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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1999 JAN |
Friesner, Esther M. |
How to Make Unicorn Pie |
nv |
N-1999 HOM, NEB; 2000 LOC, nv; HUG, ss; "story dedicated to the memory of Clifton Webb"; has alternate history novel Child of the Eagle(1995; N-1996 SDW), in which Brutus fails to kill Caesar(B&C); coll. Up the Wall & Other Tales of King Arthur ...(2000) |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
F. Paul Wilson: Legacies; Walter Mosley: Blue Light; Kathleen Alcalá: The Flower in the Skull; Jim Turner(ed): Eternal Lovecraft; de Lint has Newford novel, Memory and Dream(1994; N-1995 LOC), an artist whose paintings call creatures from another world |
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Hand, Elizabeth |
Books |
br |
essay: what led to America's dream of man in space, why did the dream die?; Howard E. McCurdy: Space and the American Imagination; Hand worked for nearly 10 years at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. |
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Long |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Watson, Ian |
Caucus Winter |
ss |
has sf novel, Oracle(1997), in which an ancient Roman soldier is propelled into the 20th century by the first test of the time-probe 'Oracle,' triggering responses from the IRA & the British Secret Service |
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Bischoff, David |
Joy to the World |
ss |
has UFO Conspiracy ser., Abduction(1990), Deception(1991), Revelation(1991); Mutants Amok ser. as Mark Grant, Mutants Amok(1991), Mutant Hell(1991), Rebel Attack(1991), Holocaust Horror(1991), Mutants Amok at Christmastime(1992); Philip K. Dick High(2000) |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Learning to Embrace the Chaos |
mr |
essay: disaster films given a boost by upcoming millennium; Pi(1998), "no-budget" movie in B&W, dir. Darren Aronofsky, stars Sean Gullette, Kristyn Mae-Anne Lao, Samia Shoaib, Mark Margolis, Pamela Hart, Ben Shenkman |
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Grossbach, Robert |
Of Scorned Women and Causal Loops |
ss |
has movie novelization Best Defense(1984), based on his novel Easy and Hard Ways Out(1975) |
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Vukcevich, Ray |
Rejoice |
ss |
see his website at www.sff.net/people/RayV/; has 1st coll. Meet Me in the Moon Room(2001) |
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Tuttle, Lisa |
Tir Nan Og |
ss |
has novel The Pillow Friend(1996; N-1996 IHA, TIP; 1997 LOC), a dark fantasy/psychological horror novel in which a woman's childhood fantasies become horribly real(B&C) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Is It Smart to Be Smart? |
ar |
evolution & intelligence; how did natural selection work in man's case?; comparisons w. cetacean & primate species, their evolution; is higher intelligence a favored natural selection or trait?; outlook for SETI; Benford has novel The Martian Race(1999) |
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Bisson, Terry |
Smoother |
ss |
N-2000 LOC, ss; has Wilson Wu and Irving series, novelettes "The Hole in the Hole"(ASI 1994 FEB; N 1995 HUG, LOC), & "The Edge of the Universe"(ASI 1996 AUG; N-1997 HUG, LOC); comic book script in Roger Zelazny's Amber: The Guns of Avalon, Book One(1996) |
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Reed, Robert |
Will Be |
nv |
has 1st coll., The Dragons of Springplace(1999); see interview in LOC 1998 APR(#447) |
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Di Filippo, Paul |
Curiosities: Murder in Millennium VI, by Curme Gray, 1951 |
br |
Curme Gray's(1910-1980) complex sf murder mystery set in the future six thousand years from now, in which the solving of the crime has incalculable social consequences; see a detailed analysis by Damon Knight in his book, In Search of Wonder(1956) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Dr. Quark - Dr. Quark Invents a Time-Machine That Can Only Take Him Back 37 Seconds ... |
ct |
18th cartoon in his Dr. Quark series; Dr. Quark's time-machine |
| 1999 FEB |
Bacigalupi, Paolo |
Pocketful of Dharma |
nv |
N-2000 LOC, novelette; his 1st professional sale; he is working on a novel related to this story; first went to China as a language student, spent cumulatively three years there; now lives in Denver, CO |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
China Miéville: King Rat; Jane Lindskold: Changer; Stephen King: Bag of Bones; de Lint has Newford novel, Trader(1996; N-1998 LOC, MYT, WFA), in which a quiet, responsible guitar-maker trades bodies with a drunken loser(B&C) |
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Winter, Douglas E. |
Books |
br |
essay: religious doomsday books; Stephen Jay Gould: Questioning the Millennium; Richard Abane: End Times Visions; Tim La Haye & Jerry B. Jenkins: Left Behind; Peter & Paul Lalonde: Apocalypse; Larry Burkett: Solar Flare; Kenny Love: Millennium Eve |
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Reed, Kit |
Unlimited |
ss |
1st pub. in her coll. Weird Women, Wired Women(1998); has coll. Seven for the Apocalypse(1999); associational mainstream novel, *@expectations(2000), about a woman who has trouble telling the real world from her fantasy life online(B&C) |
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Cheney |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Porges, Arthur |
Movie Show (A Story for Lincoln's Birthday) |
ss |
he has pub. over 300 sf & detective stories; see his entry in The St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers(1996) |
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Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - Sports Will Stop Being a Dreary Bore When the Balls Can Defend Themselves. |
ct |
16th cartoon in his Speculations series |
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Di Filippo, Paul |
Plumage From Pegasus: As Through a Pair of Mirrorshades Darkly |
hues |
an issue of Rolling Stone Online in the year 2021 features a story, reprinted here, about the contributors to the anth. Bruce Sterling(ed): Mirrorshades(1986), which answers the question - "Where are they now?" |
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Woodworth, Stephen |
Her |
ss |
lives in Fullerton, CA; First Place winner in WotF contest, novelette "Scary Monsters" in Budrys & Wolverton(ed): WotF, Vol.VIII(1992); acts in local theater; was visible "for approx. 3 nanoseconds" as an extra in an episode of Star Trek: Next Generation |
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David, Peter |
Archetype, The |
ss |
(1954- ) lives on Long Island, NY; has written for Marvel Comics in The Incredible Hulk; has loup-garou novel Howling Mad(1999); novelizations, Star Trek: The New Frontier: Dark Allies(1999), The Quiet Place(1999); Next Generation: Triangle(1999), etc |
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Lee, Yoon Ha |
Hundredth Question, The |
ss |
her 1st short fiction sale; currently an undergraduate at Cornell Univ. |
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Murphy, Pat & Paul Doherty |
Science: Twisted Thinking |
ar |
Möbius strips, what you can do & learn from them; the peculiar properties of Möbius strips, & experiments you can do at home; a brief excursion into fourth-dimensional thinking; wormholes & exotic matter; see Pat's website www.badgrrlzguide.com |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: If Technology Progressed Backwards |
ct |
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Eklund, Gordon |
Cross Road Blues, The |
nv |
has sf novel A Thunder on Neptune(1989), about children sent by a matter transmitter to explore Neptune who encounter aliens(B&C) |
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Morressy, John |
Cold Comfort |
ss |
16th story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series |
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Schow, David J. |
Curiosities: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars, by Fredric Brown, 1953 |
br |
(1955- ) Brown's(1906-1972) novel depicts mankind at the turn of the 21st century & on the verge of star travel(Clute); "Lights has a sense of wonder rarely found in ... modern sci-fi ... Its plot is queerly similar to the recent film Gattaca(1997)" |
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Long |
Cartoon: Speculations - Destined to Become the Most Popular of All Time, a New Superhero Will Appear ... What-You-Want-to-Hear-Man. |
ct |
17th cartoon in his Speculations series |
| 1999 MAR |
McAuley, Paul J. |
Back Door Man |
nv |
1st pub. in Stephen McClelland(ed): Future Histories(1997); has The Book of Confluence ser., Child of the River(1997), Ancients of Days(1998), Shrine of Stars(1999), & Ship of Fools(2000); The Secret of Life(2001); has website www.omegacom.demon.co.uk |
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Cheney |
Cartoon |
ct |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Laurel Doud: This Body; Geoff Ryman: 253; Robert Silverberg & Grania Davis(ed): The Avram Davidson Treasury; Nina Kiriki Hoffman: The Silent Strength of Stones |
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Long |
Cartoon: From Long's Interpretive Guide to Common Workplace Doodles |
ct |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: sf novels "resemble alternate history—but ... (are) more like parallel histories, or secret histories"; J. Gregory Keyes: Newton's Cannon; David Morse: The Iron Bridge; Robert Charles Wilson: Darwinia |
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Aurelian, Robin |
Choice of Graces, A |
ss |
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Bishop, Michael |
Philip K. Dick Is Dead, a Lass (for Phil, dead on March 2, 1982) |
pm |
1st pub. in Quality Paperback Book Club's Calendar of Days; has mystery novels with Paul Di Filippo, under collab. ps. Philip Lawson(comb. of their middle names), Would It Kill You to Smile?(1998), sequel Muskrat Courage(2000) |
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Winter, Laurel |
Sky Eyes |
nv |
W-1999 WFA, novella; N-1999 NEB, novelette; has 1st novel ya Growing Wings(2000; N-2001 LOC, MYT), about Linnet, an eleven-year old girl who suddenly one day begins to grow wings |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Way It Never Was, The |
mr |
essay: the movies & sit-coms of the 1950s & early 1960s depicted an America that never existed; Pleasantville(1998), stars Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Jeff Daniels; compares it to Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985) |
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DiChario, Nick |
Sarajevo |
ss |
N-1999 NEB; 2000 HUG, short story; story grew out of his feelings as he watched the news reveal Bosnia's horrors; this story is for the victims who even in death refuse to be ignored; also in F&SF as Nicholas A. DiChario |
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Wilson, Robin |
Grift of the Magellanae, The |
ss |
lives in Carmel, CA |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Teeth of Time, The |
ar |
time, deep time messages; how humans perceive the past, the passage of time & their future, Part 1 of 4; how cave paintings, obelisks, Monuments are & have been perceived; portions of this essay appear in his nf book Deep Time(1999); has novel Eater(2000) |
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Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Women of Whale Rock, The |
nv |
N-1999 HOM, STO; has mystery Hitler's Angel(1998); Black Throne series set in the Fey world, The Black Queen(1999), The Black King(2000); sf novelization with Dean Wesley Smith, X-Men(2000); romance Utterly Charming(2000) as Kristine Grayson |
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Ferrell, Keith |
Curiosities: The Shape of Further Things: Speculations on Change, by Brian W. Aldiss, 1971 |
br |
Aldiss' book combines diary, history, criticism, & speculative essay; see website at http://freespace.virgin.net/jim.g/BWA/bwa.htm |
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Long |
Cartoon: UFO Sighted in Cartoon! |
ct |
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| 1999 APR |
Finch, Sheila |
No Brighter Glory |
nv |
8th story in F&SF in Lingster series; see her website at http://home1.gte.net/web10g3j/ |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Norman Partridge: Wildest Dreams; Joe R. Lansdale: The Boar; Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner(ed): Spectrum 5; Diana Wynne Jones: The Tough Guide to Fantasyland; de Lint has omnibus of three Newford colls., The Newford Stories(1999) |
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