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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1995 JUN |
Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Dr. Quark - Terrestrial, Aquatic ... We're All Mammals—Even Dr. Quark |
ct |
13th cartoon in his Dr. Quark series; in which Dr. Quark translates a dolphin joke |
| 1995 JUL |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
reader responses to survey results(1995 FEB & MAR editorials), Part 2 of 2; from the 25 & younger age group; why is the sf readership audience becoming older; 7% of F&SF readers are under 25; Rusch has Star Wars novelization, The New Rebellion(1996) |
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Murphy, Pat |
Points of Departure |
ss |
has fantasy/horror novel The Falling Woman(1986; W-1987 NEB; N-1988 LOC, MYT), about an archaeologist, her daughter & ancient Mayan magic; The City, Not Long After(1988; N-1990 LOC, MYT; 1991 CLA), set in near future San Francisco decimated by plague(B&C) |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: when non-genre critics rave about a genre book; Jeff Noon: Vurt; Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age; R.K.J.K. has 2-part article "After Winning the War: Fantasy and Science Fiction's Fortieth Year", in the NYRSF 1989 DEC-1990 JAN |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Esther M. Friesner: The Sherwood Game; Jack Cady: Street; Ursula K. Le Guin & Susan Seddon Boulet: Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight; de Lint has fantasy novellas, in "Moonheart" cycle, Ascian in Rose(1987), & Westlin Wind(1989) |
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Milosevic, Mario |
Dead Letters |
ss |
this story written as a response to his father's death in 1990, "(he) is still with me in many ways: memories, dreams, gestures, stray phrases ..."; married to writer Kim Antieau; managing editor for Daughters of Nyx, a magazine published in Skamania, WA |
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Wade, Susan |
Intruders |
ss |
"story started to gell one evening when I ... saw the figure of a man inside my house ... the character who seemed to fit with him to make a story was Julia ..."; has pub. over 15 stories thru mid-2002 in RoF, AMZ, PLP, & in many of Ellen Datlow's anth. |
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Di Filippo, Paul |
Plumage From Pegasus: YourMoney-TM |
hues |
YourGovernment-TM to issue bills that "free up the canvas," so that individuals, families, companies, etc., can use the space to design their own bills; "It's yours to design!" |
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Levy, Robert J. |
New Horizons in Stickball |
ss |
his 2nd sf sale; born & lives in Brooklyn, NY; has BA from St. John's College, MA in English Lit. from Oxford Univ.; teaches poetry workshops at Marymount Manhattan College; Exec. Editor at United Feature Syndicate, which produces the comic strip Dilbert |
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Long |
Cartoon: 500th Channel, The |
ct |
Bill Long; "started cartooning in 1989, (his) first that year (was) to The Saturday Evening Post"; since then his work has been pub. in Barron's, Bostonia, Brandweek, Cincinnati, EQMM, Esquire, Folio, Natural History, Spy, USA Weekend, etc. |
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Bailey, Dale |
Resurrection Man's Legacy, The |
nv |
N-1995 NEB, novelette; "manages to combine the feel of early Bradbury with early Asimov" |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Far Future, The |
ar |
far future of the solar system, galaxies, & universe; if man can somehow survive thru billions of years, will he be able to adjust to survive the end of the solar system & various ends of the universe?; Benford has novel Chiller(1993) as by Sterling Blake |
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Zelazny, Roger |
Three Descents of Jeremy Baker, The |
ss |
N-1996 LOC, ss; 1st pub. in VB Tech Journal, 1995 JUN; see iv's in AMZ 1984 JUL, LOC 1991 OCT(#369); The Leading Edge #27 1993(ar), #29 1994, #31 1995; Absolute Magnitude 1994 FLL/WIN; obit/tributes in LOC 1995 JUL & AUG(#414-5), ASI 1996 MAR |
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Garcia y Robertson, R. |
Gone to Glory |
nv |
N-1996 LOC, ss; has sf adventure series, The Virgin and the Dinosaur(stories "The Virgin and the Dinosaur" & "Down the River" in ASI 1992 FEB & 1993 OCT; exp. 1996), Atlantis Found((1997), about professional time traveler Jack Bento & company |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Database Ball |
ct |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Not Quite Zero Gravity |
ct |
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| 1995 AUG |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
popularity of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps & Fear Street series of books for young adults(ages 9-12, & 13-16); "... children learn a lot from Stine: They learn to enjoy reading" |
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Almon, Chas. |
Cartoon: Why They Never Send Kids Into Space |
ct |
working name for Charles Almon |
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Hodgson, Pamela D. |
Canterbury Path, The |
ss |
N-1996 HUG, short story; attended 1992 Clarion; has pub. in AMZ, & in the anth. Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg(ed): Blood Muse(1995), & Robert Weinberg, etal(ed): 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories(1995), & 100 Vicious Little Witch Stories(1995) |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Ann Downer: The Spellkey Trilogy(omnibus); Robert Weinberg & Mark Rein-Hagen: Vampire Diary: The Embrace; Jim Young: Armed Memory; de Lint has novellas The Fair in Emain Macha(1990), Death Leaves an Echo(1991) |
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Reed, Robert |
Our Prayers Are With You |
ss |
story based on last summer's Midwest floods(Reed lives in Lincoln, NE) |
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Long |
Cartoon: Medical Curiousities pl. IV |
ct |
his cartoons have also been pub. on various pieces of merchandise, mostly calendars & t-shirts |
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Steiber, Raymond |
Dry August |
ss |
has mystery novel A Man of Many Parts(1974); The High Castle: A Nineteen Twenties Adventure Novel(1986); has mystery short fiction series, retired French intelligence agent Lemereux, & also NYC P.I. Ben Marciano series, both in EQMM & AHMM |
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Hartlep, Eric C. |
Seven Beds, The |
ss |
an sf tale that borders on horror; graduated from the Univ. of Washington's Writing Program in 1990; his 1st story pub. was in Sports Afield |
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Moon, Elizabeth |
Aura |
ss |
has Familias Regnant ser., Hunting Party(1993), Sporting Chance(1994), Winning Colors(1995), Remnant Population(1996), Once a Hero(1997); Rules of Engagement(1998), Change of Command(1999); see interview in LOC 1995 MAR, her website at www.sff.net/people |
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Long |
Cartoon: You Are in Your Power |
ct |
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Turzillo, Mary A. |
Miranda's Monster |
ss |
has pub. fiction & poems in anth. The Ultimate Witch, The Ultimate Dragon, Xanadu 2, New Altars, Vision Quests, How to Save the World, Once Upon a Midnight, Universe 3, Dark Terrors 5, & The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Life at the Galactic Center |
ar |
Milky Way Galaxy's center; center's black hole & other physical features & conditions there; what kinds of life(photovores, metallovores, machine life) that may exist there, as expounded in many of his novels; Benford been White House Space Policy advisor |
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Robins, Madeleine E. |
Abelard's Kiss |
ss |
story incorrectly listed in TOC as "Adelard's Kiss"; has novel, The Stone War(1999), in which New York City suffers a strange catastrophe; see her website at www.sff.net/people |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
Birthday, A |
ss |
W-1996 NEB; N-1996 HUG, LOC, ss; has coll. Author's Choice Monthly Issue 23: It's Been Fun(1991); humorous fantasy novel with Lawrence Watt-Evans, Split Heirs(1993), about royal triplets who bring bedlam to the kingdom(B&C); ya novel Wishing Season(1993) |
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Watson, Ian |
Amber Room, The |
nv |
1st pub. in Peter Crowther & Edward Kramer(ed): Tombs(1995); has novels, Lucky's Harvest(1993), & The Fallen Moon(1994), a 2-volume extra-terrestrial epic loosely inspired by Finland's national epic, the Kalevala |
| 1995 SEP |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
Nebula Awards ceremony speech by Tom Doherty, "on the future of the sf field, with an analysis of the changes in the book buying public"; what young people are reading now & will in the future; quote from a letter by 17-year old Jeremy Renken |
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Bova, Ben |
Life As We Know It |
ss |
this story "a near-future sf story based on current day practices ... we are going to find lots of surprises when we begin to explore other worlds in detail"; has novels Triumph(1993), Death Dream(1994), Brothers(1995); colls. Twice Seven(1998) |
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Nadler, M. |
Cartoon: In the Land of the Lillipuncturists |
ct |
working name for Mary Nadler; born & raised in Saranac Lake, NY; lives in Los Angeles; has BA in English Literature; has taken numerous art courses at various colleges & art schools; 1st cartoon sale was to Good Housekeeping in 1994 |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: New York City in earlier days(1864-1912), the fallacy of nostalgia, & "the ways in which the past has become the present"; Jack Finney: From Time to Time; E.L. Doctorow: The Waterworks |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Chet Williamson: Second Chance; Rachel Pollack & Dave McKean: The Vertigo Tarot(book & tarot cards); Nicola Griffith: Slow River; de Lint has coll. Author's Choice Monthly Issue 22: Hedgework and Guessery(1991) |
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Williams, Tad |
Monsieur Vergalant's Canard |
ss |
(1957- ) wn. for Robert Paul Williams; 1st novel Tailchaser's Song('85; N-'86 LOC); Child of an Ancient City('92) w. Nina Kiriki Hoffman; has Otherland ser., City of Golden Shadow('96), etc; N-1986 JWCA; see iv in LOC 1995 JAN, & www.tadwilliams.com |
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Elgin, Suzette Haden |
Only a Housewife |
ss |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Patterson, Kent & Jerry Oltion |
Dutchman's Gold |
nv |
(1941-1995; 1957- ) in story intro, Rusch announces the death of Kent Patterson in March 1995 of a heart attack; he had written non-fiction for decades before turning to sf & humor in 1987; see Kent's obit in LOC 1995 MAY(#412) |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Girls Just Wanna ... Boldly Go |
mr |
essay: sexism & lack of female role models in sf films; Star Trek movie series; Tank Girl(1995), based on British comic created in 1988, stars Lori Petty; The Secret of Roan Inish(1994), based on Rosalie K. Fry's 1985 ya novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry |
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Bradbury, Ray |
Dorian in Excelsis |
ss |
see William F. Nolan: The Ray Bradbury Companion: A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings(1975), supplemented by Donn Albright: Bradbury Bits & Pieces: The Ray Bradbury Bibliography: 1974-1988(1991) |
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Brennert, Alan |
Man Who Loved the Sea, The |
ss |
has written several episodes for the revived Outer Limits for Showtime(1995-present); sold a pilot for a new TV series to Fox, Love Is Strange - which combines sf, fantasy, & romance in strange ways |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Sex, Gender, and Fantasy |
ar |
human sexuality & issues of sexuality; the differences between male & female bodies, brains, & sexual strategies; sf & future sexuality, John Varley's The Ophiuchi Hotline(1977), Steel Beach(1992); nf books by Edward Wilson; homosexuality's role? |
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Savage, Felicity |
Cyberfate |
ss |
has 1st novel fantasy, Humility Garden(1995), & sequel Delta City(1996) - coll. in omnibus, Garden of Salt(1996); has Ever trilogy, The War in the Waste(1997), The Daemon in the Machine(1998), & A Trickster in the Ashes(1998), about a circus demon-handler |
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Reed, Robert |
Tournament, The |
nv |
has Veil of Stars ser., Beyond the Veil of Stars(1994), about a UFO hunter's who becomes part of a govt. experiment in using alien technology to enter the bodies of indigenous life forms on other worlds(B&C), & sequel Beneath the Gated Sky(1997) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Flippy Has an Insight |
ct |
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| 1995 OCT/NOV |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
virtual golf, "the world of today existed in the imagination only yesterday ... (today) we can get a glimpse of the landscape of tomorrow"; Rusch has novelizations Aliens: Rogue(1995), omnibus Alien Harvest/Rogue w. Dean Wesley Smith as Sandy Schofield |
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