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Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1994 OCT/NOV |
Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Godwin, Parke |
Small Change |
ss |
has 1st novel, M. of S. ser., Masters of Solitude(1978), Wintermind(1982), w. Marvin Kaye; Snake Oil ser., The Snake Oil Wars(1989), Waiting for the Galactic Bus(1988); The Tower of Beowulf(1995), Lord of Sunset(1998); coll. The Fire When It Comes(1984) |
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Dexter, Susan |
Herding Instinct |
ss |
(1955- ) 1st fantasy novel, in Winter King's War ser., The Ring of Allaire(1981), The Sword of Calandra(1985), The Mountains of Channadran(1986); The Wizard's Shadow(1993); Warhorse of Esdragon ser., The Prince of Ill Luck(1994), The Wind-Witch(1995) |
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Shanahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: In the Shadowland of the Hollywood Biopic |
mr |
essay: the many errors & omissions in Richard Attenborough's biographical movies(biopics); Shadowlands(1993 U.K.), Attenborough's portrayal of C.S. Lewis, stars Anthony Hopkins; Young Winston(1972); Gandhi(1982); Cry Freedom(1987); Chaplin(1992) |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
Beltaine and Suspenders, A |
nv |
story of three British preservationists(anthropologists) who undertake a short journey to view reported strange rituals & disappearances; has humorous fantasy Yesterday We Saw Mermaids(1992), about Columbus' voyage to a very different New World |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Sensible City |
ss |
has colls. Deathbird Stories(1975; W-1979 BSF; N-1976 LOC, WFA), Strange Wine(1978; N-1979 BRG, LOC), Shatterday(1980; N-1991 LOC, WFA), Stalking the Nightmare(1982; N-1983 BRG, LOC), Angry Candy(1988; W-1989 LOC, WFA; N-1989 STO) |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Science: Artificial Body, The |
ar |
artificial body parts industry, from the kidney dialysis machine to orthopedic prostheses & orthoses, artificial joints, hearts, to reconstructive implants; the essential properties of these parts, what they are made of, & what the future holds for them |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Nanotechnology |
ct |
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Kraus, Stephen |
White Walls |
nv |
idea for story came from a conversation he had with a man who worked in a clean room, "... I wondered what would happen if people had to live in an environment like that permanently" |
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Vukcevich, Ray |
Giant Step |
ss |
has taught high school English & Journalism, & college Computer Science |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Suction Cup Corp. |
ct |
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Reed, Robert |
Shape of Everything, The |
ss |
has sf novel The Remarkables(1992), about a planet where humans live in symbiosis with the only other intelligent race discovered in the galaxy(B&C) |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Call-From-the-Future Waiting |
ct |
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Resnick, Mike |
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge |
na |
W-1994 HOM, NEB; 1995 HUG, SFC; N-LOC, na; 1st pub. by Axolotl Press in 1994; a far-future alien anthropologist investigates man's beginnings, using his powers to 'read' an item's history, at Olduvai Gorge in order to understand him & his quick extinction |
| 1994 DEC |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
introduction to Asimov's 400th science essay: "there will always be a fresh new generation of creators"(Anthony Boucher), but also "the day comes when our favorite writer stops producing & all that remains is what he has already written" |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon: Ace Cryogenics |
ct |
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Bradbury, Ray |
Last Rites |
ss |
N-1995 HUG, short story; has coll. of stories adapted for comic books, The Autumn People(1965), & Tomorrow Midnight(1966); has screenplay story "The Meteor," basis for movies It Came from Outer Space(1953), & It Came from Outer Space II(1996) |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: similarities between sf & mystery fiction; Peter Hoeg: Smilla's Sense of Snow; Wilhelm: The Best Defense; Laidlaw: The Orchid Eater; R.K.J.K. has done reviews for The Washington Post, & NYRSF; was nf editor at Omni & Omni Online |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
essay: the difference betw. sick people & evil people; Andrew Vachss: Born Bad; Robert J. Sawyer: End of an Era; Lisa Mason: Summer of Love; de Lint has novel Yarrow(1986; N-1987 AUR, LOC), a fantasy taking place both in our world & in an alternate world |
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Smeds, Dave |
Short Timer |
nv |
N-1995 NEB, ss; has The War of the Dragons ser., novels The Sorcery Within(1985; N-1986 LOC), The Schemes of Dragons(1989); coll. of erotic sf/f stories, Earthly Pleasures(1996), as by Reed Manning; comic ser. novel, X-Men: The Law of the Jungle(1998) |
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Frei, Urs |
Godsend, The |
ss |
this story has the feel of British colonial writers, but the theme is contemporary |
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Richerson, Carrie |
Artistic License (For May Westrope Stewart, 1890-1971) |
nv |
N-1995 LOC, novelette; Richerson has also pub. fiction in AMZ, RoF, PLP, N0ctulpa, & anthologies |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 48: In Which the Wee Child's Icons Are Demeaned |
mr |
essay: "Woof woof a goldfish, that which forms us, unconsciously, as children, informs our opinions ... thru the years to adulthood"; Part 1 of 2, The Shadow(1994), based on the character created by Walter B. Gibson, pulp mag. The Shadow 1931 APR-1949 SUM |
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Bailey, Dale |
Home Burial |
ss |
"story is loosely based on a similar incident that my father recalls hearing my grandmother relate ... also owes a debt to the Robert Frost poem of the same name" |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: E=MC2 |
ct |
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Mackay, Scott |
Sages of Cassiopeia, The |
ss |
his 1st pub. story in a major American sf mag.; lives in Toronto; has novel A Friend in Barcelona(1991), about a captured U-Boat captain determined to destroy his boat & the deadly secrets it carries; mys. novel Cold Comfort(1998); sf novel Outpost(1999) |
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Asimov, Janet & Isaac |
Science: Essay 400—A Way of Thinking |
sces |
science is "more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking"(Carl Sagan); excerpts from Isaac's & Janet's discussions & letters, & from his recently pub. autobiography, recording Isaac's views of what science is & what scientists are & should be |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Le Guin, Ursula K. |
Solitude |
nv |
W-1995 NEB; N-1995 HUG, LOC; has novels The Lathe of Heaven(1971; W-1972 LOC; N-1971 NEB; 1972 DIT, HUG); colls. The Compass Rose(1982; W-1983 LOC), Buffalo Gals(1987), Four Ways to Forgiveness(1995; W-1996 LOC); several iv's in LOC |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Sci Fi/Horror Film |
ct |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 87: 1994 JUL-DEC |
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