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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1994 JAN |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
Question to Harlan Ellison: What sf film would you show to someone unfamiliar to sf? Answer: Seconds(1966), based on the book by David Ely, dir. John Frankenheimer, stars Rock Hudson, about a middle-aged man given a second chance at life |
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Aldridge, Ray |
Filter Feeders |
nv |
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Coulter, Lynn |
Granny Woman |
ss |
Lynn B. Coulter, & also in F&SF as such; freelance features & humor writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; story based on an incident that happened to her grandmother, a descendant of Scotch-Irish settlers in the Appalachian mountains |
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Smith, Dean Wesley |
Jukebox Gifts |
ss |
N-1994 NEB; 1995 HUG, LOC, short story; 1st & only story in F&SF in Jukebox series, about a jukebox & its music that has time-travel powers; other stories in series in Night Cry 1987 FLL, & Resnick & Greenberg(ed): By Any Other Fame(1993) |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Dino Might |
mr |
essay: why kids love dinosaurs; Jurassic Park(1993), based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel, dir. Steven Spielberg, stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough |
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Bisson, Terry |
Partial People |
vi |
1st pub. in his coll. Bears Discover Fire(1993), title story was 1st pub. in ASI 1990 AUG, & W-1990 NEB; 1991 HUG, LOC, SFC, STU; N-1991 HOM, WFA, short story; see his entry in the St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers(1996), & CANR, vol.59, p.47-48 |
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Metzger, Robert A. |
Planet of the Dolphins |
ss |
(1956- ) born in L.A.; lives in Atlanta, GA; 1983 PhD, Solid State Physics from UCLA; 1st story pub. "An Unfiltered Man," ABO 1987 SEP/OCT; has science column "What If?" in ABO 1989-2001; novels Quad World(1991), Picoverse(2002); see www.rametzger.com |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Madam Valesty, Reader and Advisor, Sees the Future |
ct |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Science: Watching the Clouds |
ar |
clouds; what are they, how they form, & why they change; the classification system originated by Luke Howard(1772-1864), "the father of British meteorology", see 'cloudman.com'; the physics of cloud formation & precipitation |
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McHugh, Maureen F. |
Virtual Love |
ss |
(1959- ) N-1994 HOM, NEB; 1995 HUG, LOC; 1st story pub. "All in a Day's Work" in TWZ 1988 AUG, as Michael Galloglach; 1st novel China Mountain Zhang("Baffin Island," "Kites" in ASI 1989 AUG & OCT; exp. 1992; W-1993 Lambda, LOC; N-1992 NEB, TIP; 1993 HUG) |
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McDevitt, Jack |
Standard Candles |
ss |
(1935- ) N-1995 HUG, ss; wn. for John Charles McDevitt; born in Philadelphia; lives in Brunswick, GA; 1st story pub. sf "The Emerson Effect" in TWZ 1981 DEC; 1st novel The Hercules Text(1986; W-1987 LOC; N-1986 DIK); A Talent for War(1989; N-1990 LOC) |
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Duchamp, L. Timmel |
When Joy Came to the World |
nv |
lives in Seattle, WA; 1st sale "O's Story" in Susanna J. Sturgis(ed): Memories and Visions(1989); 1st story pub. sf/f "Transcendence" in Starshore 1990 FLL; has story "A Case of Mistaken Identity" pub. by Pulphouse in Short Stories Paperbacks #7(1991) |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
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| 1994 FEB |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
at the F&SF booth at the World S. F. Convention in San Francisco, Sept. 1993; has novel Sins of the Blood("Children of the Night," in Preiss(ed):The Ultimate Dracula, 1991; exp. 1994), about vampire siblings, one a vampire, the other a vampire slayer(B&C) |
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Bowes, Richard |
Shadow and the Gunman, The |
nv |
3rd story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; has Warchild novel series, Warchild(1986; N-1987 LOC), & Goblin Market(1988), set in an alternate world NYC, follows the growth & adventures of a telepathic teenager involved in time wars(Clute) |
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Kessel, John |
Books: Just Like Real People |
br |
Gwyneth Jones: White Queen; Terry Bisson: Bears Discover Fire; briefly, Gregory Frost: The Pure Cold Light; Theodore Sturgeon: Argyll; Cordwainer Smith: The Rediscovery of Man; Charlie Oberendorf: Testing |
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Bredenberg, Jeff |
Imagine a Large-Breasted Woman ... |
ss |
(1953- ) working name for Jeffrey Ellis Bredenberg; assistant manager of The News Journal, in Wilmington, DE; has 1st novel, The Dream Compass(1991), & sequel The Dream Vessel(1992); The Man in the Moon Must Die(1993) |
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Perry, Steve |
Other Toys |
ss |
has Time Machine ser., Civil War Secret Agent(1984), Sword of the Samurai(1984; w. J. Michael Reeves); also w. Reaves, Hellstar(1984), Dome(1987); Conan ser., incl. Conan the Fearless(1986), Conan the Free Lance(1990); The Hero Curse(1991) |
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Eskridge, Kelley |
Strings |
ss |
lives in Seattle, WA, w. writer Nicola Griffith; 1st pro sale "The Hum of Human Cities" in PLP #9 1990; story "Alien Jane" in Century #1 1995, N-1995 NEB, & became ep. of Cable ser. Welcome to Paradox; 1st novel Solitaire(2002); see www.kelleyeskridge.com |
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Winter, Laurel |
Moon Garden Cookbook, The |
ss |
she wrote this story "after cooking dinner one evening, tired of the fact that my kids were such picky eaters" |
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Heath |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Ten Thousand Years of Solitude |
ar |
nuclear waste disposal, Part 1 of 3; the Dept. of Energy's Waste Isolation Plant outside Carlsbad, NM, 2150 feet beneath the salt flats; think tank's(of which Benford is a member) scenarios to determine the stability of the area over the next 10,000 years |
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Reed, Robert |
Treasure Buried |
ss |
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Stableford, Brian |
Busy Dying |
nv |
story title from a 1965 Bob Dylan song, "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"; has colls. The Cosmic Perspective/Custer's Last Stand(1985), Sexual Chemistry(1991), Fables and Fantasies(1996); novel The Empire of Fear(1988; N-1989 CLA, LOC) |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Dr. Quark - A Little Energy Here, a Little Energy There, and What Do You Get? |
ct |
10th cartoon in his Dr. Quark series; in which Dr. Quark minds his Transgenic Fruit and Vegetable Stand |
| 1994 MAR |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed/br |
announces that Orson Scott Card is leaving, his 'Books to Look For' column to be taken over by Charles de Lint beginning next month; reviews Sean Stewart: Passion Play; Joe Haldeman: Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds |
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Smeds, Dave |
Marathon Runner in the Human Race, A |
ss |
(1955- ) 1st/ only story in F&SF in Nanodocs ser.; others in ser. in ASI 1992 AUG, & Aronical(ed): Full Spectrum 4('93); lives in Santa Rosa, CA; graphic artist; 1st story pub. "Dragon Touched" in Card(ed): Dragons of Light(1980); website at www.sff.net |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon: Topeka! |
ct |
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Benford, Gregory |
Doing Alien |
ss |
has anth. w. Martin H. Greenberg, What Might Have Been? Vol. I: Alternate Empires(1989), Vol. II: Alternate Heroes(1989), Vol. III: Alternate Wars(1991), Vol. IV: Alternate Americas(1992); anth. Far Futures(1995), The New Hugo Winners Vol. IV(1997) |
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Platt, Charles |
Inside Science Fiction: Trading Data With Dead and Digital |
ar |
how a couple of hackers/phone phreaks entered cyberspace to begin a Bulletin Board System, or BBS; the sf connection in the MindVox BBS; Platt has coll. of iv's, Dream Makers(1980); novels Free Zone(1988), The Silicon Man(1991; N-1992 JWC), Protektor('96) |
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Hauser |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Couzens, Gary |
Second Contact |
ss |
(1964- ) his 1st pub. work outside of Great Britain; from Wokingham, Berkshire, England; writes a film column in Exuberance, a U.K. magazine |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Science: Spires on the Skyline |
ar |
broadcast towers; what they do & why they look that way; from their types, their maintenance & their assorted arrays of antennae, to the governing bodies that regulate them |
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Morrow, James |
Director's Cut |
ply |
this short play a deleted section from his novel, Towing Jehovah(1994), though parts of it survive here & there; has novels Blameless in Abaddon(1996; N-1997 LOC), The Eternal Footman(1999); see his website at www.sff.net/people/ |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
Two Lovers, Two Gods, and a Fable |
ss |
has Demons humorous fantasy series, Here Be Demons(1988), Demon Blues(1989), Hooray for Hellywood(1990), with a recursive 2nd volume, & the 3rd with demonic Hollywood celebs & tv evangelists involved in the filming of a biblical epic(B&C) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Richerson, Carrie |
Sous la Mer |
ss |
has horror short story pub. as a chapbook, Geckos(1994; RoF 1995 AUG), in which a woman researching Texas historical character Cynthia Anne Parker is haunted by growing pink lizards |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Too Many Ghosts |
mr |
"the best ghost movie since the 1940s": Truly, Madly, Deeply(1991), stars Juliet Stevenson; Heart & Souls(1993), based on a 10-minute short called 'Seven Souls' by Gregory & Erik Hansen, stars Robert Downey Jr, Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgewick |
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Wade, Susan |
Convertible Coven, The |
ss |
(1955- ) lives in Austin, TX; has story "Pandora's Game" in New Pathways 1990 NOV; did the cover art for Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #17 1994; see her entry in CA, vol.171 |
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Savage, Felicity |
Brixton White Lady |
ss |
(1975- ) Felicity Savage; her 1st fiction sale; born in Columbia, SC; grew up in Ireland, Scotland & France; moved to Cambridge, MA, when she was 14; currently a student at Columbia Univ.; attended 1992 Clarion; N-1995 & 1996 JWCA, for Best New Writer |
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Gilman, Carolyn Ives |
Wild Ships of Fairny, The |
nv |
see her interview at www.e-horizon.com/; has nf book on frontier & American Indian history, The Grand Portage Story(1992), winner Northeastern Minnesota Book Award; has 1st sf novel, Halfway Human(1998), set on a planet whose 'human' life has 3 genders |
| 1994 APR |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
introduces new book reviewer, Charles de Lint; has pub. br's in PLP, Mystery Scene, The Horror Show, Science Fiction Review, Other Realms; owns & edits Triskell Press; won William L. Crawford Award for Best New Fantasy Author of 1984 |
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Bova, Ben |
Inspiration |
ss |
N-1994 NEB; 1995 HUG, LOC, short story; has nf The Fourth State of Matter(1974), The High Road(1981); colls. The Astral Mirror(1985), Battle Station(1987), Challenges(1993); novels Cyberbooks(1989); Mars(1992), The Trikon Deception(1992) w. Bill Pogue |
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Kessel, John |
Books: Canons Left and Right |
br |
essay: 'best of' anthologies; Tom Shippey(ed): The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories; Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery(ed): The Norton Book of Science Fiction; Gardner Dozois(ed): Modern Classics of S. F., & Modern Classic Short Novels of S. F. |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For: Chasing Shadows |
br |
introduces his "conversational" style; Robert Holdstock: The Hollowing; Carol Orlock: The Hedge, the Ribbon; Alice Hoffman: Turtle Moon; de Lint has urban fantasy (1st) novel, Moonheart(1984; N-1985 LOC, MYT) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Wonderland |
ct |
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What, Leslie |
Clinging to a Thread |
ss |
(1955- ) born in L.A.; lives in Eugene, OR; her mother a survivor of WWII's Riga Ghetto; Leslie has a poem in Marguerite M. Striar(ed): Beyond Lament: Poets of the World Bearing Witness to the Holocaust(1998); has humor column "Say What" in Eugene Weekly |
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Nagle, Pati |
Coyote Ugly |
ss |
her 1st pub. story; lives in Albuquerque, NM; has stories in several anth.; has 1st novels, of New Mexico Territory Civil War battles, Glorieta Pass(1999), & sequel The Guns of Valverde(2000), under the working name P.G. Nagle |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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