| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Elgin, Suzette Haden |
Tornado |
1989 MAR |
ss |
has Ozark seq., Twelve Fair Kingdoms(1981; N-1982 LOC), The Grand Jubilee(1981), & And Then There'll Be Fireworks(1981) - coll. in omnibus The Ozark Trilogy(1982) |
| |
What the EPA Don't Know Won't Hurt Them |
1990 MAR |
ss |
has Native Tongue series, Native Tongue(1984; N-1985 DIT, LOC), The Judas Rose(1987), & Earthsong(1994) |
| |
Only a Housewife |
1995 SEP |
ss |
|
| Elliot, James |
We Turned Down the Story But Couldn't Resist the Covering Letter |
1982 FEB |
misc |
there's no J.E. pub. stories in any sf/f mags./anth., but there are 2 mys. novels by a J.E.: Cold, Cold Heart(1994), Nowhere to Hide(1997); & 2 nf books, Rings: Discoveries from Galileo to Voyager(1984), The Perfect Thought: Works by James Lee Byars(1990) |
| Elliott, Bruce |
Fearsome Fable |
1951 FEB |
vi |
(1914-1973) writer & editor, his 1st pub. story; this vignette not listed in the index for Volume #6 in the 1951 JUN issue |
| |
Devil Was Sick, The |
1951 APR |
ss |
(1914-1973) has short stories "The Battle of the S...s" in Kendell F. Crossen(ed): Future Tense(1952), "So Sweet As Magic ..." in Fantasy Fiction 1953 AUG, & "The Dead Doll" in Triple Detective 1953 WIN |
| |
Last Magician, The |
1953 JAN |
ss |
has novel Asylum Earth(STS 1952 OCT; 1968) |
| |
Wolves Don't Cry |
1954 APR |
ss |
has novel The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck(1970) |
| Elliott, George P. |
Sandra |
1957 OCT |
ss |
(1918-1980) also in F&SF as George Paul Elliott |
| |
Invasion of the Planet of Love |
1959 JAN |
ss |
has sequel, #1208, F&SF 1959 FEB; stories about Venus/Earth conflict - the first men to explore Venus |
| |
Nothing But Love |
1959 FEB |
ss |
sequel to #1195, F&SF 1959 JAN; stories about Venus/Earth conflict - the Venereans visit Earth |
| |
Among the Dangs |
1960 APR |
nv |
1st pub. in ESQ 1958 JUN |
| |
NRACP, The |
1960 SEP |
nv |
1st pub. in The Hudson Review, 1949 FLL |
| |
Faq' |
1961 NOV |
ss |
1st pub. in The Hudson Review, 1952 SPR, & in his coll. Among the Dangs (1960); has novel David Knudson(1962), & coll. An Hour of Last Things(1968) |
| Elliott, George Paul |
Hill, The |
1951 APR |
ss |
(1918-1980) 1st pub. in Pacific, in 1948; also in F&SF as George P. Elliott; writer & academic |
| Ellis, H.F. |
Space-Crime Continuum |
1954 SEP |
ss |
1st pub. in Punch |
| |
Fireside Talk |
1960 JUN |
ss |
1st pub. in Punch |
| Ellison, Harlan |
Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman |
1962 AUG |
ss |
(1934- ) born in Painesville, Ohio; attended Ohio State Univ., was asked to leave when he was rude to creative writing prof. who told him he had no talent; active in Cleveland SF Society, running its mag. Science-Fantasy Bulletin(later Dimensions)(Clute) |
| |
Try a Dull Knife |
1968 OCT |
ss |
by 1955 Ellison was in New York rooming with Robert Silverberg; 1st story pub. sf "Glowworm" in INF 1956 FEB(rprt. in Unearth 1977 WIN), & quickly became a prolific writer(sold over 150 stories by the end of 1958), writing under many ps. |
| |
Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R. |
1969 JAN |
nv |
ran 10 weeks with Brooklyn street gang, the Barons, which gave him material for 1st novel, Rumble(1958; vt Web of the City, 1975), colls. The Deadly Streets(1958), The Juvies(1961), Gentleman Junkie(1961), etc, novel Rockabilly(1961; rev. vt Spider Kiss) |
| |
Place With No Name, The |
1969 JUL |
ss |
Ellison served in U.S. Army, moved to Chicago & became editor of Rogue Mag. in 1959; moved to L.A. in 1962, where he still lives; has 1st sf novel The Man with Nine Lives(AMZ 1959 OCT as "The Sound of the Scythe"; 1960 fixup) |
| |
Books |
1971 JUN |
br |
James H. Schmitz: A Pride of Monsters; Gordon R. Dickson: Mutants; James Blish: Anywhen; Ellison has coll. as by Paul Merchant, Sex Gang(1958); has autobiographical street-gang study Memos from Purgatory(1961) |
| |
Corpse |
1972 JAN |
ss |
has colls. A Touch of Infinity(1960), Ellison Wonderland(1962; vt Earthman, Go Home, 1964; rev. 1984); began writing for TV in 1963, incl. Route 66, The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Burke's Law, Outer Limits, Star Trek, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. |
| |
Basilisk |
1972 AUG |
ss |
W-1973 LOC; N-1972 NEB; 1973 HUG, nv; H.E.: "It says what I have wanted to say about war for many years ... I have included things in the background that are incorrect as far as the Vietnam War is concerned ... because ... this is but is not Vietnam ..." |
| |
Deathbird, The |
1973 MAR |
nv |
W-1974 HUG, JUP, LOC; N-1973 NEB; won awards TV scripts "Demon with a Glass Hand"(1964 Outer Limits), "The City on the Edge of Forever"(1967 Star Trek; 1977; 1996), unused script for TV ser. The Starcrossed pilot(1973), latter also a 1975 Ben Bova novel |
| |
Books |
1974 JAN |
br |
essay: code of sf book reviewers, "the word is the sole item judged & commented upon"; Kurt Vonnegut Jr: Breakfast of Champions; John Boyd: The Doomsday Gene; Doris Piserchia: Mister Justice; Harry Harrison & Leon E. Stoyer: Stonehenge |
| |
Books |
1974 MAY |
br |
Malzberg: Herovit's World; essay: writers trying to break out of sci-fi author categorization; del Rey(ed): Best S. F. Stories of the Year; essay: "Best of Year" anth., how they used to mean something, analysis of 5 of them; lists his "eight top writers " |
| |
Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38º 54'N, Longitude 77º 00'13"W |
1974 OCT |
nv |
W-1975 HUG, LOC; Ellison: "taken me 2½ years to write this story ... In it, I try to fuse elements of reality & fantasy, past & present & future ... It's a mystery story, & those familiar with cinema lore will have the significant clues by page three" |
| |
Croatoan |
1975 MAY |
ss |
W-1976 LOC; N-1976 HUG, short story; "I gave an assignment to my Clarion writers to do a story about a land where all lost things (go) to; decided to do a story, too, so they wouldn't feel I'd ask them to attempt something I wouldn't" |
| |
From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet |
1976 OCT |
ss |
N-1977 LOC; 26 pastiches, afterword on the beginnings of this story; has colls. Paingod and Other Delusions(1965), From the Land of Fear(1967), I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream(1967; title story 1995 movie), Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled(1968) |
| |
Note on How This Story Came to Be Written, A |
1976 OCT |
aw |
1 of 26 pastiches, "N Is for Nemotropin" written to go with cover painting by Larry Todd, titled "2 Nemotropin," for underground comix book, "Dr. Atomic"; has coll. The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World(1969); has novella Doomsman(1967) |
| |
Jeffty Is Five |
1977 JUL |
ss |
W-1977 NEB; 1978 HUG, JUP,short story; W-1978 LOC; 1979 BFA; N-1978 WFA; 1979 BRG, short fiction; has colls. Over the Edge(1970), Alone Against Tomorrow(1971), Approaching Oblivion(1974; N-1975 LOC), No Doors, No Windows(1975) |
| |
Alive and Well and On a Friendless Voyage |
1977 JUL |
ss |
this story written as "personal therapy ... during the period after the breakup of my recent marriage"; followed on p.37 by a note of thanks for this "singular compliment" of a special issue; has anth. Partners in Wonder(1971; N-1972 LOC) |
| |
Working With the Little People |
1977 JUL |
ss |
"(story) was written in the front window of Words & Music (20 JUL 1976) in London: it is a happy, funny story, & I offer it to you in hopes it will make you laugh"; has anth. Dangerous Visions(1967; W-1968 HUG), Again, Dangerous Visions(1973; W-1973 LOC) |
| |
You Don't Know Me, I Don't Know You |
1977 JUL |
ar |
F&SF "asked for a couple pages of background comment on the stories in the issue. Instead we received this 6,000 word piece full of angry opinion, incredible anecdote, painful autobiography"; mentions The Place With No Name, Basilisk, Deathbird, Croatoan |
| |
Jeffty Is Five |
1979 OCT |
ss |
1st pub. in F&SF 1977 JUL; see ar's in SFM v.2 #8 1975, NWS #215 1979, AMZ 2000 Special(#600); iv's in Vertex 1974 APR, Starwind 1977 FLL, AMZ 1980 NOV, TWZ 1981 DEC & 1985 DEC; in Walker: Speaking of S.F.(1978), Platt: Dream Makers(1980; rev. 1987) |
| |
All the Lies That Are My Life |
1980 NOV |
na |
N-1981 HUG, LOC, novella; pub. in expanded form in a limited edition(1980); a writer attends the funeral & reading of the will of a fellow writer & friend; "might be described as fiction about science fiction .. (& is) the most intensely personal" |
| |
Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists, The |
1982 JAN |
ss |
has used many ps. incl. Nalrah Nosille(in fanzines); in crime, sex & other genre mags., Sley Harson(in collab. w. Henry Slesar), Landon Ellis, Derry Tiger(based on the name of an Army friend), Price Curtis & Paul Merchant; in sf mags., several house ps. |
| |
Hour That Stretches, The |
1982 OCT |
ss |
story written in front window of newly opened Dangerous Visions Bookstore in Sherman Oaks, CA; story completed December 19, 1981; see story intro for more info on how story was written; uses personal ps. Jay Charby, Wallace Edmondson, Ellis Hart, Jay Solo |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 1: In Which We Begin Our Journey |
1984 AUG |
mr |
this column 1st appeared in Cosmos SF&F Magazine 1977 NOV; Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes(1984), the inside Hollywood scoop of how this movie was made, dir. Hugh Hudson, writer Robert Towne, stars Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 2: In Which Sublime and Ridiculous Pass Like Ships in the Night |
1984 SEP |
mr |
essay: vast sums of $ impede movie creativity; Splash(1984), dir. Ron Howard, stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah; Star Trek III: The Search for Spock(1984); The Ice Pirates(1984); Quest(1983), written by Bradbury; Iceman(1984), based on John Drimmer story |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 3: In Which We Scuffle Through the Embers |
1984 OCT |
mr |
essay: Stephen King, Part 1 of 2, there's a "formulaic reason why all but 1 or 2 of (his) films" suck; Firestarter(1984), based on his 1980 novel, dir. Mark L. Lester, screenplay by Stanley Mann, stars Drew Barrymore, David Keith; Part 2 in 1984 DEC |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 4: In Which We Discover Why the Children Don't Look Like Their Parents |
1984 DEC |
mr |
essay: Stephen King, Part 2 of 2, why most of the movies based on his books fail to be good; only three of the nine movies(so far) are any good & resemble their parents, Carrie(1976), The Shining(1980), & The Dead Zone(1983); Part 1 in 1984 OCT |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 5: In Which the Left Hand Giveth Praise and the Right Hand Sprayeth for Worms of Evil |
1985 JAN |
mr |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension(1984), stars Peter Weller; Repo Man(1984), debut of writer/dir. Alex Cole, stars Emilio Estevez; Ghostbusters(1984), stars Bill Murray, Harold Ramos, Dan Ackroyd, Sigourney Weaver |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 6: In Which We Learn What Is Worse Than Finding a Worm of Evil in the Apple |
1985 FEB |
mr |
Gremlins(1984), dir. Joe Dante, executive producer Steven Spielberg, writer Chris Columbus, stars Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Howie Mandel is the voice of Gizmo; Ellison has omnibus coll. The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison(1979) |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 7: In Which an Attempt Is Made to Have One's Cake and Eat It, Too |
1985 MAR |
mr |
essay: meanspiritness, child violence in movies; Gremlins(1984); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984); Streets of Fire(1984); Cloak and Dagger(1984), a remake of The Window(1949), & based on a Cornell Woolrich short story |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 8: In Which Some Shrift Is Given Shortly, Some Longly, and the Critic's Laundry Is Reluctantly Aired |
1985 APR |
mr |
Runaway(1984), dir. Michael Crichton, stars Tom Selleck; Starman(1984), dir. John Carpenter, stars Jeff Bridges; The Terminator(1984), dir./co-writer John Cameron, too similar to Ellison's Outer Limits script "Soldier"; other movies briefly mentioned |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 9: In Which the Fortunate Reader Gets to Peek Inside the Fabled Black Tower |
1985 JUN |
mr |
behind the scenes at Universal Studios into the making of Dune(1984), Part 1 of 2, based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, dir. David Lynch, stars Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Brad Dourif, Jose Ferrer, Linda Hunt; Part 2 in 1985 AUG(#5353) |
| |
Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 10: In Which the Fabled Black Tower Meets Dune With As Much Affection As Godzilla Met Ghidrah |
1985 AUG |
mr |
behind the scenes of Dune, Part 2 of 2, the screening, sneak preview, reviews & flop of Dune, & Ellison's review in USA Today; dir. William Friedkin, of The French Connection(1971), The Exorcist(1973), Sorcerer(1977; remake of 1952's The Wages of Fear) |
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Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 11: In Which Nothing Terribly Profound Occurs |
1985 SEP |
mr |
2010: Space Odyssey Two(1984), based on Arthur C. Clarke's 1982 novel, dir. Peter Hyams, stars Roy Scheider, John Lithgow; books by wood engraver Barry Moser - Moby Dick(1981), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1982), Huckleberry Finn(1984), etc |
