| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1996 JUN |
Wells, Matthew |
Auschwitz Circus, The |
ss |
1st short fiction sale; story began as one-act play, performed at A Theatre Company in NYC; worked for last 20 years in acting & writing plays, which incl. God's Country(1990 Off-Off-Broadway), The Goose Girl(in L.A.), Wildest Dreams(Madison Ave Theater) |
| |
Hooper, Jacquelyn |
Acheter |
nv |
her 1st pub. short fiction; originally from L.A., now lives in Cerritos, CA; has a Masters of Fine Arts from Arizona State Univ.; attended 1993 Clarion; story's title is French, meaning "to purchase" |
| |
Gross, Gordon |
Communion |
nv |
their 1st fiction sale; collab. ps. for husband/wife Eve Gordon & Harold Gross; both are consultants & troubleshooters in the computer field; Harold is a professional actor, Eve does stand-up comedy; they live in NYC |
| |
Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Dr. Quark - Quarkiness, As We All Know, Is Next to Godliness |
ct |
14th cartoon in his Dr. Quark series; Quark's Cleaning Service, 'No Job Too Diffract' |
| 1996 JUL |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
1st editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; book publishing business & how it affects the readers; intro to ser., what questions she hopes to answer; will follow commercial pub. in general, sf/f/horror in particular; invites readers to respond |
| |
Cassutt, Michael |
Longer Voyage, The |
nv |
N-1997 LOC, novelette; editor Rusch asked Cassutt to write a story of the future-of-space sf; has nf book Deke!: Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle(1994), w. Donald K. 'Deke' Slayton; novel Missing Man(1998), an sf mystery at NASA |
| |
de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Garry D. Kilworth: Angel; Ken Grimwood: Into the Deep; Swain Wolfe: The Woman Who Lives in the Earth; de Lint has horror novel as by Samuel M. Key, set in Newford, From a Whisper to a Scream(1992), about a child-killer back from the dead(B&C) |
| |
West, Michelle |
Guilty Pleasures |
br |
Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett: Point of Hopes; essay: two types of comfort books; Pauline Ashwell: Project Farcry; Rand & Robin Miller with David Wingrove: Myst: The Book of Atrus; West's 1st story pub. fantasy novel Into the Dark Lands(1991; N-1992 CCR) |
| |
Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
|
| |
F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
Tim Powers: Expiration Date; Kathy Tyers: One Mind's Eye; Joe Haldeman: None So Blind; Marc Laidlaw: The 37th Mandala |
| |
Heath |
Cartoon: NASA's Settee Program |
ct |
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| |
Bishop, Michael |
Three Dreams in the Wake of a Death |
ss |
"story grew out of a dream. I won't tell you which of the story's 3 parts reproduces my real dream or which 2 parts are attempts to create credible dream imagery" |
| |
Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
|
| |
Ellison, Harlan |
Chatting With Anubis |
ss |
W-1996 STO, ss; 1st pub. in Lore 1995 SUM; story was written around a pre-existing painting for the 5th issue of the Dark Horse comic, Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor; has comic book story adaptation coll. Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Special(1995) |
| |
Asimov, Janet |
Science: Warm and Dangerous Time, A |
ar |
Earth's geological eras; the animals, fauna & geology of the Mesozoic Era, which incl. the Cretaceous, Jurassic & Triassic Periods; the dinosaurs & their brooding behaviors; were dinosaurs warm-blooded?; T. rex; evidence of comet or meteor impacts |
| |
Garcia y Robertson, R. |
Moon Maid, The |
nv |
"historical-fantasy, where the 'fantasy element' is historical(based mainly on Herodotus & Diodorus) & the 'non-fantasy' parts are invention"; story becomes part of novel Atlantis Found(1997; rvw F&SF 1997 AUG), sequel to The Virgin and the Dinosaur(1996) |
| |
Maio, Kathi |
Films: Hooray for Siliwood |
mr |
essay: studios reluctant to fully utilize available computer technologies; Siliwood - Hollywood's creative foray into the Silicon Valley; 1st major experiment, Mr. Payback(1995); mentions Toy Story(1995); Jurassic Park(1993), Casper(1995), Jumanji(1995) |
| |
Cady, Jack |
Kilroy Was Here |
na |
N-1997 HUG, LOC, STO; death stalks the residents of a V.A. hospital, when they decide to fight back; dedicated to Wesley Baker, Bill Deen, Jim Hall, Don Farmer, Fran Ross, Mieko Riggleman; has eBook coll. Ghostland(2001); entry in C.A., vol.72, p.180-181 |
| |
Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - Humans Finally Decode Whale Song ... |
ct |
1st cartoon in his Speculations series; this series is pub. exclusively in F&SF, & the series was actually named by F&SF publisher Ed Ferman("my original title was something awful which I have conveniently forgotten") |
| 1996 AUG |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
2nd editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; the way publishers do business; how trilogies & bestsellers are handled; why writers may use ps.; who pays for book failures & how; bottom line #1 consideration; how readers can help bestsellers |
| |
Shanahan |
Cartoon: Moby Dickweed |
ct |
|
| |
Vukcevich, Ray |
White Guys in Space |
ss |
thru mid-2002 has pub. over 40 stories in mags. F&SF, PLP, Sirius*Visions, Talebones, Rosebud, ASI & ABO, and the anth. Twists of the Tale(1996), Buried Treasures(1996), Imagination Fully Dilated(1998), & Bones of the World(2001) |
| |
Long |
Cartoon |
ct |
|
| |
Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: humorous sf/f; Connie Willis: Bellwether; Bradley Denton: Lunatics |
| |
Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
|
| |
de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Terence M. Green: Shadow of Ashland; Alan Dean Foster: Mad Amos; Joyce Carol Oates: Demon and Other Tales; de Lint has horror novel as by Samuel M. Key, set in Newford, I'll Be Watching You(1994), about a battered wife supposedly rescued by a phtographer |
| |
Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
|
| |
F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
Richard Garfinkle: Celestial Matters; Lisa Goldstein: Walking the Labyrinth; Robert Silverberg: Starborne |
| |
Effinger, George Alec |
Maureen Birnbaum on a Hot Tin Roof (by E. Spiegelman, as told to George Alec Effinger) |
ply |
4th/last story in F&SF in Maureen Birnbaum ser.; 1st pub. in Gilliam, Greenberg & Hanlon(ed): South from Midnight(1994); M.B. travels thru time & space to take on Tennessee Williams & New Orleans; see his obit in LOC 2002 JUN, & SFC 2002 JUL |
| |
Di Filippo, Paul |
Plumage From Pegasus: Have Gun, Will Edit |
hues |
an agent from the SFWA visits an old-time sf writer, who wants some new competition 'eliminated'; Di Filippo has colls. Destroy All Brains!(1997 chap), Fractal Paisleys(1997) |
| |
Jonik |
Cartoon: Mother Goose Reads From Her Own Works |
ct |
|
| |
Castro, Adam-Troy |
Neither Rain Nor Sleet |
ss |
N-1997 STO, short story; mostly a horror writer; has X-Men & Spiderman comics novelization, with Tom DeFalco, Time's Arrow Book 2: The Present(1998) |
| |
Oltion, Jerry |
There Goes the Neighborhood |
ss |
has sf short story "The Love Song of Laura Morrison" in ANA 1987 AUG, pub. as a chapbook in 1994; has "Dark Sun" novel The Darkness Before the Dawn(1995), & "Shadow Warrior" novel You Only Die Twice(1997), both as Ryan Hughes |
| |
Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - The Service Sector Will Define Hitherto Unimagined Employment Opportunities ... |
ct |
2nd cartoon in his Speculations series |
| |
Bradbury, Ray |
That Woman on the Lawn |
ss |
see George Edgar Slusser: The Bradbury Chronicles(1977 chap); Ben Indick: The Drama of Ray Bradbury(1977; rev. vt Ray Bradbury: Dramatist, 1989); William F. Touponce: Ray Bradbury and the Poetics of Reverie(1984), & Ray Bradbury(1989) |
| |
Couzens, Gary |
Half-Life |
ss |
read English at Southampton Univ.; now works for British Telecom; has pub. in U.K. mags.; story "was a challenge to write a story about someone who was dead before the story began ... it's a story told from the viewpoint of someone who doesn't exist ..." |
| |
Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon: Door Is Ajar, Door Is Ajar |
ct |
|
| |
Bischoff, David |
Fade |
nv |
has Star Fall ser., A Space Fantasy(1980), A Space Operetta(1982); Dragonstar ser. w. Thomas F. Monteleone, Day of the Dragonstar(1983), Night of the Dragonstar(1985), Dragonstar Destiny(1989); novelization Wargames(1983); The Crow: Quoth the Crow(1998) |
| |
Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
|
| |
Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Diamond Age, A |
ar |
element carbon & its forms, esp. diamond; how the physical properties of diamond make it useful in various technologies, incl. its use in the making of a 'skyhook'; methods that diamonds are made; Benford a Prof. of Physics at Univ.of California(Irvine) |
| |
Dedman, Stephen |
Never Seen by Waking Eyes |
nv |
N-1997 NEB, STO, novelette; story inspired by "the nightmarish aspects & often macabre humor in the Alice books ... the letters of Lewis Carroll ... & Elton John's song 'All the Young Girls Love Alice'" |
| |
Willy |
Cartoon |
ct |
E.G. Willy |
| 1996 SEP |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
3rd editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; book industry's policy of returns & how it affects book prices; how bookstores abuse this policy & what the readers can do about it; see Rusch 1998 DEC interview at website www.sfsite.com/06b/kkr83.htm |
| |
Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - Disney's Ascendancy Continues Unchecked. In 2015 It Launches Its Most Ambitious Theme Park Ever. |
ct |
3rd cartoon in his Speculations series |
| |
Finch, Sheila |
Communion of Minds |
nv |
2nd story in F&SF in Lingster, Guild of Xenolinguists ser.; one other story in ser., "Babel Interface" was pub. in AMZ 1988 MAY, & novel Triad(1986; 2001 eBook), about a woman-run Earth government, a female mission to another planet, & pirates(Clute) |
| |
Long |
Cartoon: Take the Guesswork Out of Your Diagnoses! |
ct |
|
| |
de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Lisa Goldstein: Walking the Labyrinth; Science-Fiction Studies, 1996 NOV issue; Stephen King: The Two Dead Girls; Mary Rosenblum: Synthesis & Other Virtual Realities; Hans Silvester: The Mediterranean Cat |
| |
West, Michelle |
Guilty Pleasures |
br |
Terry Pratchett: Men at Arms; Sharon Shinn: Archangel; Jane Emerson: City of Diamond; Tanya Huff: Scholar of Decay; Rosemary Edghill: Book of Moons; as Sagara has The Sundered ser., Into the Dark Lands(1991; N-1992 CCR), Children of the Blood(1992) |
| |
F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
Michael F. Flynn: Firestar; Stanley Schmidt: Aliens and Alien Societies; Stephen L. Gillett: World-Building; Terry Bisson: Pirates of the Universe; Sage Walker: Whiteout |
| |
Kelly, James Patrick |
Why the Bridge Stopped Singing |
ss |
has story "Itsy Bitsy Spider" in ASI 1997 JUN, W-1998 LOC; N-1997 NEB; 1998 HUG, STU; has coll. Strange But Not a Stranger(2002), incl. story "Bright Morning" written for this coll. |
