|
Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
Banks, Raymond E. |
Short Ones, The |
1955 MAR |
nv |
wrote a radio play performed on the NBC network; used ps. Fred Freair for short story "Life of a Salesman" in PLS 1954 WIN, an issue in which he also had a short story under his own name, "Bottom Is Up"; pub. 33 stories in sf mags. between 1953-1969 |
|
Natural Frequency |
1959 FEB |
ss |
has L.A. Private Detective Sam King mystery novel series, Meet Me in Darkness(1960), about murder & dames at the Hotel Conroy; & Computer Kill(1961), as Sam works for a "curvy girl scientist" whose million dollar computer was stolen |
|
Rabbits to the Moon |
1959 JUL |
ss |
has erotic sf/f novel Daryk: Skull Keep of the Primal Clans(1978), about the "erotic barbarian adventures of Daryk, Skull Keep of Dunnon" |
|
Revenant, The |
1960 AUG |
ss |
|
Banks, Richard |
Daddy's People |
1961 APR |
ss |
freelance writer in the 1930s, assoc. director of the Yale Univ. News Bureau; has children's book, The Mysterious Leaf(1955), & the short story "Secret of the River of No Return" in Uncensored Detective 1950 DEC |
Barber, Dulan |
Cuckoo |
1978 FEB |
ss |
(1940-1988) 1st pub. in The Thirteenth Ghost Book(1977); writer, teaches writing at Morley College(London); uses ps. David Fletcher for 1st novel Raffles(1977), & for coll. Mother o'Pearl(1970), mysteries Rainbow in Hell(1983), On Suspicion(1985), etc |
Barker, Clive |
How Spoilers Bleed |
1988 OCT |
nv |
(1952- ) 1st pub. in Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vol.6(1985); born & raised in Liverpool, started out as a playwright; 1st story pub. horror Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vol.1-3(1984); see iv's in WRT 1988 FLL, CMD 1992 WIN & 1993 WIN, DTH 1996 AUT |
Barkin, Haskell |
Mr. Sperling Bugs Out |
1974 JUL |
ss |
(1934?- ) from California, political public relations writer; has had stories in PBY, EQMM |
|
Time Is Money |
1976 JAN |
ss |
|
|
Pain Killer |
1985 SEP |
ss |
has written for the TV series Loveboat, & Tales from the Darkside |
Barnes, John |
How Cold She Is, and Dumb |
1986 JUN |
nv |
(1957- ) has BA & MA in political science from Washington Univ., MA in theater from Univ. of Montana; 1st story pub. sf "Finalities Besides the Grave" in AMZ 1985 SEP; 1st novel The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky(1987); married to writer Kara Dalkey |
Barnett, C.A. |
Tale to Tell, A |
1952 APR |
ss |
his 1st pub. story |
Barr, Donald |
Extra Ancestor, The |
1989 NOV |
ss |
(1921- ) taught English, was Dean of Engineering at Columbia Univ.; was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council on Educational Research; has sf novels A Slightly Gothic Interplanetary Tale(1973), space opera, & A Planet in Arms(1981) |
Barr, Robert |
Doom of London, The |
1954 JUL |
ss |
(1850-1912) 1st pub. in the magazine he edited, The Idler, in 1892 NOV, & in his coll. The Face & the Mask(1894); Scottish writer & editor; has colls. In a Steamer Chair and Other Shipboard Stories(1892), Revenge!(1896), novel From whose Bourne(1893) |
Barr, Stephen |
Vandals, The |
1958 JUL |
ss |
contributes to EQMM & ATL |
|
Homing Instinct of Joe Vargo, The |
1959 DEC |
ss |
|
|
Oh I'll Take the High Road |
1960 JUL |
ss |
|
|
Callahan and the Wheelies |
1960 AUG |
nv |
|
|
Mr. Medley's Time Pill |
1961 MAY |
ss |
|
|
Master of Altamira, The |
1964 JUN |
ss |
lives in Woodstock, NY |
|
Evaporation of Jugby, The |
1968 SEP |
ss |
|
|
Miss Van Winkle |
1968 DEC |
ss |
|
|
Art Machine, The |
1971 MAR |
vi |
|
|
Man Trainers, The |
1971 JUN |
ss |
|
|
Sense of the Future, A |
1972 JUL |
ss |
|
|
For the Birds |
1975 JUL |
ss |
|
Barrett, Neal Jr |
Walk on Toy, A |
1971 SEP |
nv |
(1929- ) grew up in Oklahoma City, lives in Austin, TX; 1st story pub. "Yellow Hair," Toronto Daily Star in 1959; 1st stories pub. sf "To Tell the Truth" in GAL 1960 AUG, & "Made in Archerius" in AMZ 1960 AUG; 1st novel sword & sorcery, Kelwin(1970) |
|
Flying Stutzman, The |
1978 JUL |
nv |
has novels The Gates of Time(1970), The Leaves of Time(1971), latter alternate-history tale; Stress Pattern(1974); Aldair seq., Aldair in Albion(1976), Aldair, Master of Ships(1977), Aldair, Across the Misty Sea(1980), Aldair: The Legion of Beasts(1982) |
|
Hero |
1979 SEP |
nv |
has novels Stress Pattern(1974), a densely constructed fable set on an alien planet(Clute); Through Darkest America(1987), & sequel Dawn's Uncertain Light(1989), about the protoganist's journey thru a terrifyingly bleak & terminally scarred U.S.(Clute) |
|
"Day at the Fair, A" |
1981 MAR |
ss |
has used ps. Victor Appleton, Terrence Duncan, Rebecca Drury, Wesley Ellis(Lone Star western ser.), J.D. Hardin, etc; fantasy The Hereafter Gang(1991); mys. Pink Vodka Blues(1992), Dead Dog Blues(1994), Skinny Annie Blues(1996), Bad Eye Blues(1997) |
Barry, Jerome |
Milk of Paradise, The |
1953 DEC |
ss |
(1894-1975) Jerome Benedict Barry; born in Brooklyn; has mystery novels Murder with Your Malted(1941), Leopard Cat's Cradle(1942), Lady of the Night(1944), Extreme License(1958), Malignant Stars(1960), Fall Guy(1960), Strange Relations(1963) |
Barstow, D. |
Cartoon: Ames Temporary Employment |
1994 MAY |
ct |
working name for Donna Barstow; lives in California; her cartoons have been pub. in over 150 newspapers, mags., & books, incl. NYM, & the Chicken Soup books; see her website at www.reuben.org/dbarstow/Index.html |
|
Cartoon: I Love My Alien Pet |
1997 MAY |
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 |
Basch, Joan Patricia |
Matog |
1966 AUG |
ss |
born in Brooklyn, raised in Brazil, now back in Brooklyn, studied for the theatre |
|
Alas, Poor Yorick! I Knew Him Well Enuff |
1967 OCT |
ss |
has appeared in off-Broadway plays |
Bates, Russell |
Rite of Encounter |
1973 MAY |
ss |
(1941- ) full-blood Kiowa, student at Univ. of Oklahoma, U.S.A.F. veteran; "there is a world of experience and culture that is exclusively Amerindian that has never been told ... that I have set out to try to relate"; had bit role in Porky's II(1983) |
Baudino, Gael |
Shadow of the Starlight, The |
1985 APR |
nv |
(1955- ) 1st & only story in F&SF in Natil ser.; lives in Denver; performs music at local cafes; story to be in coll. Spires of Spirit(1997), set in the Natil world of novel Strands of Starlight(1989), etc; has novel Gossamer Axe(1990; W-1991 Lambda) |
|
Persistence of Memory, The |
1985 NOV |
ss |
others in Natil ser. Maze of Moonlight(1993), Shroud of Shadow (1993), Strands of Sunlight(1994); Dragonsword ser. Dragonsword(1988), Duel of Dragons(1991), Dragon Death(1992); Water! ser. O Greenest Branch!(1995), The Dove Looked In(1996), one more |
Baxter, Stephen |
Huddle |
1999 MAY |
nv |
(1957- ) W-2000 LOC, nv; from the U.K.; 1st story pub. "The Xeelee Flowers" in INZ 1987 #19; 1st novel Raft(1991); The Time Ships(1995; W-1996 BSF, CLA, DIC), Voyage(1996; W-1996 SDW), The Fate Machine(1999); iv's in INZ 1991 AUG, LOC 1996 APR & 1998 JUL |
Beagle, Peter S. |
Come Lady Death |
1966 AUG |
ss |
(1939- ) 1st pub. in ATL 1963 SEP; born & raised in the Bronx; 1st story pub. nongenre "Telephone Call" in Seventeen, in 1956; has 1st novel A Fine and Private Place(1960), is highly praised, "a supernatural fiction in chamber-opera form"(Clute) |
Bear, D. Thomas |
Massahattan Snap Tube, The |
1976 JUL |
ss |
"I have lived in Europe ... (worked) for a bank in Germany, taught rowing in England & searched for the Loch Ness monster ... in the U.S., I have been a travel agent, tour guide & house painter. At present, I'm building a house in the country ..." |
Bear, Greg |
Eucharist |
1981 JUN |
ss |
(1951- ) wn. for Gregory Dale Bear, son-in-law of Poul Anderson; 1st story pub. sf "Destroyers" in FMS 1967 WIN; 1st novel Hegira(1979; rev. 1987 UK); Blood Music(ANA 1983 JUN; W-1983 NEB; 1984 HUG, nv; exp. 1985; N-1985 NEB; 1986 HUG, JWC; 1987 BSF) |
Beauclerk, Jane |
We Serve the Star of Freedom |
1964 JUL |
ss |
(1933- ) 1st story in Stars series; ps. for librarian & poet M(ary) J(ane) Engh, her 1st sale of a story; born in Illinois, she attended Univ. of Chicago & the Univ. of Illinois; has a BA degree in history |
Beauclerk, Jean |
Lord Moon |
1965 APR |
ss |
N-1965 NEB, short story; 2nd & last story in Stars series |
Beaumont, Charles |
Last Caper, The |
1954 MAR |
ss |
(1929-1967) ps. for Charles Leroy Nutt, changed his name legally to Charles Beaumont; 1st story pub. sf "The Devil, You Say?" in AMZ 1951 JAN |
|
Quadriopticon, The |
1954 AUG |
nv |
an early sf fan, he has his own fanzine Utopia, in 1945; tried an acting career in Hollywood before turning to writing |
|
Free Dirt |
1955 MAY |
ss |
wrote scripts for Hollywood movies, TV shows, including 21 episodes of The Twilight Zone(1959-1964 TV series) |
|
New Sound, The |
1955 JUN |
ss |
also in F&SF with co-author Chad Oliver in Claude Adams series, 1955 APR(#636), & 1956 FEB(#751) |
|
Vanishing American, The |
1955 AUG |
ss |
see articles "A Short Incandescent Life" by Ray Russel, & "Charles Beaumont: The Magic Man" by William F. Nolan, both in J.N. Williamson(ed): Masques(1984) |
|
Science Screen, The |
1955 SEP |
mr |
quarterly review of current science fiction and fantasy movies; 2 trends of f & sf film criticism; movies This Island Earth(1955); Conquest of Space(1955); Cult of the Cobra(1955) |
|