. Greenberg(ed): Isaac's Universe: Volume One: The Diplomacy Guild; Charles de Lint: The Little Country; Tobias Wolff: This Boy's Life: A Memoir |
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Whitlock, Dean |
On the Death of Daniel |
ss |
has a short story, "Waiting for the Girl from California," in Steven-Elliot Altman & Patrick Merla(ed): The Touch(2000), an anth. whose proceeds went to benefit AIDS & cancer reasearch |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Rogers, Bruce Holland |
Big Far Now |
nv |
lives in Eugene, OR; has novel Mind Games(1992), book # 10 in Tom Swift series, as by Victor Appleton; Asses of the Sun(1996), in Magic: The Gathering #7, as by Hanovi Braddock; poetry chaps Breathing in the World(1990), Tales and Declarations(1991) |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 45: In Which Tempus Fidgets, Fugits, and Inevitably Omnia Revelats |
mr |
essay: responsibility, in our world "the villains may be us only & simply because we didn't think about tomorrow"; Back to the Future trilogy, I(1985), II(1989), III(1990); all dir. Robert Zemeckis, stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Foster, Alan Dean |
Agrarian Deform |
nv |
3rd story in F&SF in Mad Amos Malone series; also in Spellsinger series, Son of Spellsinger(1993), & Chorus Skating(1994); has The Damned series, A Call to Arms(1991), The False Mirror(1992), & The Spoils of War(1993); Dinotopia Lost(1996) |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
Shoemaker and the Elves, The |
nv |
these elves are "definitely not Santa's helpers ... this story can be blamed on a childhood spent reading English fairy tales, & you know how grim those can get"; has fantasy novel Harlot's Rue(1986), about a woman with unique charms on a romantic quest |
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Galef, David |
Tour de France |
ss |
(1959- ) Prof. of English at the Univ. of Mississippi; has fiction pub. in Punch, Shenandoah, The Village Voice, Cosmopolitan; has trans. Even Monkeys Fall from Trees and Other Japanese Proverbs(1987); 1st novel Flesh(1995); novel Turning Japanese(1998) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: All Four Stanzas |
sces |
Star-Spangled Banner, our national anthem; all four stanzas, incl. the lost, or dropped, 'gloating' third stanza; has 22nd & last coll. of his F&SF science essays, The Secret of the Universe(1991); has nf book with Frederik Pohl, Our Angry Earth(1991) |
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Sherman, Delia |
Land's End |
ss |
has anth. The Horns of Elfland(1997; N-1998 LOC), with Donald G. Keller & Ellen Kushner; Bordertown #4(1997), & The Essential Bordertown(1998), both with Terri Windling; in 1995 Sherman became a Contributing Editor for Tor Books |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Jellyfish—Peanutbutter Fish |
ct |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 52 |
cmp |
1st prize: Christopher J. Healy; 2nd prize: C.E. Coffman, S.A. Concannon, & N.E. Stokes; R-U: Steve Lindquist; Alison Becker; H-M: David Brown; Patricia Russo; Sean Walbeck; Christine Morris |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 53 |
cmp |
suggested by John Brunner - submit samples of cover or flap copy that makes it clear the person responsible has read nothing but the title & misunderstood even that, e.g.: Childhood's End: A searing expose of teenage sex! |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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| 1991 APR |
Strickland, Brad |
Her Wild Wild Eyes |
nv |
has ya fantasies in John Bellairs Lewis Barnavelt series, The Specter from the Magician's Museum(1998), & in his Johnny Dixon series, The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost(1999) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Robert Reed: Down the Bright Way; L. Ron Hubbard: Fear; Kathryn Lindskoog: The C.S. Lewis Hoax; Andre Bernard: Rotten Rejections |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Michael Crichton: Jurassic Park; Tanith Lee: A Heroine of the World |
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Morressy, John |
Liberator, The |
ss |
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