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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1997 SEP |
Morressy, John |
Rimrunner's Home |
nv |
retired from teaching at the end of 1995; has novel The Juggler(1996), a juvenile book about the Middle Ages, in which Beran makes a pact with the devil to become the greatest juggler in the world |
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Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - Novelty Tombstones Will Become Popular. |
ct |
9th cartoon in his Speculations series |
| 1997 OCT/NOV |
Van Gelder, Gordon |
Editorial |
ed |
intro to Walter M. Miller Jr's novel A Canticle for Liebowitz(F&SF 1955 APR, 1956 AUG, 1957 FEB; 1959 fixup), & sequel, Saint Liebowitz and the Wild Horse Woman(1997; N-1998 NEB), excerpt in this issue; Miller died in 1996, Terry Bisson finished the novel |
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Miller, Walter M. Jr |
God Is Thus |
nv |
4th story in St. Liebowitz ser., excerpt from Saint Liebowitz and the Wild Horse Woman(1997); W.M. died after completing 85% of novel, finished by Terry Bisson; action occurs betw. the 2nd & 3rd nv of A Canticle for St. Liebowitz; obit in LOC 1996 FEB |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Ian R. MacLeod: The Great Wheel; Frédéric Clément: The Merchant of Marvels and the Peddler of Dreams; Goldman: The X-Files Book of the Unexplained, Vol.II; Clute & Grant: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy; Patrick O'Leary: The Gift; Antieau: The Gaia Websters |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: Arthurian legend novels; Bernard Cornwell: Enemy of God; Jack Whyte: The Eagles' Brood; A.A. Attanasio: The Eagle and the Sword |
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Springer, Nancy |
Transcendence |
ss |
has coll. Chance—and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate(1988); novels Larque on the Wing(1994; W-1994 TIP), Looking for Jamie Bridger(1995), Fair Peril(1996), Secret Star(1997), I Am Mordred(1998), Prom Night(1999); see website at www.stlf.org/ |
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Long |
Cartoon: Advanced Origami |
ct |
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Williamson, Jack |
Hole in the World, The |
ss |
has novels Manseed(1983), Firechild(1986); Land's End(1988), & The Singers of Time(1991) w. Pohl; Beachhead(1992), Demon Moon(1994), The Silicon Dagger(1999); see interviews in TotU #16 1996, & LOC 1993 DEC(#395), 1996 OCT(#429) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Blumlein, Michael |
Paul and Me |
ss |
has 1st novel The Movement of Mountains(1987; N-1988 LOC), an interplanetary sf tale about genetically-engineered Slaves that are approaching humanity(B&C) |
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Resnick, Mike |
Forgotten Treasures |
br |
Stapledon: Star Maker; James White: All Judgment Fled; Thorne Smith: Rain in the Doorway; Robert E. Howard: Heroes of Bear Creek; Malzberg: Herovit's World; Goldstein: The Red Magician; Carroll: The Land of Laughs; Jack Finney: The Third Level; 2 more |
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Jonik |
Cartoon: Seafood |
ct |
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Oltion, Jerry & Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
Deus X |
na |
tale of what happens when faith is thrust upon a man; Oltion has anth. Buried Treasures: An Anthology of Unpublished Pulphouse Stories(1996); Rusch has two "Unreal" books with Dean Wesley Smith & as Ryan Hughes, Hard Crash(1998), Prophet's Power(1998) |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon: Genetic Engineering Lab |
ct |
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Reed, Robert |
To Church With Mr. Multhiford |
ss |
author comments that this story explains where crop circles really come from |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Goldstein, Lisa |
Down the Fool's Road |
ss |
has colls. Author's Choice Monthly Issue 3: Daily Voices(1989), Travellers in Magic(1994); novels Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon(1993), Summer King, Winter Fool(1994), Walking the Labyrinth(1996), Dark Cities Underground(1999); see iv in LOC 1999 MAY |
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Bisson, Terry |
Player, The |
vi |
has novels Talking Man(1986; N-1987 LOC, WFA), about the 1st auto trip to the North Pole; Fire on the Mountain(1988; N-1989 LOC), dramatizes what might have happened if John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry succeeded; novelization Johnny Mnemonic(1995) |
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Shiner, Lewis |
Like the Gentle Rain |
ss |
has coll. of mystery stories with Joe R. Lansdale, Private Eye Action As You Like It(1998); novel Say Goodbye: The Laurie Moss Story(1999), about a woman's struggles in the rock music business(B&C); see interview in LOC 1988 MAY(#328) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Manned Space Station, The: Week Five |
ct |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Selfness |
ar |
selfness, consciousness of self, as possibly felt by clones, twins, & uploaded Digital 'Dittos'; how is or can there be a continuation of self after comas, brain surgery, or cryogenic procedures; the bioethics involved in all this |
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King, Stephen |
Everything's Eventual |
na |
N-1998 LOC, STO; has novels Dolores Claiborne(1992; N-1993 LOC; 1994 movie), Gerald's Game(1992), Insomnia(1994; N-'95 LOC, STO), Rose Madder('95; N-'96 LOC; '98 movie), The Green Mile('96 serial; '97; '99 movie); coll. Hearts in Atlantis('99; 2001 movie) |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Emoti Cons |
ct |
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| 1997 DEC |
Van Gelder, Gordon |
Editorial |
ed |
"what death of science fiction?"; responds to doomsayers, incl. Thomas F. Bertonneau & his article in Chronicles, "Science Fiction, R.I.P"; Van Gelder was N-1989-1992 HUG, for editing best semi-prozine, The New York Review of S. F., w. Hartwell & Cramer |
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Grossbach, Robert |
Jew on a Chip |
ss |
with the acknowledged assistance from Rabbis Gary Johnson, Alan Greenbaum, & Moshe Bryski |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
essay: Roger Zelazny & his influence in sf/f; Roger Zelazny & Jane Lindskold: Donnerjack; Lawrence Schimel: The Drag Queen of Elfland; Philip Pullman: The Subtle Knife |
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Hand, Elizabeth |
Books |
br |
essay: alternate history is flourishing; Michael Swanwick: Jack Faust, & A Geography of Unknown Lands; Don Hutchison(ed): Northern Frights 4 |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon: Personnel |
ct |
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Bischoff, David |
In the Bleak Mid-Solstice |
ss |
has Time Machine 2: Search for Dinosaurs(1984); Gaming Magi ser., Destiny Dice(1985), Wraith Board(1985), Unicorn Gambit(1986); Star Hounds ser., The Infinite Battle(1985), Galactic Warriors('85), The Macrocosmic Conflict('86); Hackers(1995) |
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Park, Paul |
Get a Grip |
ss |
(1954- ) N-1998 LOC, STU, WFA; story 1st pub. electronically in Omni Online 1997 FEB; 1st pub. sf The Starbridge Chronicles ser., Soldiers of Paradise(1987), Sugar Rain(1989), The Cult of Loving Kindness(1991); Celestis(1993), The Gospel of Corax(1996) |
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Richerson, Carrie |
Quick and the Dead, The |
ss |
N-1998 STO, short story; 3rd story in the Returning Dead series; has eBook coll. Something Rich & Strange(2001), pub. digitally by Scorpius Digital at www.scorpiusdigital.com |
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Epstein, Benita |
Cartoon |
ct |
has a syndicated panel, "Drawing a Crowd," launched in January 2002 by Creators Syndicate at www.creators.com/comics show.cfm?comicname=dac |
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Carr, Michael |
Dog's Night, A |
ss |
(1971- ) Michael W. Carr, his 1st pro sale; lives in Springville, UT; attended 1993 Clarion, & helped found writers group, Pilgrimage; edited The Leading Edge #27 & #28, 1993-94, & has pub. articles & stories there; see his website at www.sff.net/people/ |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Winter, Laurel |
Tomorrow Tea |
ss |
has pub. over 35 pieces of short fiction between 1990-2002, almost half of which are poems; she has pub. in mags. F&SF, ASI, & TotU |
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Murphy, Pat & Paul Doherty |
Science: Watch the Skies! |
ar |
atmospheric optical phenomena - rainbows, secondary rainbows, halos, sundogs, & green flashes - are explained; what closer observations can reveal, "colorful insights"; "hands-on rainbows" & polarized rainbows; see website www.exploratorium.edu |
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Epstein, Benita |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Dedman, Stephen |
Schrödinger's Catalyst |
ss |
has coll. The Lady of Situations(1999); novel Foriegn Bodies(1999), the story of an America several decades from now which must survive several terrors in order to triumph; see website www.midnight.com.au/eidolon/03_dedma/sd_home.htm |
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Wentworth, K.D. |
'Tis the Season |
ss |
story grew out of observation, "in the hands of some people, religion is as dangerous as a controlled sunstance"; has novel Moonspeaker(1994), about a girl, falsely accused of killing her father, who uses psychic powers to escape to alternate timelines |
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Wightman, Wayne & Richard Paul Russo |
Idiot's Dream, The |
nv |
neither has done much collab. work before; Wightman says their key to success is that "Richard is sincere, and I don't care" |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volumes 92 & 93: 1997 JAN-DEC |
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