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Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1993 OCT/NOV |
Lethem, Jonathan |
Hugh Merrow |
ss |
(1964- ) N-1994 NEB, ss; lived in Berkeley, CA, now lives in Brooklyn, NY; writes lyrics for rock groups(Two Fettered Apes, EDO, Jolley Ramey, Feet Wet); created MTV character Dr. Sphincter; 1st sale was "The Cave Beneath the Falls" in ABO 1989 JAN/FEB |
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Wentworth, K.D. |
Sacred Ground |
ss |
(1951- ) wn. for Kathy D. Wentworth; he lives in Tulsa, OK; teaches elementary school; fiction editor for Computer Times; has markets column in Pulphouse Pub. writers' mag., The Reporter; 1st story pub. "Daddy's Girl" in Budrys(ed): WotF, Vol. V(1989) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Future Is Television, The |
mr |
essay: "the future of sf film may lie, in large part, on (TV)"; Daybreak(1993 TV), based on Alan Bowne's play Beirut, stars Moira Kelly; The Tommyknockers(1993 TV), based on Stephen King's 1987 novel, stars Marg Helgenberger; Wild Palms(1993 TV) |
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Bailey, Dale |
Touched |
ss |
story inspired by his childhood in W. Virginia & the 1920s coal-field wars; "I'd long wished to set a story in (1920s wars) milieu ... Figured out how ... (with) the idea that the mentally handicapped child is in some way compensated for his disability" |
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Williams, Walter Jon |
Wall, Stone, Craft |
na |
N-1993 HOM, NEB; 1994 HUG, LOC, SFC, WFA; 1st pub. by Axolotl Press, 1993; Hardwired ser., Hardwired('86), Voice of the Whirlwind('87); Metropolitan ser., Metropolitan('95), City on Fire('97); coll. Frankenstein and Foreign Devils('98); iv in LOC '96 SEP |
| 1993 DEC |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
brief summary of Jack Williamson's life, from his birth in 1908 in the Arizona Territory & his family's covered wagon trek, to his teaching at Eastern New Mexico Univ. & his most recent story in this issue |
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Freireich, Valerie J. |
Testament |
nv |
(1952- ) 1st/only story in F&SF in Harmony of Worlds ser.; story, in altered form, forms part of the 1st three chapters of novel Testament(1995); her 1st novel, in this ser., Becoming Human(1995; N-1995 LOC; 1996 CCR); The Beacon(1996), Imposter(1997) |
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Kessel, John |
Books: Forward Into the Past |
br |
Gardner Dozois(ed): The Year's Best Science Fiction, Tenth Annual; John Clute & Peter Nicholls(ed): The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Books to Look For |
br |
Steven Gould: Jumper; Pamela Sargent: Ruler of the Sky: A Novel of Genghis Khan; Morgan Llywelyn: The Elementals; Eleanor Arnason: Ring of Swords; Card has anth. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century(2001) |
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Bowes, Richard |
Beggar at the Bridge, A |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; Grierson is a troubled gay man in NYC, haunted by a doppelganger, discovering others with supernatural powers(B&C); also in F&SF as Rick Bowes |
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Reed, Kit |
Last Resort, The |
ss |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Susan |
vi |
written as a tribute to his wife, Susan, story inspired by cover painting by Polish artist Jacek Jerka; Ellison writes 30 stories around 30 of Jerka's paintings, & pub. in Mind Fields(1994); Susan had 'Through the Lens' mr's in ABO beginning in 1989 |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon: Happy Birthday Superman |
ct |
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Savage, Ron |
Piano Pony |
ss |
a counselor/psychologist in private practice in Williamsburg, VA; has short story "Nuns in Love" in TSF 1996 FEB |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Aliens We Can Know |
ar |
SETI, how we are searching for alien radio transmissions in a program begun on October 12, 1992; how we should go about the search, after analyzing our own "ancient social habits," such as our various responses upon contact with outsiders |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Winter, Laurel |
Negotiator, The |
ss |
wrote this story during an informal writers retreat in Wisconsin, first about aliens, then with an idea about a society with rigid rules about eating |
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Baker, Eric T. |
Faith and Friendship in the Pre-Atomic Age |
ss |
his 1st pub. story; born in Reno, NV; lives in Fairfax, VA; attended 1989 Clarion; reviews computer games for SFAge 1993 JAN-2000 MAY(all issues), for RofF 1998 AUG-present; has 1st sf novel Checkmate(1998), about a security operative aboard a colony ship |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Disney Heaven |
ct |
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Williamson, Jack |
Litlins, The |
ss |
this story was originally a novel idea that didn't quite have enough material to sustain a longer work; w. James E. Gunn, novel Star Bridge(1955); w. Frederik Pohl, Starchild ser., The Reefs of Space(1964), Starchild(1965), Rogue Star(1969) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 59 |
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1st prize: Sean J. Harvey & Lori M. Wyndham; 2nd prize: Arthur D. Hlavaty; R-U: Mary Sullivan; Peter Brown; James Williamson |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 60 |
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suggested by G. David Nordley - change one & only one letter or number of your favorite novel, then write a brief description to go with the revised title |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 85: 1993 JUL-DEC |
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