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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1997 APR |
de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere; Patti Perret: The Faces of Fantasy; Terence M. Green: Blue Limbo; de Lint has fantasy novel Into the Green(1993), based on & containing the Angharad stories orig. pub. in the Sword & Sorcerress anth.(B&C) |
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F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
Clive Barker: Sacrament; Mary Doria Russell: The Sparrow; Linda Nagata: Deception Well |
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Resnick, Mike |
Gelfilte Fish Girl, The |
ss |
1st story of 3 in this issue inspired by this issue's cover art by Barclay Shaw, this story being a fantasy; has colls. Bwana & Bully!(1981), Unauthorized Biographies(1984), Through the Darkest Resnick with Gun and Camera(1990), The Alien Heart(1991) |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Bowes, Richard |
Streetcar Dreams |
nv |
W-1998 WFA, novella; 7th story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; in this story he mingles his New York with current Jungian play therapy |
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Wilbur, Rick |
Where Garagiola Waits |
ss |
N-1997 NEB, ss; baseball spring training story; R.W. the son of baseball player Del Wilber who was a catcher for St. Louis, Philadelphia & Boston between 1946-1954, after which he had a successful career coaching, scouting & managing in the minors |
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Lee, Mary Soon |
Universal Grammar |
ss |
N-1997 NEB, short story; 1998 STU; 1st story in linguist Janna Suzorsky and the Eridanians series; story inspired by reading Noam Chomsky: Language and Problems of Knowledge(1988) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Ore, Rebecca |
My Mother, the Alien, and Me |
ss |
(1948- ) wn. for Rebecca Bard Brown; 1st story pub. sf "Projectile Weapons and Wild Alien Water" in AMZ 1986 MAY, as Rebecca Brown; has pub. 4 poetry colls.; N-1987, 1988 JWCA; has coll. Alien Bootlegger and Other Stories(1993; N-1994 LOC) |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
King of the Cyber Trifles |
nv |
2nd story of 3 in this issue inspired by the cover art of Barclay Shaw, this story being sf; story title is "a pun on King of the Khyber Rifles"; has anth. with Martin H. Greenberg, Alien Pregnant by Elvis(1994), Blood Muse(1995) |
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West, Michelle |
Guilty Pleasures |
br |
essay: publisher or marketing hype, books must live up to it; J. Gregory Keyes: The Waterborn; Wil McCarthy: The Fall of Sirius; Jennifer Roberson: Highlander: Scotland the Brave; Ann Marston: Kingmaker's Sword; Tom Holt: Expecting Someone Taller |
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Hoffman, Nina Kiriki |
Manna |
ss |
3rd story of 3 in this issue inspired by this issue's cover art by Barclay Shaw, this story being horror; ; has column "Debb & Nina's Excellent Video Adventures" in PLP: A Fiction Magzine, 1991-1992; see interviews in WRT 1993 SPR & in LOC 1994 OCT(#405) |
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Epstein, Benita |
Cartoon |
ct |
her cartoons were also pub. in Better Homes & Gardens, & in several Chicken Soup for the Soul books |
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Guthridge, George & Janet Berliner |
Notes Toward a Rumpled Stillskin (compiled and edited by Janet Berliner) |
nv |
(1948- ; 1939- ) collab. on The Madagascar Manifesto ser., Child of the Light(1991), Child of the Journey(1996), & Children of the Dusk(1997; W-1998 STO); Berliner co-edited Desire Burn(1995), & Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn(1995; N-1996 LOC) |
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Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - Soon We Will Be Able to Work, Shop, and Recreate Without Ever Leaving the Comfort and Security of Our Own Homes. |
ct |
6th cartoon in his Speculations series |
| 1997 MAY |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
good-bye editorial, her last issue as editor; resigning "in order to pursue my writing career ... somewhere along the way I lost my desire to write short fiction ... I was putting my creative short story energy into (F&SF)"; next editor Gordon Van Gelder |
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Barstow, D. |
Cartoon: I Love My Alien Pet |
ct |
has a weekly cartoon feature, Daily Special, about restaurants, dining out & cooking that's pub. in the L.A. Times, Salt Lake Tribune, San Francisco Bay Guardian, & other newspapers & mags.; info on her techniques & work habits can be found on her website |
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Dyer, S.N. |
Sins of the Mother |
ss |
ps. for Sharon N. Farber; fulltime physician in private practice; has pub. over 40 short stories & one collab. novel, all under various names; 1st story pub. sf/f "Born Again" in ASI 1978 MAY/JUN as by Sharon N. Faber |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Dean Koontz: Ticktock; Victor Koman: Kings of the High Frontier(at www.pulpless.com/king.htm); essay on cyberspace fiction; de Lint has fantasy novel Brian Froud's Faerielands: The Wild Wood(1994), about a young artist whose work is haunted by a faerie |
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Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - Population of Lawyers Will Outstrip Forage and a Short Hunting Season Will Be Declared., The |
ct |
7th cartoon in his Speculations series |
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Wade, Susan |
Recent Vintage, A |
nv |
has 1st novel, Walking Rain(1996; N-EDG, for best paperback original), a mystery crime novel set in New Mexico, where a young woman inherits a small ranch, as well as an unresolved hate crime & family ghosts |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Kenden, Leo |
Jinx |
ss |
his 1st sf story; lives in the Southwest; has held a number of jobs in the software business & has written in other fields |
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F&SF staff |
Brief Reviews: Books |
br |
Frederik Pohl: The Other End of Time; John Barnes: Patton's Spaceship(1st in Mark Strang time travel series); Ian McDowell: Mordred's Curse; Jane Routley: Mage Heart |
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Friesner, Esther M. |
Miss Thing |
nv |
has Majyk humorous fantasy series, Majyk by Accident(1993), Majyk by Hook or Crook(1994), Majyk by Design(1994), about an inept wizard & his cat in dealings with majyk, a "substance necessary to work in magic(Clute); see iv in MZBFM 1996 FLL |
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Watson, Ian |
Last Beast Out of the Box, The |
ss |
has novel Hard Questions(1996), a techno-thriller about quantum computers & the mystery of consciousness; about story, "one rainy day years ago, our daughter ... painted 4 cats past & present on a wooden box, & added a marmalade one ... she had foreseen" |
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Coates, Deborah |
Tally |
nv |
from Iowa; about story, "My own dogs are Rottweilers & there have been Rottweilers who've been poisoned by neighbors, (etc) ... I protect my dogs when I can & worry that I may not always be able to ..." |
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West, Michelle |
Guilty Pleasures |
br |
essay: good-bye to editor Kris Rusch; Kate Elliott: King's Dragon, Vol. One of Crown of Stars; Laurell K. Hamilton: Bloody Bones; Jane Yolen: Here There Be Angels; Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski: A Fury Scorned(Star Trek novel) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Brennert, Alan |
Echoes |
nv |
N-1998 LOC, novelette; STU; has novel Time and Chance(1990; N-1991 LOC), in which two alternate worlds intersect, allowing two versions of the same person to switch roles(Clute); coll. Her Pilgrim Soul(1990); has turned his attention to feature films |
| 1997 JUN |
Van Gelder, Gordon |
Editorial |
ed |
(1966- ) born in NY, grew up in NJ; lives in Hoboken, NJ; worked 1988-94 as an editor & reviewer for The New York Review of Science Fiction; has worked for St. Martin's Press 1988 JUL-2000 OCT; outlines his job & how he will avoid conflicts of interests |
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Epstein, Benita |
Cartoon: Day They Invented Papyrus, The |
ct |
has cartoon collections Interlibrary Loan Sharks and Seedy ROMS(1998), Suture Self: Cartoons for Doctors and Patients(1999), & Science of Little Round Things: Cartoons About Scientists(2000) |
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Reed, Robert |
Graffiti |
ss |
has sf novel An Exaltation of Larks(1995; N-1996 LOC), about a college student in 1978 recruited by far future time travellers who are trying to recreate & change our universe(B&C) |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Rachel Pollack: Godmother Night(a book edited by Van Gelder at St. Martin's Press); Walter Jon Williams: City on Fire; Susan Whitcher: Enchanter's Glass; see de Lint's interviews in Fear! 1991 APR, WFH 1995 SPR, & MZBFM 1996 SUM |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Interactive Dishwasher ..., The |
ct |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: Greg Egan & sf novels that not only have a sense of adventure, but also have so many interesting ideas that they give an overwhelming intellectual thrill; Greg Egan: Distress |
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Van Gelder, Gordon |
Editor's Recommendations |
br |
Karen Joy Fowler: The Sweetheart Season; Damon Knight: In Search of Wonder(3rd edition), & Humpty Dumpty: An Oval; Jake Page: Operation Shatterhand; briefly, Ray Bradbury: Quicker Than the Eye; Harlan Ellison: Edgeworks 2; & 4 more |
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Reed, Kit |
Rajmahal |
ss |
has novel Little Sisters of the Apocalypse(1994; N-1995 TIP), a metaphysical sf novel about a motorcycle gang of nuns in a pre-apocalyptic near future; see website www.focus-consulting.co.uk/kreed/reed.html |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon: Wheel Chair-Accessible UFO |
ct |
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Bell, M. Shayne |
Bright, New Skies |
ss |
has 1st sf novel Nicoji(1991), human agricultural workers trapped on a swamp world; story, "began as a play for a woman from Irkutsk, Siberia, in 1987 .. she taught English to scientists coming to the west ... wanted a play to teach grammatical concepts" |
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Long |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Trek ... And a Journey Really Worth Taking, A |
mr |
essay: Star Trek & its empire "franchise"; how it has grown over the years; Star Trek: First Contact(1996), the 1st Next Generation film, stars Patrick Stewart, Alice Krige, Brent Spiner, James Cromwell; Microcosmos(1996 France), nature documentary |
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Stableford, Brian |
Pipes of Pan, The |
nv |
N-1998 LOC, nv; has David Lydyard trilogy, The Werewolves of London(1990; N-1991 LOC), The Angel of Pain(1991; N-1992 LOC), The Carnival of Destruction(1994; N-1995 LOC); Young Blood(1992), Firefly(1995), Chimera's Cradle(1997), Inherit the Earth(1998) |
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Aurelian, Robin |
Jelly Bones |
ss |
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Resnick, Mike |
Forgotten Treasures |
br |
Simak: Way Station; van Vogt: The Voyage of the Space Beagle; Keith Woodcott(ps. for John Brunner): I Speak for Earth; Weinbaum: A Martian Odyssey; Sheckley: Dimension of Miracles; Brackett: Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars; Vance: The Dying Earth; 2 more |
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MacEwen, Pat |
Macklin Gift, The |
nv |
(1954?- ) has story as P.H. MacEwen "A Winter's Night" in Budrys(ed): WotF, Vol.IV(1988); regularly sells natural history pieces to children's mags.; has "Sex and the Single E.T." series in Amazing Experience 1990 NOV, & MZoo #1 1991 JAN - #9 1992 MAY |
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Goulart, Ron |
Why I Never Went Steady With Heather Moon |
nv |
1st story in witch Heather Moon series |
| 1997 JUL |
Cool, Tom |
Universal Emulators |
ss |
(1955- ) joined Navy in 1979, now a Commander in the U.S. Navy; lives in Miami, FL; has 1st novel Infectress(1997); Secret Realms(1998), Soldier of Light(1999); has website http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/mia/t/o/tomcool/index.htm |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Francesca Lia Block: Girl Goddess #9; Michael Sowa: Sowa's Ark: An Enchanted Bestiary(art); Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller(ed): The Horns of Elfland; see de Lint's website at www.cyberus.ca/~cdl |
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Winter, Douglas E. |
Books |
br |
(1950- ) essay: vampires; Stephens(ed): Vampires, Wine & Roses; Shepard(ed): Classic Vampire Stories; Gladwell & Havoc(ed): Blood & Roses; Collins: A Dozen Black Roses; Aycliffe: The Lost; Monahan: The Bell Witch; Kimball: Undone; etc |
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