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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1992 JUL |
Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Malzberg, Barry N. |
Amos |
ss |
Malzberg calls "Amos" the most stylistically ambitious work he has attempted in years; has ss "Understanding Entropy" in SFAge 1994 JUL, which was N-1994 NEB, 1995 HUG, LOC, SFC, & was written in memory of his friend Henry W. Weiss(in F&SF as H.W. Whyte) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Laura J. Mixon: Glass Houses; note on the death of Dwight V. Swain; Steven Gould: Jumper; L. Ron Hubbard: Ole Doc Methuselah |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
PC games: Martian Memorandum, Rise of the Dragon, & Circuit's Edge; Alan Rodgers: New Life for the Dead |
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Weiner, Andrew |
New Man, A |
ss |
has stories "Distant Signals" in TWZ 1984 MAY/JUN, & "Going Native" in Night Cry 1985 WIN, which were made into episodes of the TV series Tales from the Dark Side(92 episodes; 1984-1988) |
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Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Alien Influences |
nv |
2nd & last story in F&SF in planet Bountiful series, to be part of fixup novel Alien Influences(1994; N-1995 CLA); story was orig. written for, & will be pub. in Resnick & Greenberg(ed): Whatdunits(1992), an anth. of sf mysteries |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Science: Buckymania |
ar |
element, carbon; fullerenes, discovered in 1985, the 4th kind of pure carbon; its properties, possible uses, kinds of compounds possible with it; buckyballs, buckybabies, buckytubes, fuzzyballs, etc; how common they really are |
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Haldeman, Jack C. II |
By the Sea |
ss |
see his website at www.sff.net/; married to writer Barbara Delaplace; see his obit & appreciations in LOC 2002 FEB(#493), & SFC 2002 APR(223) |
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Turtledove, Harry |
Mebodes' Fly |
ss |
1st/only story in F&SF, Clever Rolf the scribe ser.; one other story in ser. "Blue Fox and Werewolf" as Eric G. Iverson(AMZ 1983 SEP); fulltime writer since 1991; coll. Departures(1993); novel King of the North(1996); see iv's, WRT 1989 FLL, LOC 1993 APR |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Beast Inside and Out, A |
mr |
Beauty and the Beast(1991), based on 1756 fairy tale by Marie LePrince de Beaumont, a Disney film, Beast voice of Robby Benson, how Disney version compares w. Jean Cocteau's 1946 movie, & the TV series(1987-90); feminist opinion of Disney heroines |
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Denton, Bradley |
Territory, The |
na |
N-1992 NEB; 1993 HUG, LOC, WFA, novella; alternate history tale in which Mark Twain did not desert a Missouri guerilla band in 1861 to go west w. his brother, but was part of Quantrill's 1863 raid on Lawrence, KS; Denton attended Univ of Kansas in 1976 |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Dr. Quark - What's Happened to Dr. Quark? |
ct |
4th cartoon in his Dr. Quark series; this one about Dr. Quark at the Cyborg Institute |
| 1992 AUG |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Isaac Asimov: 2 January 1920 - 6 April 1992 |
obit |
announces the death of Isaac Asimov on April 6; introduction to tributes by Harlan Ellison & Edward L. Ferman, & to a short farewell that Asimov "sent with his 399th column last summer"; this farewell is the last piece in this issue |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Isaac Asimov: 2 January 1920 - 6 April 1992 |
obit |
a tribute to Isaac Asimov; see long article "Isaac Asimov: 1920-1992" by Frank M. Robinson & Charles N. Brown; & "Isaac Asimov Appreciations," by many people in the sf/f field, in LOC 1992 MAY(#376), & 1992 JUN(#377); 1992 JUN has special photo section |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Isaac Asimov: 2 January 1920 - 6 April 1992 |
obit |
a tribute to Isaac Asimov; Ferman has anth. Oi, Robot(1995), a coll. of best of the F&SF competitions; anth. w. Gordon Van Gelder, The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology(1999); Ferman W-1998 WFA, Lifetime Achievement |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: geniuses in our genre, Part 3 of 3, Tim Powers; Tim Powers: Last Call; Wm. Mark Simmons: In the Net of Dreams, & When Dreams Collide |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Fred Chappell: More Shapes Than One; A. Merritt: The Face in the Abyss, & The Aenei of Virgil |
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Kraus, Stephen |
In the Land of Grass |
nv |
story is set in China in 1854 |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Owens, Barbara |
Real Story, by Jenny O'Toole, The |
ss |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Binky the Talking Dog |
ct |
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Thompson, Joyce |
Synecdoche |
ss |
(1948- ) part of group of Seattle writers that incl. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, this story written as admittance to a party held by Ann; has mainstream novels, Conscience Place(1984), Bones(1991); colls. 35-Cent Thrills(1978), East Is West of Here(1987) |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Biological Century, The |
ar |
21st Century will be the Biological Century(19th was Chemistry & Mechanics; 20th was Physics); what will our world be like in the next century, following the developments in genetic manipulation & nanotechnology; how will we respond to ethical questions? |
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Aandahl, Vance |
First Invention, The |
ss |
tale of an exotic society, the pre-history world |
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Lee, Tanith |
Ondralume |
ss |
has Castle of the Dark ser., The Castle of the Dark(1978), Anackire(1982), Dark Castle, White Horse(1986); Dancers at the End of Time ser., Electric Forest(1979), Day by Night(1980), Sabella(1980), Kill the Dead(1980; N-1981 BRG, BFA, LOC) |
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Grundy |
Cartoon: Parallel Universe Research Lab |
ct |
(1950- ) working name for Doug(las) Grundy; born in Phoenix, AZ; he lives in Sioux City, IA; has a degree in English; 1st cartoon sale in TWZ, in 1989; he has also been pub. in Air & Space/Smithsonian, Cortlandt Forum, Omni, PST, & Woman's World |
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Fitch, Marina |
Jessica |
ss |
(1957- ) from Santa Cruz, CA, now lives in Oregon; attended 1986 WotF Writers Workshop; 1st story pub. "They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships" in Budrys(ed): Writers of the Future, Vol.II(1986) |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Aldridge, Ray |
Winedark |
ss |
set off the coast of Greece |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Laidlaw, Marc |
Vulture Maiden, The |
nv |
N-1993 HUG, LOC, novelette; story "based on the most current info I've been able to obtain about the situation inside Tibet today ... the Vulture Goddess is my own invention—my wish for the deliverance of the Tibetan people" |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Farewell—Farewell — |
misc |
Isaac Asimov says farewell to his family, editors & publishers, & to the Gentle Readers—"they have kept me alive to the wonders of science & made it possible for me to write my essays"; please see "Isaac Asimov Remembered" in ANA 2002 JUL/AUG |
| 1992 SEP |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
Clarion Writers Workshop, celebrating 25th anniversary; what Clarion has done for the field; what it does, & how it does it; Rusch has novels w. Kevin J. Anderson, Afterimage(1992), omnibus Afterimage/Aftershock(1998), about a woman aided by shapeshifters |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Eternal Occupation |
ct |
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Anderson, Kevin J. |
Dogged Persistence |
ss |
has novels w. Doug Beason, Lifeline(1990), The Trinity Paradox(1991; N-1992 LOC), Assemblers of Infinity(1993; N-1993 NEB; 1994 LOC), Virtual Destruction(1996), Lethal Exposure(1998), etc; w. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Afterimage(1992), Aftershock(1998) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Robert Mason: Solo (& talks of its prequel, Weapon); short essay: Galaxy SF's beginning & its first novel; Clifford D. Simak: Time and Again |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Sharyn McCrumb: The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, & If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy-O; James Morrow: City of Truth; Bruce Coville: Jennifer Murdley's Toad |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Sallis, James |
Ansley's Demon |
ss |
has trans. of Raymond Queneau's novel, Saint Glinglin(1993); has black New Orleans P.I. Lew Griffin mys. ser., The Long-Legged Fly(1992; N-Shamus), Moth(1993; N-Shamus), Black Hornet(1994), Eye of the Cricket(1997); mys. Death Will Have Your Eyes(1997) |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Mason, Lisa |
Destination |
ss |
(1953- ) Lisa Susan Mason; 1st story pub. sf/f "Arachne" in Omni 1987 DEC, exp. into 1st novel Arachne(1990; N-1991 LOC); Summer of Love(1994; N-1994 DIC; 1995 LOC), Cyberweb(1995), The Golden Nineties(1995; N-1996 LOC), Pangaea(1999), Pangaea II(1999) |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Five Hundred Year Resistance, A |
mr |
essay: Hollywood has been reluctant to delve into moral issues of exploration & conquest; Dances with Wolves(1990), dir./star Kevin Costner; Thunderheart(1992), stars Val Kilmer, Graham Greene; book Peter Matthiessen: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse(1983) |
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Yolen, Jane |
Gift of the Magicians, With Apologies to You Know Who, The |
ss |
this story to be pub. in Rosalind M. & Martin H. Greenberg(ed): Christmas Bestiary(1992); has colls. Here There Be Dragons(1993), Here There Be Unicorns(1994), Here There Be Witches(1995), Here There Be Angels(1996), Here There Be Ghosts(1998) |
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Perry, Steve |
Master of Chan Gen, The |
nv |
(1947- ) wn. for Steven Carl Perry; trained in the martial arts, this story about its "core aspects"; 1st story pub. sf "With Clean Hands" in GAL 1977 DEC as by ps. Jesse Peel; 1st novel The Tularemia Gambit(1981), an sf hardboiled detective story(Clute) |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Science: Think of the Prestige |
ar |
space scientist turned international arms dealer Gerald Vincent Bull (1928-1990); from supersonic aerodynamics to the building of Iraq's "space cannon" |
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Weiner, Andrew |
Seeing |
na |
N-1992 HOM; 1993 AUR; 1st/only story in F&SF in Daniel ser., about a strange boy w. special gifts; Daniel & the other characters are also in story "Getting Near the End" in McEnroe(ed): Proteus(1981) & in coll. Distant Signals and Other Stories(1990) |
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