| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Davidson, Avram |
Books |
1962 OCT |
br |
Damon Knight(ed): A Century of Science Fiction; Rod Serling(ed): New Stories from the Twilight Zone; Groff Conklin(ed): Worlds of When |
| |
Introduction to Robert Sheckley's "The Journey Of Joenes" |
1962 OCT |
in |
|
| |
Introduction to Russell Kirk's "Sorworth Place" |
1962 NOV |
in |
Kirk is the author of the classic thriller Old House of Fear |
| |
Books |
1962 NOV |
br |
Algis Budrys: Some Will Not Die; Long John Nebel: The Way Out World |
| |
Editorial |
1962 NOV |
ed |
feedback, advice from readers |
| |
Books |
1962 DEC |
br |
Fred Hoyle & John Elliot: A for Andromeda; Poul Anderson: The High Crusade; Clifton Fadiman: The Mathematical Magpie |
| |
Introduction to Gordon R. Dickson's "Roofs of Silver" |
1962 DEC |
in |
Davidson & family moved from New York to Milford, PA, shortly after their son, Ethan, was born in 1962 NOV |
| |
Editorial |
1962 DEC |
ed |
sf conventions; will have upcoming articles by Robert Bloch(sf conventions), Wilson Tucker(fandom organization), & Terry Carr(fanzines) |
| |
Introduction to P.M. Hubbard's "The Golden Brick" |
1963 JAN |
in |
|
| |
Books |
1963 JAN |
br |
Judith Merril(ed): The 7th Annual of the Year's Best; H.P. Lovecraft & August Derleth: The Survivors, and Others; J.B. Priestley: The Thirty-First of June |
| |
Editorial |
1963 JAN |
ed |
a critical letter from a reader |
| |
Books |
1963 FEB |
br |
William Golding: The Inheritors; Akbar Del Piombo: Fuzz Against Junk, ...; Isaac Asimov(ed): The Hugo Winners; Leonard Wibberley: The Mouse on the Moon; Clifford D. Simak: They Walked Like Men; Anatole France: The Revolt of the Angels |
| |
Introduction to Israel Zangwill's "Satan Mekatrig" |
1963 FEB |
in |
Zangwill was from London; has books The King of the Schnorrers(1894; 1987); book The Works of Israel Zangwill(1969, AMS Press) |
| |
Introduction to Edward Wellen's "Seven Day's Wonder" |
1963 MAR |
in |
|
| |
Introduction to "The Question" by Larry M. Harris & Donald E. Westlake and "The Importance of Being Important" by Calvin W. Demmon |
1963 MAR |
in |
both of these stories deal with the same theme - that the protagonist of the story believes that the world is centered around him |
| |
Books |
1963 MAR |
br |
Kingsley Amis & Robert Conquest(ed): Spectrum; Ian Stuart: The Satan Bug; Frederik Pohl(ed): The Expert Dreamers |
| |
Introduction to Harry Harrison's "Captain Honario Harpplayer, R.N." |
1963 MAR |
in |
|
| |
Introduction to Richard McKenna's "Hunter, Come Home" |
1963 MAR |
in |
|
| |
Editorial |
1963 MAR |
ed |
Neanderthal traits that survive to this day |
| |
Books |
1963 APR |
br |
Thomas Helm: Monsters of the Deep; Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle; Ernst & Johanna Lehner: Folklore and Odysseys of Food and Medicinal Plants |
| |
Editorial |
1963 APR |
ed |
a look back at F&SF's first issue(1949 FLL) |
| |
Introduction (to the Ray Bradbury Special Issue) |
1963 MAY |
in |
explains the difficulty of classifying Bradbury's stories as sf, fantasy or science fantasy |
| |
Introduction to Ray Bradbury's "To the Chicago Abyss" |
1963 MAY |
in |
Bradbury - "'Bright Phoenix' deals with a book-burning future, with an intellectual solution to the problem. It is a more grandiose scheme & project. 'Chicago Abyss' deals ... with the mediocre, ... the much more day-to-day, quiet need for junk" |
| |
Introduction to John Jakes' "Underfollow" |
1963 MAY |
in |
|
| |
Books |
1963 MAY |
br |
Ray Bradbury: R Is for Rocket; C.C. Adams & Wernher Von Braun: Careers in Astronautics and Rocketry; Robert A. Heinlein: Podkayne of Mars; Darrel T. Langart: Anything You Can Do |
| |
Introduction to Felix Marti-Ibaņez' "Niņa Sol" |
1963 MAY |
in |
|
| |
Introduction to Poul Anderson's "No Truce With Kings" |
1963 JUN |
in |
in mid-1963, Grania & Avram Davidson moved to Amecameca, Mexico, a remote & exotic town near Mount Popocatepetl(& a jumping-off point for mountain climbers), staying at the Casa Chelius for over a year |
| |
Books |
1963 JUN |
br |
Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle; Gary Jennings: March of the Robots; Patrick Moore: The Planets(nf); Frederik Pohl(ed): Time Waits for Winthrop; Frank W. Lane: Kingdom of the Octopus; Norma Lorre Goodrich: Myths of the Hero(nf) |
| |
Introduction to Jack Vance's "Green Magic" |
1963 JUN |
in |
|
| |
Introduction to John Jay Well's & Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Another Rib" |
1963 JUN |
in |
|
| |
Introduction to Robert A. Heinlein's "Glory Road" |
1963 JUL |
in |
|
| |
Books |
1963 JUL |
br |
Ray Bradbury: Something Wicked This Way Comes; John W. Campbell(ed): Analog 1; Sebastian Brant: The Ship of Fools; Clifford D. Simak: The Solar System, Our New Front Yard; John C. Lilly: Man and Dolphin; D.R. Bensen(ed): The Unknown; & 4 others, 3 nf's |
| |
Introduction to Ray Nelson's "Turn Off the Sky" |
1963 AUG |
in |
|
| |
Books |
1963 AUG |
br |
Patrick Moore & Francis Jackson: Life in the Universe; Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Moon Men, The Monster Men, & A Fighting Man of Mars; Walter Tevis: The Man Who Fell to Earth; E.J. Slijper: Whales; Cordwainer Smith: You Will Never Be the Same |
| |
Letters |
1963 AUG |
lttr |
Fritz Jeter(& reply from James Blish); Ross Wright; Alan Simonds; Rick Sneary; E. Gary Gygax; Mrs. John L. Lorenz; Fred Burgess; R.D. Coleman; G.S. Hamilton |
| |
Books |
1963 SEP |
br |
Kurt Vonnegut Jr: Cat's Cradle; M.A. Murray: The Witch-Cult in Western Europe; Ignatius Donnelly: Atlantis, the Antediluvian World; Im Bang & Yi Ryuk: Korean Folk Tales |
| |
Books |
1963 OCT |
br |
E.R. Eddison: The Worm Ouroboros; L. Sprague de Camp: A Gun for Dinosaur; 'by the Astronauts themselves': We Seven; Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange; Arthur C. Clarke: Tales of Ten Worlds |
| |
Faed-Out |
1963 OCT |
ss |
has 1st solo novel Mutiny in Space(exp. of novella "Valentine's Planet" in WOT 1964 AUG; 1964), a space opera novel |
| |
Books |
1963 NOV |
br |
A.E. van Vogt: The Beast; Henry C. Roberts: The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus; Jess Stearn: The Door to the Future; Mary Savage: A Likeness to Voices; William Rose(ed): The Historie of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus; etc |
| |
Introduction to L.E. Jones' "The Eyes of Phorkos" |
1963 NOV |
in |
the "story of the unfortunate Mr. James Carew, his invincible resentment, and the curious ... discovery which he made in the island of Phorkos, one of the smallest of the Cyclades, not sixty miles north of Crete" |
| |
Letters |
1963 NOV |
lttr |
B. Bendeau; Andrea Fuller; Robert D. Sheehan; Howard Husock; Mrs. John Lorenz; Terry Parkinson; A.J. Hill; David Scott; & an Editor's note on TP Caravan's story "The Censors: A Sad Allegory" - see story comments #1915 for F&SF 1963 AUG |
| |
Introduction to Damon Knight's "The Tree of Time" |
1963 DEC |
in |
|
| |
Books |
1963 DEC |
br |
R.P. Mills(ed): The Worlds of Science Fiction; James & Irving Crump: Dragon Bones in the Yellow Earth; Corinne H. Rickert: The Case of John Darrell; H. Walpole: The Castle of Otranto; J. Christopher: The Long Winter; Abram Tertz: Fantastic Stories; etc |
| |
What Strange Stars and Skies |
1963 DEC |
nv |
|
| |
Books |
1964 JAN |
br |
Kingsley Amis & Robert Conquest(ed): Spectrum II; R.C. Sherriff: The Hopkins Manuscript; Sam Moskowitz: Explorers of the Infinite; Jules Verne: Dr. Ox's Experiment |
| |
Introduction to Allen Kim Lang's "Thaw and Serve" |
1964 JAN |
in |
|
| |
Editorial |
1964 FEB |
br |
"moments when the Conquest" of the conquistadores " seems never to have taken place" |
| |
Introduction to S.S. Johnson's "The House by the Crab Apple Tree" |
1964 FEB |
in |
|
| |
Books |
1964 FEB |
br |
Graham Greene: A Sense of Reality; T.E. Dikty(ed): Five Tales from Tomorrow; R.E.L. Masters: Eros and Evil; Frank B. Drake: Intelligent Life in Space; Dion Fortune: The Secrets of Dr. Taverner; David Ely: Seconds; Wellman: Who Fears the Devil; etc |
| |
Letters |
1964 FEB |
lttr |
Thomas P. Leonard; James Wade; Mrs. Virginia M. Allen; David Charles Paskow; Willy Ley |
